World War II can teach us a lot about be prepared in an emergency situation. In May 1942 practically every common good was rationed not only in food but other supplies like rubber products and fuels. In an emergency situation we may experience something even worse than rationing. If SHTF, let say an EMP strike like in the novel “One Second After” by William R. Forstchen, All of our modern technologies almost literally fry and won’t work. Every mill, every manufacturing system is offline. Humans would be put back in the dark ages. We as a race would have to come together and relearn how to process things by hand. Most developed countries wouldn’t be able to survive and a lot of people would parish.
All of our grandmothers and elderly would have all the advice that we would need but not the able bodies to complete the action. Any skills for self-sufficiency would be valued greatly. People who know how to can and preserve food would understand the need for nutrition. My grandmother was raised during WWII rationing and always kept a full pantry growing up as I grew up. She would reuse everything, if something wasn’t twice it was a waste. I never realized these habits were caused by the rationing in her early life. She taught me so much about emergency preparedness without meaning to.
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Think of the sodas you drink or the snack foods you grab on the go. Sugar uplifts our moral as well as adding a few more calories to your daily intake. There are many ways to keep sugar in your diet. You can store plain sugar or you can process it into things like jam and jellies. You can also use fruits. they have natural sugars in them and they last up to 30 years if they are freeze dried. You can also store them in cans and jars. Sugar really is important to keep in your food storage. So no matter how you store your sugar, you should plan to store it in different ways to maximize the benefits and keep your moral up in
All of our grandmothers and elderly would have all the advice that we would need but not the able bodies to complete the action. Any skills for self-sufficiency would be valued greatly. People who know how to can and preserve food would understand the need for nutrition. My grandmother was raised during WWII rationing and always kept a full pantry growing up as I grew up. She would reuse everything, if something wasn’t twice it was a waste. I never realized these habits were caused by the rationing in her early life. She taught me so much about emergency preparedness without meaning to.
Can you image …show more content…
Think of the sodas you drink or the snack foods you grab on the go. Sugar uplifts our moral as well as adding a few more calories to your daily intake. There are many ways to keep sugar in your diet. You can store plain sugar or you can process it into things like jam and jellies. You can also use fruits. they have natural sugars in them and they last up to 30 years if they are freeze dried. You can also store them in cans and jars. Sugar really is important to keep in your food storage. So no matter how you store your sugar, you should plan to store it in different ways to maximize the benefits and keep your moral up in