District 10 Preparedness Newsletter - May 2023

 

District 10

May 2023 Newsletter

 

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it’s a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson

Goals: 

Practice:

Plan a neighborhood party for this Summer

…and carry it out 

Short Term Preparedness:

Practice cooking with an alternative cooking method, and share what you learn with a neighbor. 

Long Term Storage:

Packaged, freeze-dried emergency meals, such as MREs or meals from a place like https://valleyfoodstorage.com/ (or some you’ve made with your own freeze-dryer)

Prep Equipment:

Obtain cooking equipment for an alternative cooking method that you don’t already own, such as with a Dutch oven, Wonder Oven (see back), solar oven, portable propane stove, butane back-packing cooker, and so on. 

Connect:

     Invite someone on your block who you don’t know very well over to dinner, or go out to dinner with them. Do this a couple of times this year with different neighbors. Strike up a conversation with a neighbor and ask them at least 3 questions that help you get to know them better; don’t look at your phone the whole time.


Wonder Ovens

A DIY Solution to Alternative Cooking

10 Quick Reasons to have a Wonder Oven

1- Become self-sufficient in case of emergency

2- Save and conserve on fuel

3- Never burn your food

4- Easy, inexpensive and efficient

5- You can even bake homemade bread

6- Keep ice cream frozen for hours on a hot summer day

7- Make a gallon of yogurt overnight

8- Cook oatmeal or hot cereal overnight for a hot breakfast in the morning

9- Keep you kitchen cool when cooking in the hot summer months

10- Spend only 15-20 minutes heating up the food with whatever method is   feasible prior to placement in the wonder oven, then it cooks itself.

How to make and use a wonder oven (we do have a physical handout we can make copies of if you’re interested):

https://prepared-housewives.com/alternative-cooking-wonder-oven-2/

https://www.backdoorsurvival.com/slow-cooking-with-the-amazing-wonder-oven/

https://preparednessmama.com/wonder-oven/

Wonder Ovens Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/WonderOvens

Example Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27K_Zlk0XBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6-X6fDsLn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbUJvrLAR4I

Wonder Ovens – What Are They?

Have you heard about Wonder Ovens and their capacity to conserve fuel in a survival situation? A Wonder Oven (also called a Wonder Box, Hot Box or back in pioneer times a “Hay Box”) is a set of pillows, a larger pillow for the bottom and a smaller pillow to fit on top, which are filled with Styrofoam beads. These pillows are used to retain temperature for a long period of time. While a Wonder Oven doesn’t actively heat the food to temperature, after it’s heated, it’s able to hold that temperature for many hours. Slow-cooking in style, it’s comparable to a “crock pot” but requires no power.

     -from backdoorsurvival.com

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