{"id":107882,"date":"2014-02-13T23:55:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T23:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/?p=864"},"modified":"2014-02-13T23:55:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T23:55:17","slug":"what-to-eat-when-the-power-goes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/what-to-eat-when-the-power-goes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Eat When the Power Goes Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the power goes out, my kids tend to think it’s party time. \u00a0They like it because it means that we are definitely going to play some games, do some arts and crafts, and eat some food we don’t normally indulge in.<\/p>\n

Of course we have back-up cooking methods for heating food when the electricity goes out, We became accustomed to it, since it happens with relative frequency, but in our old house in the city it wasn’t so easy. \u00a0Still, in the summer, we don’t want to fire up the woodstove and during a storm, we don’t want to stand outside in the rain cooking on the barbecue. \u00a0So, during a short term power outage, it makes life easier in many cases to eat things that don’t require much in the way of preparation. \u00a0We have specific preps for this situation that require no cooking. \u00a0It’s probably the only time we regularly consume food that hasn’t been made from scratch, so for the girls, it’s a bit of a treat.<\/p>\n

I like to keep the refrigerator door closed so it depends on the expected length of the outage whether or not we take things from there. \u00a0If we do get items from the refrigerator, I plan it out so I can quickly grab all the things and then close the door again, to help maintain the temperature.<\/p>\n

At our cabin, the pump goes out when the power goes out, so we have no running water. \u00a0(I rent so this is not something I can upgrade at this time.) \u00a0To circumvent a few difficulties, we stock up on disposable goods to use during power outages:<\/p>\n