Sorry those other drivers were insensitive. Two wrongs don’t make a right though, and you should not have profiled that guy as a Mexican just because he has dark skin. That’s what got those cops in trouble this week with Obama.

I know you don’t think Comm majors are valuable as you said but they are good for cultural sensitivity training. If you hire one for your company it’d help you keep from offending your listeners and customers.

Just sayin.

I did not care for yesterdays show. What bothered me was the rant you went into about how tolerent you are. You said that you were so tolerent there’s no place for people that want to live with people of their own race. There’s no place for people who want to live with people of their religious beliefs. To me that sounds like intolerance.

I understand the need for road rants – keeps you sane. I don\’t see any need to include them in the show however. Just a thought.

Paul

After 15 years of Phoenix traffic I find the road rage amusing. Too many years of having been in similar circumstances I suppose.

Thanks for the food tips, Jack.

Right on Jack. Love your impersonation of Bull-Dyke Suzie Orman. She gives awful advice and absolutely hates family people and men. She would say “why waste money on storing food when you can invest it in mutual funds.” She is such an idiot and parrots what the establishment wants her to say. The government is in serious trouble if you are prepared, you will be in a hurt locker in the fall when the stores are empty.

Rob

I think most of your listeners really like your new format. Personally, I\’m not so much into the political side of things but I do enjoy hearing your opinions.

Maybe I\’m a bit unique here, but I really enjoy your \"road rants\". They remind me that you\’re a real person and that you\’re actually recording from the road.

Suze Orman used to really freak me out. I have noticed that she has become much more conservative in her advice – even encouraging others to keep 8 months of expenses in savings. Sure, she\’s a but flaky but she\’s moving in a good direction and her advice may be a bit to \"out there\" for the \"sheeple\" but she seems to be introducing them to responsibiliy at least.

I took you advice to heart today and had some extra fun with preps – thanks!

Good show. Most of my food storage is canned and dried stuff from the grocery store and Sams or Costco. I don’t eat meat on Friday’s and some Friday’s I fast. Today I am fasting, hungry and I want to stock up! I fast for a few reasons: religious, health, self discipline, and in a survival situation, to be able to deal with being hungry and be able to function normally both mentally and physically.

Jack,

Would it be possible to get a copy of your food list and the sources of supply you stock your food from?

I did enjoy the show barring the idiots that kept you off track. I also noticed the sound was fading in and your voice would get weak and then strong again. I thought you wore a headset and that sounded like you were looking away when speaking into the microphone.

Rob

Robert Collins –
My pantry & supply lists can be found on Granny Miller.

I would also recommend dried fruits such as apricots, prunes, raisins, dates etc. to any food storage or pantry list.
Dried fruits are easy to store, take up little space and rehydrate easily.

I also prefer canned milk over powdered milk in my pantry.
Canned milk can be stored anywhere and never gets clumpy.
It is superior to instant powdered milk in cream based soups and in all cooking.

I was talking to a local cop awhile back and she told me that they DON\\\’T pull over anyone who looks like a Mexican even if they break traffic laws because none of them speak Spanish and most of them have no license, insurance or registration on the vehicle and it\\\’s just too much for them to deal with! I\\\’m thinking about going to the tanning bed and dying my hair black so I won\\\’t get pulled over!
Jack, maybe you can do a show on how to organize your food storage. I use gamma seal lids on my buckets for easy entry but I store small amounts of my bulk items in small rubbermaid containers for easy access. You can see a photo here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mygarden2009/page2/. Also, check out http://www.shelfreliance.com/ they have the ultimate food storage shelves!

Granny Miller,

Thanks for the link to your site. Your home reminds me of when I was little. I am stationed in California not by choice. The spaces are small and I know water and supplies will become short quick. SoCal is the big disaster cesspool. If SHTF it would be hard to leave for safety.

I have been canning meat! You can get case deals at Sam’s and Cosco and it is such a highly superior product than store bought canned meat and much less expensive, even if you have to buy jars and lids. I pound fits in a pint and 2 pounds in a quart. It’s very easy to do, just takes about 90 minutes to pressure can it. It’s like having roast in a jar! It’s such a convenience food as well.
I also make a lot of homemade canned soups. You have a lot less cost and also less sodium, etc. Don’t for get to store condiments!

I’ve also cooked rice using the boiling like pasta method. I don’t reheat mine. I run hot water over the rice / colander, and it stays warm enough not to reheat in microwave. You can also heat butter / margarine in the bottom of you rice pot while rinsing, put rice back in pot and stir butter/rice together. If you have a gas stovetop, you don’t have to have elect for this method.

Also, if you’re using your oven for another dish, you can place the covered rice pot in the oven for a few minutes (assuming your dish is oven safe). I don’t heat up my oven just for this. Oven warming keeps your rice hot or reheats it while you’re baking something else. Not too long or you’ll dry out your rice.

To reheat leftover rice, I add a little water and heat on stovetop. Or I cook in my skillet with olive oil. Toss in a scrambled egg, green onion and soy sauce – you’ll have a good cheap meal.

Not a huge fan of rice as a regular food, it\’s a great source of carbs and has a few other nutrients and is said to complement beans well. It\’s advantages are, of course, it stores well and is easy to cook. If I am using rice I do not cook batches of it but put it into water cooked foods like soups and stews or home-made sauces.

Just a note. In many cultures where rice is a staple it is prepared to be sticky so you can easily eat it with chopsticks. Embrace the sticky.

Many of your cooking tips included using butter. Butter is available canned from show sponsor ready made resources.

I agree. EMBRACE THE STICKY! 😀

I have been hit 3 times in the last 4 years. Each time I was legally parked in the parking lot of a local business. All 3 times, the driver of the vehicle that ran into me spoke no English, had no driver’s license and no insurance. Just relating what happened to me.

Hey Jack, great podcast today. I’m happy to report that I stock all of the items you listed except the bacon– but I’m definitely going to check that out.

I think meat has been the hardest thing to come up with. Most of my family (except my 9 year old fussy eater), so we use the tuna in a pouch as well as Tyson chicken pouches.

I also wanted to send a personal “thank you” for your continuous encouragement (and occasional rants) on the topic of not hiding the fact that I’m a prepper.. I’m not the type of person that necessarily worries about the “Zombie Hordes” coming and killing me and stealing my food – while I do keep it quiet from one odd-ball neighbor.. 🙂 But I have been shy about revealing my survival inclinations from friends and family because I was afraid of that LOOK that some people get when they find out that I store food.

I think my husband and I hit a tipping point where we had to decide if being quiet was fair to the people we care about. So we came out of the closet (or the food pantry..) and started talking a little more openly about our preparations.

Now, we didn’t get on the roof and yell “YO!! We have lots of food here!”, but we did open up to our family members and some close friends about what we think about the economy and what we expect to see when inflation strikes.

Surprisingly, a couple of our friends confided that they too had been making preparations.. and one or two did give us that funny look, but that’s okay. My sister and brother-in-law were actually somewhat unaware of some of the things we talked about (like imminent inflation) and wanted to learn more, so I pointed them to some websites and books to read, and also sent them a link to your podcast. I’m pretty sure you will have two new fans listening in this week.

I’ve been so motivated about the topic that I decided to put together an ebook to offer at my website to encourage people to store food- showing some of the steps that I went through to get my food storage process started. I think that there are lots of people who want to do this, but get overwhelmed by the task. My goal is to give some simple, practical advice to get people started. I’m about 20 pages into it, and my husband has been offering some help as well. It has been a great experience for both of us. I’m thinking I may even do some videos..

As for the road rage… Dallas traffic is nuts! I feel so bad for you and know that you will be so much happier when you get out of there and move to Arkansas. Our best friends lived in Dallas for many years and made a 15 mile commute to work, but it took 45 minutes! They now live in Lone Grove, OK and commute to Duncan, OK to work. The drive is 60 miles, but they make it about the same amount of time with very little traffic. They are like new people now that they are free of the smog and crazy traffic!

The only problem I have with the occasional rants is that I have to pre-screen your podcasts before I can play them in front of my 9 year old.. While I think it’s funny to hear about the Ass Clowns, I might not like to get a call from a 4th grade teacher after my son calls HER an Ass Clown.. LOL.. but it’s something I’m willing to do, and there are many podcasts that I’ve let him listen in on and now he is right there with us, learning how to live a better life when… you know.. 🙂

Thanks again for all you do.

Hey Jack, great podcast today… Home prep is something I am trying to be more serious about, as well as getting my a$$ out of debt.

Thanks and keep it up, bud.

Oh, and is there a way to block Marion S. Sheeple\’s IP address. He or she is just a pain in the ass, taking away from the good that you are trying to do. People like him or her just look for stupid crap to comment about because all they have is time on their hands to be an idiot.

Another thing I wanted to comment on was the types of wheat. If you are getting started, make sure you get a hard winter wheat (red or white) as they have the lowest moisture content and longer storage. The red wheat is a little more dense and has a nuttier flavor. The white wheat is a lot easier to use in making breads and in baking and has a milder flavor.

This show was a special treat for me with not one, not two but three \’ass-clowns\’ that you had to deal with!

On the subject of rice, I have always rinsed well, boiled it and then drained for sticky rice or rinsed with hot water for non-sticky rice. Are there other ways of cooking it that I am unaware of?

I\’ve been reading/hearing a lot about canning and thought it might make a good subject for a future show?

Thanks 🙂

We\’ve had wheat for years, eventually you need to use some of it, not just store it. Ours was just sitting there until we bought an electric wheat grinder. Homemade bread is not an everyday thing, time consuming.

But there is an easy everyday use for wheat, even without a grinder. Put twice as much water as wheat, maybe a little more water, in a crockpot overnight on low. Hot breakfast waiting for you. Add fresh fruit and berries, milk. Tastes better than pre-packaged cereal, even with the added fruit, cheaper too. I\’ve heard you can put wheat and hot water in a thermos overnight, same thing, haven\’t tried that. Anyway if you have wheat, try some in a crockpot.

Driving in traffic always makes me want to drink. I have tried to make my rants less profane since I have kids. A rant is much better than shooting at other drivers.

Here's a classic for those of us who suffer from instantaneous road rage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKBJCiJO5XU
Driving is bad for humans. Let us all become Member Support Brigade so that Jack can stop driving to and from work everyday. Maybe he can start guerilla-casting while weeding to keep up the intensity of his style.
Being Latino and having to face Latino drivers where I live, I can understand the frustration of trying to figure out exactly how is it that we drive. We're better at dancing…

Your show offended me because you cower and deny your a racist when you are white. Atleast have the balls to admit your are or are you trying to claim you are not white. Dude only whites are racist and it is impossible for any people of color to be racist. You need to get that clear in your fathead white boy. I like listening to your show for the scared whitey entertainment factor preping for something that will never happen except only our government will get stronger and eliminate all of you w as threats.

White people are like cattle and deserve to be slaughtered it is funny how you even make fun of your own people for being what you know your are. Too funny I laugh and pity your political correctness fear that will be the death of you people!

Good riddance! I dare you to discuss this on your show or are you some coward?

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