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Making the Best of Basics (Paperback)

by James Stevens (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books; 10th edition (12 April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1882723252
  • ISBN-13: 978-1882723256
  • Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 471,514 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Will help you prepare for emergencies..., 12 Jan 2004
By Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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The publisher, Gold Leaf Press Says: Basics has sold over 350,000 copies. Concerns about the Year 2000 computer bug, unexpected job loss, volatile financial markets, and natural disasters such as severe storms have made home storage and preparedness a current topic all across the country.

Making the Best of Basics has been the home storage and preparedness bible for a generation of readers. With over 350,000 copies sold, Basics is the most comprehensive single volume available on in-home storage.

Making the Best of Basics has been updated for the '90s and offers the average family a manageable and effective plan to enable them to live on resources in their own home in a near-normal manner for up to a year. Basics includes chapters on storing and using (including 200 recipes) everything from water, wheat, and dried fruits and vegetables to vitamin supplements to maintain your family's health and emergency sources of fuel and energy.

Basics is an excellent and proven source you can use to prepare for an uncertain future.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out preparation and storage - a must for Y2K, 3 May 1999
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Few know more about food preparation and storage than the Mormons. Their reputation for being ready for any emergency or natural disaster is well known - up to 2 years food supply for each family. I bought the 10th edition and was amazed at the resources including an exhaustive preparedness resource index. These are methods are grandparents and the pioneers knew well but today's generation is unfamiliar with. It is nice to see this heritage passed along. Thanks for an excellent resource. I would also like to recommend The Survivor's Guide to The Year 2000. It is to financial and investments what this book is to food preparation: all the essentials for the LDS family and everyone else who feels that "peace of mind follows preparedness." There is security in knowing you are ready for anything. I heartily recommned both resouces to all. Thanks again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Food Storage Info Here, 29 Jul 1999
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A very informative book, with plenty of quick reference charts, including shelf-life charts. The goal is to store a one-year supply of food. Lots of useful information, for example, forget about the expiration date on a can, its good to eat until it starts buldging or the seam breaks.

The only thing this book doesn't explain is how to defend your food supply against hoards of hungry armed neighbors when doomsday strikes and how to prepare human flesh for consumption when your food supply runs out.

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