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If your family had to eat the food in their 72 hour kits, would they really eat it? Or would you have a rebellion on your hands?

Ready or Not #227: Eating Well – Or Not discusses the problem of putting food in your 72 hour kits that your family refuses to eat — and what you can do about it.

I make everything from “scratch”.  Okay, not everything, but most everything.  It isn’t that hard and it is less expensive and it tastes better.  Through the years of creating things from scratch it has become secondhand and I don’t have to put much thought into it.  A lot of times I don’t even have to look at most of the recipes anymore.

Ready or Not #226: Where Do I Buy Scratch discusses the benefits of making things from scratch and has an article that will give you a chuckle.

I love homemade bread; the smell of it, the taste of it and it is so much cheaper than any decent tasting bread that you buy in the store.  I shared my favorite bread recipe with you in a past article that is good for making sandwiches and is really easy to make. Today I’m going to share two different types of bread recipes that are easy and yummy, but not good sandwich breads.

Get those recipes in our article Ready or Not #116: 5 Minute and Irish Soda Bread.

A friend of mine sent me an article the other day about the fires in Texas. The article described how Shannon Lilie had a mere five minutes to flee her home as a wildfire roared its way toward her home in Austin, Texas. Even though she had rehearsed over and over in her mind what she would do in such a situation, when it became a reality she struggled to have her wits about her. She didn’t know what to do.

Ready or Not #225: Evacuate – Now shares a link to the full article and talks about advance preparation for situations like this.

What is your view of the future?  All gloom and doom?  Or, are you step-by-step getting prepared so that you can take care of yourself and your family for what the future may bring?  Ready or Not #113: No Gloom, No Doom gives thoughts and insights about the happiness and peace you get when you are prepared.

Boy, it sure hasn’t been easy to live in the East or Mid-West this year — the oppressive heat, the flooding, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes and now hurricane Irene. At least with hurricane Irene, everybody had a few days warning to get their wits together and come up with a plan.

Ready or Not #224: What About the Meat provides excellent information on you can keep your meat safe during an emergency situation.

We are now going into the candy season.  This is, as they say, “the best of times and the worst of times.”  Candy is going to be prevalent for the next four months.  Okay, maybe not so much for Thanksgiving, but that holiday seems to get sandwiched in between Halloween, Christmas, and New Years.

Ready or Not #77: Candy Storage discusses how candy can be a vital part of your food storage program.  Read it so that you will know how to use it in your food storage program.

The price of gas continues to rise.  This impacts the cost of food — so does drought, crop failure, and war.  One-third of the world’s population used to be able to feed their whole family on one person’s daily wage. Not so any more.

Ready or Not #115: Food Prices and Availability talks about the problem and encourages you — yes YOU — to get prepared while there is plenty of food available.