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Skriven 2008-09-08 17:35:36 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: MORE FOOD  80907
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Hi Glen,

 RH> stock, we have some MREs, some dried fruit, granola bars........
 RH> We'd load all we could into the larger freezer which should fill it
 RH> (mostly) full and pray that the power stays on.

 DS> Freezers can keep their cool for a while.  So what you really need is
 DS> for the power not to be off too long (and if it does go off, resist
 DS> opening the freezer).  Then as soon as power is restored, check out
 DS> the contents to see how much they defrosted to decide whether to keep

 RH> It looks like we can stop holding our breath on Hanna but Ike and
 RH> Josephine are still too far out to know if they will be trouble or
 RH> not. We've been thru power outages before and only opened the freezer
 RH> long enugh to slip extra blue ice in it. We plan to move all the stuff
 RH> purification system.  So, we're still watching and waiting.

 GJ> When living in Manila, at times when the electricity was unreliable I
 GJ> found it an advantage to keep all available space in the freezer
 GJ> filled with plastic bags and bottles of water, preferably heavily

I've done that in the past, just not picked up lots of plastic jugs here
to do it.  But now we've got 6 jugs of water that can go in, after the
hurricane season passes.  We'll be clearing out the freezer then,
getting ready to move next spring, and the dead space will need filling.



GJ> that freezes and melts at well below 0C.  Make sure the bottles have
GJ> plenty of ullage space to allow for expansion.

Yes, we don't want them exploding on us.


During periods of GJ> extended power failure the bottles can be moved
into the refrigerated GJ> section to keep that as cool as possible.
Providing the kids were GJ> told not to keep opening the fridge to get
cool drinks everything GJ> would be GJ> kept cold for most of a day.

Have to watch it with the kids but I'm sure they learned quickly.  When
I was a kid, the well water was cold right from the tap so we never
raided the fridge for anything colder.


 GJ> For emergency lighting at home, and in supermarkets, small
 GJ> fluorescent, battery operated lights were kept plugged in and charged.

I've seen those.  We've a good supply of flashlights and batteries on
hand.

 GJ>  When the
 GJ> power went off, the lights came on automatically.  No TV or noisy
 GJ> stereos for entertainment then of course, so people had to drag out
 GJ> their old accoustic guitars and sing.  That was very pleasant.

I can believe that.


 GJ> Good luck!

We missed the big hit this time around.  There was actually a lot less
wind and rain than predicted, even on Thursday's forecasts, so we had a
nice week end.

 GJ> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

 GJ>       Title: TEENAGER'S SURVIVAL THE BOMB BURRITOS
 GJ>  Categories: Mains, Snacks, Easy
 GJ>       Yield: 2 Servings


They would be good for single person's survival as well.  But, we're
presuming that the above mentioned people have a  bit of cooking
knowledge, aren't we?  (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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