Things we will absolutely need should SHTF
The bug going around got me thinking about basic necessities, and even though I always have, always had years worth of non-perishable food on hand, I bought a hand-crank flour mill and a hand-crank oil press. My line of thinking was that cooking without oil and baking without flour are simply impossible. The mill is already here, and I have tested it. Works wonders on everything but rice (due to its extremely hard grains it is hard to mill and has to be milled thrice). Now my wife's cookies and pancakes are better then ever.
Next on my list is a balance weight scale, for reloading, past the point where batteries could be obtained.
I can melt lead in a cooking pot.
The last concern is tumbling. What does everyone expect to use for tumbling, should no electric power be available? Or is it Okay to reload w/o tumbling the cases? My impression is that using a dirty, sooty case results in more heat transferred to the barrel. Any other disadvantages from that?
Things we will absolutely need should SHTF
Bugs [emoji218] hate bay leaves. Putting a few in the bottom, layers every few inches, then on top prevents eggs hatching [emoji214]. Get it packed as tightly as you can. A small square of aluminum foil with a cotton ball moistened with hi test rubbing alcohol, light. Just before going out, cap & seal with packaging tape. CO2 pushes out oxygen. Dry ice does same. Wait till “smoke” overflows from dry ice & no more air in container. Did whole wheat [emoji264] 15 years ago. Still tastes fine. No [emoji220] bugs. Wouldn’t sprout though.
Freezing must be done in deep freeze [emoji3063]. Twice. A month apart. Kills any that are there, eggs [emoji1639]. Then if any did lay eggs [emoji1639] gets the last ones.
Best bet is whole wheat stored, not flour.
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