How to easily build a 2 week emergency food supply

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0:00 Introduction
1:12 Why I recommend these items
1:15 The items I recommend for your pantry
1:18 Additional considerations beyond 2 weeks
2:24 Rice - 20 pounds
2:36 Beans - 20 pounds or cans
3:16 Canned meat - 20 cans
3:29 Canned fruit - 20 cans
3:32 Canned Vegetables - 20 + cans
3:41 Soup - 20+ Cans
3:54 Powdered milk
4:20 Peanut Butter
4:37 Pancake mix
4:46 Honey, jam, syrup
5:11 Pasta
5:24 Spaghetti sauce
5:35 Salt
5:48 Oil
6:00 Coffee
6:10 Spices
6:31 Nuts
6:40 Packaged meals
6:57 Bonus: Gardening
7:13 See link to video in description below
7:37 Water storage
7:45 See links in description below
7:57 Buy food your family enjoys
8:47 Have a place to store food
9:49 See link in description below

#shtf #emergency #prepper

[anagonzalez]

I am glad I was trained to survive with rice and beans.. in Latin America that is all we can afford. God bless us keep us safe.

[carollizc]

I never thought about making sure there was enough food in the house for emergencies (I was a kid) until there was a really bad snowstorm in the Buffalo area, oh, about 1973 - 74. People were snowed in for days, and were running short of food. My mother, rather smugly, said that it could never happen to us, because she always kept enough food in the house for at least two weeks. I asked her about fresh stuff, like milk. She reminded me that there was always powdered milk on the shelf, and if we didn't like it that way, she had a lot of things like pudding mixes that used milk. She said that meals, especially towards the end of the two week stretch might be a little boring, as we'd use up all the stuff in the fridge and freezer first, but that we'd manage. Man, was I proud of my mother for planning ahead.

[marypelton]

I’m inside my apartment here in Texas, while outside is FROZEN. I’m very prepared to stay home for many weeks. Thanks to you and videos like yours I have learned the necessity of prepping for unexpected events. Who would guess that Texans would freeze!! Thank you

[JuanRamirez-nxjg]

You know that feeling when you should have been studying for the test on Friday and you up on all Thursday night cramming... yeah that is how I feel right now with this Coronavirus

[kimjong-uny]

I work at Wal Mart Emergency team, after a disaster we only have a 3 hour supply due to mass panic. The last place to be is a store, it will be full of panic, stampedes etc. (Look at black friday)

[reefsurfer]

1. Rice - 20 lbs
2. Beans - 20 Cans or 20 lbs (dried)
3. Canned Meat - 20 Cans
4. Canned Fruit - 20 cans
5. Canned Veggies - 20+ cans (green beans, corn, tomatoes)
6. Soup - 20+ cans
7. Powdered Milk
8. Cereal
9. Oatmeal - 5 Lbs
10. Peanut Butter
11. Pancake mix - 10 lbs
12. Honey, Jam, Syrup - few lbs
13. Pasta - 20lbs
14. Spagetti Sauce - 10 Jars
15. Salt
16. Oil - Olive and other
17. Coffee & Tea
18. Spices and condements - Keep things different
19. Nuts - quick and easy
20. Packaged meals - (mac and cheese)

Bonus- Have a garden!

[massoutdoortramper]

I’ve been casually prepping for emergencies for about a year now. My wife would say “Do we really need all this extra stuff” and kind of laugh. She’s not laughing so much now. 😉😎

[hiromi]

Quick and simple (from personal experience): 1.) Water- please stock up waaayyyy in advance. Stored in a cool, dry place. Place on a pallet if floor is bare concrete. Chemicals can leech its to the bottles. Or a way to purify water to drink. 2.) Toilet paper. You’ll be surprised how much you can use. 3.) Matches. Store in airtight container or bag. Lighters can and will evaporate. 4.) Candles. Come on. You need light! Right? 5.) Dry and canned goods. Store in large canning jars or Mylar bags. Get stuff you know you would eat. The rest is gravy. 6.) The cheap, $20 food saver: keeps everything up to par. Afterwards, vacuum bag with either manuel pump or a way to squeeze air out. 7.) Manuel crank radio for the news, books, cards, games... there will be no internet or power. 8.) Stay up to date about manual heat/air. Look into cheap solar power. 9.) Protection. Enough said about that...10.) Batteries, flashlights and anything needing power, please use sparingly. They will all run out eventually. 11.) Learn how to cook with basic ingredients. It’ll come in handy. I know how to can/jar my own jams and jellies. Don’t forget to rotate stock! Great video! Stay safe out there.

[sheribeeman]

Start saving the lint from your dryers! they are great fire starters! squish them compactly.

[janetbransdon]

A good idea with oats is you can soak them overnight in water instead of cooking them thus saving fuel. Next day add powdered milk nuts dried fruit etc and you have a Bircher museli for breakfast. Love and peace to all.🤗

[megbowyer]

We have just survived the fires in the far south coast of NSW Australia 2 weeks without electricity (for those of us that still had a house) and 8 weeks of being ready to evacuate at any moment. Some of the things I learnt from this experience was food like the items you have showed (I was so shocked at how quickly food became an issue and our supermarkets had lines outside of people and very quickly bare shelves - plus you needed cash as everything becomes a cashless society over night, solar lights and candles, a solar/battery operated radio for updates as our phones became useless as the internet went down in our area, drinking water (which we had bought a month before - this was excellent when we had to evacuate), a generator and fuel is a wonderful luxury (which we have now invested in), face masks (for us it was for the smoke but now there is the nasty virus so we have replaced them to be sure). I guess the list is endless but it is weird when you go through a SHTF situation Prepping becomes a sensible and normal thing to do. Being prepared should be everyone’s responsibility - be ready to look after yourself and your family. 🇦🇺

[philippeperreault]

This is the video that motivated me to finally start prepping last year! I live pretty much paycheck to paycheck, but I was able to dedicate $10 bucks a week to growing my prepping!

[timmccabe]

I would add Flour. With flour, oil, water and salt, you can make tortillas and or bread.

[jshicke]

Having been thru a major storm, I can agree that three days is not enough. We were without power for 14 days. Grocery stores were empty by day two. No roads were passable for 7 days. Federal supplies started to trickle in after day 8. When people learned that law enforcement could not respond, it seemed like all common sense left. I recall 2 guys pulled knives on each other over a case of soda that had been left on the office steps for me. One man tried to light another mans home on fire because he said his girlfriend stole from him. I pulled a gun on another person for the one and only time as I caught him looking in my sister-in-laws home while holding a large butcher knife. Police did arrive after about 40 minutes. They confiscated his knife and told him to go away because he did not live in the that's it.

I recall standing in a line about a mile long to buy a 10 pound bag of ice for $6. Meanwhile, a guy in a van was driving up and down the line selling the same bag for $20, and selling them. Woman and grandmothers with small babies were begging for milk and formula alongside the line waiting to buy ice. You do not think this can happen to you here in the United States, but I can guarantee you it is probably happening right now in Florida after Hurricane Michael. Thankfully, we had gas still working, so we could cook, boil water, and take warm showers. The water was not safe to drink without boiling due to all the overflow from the sewers. We had a few pounds of rice, some canned condensed soups, some vegetables. As a family we all pulled together in one home that had not had a tree come thru the roof. Doing this reduced wasted food and frankly, was better for protection.

Now, I have about two weeks of food. Mostly canned food, and dried foods like soup, pasta, and beans. Powdered coffee, and instant soup too. I have several gallons worth of powdered milk and some shelf stable milk. This is for the mothers who did not plan for their babies in an emergency. I even have some hard candy put up. We have a collapseable liner that goes into the tub, so you can fill it with about 50 gallons of water when needed and it will be safe to drink. We keep a few gallons of gas, just in case. Get a crank powered emergency radio too. Mine charges via a power cord, crank, or solar; and can charge a cell phone via a USB connector.

[Andluth]

Couple of bottles of multi vitamins. Cheap insurance against deficiency especially c and the other water soluble minerals.

[laurazarboni]

we keep 6 months food supply on hand. Canned Salmon is great to stock up on.

[bigdickpornsuperstar]

2:30 ~ Because of additional oils in the hull, brown rice turns rancid much faster than White, Jasmine, or Basmati rice does.
For long term stable shelf storage, avoid brown rice.

[karney]

Don't underestimate the importance of spices for flavor! The new world was literally discovered out of desperation for flavor!

[mukkaar]

I would include some canned coconut, it's just really great with beans and rice. Throw in some of those canned vegetables, add some curry spices and you have really nice coconut curry. Some variety from pasta sauce.

[bobketterer]

I recommend an old Boy Scout trick for anyone using boxed/ powder milk, get some vanilla for it. Kills that funky taste.