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Emergency food
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10:07:32 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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>> > On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 8:47:16 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan
>> > wrote:
>> >> On 11/10/2015 10:56 AM, sf wrote:
>> >> > On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:45:52 -0600, Moe DeLoughan >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On 11/9/2015 2:07 PM, sf wrote:
>> >> >>> On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:26:27 -0600, Moe DeLoughan
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> (Link below for those who want to view the video)
>> >> >>>> http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-its-l...ocalyp-1740597
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> That page doesn't exist.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> Fixed:
>> >> >> http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-its-l...lyp-1740597077
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>> >> > Thanks. I guess it's called "survival" food.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> It's also nothing that a person couldn't trick up themselves with
>> >> stockpiled dried vegetables, pasta, potatoes, rice, tomato powder,
>> >> powdered milk and cheese products, and so forth. You could mix up your
>> >> own seasoning or dried sauce mix ahead of time and store that, too, or
>> >> make it on an as-needed basis. Honestly, pasta in tomato sauce or
>> >> potatoes in a cheese or sour cream sauce is no brain surgery. There's
>> >> no reason to pay hundreds of dollars for a bucket of macaroni and some
>> >> powdered tomato/herb packets, or a bucket of dried potato slices and
>> >> some powdered milk/cheese sauce packets.
>> >>
>> >> Then again, the same can be said for the so-called 'survival' seeds.
>> >> Just plain old open-pollinated seeds that can be purchased in bulk for
>> >> about one one-hundredth of the price from actual seed companies.
>> >
>> > What we need is home irradiation units - one that uses no radioactive
>> > materials. We could can our own foods in seconds without pressure
>> > cookers.
>> > That would be cool.
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>> You were just born too soon ;-)
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> I cannot say if I was born too soon. I probably woke up too early though.
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> One could make a lead-lined, air-tight, food storage box that would be
> very power efficient. You put food in it and when you close the door, it
> blasts the food with X-rays and shuts off. It won't need any power until
> you open it up again. Who needs a stinkin' refrigerator?
Me? <g>
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