Well, I missed the actual week six review, and then the election hit, so this is two weeks out.
I had planned on stepping down on the preps a bit, feeling like I was comfortable with what I have done. Not so now.
I had put boxes on the book shelf in my entryway with food in it for people who I know will come to my door when the economy collapses. But, now, since I live in a taker neighborhood and most probably voted for a second term for this idiot, I changed my mind. I took the food and merged it back into my stock, and put water and non-food items on those shelves. I'm of the opinion that should the economy get really bad, they can ask the government for help. I might make exceptions for family or friends who didn't vote for him, I haven't decided. I have family who think I'm going against God's will by even putting food away, and other family that thinks it doesn't matter who is in office. So they're really all idiots who are asleep at the wheel.
What I did in addition to that? I rotated some of my stock, by filling my pantry off my shelves, and then restocking the shelves. I bought a bag of charcoal and some starter in case we should run out of propane. We have reaccessed what we have, gone over menus so we know what meals we can eat. I had gotten really low (from the original stock) on some things like green beans and canned potatoes. But I decided I had enough at the level it fell to, so I bought other stuff for that spot.
I tried to make my own rice noodles, but that was an epic fail. The recipe sounded so easy, and even had a video, but it didn't work for me. Maybe I didn't cook it long enough. It said you could make your own steamer, so I took a spaghetti pot (that had 2 different size steamers in it), and took both steamers out. I put a camping plate in so I could still put the lid on. Supposedly you only have to soak the rice overnight, then run rice and water through a blender (I have a Vitamix) until it's like pancake batter. I did. Then you are supposed to put a half cup in the plate, that has been well oiled, steam for about 4 minutes, oil the top, and steam for 4 more minutes. It didn't hold together. Maybe I need to make the batter thinner. I'll give it another try next week. I may try grinding the flour first, since I have a grain grinder. It would be easier to store bags of rice than rice noodles. Otherwise, we'll be eating rice instead of noodles.
Our winter garden is doing well. We have lettuce, radishes, parsnips, beets and spinach. If we're supposed to get a frost, we need to cover it.
I think now it's more important than ever to stock up. I hear rumors (from only one site, that was making an educated prediction, so not set in stone) that we should expect massive inflation around February. It's far from over. I'm planning on buying a couple US flags. I feel like we're in the beginnings of the movie Revolution.
