16 April 06

The Pandemic Vegetarian Cookbook, Preface

Assumption #1: There will be a pandemic that will disrupt the food supply (and require everyone to stay home for a week or two, entirely self-sufficient. It may be longer.)

Assumption #2: You’re not going to be shooting game in your yard, or squirrels, rabbits, or dogs or cats.

Assumption #3: You’re not willing to sabotage your immune system in order to avert a cytokine storm.

Assumption #4: You’ll have built up a good supply of whole grains and beans. These will keep you going for a good while.

Assumption #5: You’ll organise your entire life around a supply of sauerkraut. (And stored chocolate, rationed in tiny pieces…)

Recipes will follow once I start following different length scenarios. Stay tuned.

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  1. Sauerkraut?

    I am intrigued!
    — maria    17. April 2006, 16:33    Link
  2. Hey, great idea! Here in the Appalachians, though, I don’t think Assumption #2 will hold up.

    We have a valley full of Amish truck farmers right next to us, and my mother has very good Amish street cred. So that’s Plan B. Plan A is my Mormon brother and sister-in-law with the church-mandated pantry full of dried grains and beans and the non-church-mandated full arsenal. They live in town, but would stay up here on the mountain in the event of a pandemic or other interruption of the food supply. We will survive.
    — Dave    17. April 2006, 17:34    Link
  3. Dave: Amish street cred? That’s even better than sauerkraut.
    — Ron Sullivan    18. April 2006, 09:09    Link
  4. I am watching for the cookbook

    not too many sauerkraut recipies I hope :)
    — endment    19. April 2006, 06:23    Link

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