45. Torn in long strips for tying. In the element of PROTECTION your faithful bandana could be… 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
A bandage. An arm sling. An eye patch. A tourniquet. Used for tying a splint. Handcuffs. A whip. A compress. Ear plugs. Padding for sore spots.
There you have it, fifty five ways to use a bandana …oh yeah, fifty six and fifty seven, it can be a towel and you can blow your nose in it! I’ll bet you can think of some more. 21. CONSIDER BARTERING. Among other things disasters can affect the economy. Goods, services, commodities, and cash may be in short supply, and people will need them. Storing a little extra of certain items may serve you well in being able to obtain things that your family needs by bartering with those who have them. Ammunition can be really valuable this way…especially .22 caliber. 22. LET’S TALK ABOUT SURVIVAL FOODS, particularly survival kit food supplies. Since your survival kit should be designed to be lightweight, highly portable, and bottom-line, the food you carry should meet the same criteria. There are many offerings of “packable” foods, some are good, others not, but they all seem to share a common quality…they’re expensive. Many of these foods do not require re-hydration, which makes them excessively heavy, i.e. MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat). I HAVE DEVELOPED a substance that I fondly call “survival gruel.” It fulfills all my requirements for packing, nutrition, and cost; you make it yourself…and it doesn’t taste half bad. A relatively small amount can provide sustenance for three days. Soup is an excellent survival food as it is mostly water, yet filling. It is also easy to make and modify for ingredients on hand. Get some water boiling, toss in some stuff and eat, doesn’t get much easier than that. THE INGREDIENTS for my gruel can be purchased at most grocery stores, but you will need a coffee grinder, or a good blender, to prepare it, and of course boiling water. But wait, if the power is out you could use a hand grinder, mortar and pestle, or a molcajete. Learn more at www.themillennialsurvivor.com
SURVIVAL GRUEL