Help with dinner for bf's parents 3540This is a pretty easy dinner; the chicken is a little spicy wthe pepper, but mostly just flavorful. The sauce is really nice with the onions and some white or brown rice, and a...
Perhaps an "eat down the freezer" plan.
We have several dinners in "seal-a-meal" pouches frozen. When a power outage is forseeable,they go from the chest freezer to the refrigerator freezer. We try to keep the chest freezer shut (it has all the empty space taken up by gallon jugs of water, so it will be a week before everything becomes worrisome.)
After the"seal-a-meals" are gone, we begin with the most expensive stuff in the refrigerator freezer first. Then to the chest freezer.
After a week we depend on cans.
When we saw it coming, we made "hurricane stew", which is almost the same as "time to boil everything in the freezer" stew. One of the most interesting meals I ever made started with boiling a thawed turkey and throwing in all the thawed bagged veggies.
Fill the tub with water; if for no other reason you can use the water to flush the toilet.
Hope for rain at about day 3. Put on your bathing suit and take a shower outside.
Gas stations can't pump when there is no electricity. but we didn't do much traveling.
Propane grill or white gas stove is good insurance. For grins and giggles, use your dutch oven on the grill and bake some bread. Try this ahead of time. It's emotionally rewarding and makes one feel self-sufficient.
"hurricane'-Wizard keroscene lanterns are nice; need two.
The Lipton's Pasta or Rice pouches, mixed with canned meat or chicken are outstanding.
You will depend on your battery powered radio, so have some extra batteries
Mike (formerly from Biloxi and a Camille survivor)
