I'm taking a day off to go dick around in the woods with the pup. Get a text from the wife who is at work in the hospital "Head to the store and pick up vitamin C, it's getting used in China for the virus".
Well, we're not big vitamin eaters and she's in a position to hear this first so I figure this is something big that she wanted immediately for a serious reason. I suppose that it can't hurt.
Was interesting that the store was super jammed for a Monday.
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Master_Foo ago
The Chinese use rhino horn to cure stuff. So, when your wife says "it's getting used in China for the virus" you should have a healthy helping of skepticism with that.
People, you don't need to stock up on vitamins. Just eat a healthy diet, you know, the kind of food with vitamins in it.
DishingShitLikeA ago
Yeah but when SHTF there are going to be food scarcities. When you're eating rice and beans you're going to want those multivitamins.
Master_Foo ago
I get that. But, if you are a prepper, you should be accounting for your food storage to be... You know... Food. With the vitamins you need already in it. Otherwise, what is the point?
If all you've done is stored rice and beans, you've failed.
The rice and beans are just to keep people happy with a full stomach. Get some 5 gallon buckets of freeze dried fruits and vegetables and jerky as well.
DishingShitLikeA ago
I've got a year supply of food. Some of it's freeze dried. Also hundreds of pounds of rice and beans, just for crude carbs and protein to keep the wheels greased. And a couple years worth of multi vitamins. I would say my stock is about 80% of where I want it to be but it's good enough.
A freeze dryer would be nice to have.
Master_Foo ago
Freeze dryers are like $5,000 and take up enough space for a washer / dryer unit. They are for hardcore mode preppers. If you don't plan to use them all the time, it's cheaper just to buy some buckets from someone else.
Food Dehydrators are pretty cheap though. The food won't last as long as freeze dried, but buy some mylar bags and some desiccants and they'll keep for at least a year.
Rotteuxx ago
Started building a smoker/dehydrator at the shop, based on this model :
https://www.bigpoppasmokers.com/meadow-creek-bx25
I figure I just put an electric heating coil in the bottom, thermostat on top with a fan I can hook up to the charcoal box side vent to make it a dehydrator.
That 2300$ price tag is ridiculous, no more than 400$ of materials & about 10hrs of work.