Any “ preppers “ here?

[Kwaibill]

I am not one, really, but lived “ off grid “ with a sixty mile round trip on any direction for food, water, etc. so became pretty practiced at baking, canning, etc. , to try and keep the number of trips down. I also qualified for local food banks and scored some good hauls; e.g. one time there were bags and bags of USDA prunes that nobody seemed to want. I put up twenty odd pints. 
Anyway, I have these “ hobbies”,  but there does not seem to be much Thai interest in such.  I do bake my own multigrain bread, in part because I can taste the sugar in most available Thai brands ( I’m diabetic) and I like knowing what is in other foods as well.

I don’t envision a big production, but if anyone can point me in the direction of, particularly used canning gear ( jars, etc. , don’t have to be Mason ) I would be most appreciative. I was a bit disappointed last year when we saw some good buys on strawberries while north, but could only bring home what would be used in a few days. If I had jars I could have put up “ no added sugar” jam.????

[BritManToo]

Yep, I'm a pepper. 

Moved to Thailand to survive the zombie apocalypse. House full of swords to chop their brains. 

 Solar power and terabytes of movies/books for entertainment in the post apocalyptic world. 

Ceramic water filter to clean the buffalo pee from the klong behind my house. 

Edited April 16, 2023 by BritManToo

[ChaiyaTH]

There is always plenty of rice, potatoes no issue to grow too. Vegetables and other things can be done in a month here if doing hydroponics. Aside of that plenty of fruit, chickens and eggs too. Little reason to be a big prepper here. Same with water wells.

 

I do have prepped in terms of additional water filters, medical supplies, solar/battery and similar items. As well kindle in EMT protected box with all the books (SAS survival etc etc) + backup.

Edited April 16, 2023 by ChaiyaTH

[Kwaibill]

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

There is always plenty of rice, potatoes no issue to grow too. Vegetables and other things can be done in a month here if doing hydroponics. Aside of that plenty of fruit, chickens and eggs too. Little reason to be a big prepper here. Same with water wells.

 

I do have prepped in terms of additional water filters, medical supplies, solar/battery and similar items.

I am approaching it more from the hobby angle, but also somewhat because my dear wife likes to let things run out before she buys again; 

I am currently house bound due to a stroke.

[marin]

Not a prepper but a canner. You can get canning jars online from Lazada, or more expensive at Ikea.

[dingdongrb]

Strawberries can be frozen and used for baking pies....  Luv strawberry-rhubarb pie!!!

 

I have even used frozen strawberries when making homemade ice cream.

 

I have never tried growing strawberries here in Thailand but grew them easily back in the USA. They seem so expensive here and unless you go somewhere and pick your own most in the stores are moldy and starting to rot or else too green to eat.

 

My father and step-mother spent very little on groceries. She was always canning the things grown in our big @$$ garden (damn I still dread about weeding that thing thinking about it). With my father being an avid hunter/fisherman as well as having a part-time job/hobby as a taxidermist there was always meat in the multiple freezers they had......  I miss all that wild game...   Wild boar, deer, elk, antelope, duck, rabbit, goose, pheasant, grouse, dove, turtle, frog, and just about every freshwater fish you could name.

[CharlieH]

Want Jars ? ......

Click here

Plenty more on that platform to choose from.

 

 

[save the frogs]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, I'm a pepper. 

Moved to Thailand to survive the zombie apocalypse. House full of swords to chop their brains. 

 Solar power and terabytes of movies/books for entertainment in the post apocalyptic world. 

Ceramic water filter to clean the buffalo pee from the klong behind my house. 

yes, so you will chop everyone's head off, be the last survivor on earth.

then sit around watching sitcoms and eating canned peas.

you will end up committing suicide due to boredom.

stop prepping!

[stoner]

i have condom mak mak.

[simon43]

Nothing to do with the food side, but I'm a licenced shortwave radio amateur in Thailand (for the past 20 years).  My station operates from a battery, recharged by solar panels and so if 'off-grid' from my little house in the coconut plantations on Koh Phangan.  It's no problem to communicate worldwide with my station and I often send out TV pictures on the shortwave bands (see photo). I also have various DIY antennas that can receive weather satellite images.  If the internet goes down I can still send emails using the Winlink shortwave email system.

 

[worgeordie]

You Can get kilo bags of frozen fruits at Makro , Strawberry ,blackberry,,raspberry,

reasonable price , I get jars from local bakery supply , yesterday the wife brought

3 kg Mangoes from the market ,40 THB , so i made mango chutney , got 6 jars 

cost about 25 THB a jar , I use it a lot so it's a big saving, I get the AK47 next week

so i can be a real prepper ????.....bring it on.

 

regards worgeordie

[KhunLA]

Don't store much food, though do stock up, and can go a month without shopping if had to.  Should start canning fruit though, when in season.  Simply makes sense.  Add that to all the other cooking from scratch we do, as not fans or processed food.

 

Prepped ... don't need any municipal service, have solar, EVs & rain water if needed.  Few kms from surf, so will never go hungry.  Surrounded by coconut & pineapple farms, beside own garden, a work in progress.

 

@CharlieH Thanks for Mason Jar link

[Seppius]

Not a prepper, but i do buy a bag of noddles every time I shop, got a cupboard full of them

[Iron Tongue]

If anyone is actually prepping for real, get a food dehydrator.

Dehydrate your own foods & vacuum seal them into bags.  

Lazada sells them. 

 

 

[freedomnow]

Built my survival basement.

 

It flooded.

[RocketDog]

1 hour ago, Iron Tongue said:

If anyone is actually prepping for real, get a food dehydrator.

Dehydrate your own foods & vacuum seal them into bags.  

Lazada sells them. 

 

 

Or build your own.

A few decades ago I made one from an old dishwasher.

Two months ago I bought a cold drink cabinet from a scrap dealer and made a much better one.

Smaller space heater thru the bottom back wall, simple vent hole in upper back wall, and digital controller for the heater. Used the existing internal fan from the cooler to churn air inside. PVC  pipe frames for stainless steel mesh for trays.

I'm glad to share details; PM me. I bought some parts on Lazada. Cabinet 1000฿, total cost about 2000.

I love my 'tomato chips' and other dried fruits and veggies.

   

[PETERTHEEATER]

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, I'm a pepper. 

Moved to Thailand to survive the zombie apocalypse. House full of swords to chop their brains. 

 Solar power and terabytes of movies/books for entertainment in the post apocalyptic world. 

Ceramic water filter to clean the buffalo pee from the klong behind my house. 

Are you THE Doctor Pepper?

[streetlite]

Can you can Durian?

[Sharp]

Living off grid will definitely help survivability but PREPERS are first on the list and main targets of the ill prepared if/when this all turns to <deleted>. 

 

Defence should be top of this list next to your tomatoes etc. 

[Kwaibill]

12 hours ago, marin said:

Not a prepper but a canner. You can get canning jars online from Lazada, or more expensive at Ikea.

Back “ home” I used to get them cheap at thrift stores. I am somewhat of a “ cheap Charlie”, especially as mama San wants to buy a house.????

[Gsxrnz]

Toilet paper will be the post apocalypse currency du jour. 

 

[blackshadow]

8 hours ago, Seppius said:

Not a prepper, but i do buy a bag of noddles every time I shop, got a cupboard full of them

so no need to buy anymore ?????!!!!!

[BritManToo]

2 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Are you THE Doctor Pepper?

I'm a pepper with a keyboar that has 'd' and 'r' problems.

[Xonax]

Everyone who lived in Thailand during the great flood in 2011 in some way will have to be a prepper today. Almost from one day to another bottled water and many other daily necessities were unavailable and the few stores that managed to find some, rationed the sale to only one bottle per customer.  Sweet drinks seemed to have an endless supply, but for someone who only drink bottled water, life suddenly became difficult. That is why that ever since drinking water became widely available again, I have always kept one months supply in my storage room. Unfortunately I don't like the bitter taste of filtered water, which is why I dont use a water filter in my home. 

 

[Grumpy one]

4 hours ago, freedomnow said:

Built my survival basement.

 

It flooded.

Your home has increased in value with the indoor pool 

[khunJam]

Thousands of local farmers doing the prepping for me. I don’t need to hassle with it. Unless of course there’s a severe drought 

[Foghorn]

Strawberries can be frozen and used for baking pies....  Luv strawberry-rhubarb pie!!!
 

 

and where you get the rhubarb from 

[snowgard]

Have a look here:

https://www.tshp.co.th/?product_cat=glass-food-and-beverage-bottles&&paged=2&&lang=en

http://www.dplasticthailand.com/?product_cat=glass-jar&paged=2&lang=en

Edited April 17, 2023 by snowgard

[rwill]

Learn to eat bugs.  You'll never starve here.

 

Another option is to get a freeze drier.  Rather expensive but the food can last up to 25 years.

 

[NoshowJones]

14 hours ago, marin said:

Not a prepper but a canner. You can get canning jars online from Lazada, or more expensive at Ikea.

Can anyone tell me what canning jars are and what they are used for. They sound very interesting. Thanks.