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Mrs. Julianne Wiley .Part the Tenth+++Anchor your RVBanana bread in a jarBuilding an outside bread ovenCanning a great zucchini salsaCash withdrawalsCorn cob jellyCrank radioDried tomatoesEgg storageFree kombucha starter culture

Home remedy: Black walnut salveNo fail shortening soap recipeNon-electric food dehydratorOne year food storage for family of 8Pallets for fire woodBuy food nowSolar dehydratorStoring eggs with waterglassStore what you eat and eat what you storeStoring wheatStoring brown rice

HOME REMEDIES: BLACK WALNUT SALVE TOPI think combining home remedies and typical, American medical practice is agreat idea for the y2k. Something great I got from an Amish friend was BlackWalnut salve for infections. My son had an infection that was deep in his foot(rusty nail) that antibiotics(including IV antibiotics) were not clearing up.The salve work: drew the infection right out. You could actually see a dark spotcome up to the skin until the top of the wound's skin actually peeled away. Thisonly took three days, 3 times a day after the intensive antibiotics hadn'tworked. I don't know how to make it, but if you know of an herbalist or othertraditional medicine type person, ask them. The salve has lasted several yearsand I hope to talk to a local herbalist and get a fresh supply before the Y2k.

-------------------------------------------------------------CASH WITHDRAWALS TOPA great site on cash withdrawals and Fed reporting requirements:http://www.garynorth.com/y2k/detail_.cfm/2330----------------------------------------------------------------------ONE YEAR STORAGE FOR FAMILY OF 8 TOPThe food types and amounts are what is recommended for 3 females over the age of12, 1 female age 7 to 12, 3 males age 0 to 6 and 1 male over the age of 12. Thisis the shopping plan our family has adopted, with extras being added as well.All of these foods are being purchased locally through discount grocers as wellas co-ops (our initial plan had been to go directly through Walton's, but we



found a local distributor of some of their grains and now we do not have to paythe exorbitant shipping, nor wait extended periods for delivery and can purchaseas we can afford, which is more feasible for us) I will only list individualstorage suggestions, not cost, but can tell you that the total for one year'sfood for 8 is $1625.00. This does not include our home canned veggies from thegarden, nor the little extras like cocoa and coffee (we have a rotating stockalready) nor does it include personal care products or OTC medications. Heregoes:

Wheat 1088 lbs.Flour (enriched) 101 lbs.Cornmeal 247 lbs.Oats (rolled) 247 lbs.Rice (white) 491 lbs.Pearled Barley 22 lbs.Pastas 247 lbs.Dr. Beans(variety) 272 lbs.Mayo 8 qts.Veg. Oil 16 gals.Shortening 32 lbs.Peanut Butter 32 lbs.Non-fat dry milk 112 lbs.

Evap. milk 96 cansSugar-white 320 lbs.Sugar-brown 24 lbs.Molasses 8 lbs.Honey 24 lbs.Corn Syrup 24 lbs.Jams/Jellies 24 lbs.Dry yeast 4 lbs.Soda 8 lbs.Baking Powder 8 lbs.Vinegar 4 gals.Salt 64 lbs.Bleach 8 gals.

Extras we will also use are: tuna, country ham, canned ham, canned chicken,raisins, home dehydrated fruits and veggies, home canned fruits and veggies,tea, coffee, Kool-aid, lemon juice, cocoa, condiments, corn starch, every spicewe can possibly think of, hard candies.Personal Care items and amounts needed:Shampoo 24 bottles (cheap stuff!)Soap 30 barsDeodorant 24 sticksToothpaste 12 tubesFem. Products 36 packsToilet Paper 12 - 24 packsTotal Cost: $285.00TT

Medical/OTCTylenol (adult) 500 tabsSinus Med. 6 packsCough Syrup 4 bottlesVitamins 16 bottlesBand-Aids 10 boxesPeroxide 12 bottlesAlcohol 12 bottlesPepto 2 bottlesTums 100 tabs



Tylenol (children's) 2 bottlesTotal Cost: $140.00TT

Total of food, personal care and medical: **$2050.00**May I suggest with the OTC meds adding several tubes of antibiotic ointment,anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen, and in case of GI upset from bad water orfood - anti-emetics and anti-diarrheals. Also, for families such as yours with

children, something to deal with dehydration from GI problems.We've acquired initial amounts of all of these items, being sure to date fooditems with a permanent marker to aid rotation. I keep a printed inventory, so Iknow how much I need, how much I have, and what I've budgeted for that week.Equipment needs are: Katadyn TRK Filter system, grain mill, Dutch oven, 5 oillamps (I have several already!), lamp oil, water storage unit, small generator(for freezer only). Total cost: $1000.00. Hubby and I have made sure thateverything we plan to purchase now are things we would use under any emergencycircumstance.Last year we had a terrible snow storm, roads were impassable, power outageslasted for days and we were not prepared. We've also been through the experienceof busted water mains and boil water advisories. Total preparations are a littleover $3000.00. For a family of 8 for one year, I don't think that is too bad!

Sorry this post is so long, but I hope this is helpful to anyone with a largefamily who doesn't know where to start (been there, done that :-D!!)---------------------------------------------------------BUILDING AN OUTSIDE BREAD OVEN TOPHubby opted to use granite rather than brick in the construction, and was ableto get as much as he wants for FREE from the local monument works (they have apile of broken stone). He unloaded it in the backyard and I'm just sure theneighbors must think we are constructing a mausoleum :-D--------------------------------------------------------------STORING WHEAT TOPWe ordered 350# of golden wheat from Emergency Essentials. It is vacuum packedin metallized bags and in 5 gal. "super pals." It will last indefinitely.However, your best bet may be to borrow a canning device from a Mormon cannery

near you, buy their cans and oxygen ABS packets and do it yourself...especiallyif you can buy your own wheat. The Mormons will also allow you to bring itemslike wheat, sugar, flour etc. to their operation and can on their premises. Thisis great if you prefer whole wheat flour to their white flour, or have bags oflentils or say barley from Walton's. I know folks who have found a deal on anitem, loaded up and spent the day at an L.D.S. cannery. They have been great inhelping out "the gentiles" as they refer to us.I have seen the 5 gal. mylar bags for sale at E.E. or one of the otherpreparedness companies. Of course, you can get buckets and gamma seals from manyplaces. It depends on how much wheat you will be using whether you use #10 cans,or 5 gal pails. As long as you use the ABS packs, your wheat should last manyyears-------------------------------------------------------

ANCHOR YOUR RV TOPIf you're going to be in an RV, you might want to pour a concrete pad to park iton and sink some metal loops into it to tie your RV down with. I've been in a26' long 1981 Itasca RV during a serious storm in South OK/north TX, and thething was rocking like a cradle, and we were fully loaded with 76 gallons ofgas, two LP tanks, and a good sized water tank. The rain actually blew UPthrough the evaporation channels in the windows in the back.Another reason you might want a poured pad is that air will leak out of thosetires over time, and I remember how much fun you can have on the older RVsgetting them level so the LP will run the fridge / heater. On the newer ones, Ithink you punch a button, and it auto-levels. Sure beats running around one of



the things in the rain, and putting a block under one wheel, trying again, etc.,but that might not work post Y2K, either.-----------------------------------------------------SOLAR DEHYDRATOR TOPSS

Check out the web site at http://www.cybertrails.com/lcrcd/sp.htmThere are instructions to make a Solar Dehydrator

-----------------------------------------------------------------STORE EGGS WITH WATERGLASS TOPWaterglass (liquid sodium silicate) has several uses, one of them is for storingfresh eggs for extended periods of time. Here is a quote from Lehman's ad:"Preserve eggs for months with Waterglass. Mix one part Waterglass with tenparts cooled, boiled water and pour into a large, stone crock. Wipe off fresheggs with a flannel cloth and place in solution (eggs should be covered with2"). Cover crock and store in a cool, dry place. (From "The Boston CookingSchool Cook Book" by Fannie Farmer, c. 1886) Waterglass (liquid sodium silicate)- One gallon bucket will preserve 50 dozen eggs. Non hazardous; fumeless.$21.95"---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DRIED TOMATOES TOPFrom BALL BLUE BOOK (1985): "Wash, dip in boiling water for 30 seconds, thencold water to remove the skins. Core. Cut into slices l/4 inch thick. Dry at145F until crisp. Use in soups, sauces or combined with other vegetables forflavor. Can be powdered and used in making tomato sauces, paste or catsup".From PUTTING FOOD BY (4th ed 1991): "The newest commercial put-by food to reachcelebrity status at this writing is the imported sun-dried tomato -- a dark-redmorsel usually salted, tough, and expensive. Almost always from Italy, where itis used much as North American cooks use their home-canned tomatoes, it is theplum/pasta/Roma type, the chunky little oblong without much juice but mighty inflavor. Since the mid-eighties it has superseded the classic "canner" in ourcatalogs."To reconstitute unpeeled salted halves: cover with hot water, let stand until

soft and plumped. If the water is not too salty, cook them in it for sauces andsoups, etc. To hold for snipping -- used like pimientos or olives for a garnish-- remove from soak water, rinse if you like, pat dry, and put in a storage jarwith olive oil to cover."Italian Style, unpeeled: Wash well, halve lengthwise; remove stem base andheavy midrib. Salt to remove moisture from tissues: spread flattened halves on aplatter, cut side up, sprinkle 1 tsp. canning salt for each 2 pound of tomatoes;stack several layers, weight with a plate for an hour. Steam blanch 4 minutes.May be sun dried or done in a drier. "Dry test: pliable but not soft. Storebought ones are quite tough, but they have traveled far."For years, we simply cut tomatoes and dried them -- the machine drying gives usa better product in our humid climate. For the past season, we cut, then saltedthe tomatoes --...didn't cut out ribs, seeds, or peel them. The flavor was much

superior with the little salting we did, plus the color was darker and moreattractive.BTW, cherry tomatoes, cut in half and salted, then dried to crispness, make verynice, bite-sized "raisins" that can be reconstituted and added to pasta saladsfor color and intense flavor!=====================================CRANK RADIO TOPIt is likely that radio stations would have alternative power during a crisis,e.g. during a hurricane, etc. So I bought a crank radio from C. Crane, theimporter, it is $109 for the am/fm/sw "Freeplay" style. You can also get a swantenna and a solar battery charger converted to plug into the radio and then



you don't have to crank, but you have to invest in a couple of nicads. You canorder it safely on-line at http://www.ccrane.com/ . I think it is probably worththe money and is the only pricey thing we are getting.You can get one of those small radios at the following web site:http://www.sportsmansguide.com/It sells for $24.97 and is solar powered for day time and has a hand crank fornight use (40 cranks/20 minutes) Also uses two AA batteries. This is an AM/FMradio only. No short wave.

------------------------------------------------------PURCHASE YOUR FOOD NOW; DON'T DELAY TOPhttp://www.desnews.com/cit/y10k0idd.htmGary North has a portion of the article, with commentary.Here's THAT address: http://www.garynorth.com/y2k/detail_.cfm/2514The survival food market is overwhelmed by the demand. There in Utah, theMormons are used to stocking up on food, since their religion mandates having aone-year supply. There are several dried food and bulk food dealers in theintermountain region. None of them are able to meet the demand. People in largenumbers are becoming aware of the implications of Y2K, and are taking actionNOW. One dealer had people flying out to Utah with their life savings, rentingU-Hauls, and showing up at the door, demanding that they fill their trucks! Theguy said that people are writing checks for $50,000 worth of food! I could be

all wet, but it seems to me that if you stock up on 50 pound bags of driedbeans, flour, oil, rice and pasta, and add lots of canned goods, a family couldget by pretty well while helping their neighbors. I can't imagine being happyknowing I had thousands of dollars worth of food squirreled away while myneighbors and friends went without. So we're putting away some basics andstoring water. I haven't heard of any runs on the grocery stores yet, so as longas you can buy canned goods by the case, the corner grocery will still be aviable food source. Some of the bulk vendors are already so back ordered thatthey're saying they won't be able to ship before 1/1/00, so they've stoppedtaking new orders. Public awareness is going to peak pretty soon, which is good,because the more people who have stores put back, the less serious the crisiswill be for everybody.--------------------------------------------------------------------

STORE WHAT YOU EAT AND EAT WHAT YOU STORE, TOPThis is the number one rule of food storage. Imagine spending a wad of cash onweird dehydrated space shuttle food, then being stuck with it for the next year,or two or three, till you choked it all down! I have noticed no price increasesfor basic stuff like rice, beans, and pasta. Prices for these primary productsshould be going DOWN since wheat is at its lowest price since the depression --around $2 a bushel, which is 60 pounds and which makes 60 pounds of flour. Thereis a lot of food around, what is short is the ability of the food storageindustry to process and package.Buy flour and bake your own bread; if what we are concerned about happens inJanuary 2000, you'll have to do this now anyway, and now is the time to makeyour mistakes, not in January 2000. besides, home baked bread is better for you,and the process of making bread is a very healing thing to do. if I am angry and

depressed about something, such feelings never survive baking bread. I alwayssay the Lord's prayer and Hail Mary as I knead the dough, and I highly recommendthis as a spiritual practice. Not to mention the good eating.Another way of preserving food cheaply is to buy produce directly from farmersand dry it yourself in a less-than-$20 dehydrator you can get at Waltons. I havebags of shredded carrots and zucchini, all ready to go into tomato sauce.Regarding public awareness, The Weekly World News, a tabloid, has a front pagearticle on its issue of 9-15. the headlines read: "January 1, 2000: the day theearth will stand still! All banks will fail! Food supplies will be depleted!Electricity will be cut off! The stock market will crash! Vehicles usingcomputer chips will stop dead! Telephones will cease to function! Domino effect



will cause a worldwide depression!"So of course I bought it, immediately. IF nothing else, it will be a magnificentsouvenir. the article itself basically reports the worst-case Road WarriorTEOTWAKI scenario.--------------------------------------

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NON-ELECTRIC FOOD DEHYDRATING TOPI was thinking about how to dehydrate foods without using electricity. I finallydecided to take two of my trays from my(electric) Excaliber and load them withsquash and put them in my gas oven. I'd heard you can dehydrate by pilot light.It's working wonderfully. It usually takes a day and a half to dry a tray butthe nice thing is that it's not costing me anything extra: the pilot light wouldbe on regardless.Now my husband wants to have our gas stove changed over to propane (they can dothus by altering the burners ) because if there's a SERIOUS electric breakdownin y2k, the gas won't be pumping through the pipes for awhile either, but wecould still cook a long time on 250 gallons of propane. I'm wondering, doespropane use a pilot light?To answer your question about what the Excaliber trays are like. They are a

basic square with a plastic screen on them. Easily duplicated like the otherpost that was on today's list. I also know that we tend to have shear curtainshanging around for some great purpose in the future. I would think they wouldwork too. I've used them for cheesemaking as well. The oven pilot keeps the ovenabout 150 degrees at all times. I'm actually really enjoying dehydrating thisway after having used my electric dehydrator for years. No buzz of the fan tobug me! Also...it doesn't put all that heat into the house for the summer. I dolike the outdoor dehydrator as well.I have two friends in TN that have built outdoor dehydrators they both workwell. However, they built them so large that it takes a lot of food to fill themup. I like this method of a little at a time. It's no sweat to chop or grate uptwo trays full and set them into my oven...every other day. Plus when I need tobake, it's no big deal to find a place to set two trays while I need the oven.

However, I would caution you about putting the trays back in the oven toosoon....(smile)...I kind of warped one of my Excaliber trays not meaning too! Itstill fits in the electric dehydrator thankfully!We also knew some folks that dehydrated in the window of their car all the time.I have also used old clean sheer curtains over the top of my food that isdehydrating outdoors. It works great. They can usually be purchased fromGoodwill for a $1 or so.-------------------------------------------------------BANANA BREAD IN A JAR TOP2-2/3 c. white sugar 3-1/2 c. white flour2/3 c. veg. shortening 1/2 tsp. nutmeg4 eggs 1 tsp. cinnamon2/3 c. buttermilk 2 tsp. baking soda

2c. mashed ripe bananas 1 tsp. baking powder1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. saltCream sugar and shortening. Add eggs-mix well. Add buttermilk and vanilla-mixwell. place dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add creamed ingredients to thedry and mix. Stir in bananas. Prepare seven one-pint wide-mouth canning jarswith vegetable shortening. Place one cup of batter in each jar.( do not use morethan one cup or batter will overflow and jar will not seal) Place jars evenlyspaced on a cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees F. for 45 minutes, or until atoothpick inserted in center comes out clean.Working quickly, wipe rim, place lid and ring on jar and secure. Jars will sealquickly. Repeat with remaining jars. When ready to serve, bread will side out. A



properly sealed quick bread will stay fresh for one year.-----------------------------------------------------------YES, YOU CAN STORE BROWN RICE TOPI know the folks say that brown rice will go rancid but I bought some brown ricein a 50 lb bag and it took us over a year to eat it. I had filled up myTupperware container full of rice and then put the rest in a 50 lb bucket. Thatbucket inadvertently got mixed up with my storage buckets of wheat. Wediscovered the half full rice bucket 2 years later. I've now used all that rice

and it sure didn't taste "off" in any way. However, we did notice that itrequired more water to cook it for some reason----------------------------EGG STORAGE TOPI store eggs with Sodium Silicate. It's the same stuff you get at the auto partsstore or pharmacy. I found mine by the quart jar (much cheaper this way) forabout $6 at the local pharmacy. We bought it to seal the engine of an oldtruck....and by the way...it worked great. The couple that we gave the truck tooare still driving it a year after we did that seal thing with the sodiumsilicate. They've had no problems!ss

P.S. I have a friend that got the WalMart pharmacy to special order her

some...also they special ordered her citric acid for cheese making and it wasmuch cheaper than anywhere we could find it!--------------------------------------------------------CANNING: GREAT ZUKE TOMATO SALSA TOPI have a most wonderful salsa recipe. It's main ingredient is zucchini of allthings. It is sooo good. Everyone who has ever tasted it wanted the recipe. Hereit is, hope you enjoy it.Maria's Zucchini Salsa10 - 15 cups grated unpeeled zucchini ( about 3 - 5 medium zucchinis )8 oz. jalapenos ( the first time I used canned jalapenos and it was mild,then I used about 3 jalapenos and it was a little spicier -- you can add upto 16 oz. but that's too spicy for me )3 - 5 cups chopped onion ( about 4 medium onions )

Mix and refrigerate overnight. Use plastic gloves when handling jalapenos. (Ididn't and suffered -- real hot, red hands all night long ) Rinse and drain thenext day.5 - 10 cups chopped tomatoes5 cloves garlic2 cups vinegar1 1/2 cups brown sugar1 gallon tomato sauce1 tsp. cumin1 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes1 tsp. black pepper1 tsp. dry mustard1 TBSP chili powder

1 TBSP corn starch2 TBSP cilantro ( coriander )Simmer above ingredients together with the chilled mixture for 1/2 hour. Processpints for 20 minutes or quarts for 45 minutes ( water bath ). Pressure canning,process pints at 10 lbs. for 15 minutes. Makes about 17 pints.--------------------------------------------------------FREE KOMBUCHA STARTER CULTURE TOPKombucha is a refreshing, healthy tea made from a fungus (!) which you can growvery easily from a starter culture. I have been on a Kombucha newsletter but Ican't remember how to subscribe to it If you email to Bev at:[email protected] shecan give you the info, as she runs the list. There are plenty of people giving



the Kombucha away for free or for mailing costs that are on the list, and peopleare asking for them, and usually they can hook up with someone close, or someonewill mail them one. There are different strains of Kombucha available---------------------------------------------------------------PALLETS FOR FIREWOOD TOPIf you can get pallets cheap or free, they make adequate firewood. However, youhave to watch for nails when you burn them. The nails are those spiral kind andthey are hard to remove. Be sure to clean the nails out of your woodstove quite

often, 2 or 3 times a day I would suggest. If the stove has grates in they willbegin to warp out of shape because of the nails. I'm not much on science so Ican't tell you why the grates do that and what effect the nails have other thancausing them to warp, but I do have the practical experience of having toreplace the grating before finding out why it was warping.------------------------------------------CORN COB JELLY TOPThis jelly is very similar in flavor and color to apple jelly, with a honeyovertone. During the depression...families might sell their apples, if they hadany, and since corncobs were plentiful, after the kernels were used...thisrecipe was developed. No waste!!!CORN COB JELLY12 sweet corn cobs 4 c. water 4 c. sugar

l box fruit pectinll

Bring water with cobs, to a boil; boil for l0 mins. Measure 3 c. liquid & strainthrough a cheesecloth. Put strained fluid into a large saucepan, add pectin.Bring to rolling boil. Add sugar; bring mixture back to a boil. Simmer for 3mins., then skim. Add food coloring, if desired. Pour into scalded jars & seal.Jelly will be clear & taste like apple-honey.-------------------------------------------NO FAIL SHORTENING SOAP RECIPE TOPNo Fail (and no weigh) Soap Recipe2 cans (3 lb) veggie shortening1 can (12 0z) lye

2 cups water22

Mix lye and water in enamel pan, OUTSIDE, set aside to cool. Melt shortening,set aside to cool. When both are hot to the touch (on the outside of the pan)pour lye into shortening. Stir until consistency of mashed potatoes. Pour intoprepared mold and let set 24 hours, covered. Uncover, poke it and see if it'sfirm. If it is, turn it out on newspapers and cut it into bars. Put themsomeplace safe and let cure for 2-3 weeks, minimum. If its not firm, cover andlet sit for another 24 hours, then turn out and cut. Use butter tubs or glasscakes pans as molds.

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