#But it's a three very differently flavored cakes sorta situation

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It's always so funny when someone asks what order to watch/read the Triguns in, or where they should pick up in the manga where the show left off, or which one is the best, or anything like that because. How do you even answer that. There are no answers. Welcome to Trigun hell.

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Motion Sickness 61.1 Goodnight

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“Jaune?”

“What’s up, darling?”

“What kind of cake do you want?”

“Are you serious?” I wondered.

“Well, what kind?” Ruby pressed. 

I sat up on the leather couch I was reclining on in the living room. “I don’t… I don’t give a fuck. What kind of cake? I don’t give a fuck.”

Ruby pouted at me. 

“Come on. What makes you think I’d give a fuck. Chocolate, vanilla, marble, some other weird option. I do not care. This is what you want my input on? The cake? I don’t care.”

“Jaune…” Weiss grumbled. 

“This is what you want my opinion on? Of all things? Not, like, colors or other arrangements? The cake is what I get a cut of? I do not care about what kind of cake it is. Ruby said she wanted our weapons on top. So that. I guess. But other than that I don’t care. You know I don’t care. You knew that when you asked me. Before you asked me. I don’t give a flying fuck.”

“We need you to make a decision. We can’t decide,” Ruby pleaded. She was in a pair of tights and a tight ‘t’ shirt. 

“So do half and half? What’s the hold up? This is it? This is what you absolutely must have my input on? Really? I don’t care. It’s a cake.”

“Well what do you want to eat?” Weiss asked. She was wearing a blue sweater and white jeans.

“You!” 

She hit me for that. But she rolled her eyes with a grin. Like she was mad at me but couldn’t be mad mad at me. “Stop it. We want your input.” 

“Hardly. This is literally the only thing you’ve ever asked me besides setting places out for the deceased.”

“Well we do with this.”

“No you don’t. You want me to take your side. That’s not the same thing. And I really don’t care. About the cake? Are you serious? I want it to taste good and I want to mush it into your faces when I feed it to you because I think that would be adorable. All covered in frosting. Your little tongues poking out to lick it off. I like that shit. Give me some of that.”

“Do not get any on my dress,” Weiss demanded.

“Sure. Fine. Whatever. And I really don’t care what color the cake is either. White is fine. Black is fine. I mean… What are you two wanting from me? Let's get a nice multi-tiered, multi-flavored cake and call it good. Alright?”

“Where do you want to go for our honeymoon?” Ruby asked me. 

“I don’t…”

“Do not say you don’t care. Where do you want to take us?” Weiss demanded.  

“Listen…”

“Sure,” Weiss agreed, folding her arms. “I’m listening.”

 “A beach…? Resort…?” I hazarded. 

“Well at least you gave us some measure of input.”

“What do you… what do you want from me? The whole point of marrying you, darling, was that you would do all the planning.” 

She huffed. “I hope that’s not the whole point.”

“Well it’s a perk. It’s for sure a perk. I mean I get some other stuff out of it too I guess.”

“Like a wife and kids?” Weiss raised an eyebrow. “A family. Emotional connections.”

“Yeah. Those things. I like those things. An emotional connection is all I ever really wanted with you. Ever since Beacon freshman year. The rest can sorta kinda hang.”

She huffed. She was trying to be mad at me but couldn’t because I was being too sweet to her. She turned a little rosy around her cheeks and ears. She rolled her eyes but there was a smile to them. 

I stood up. I took both her hands in mine. I bent down and kissed the back of each of her hands. “Darling,” I began slowly. She looked up into my eyes. “I couldn’t give a fuck about the cake.”

She ripped her hands away and smacked me in the chest. “Asshole.”

“Am I?” I wondered. 

“No,” Ruby purred. “You’re sweet. Deep down you’re just a honey.” 

‘Am I?” I wondered again.

“You are,” Ruby swooned at me. 

“Anyways don’t ask me about the cake or color arrangements or what dinner should be for the guests. I don’t care. I barely care about the honeymoon locale. Like at all. So don’t come at me with that. Ruby likes planning this kind of bullshit. I’ve seen you. You liked planning Valentine's Day that one time with me. You liked planning your team activities. You like that kind of stuff. Don’t entangle me into it unless you really need my input but we already all know you don’t. You don’t need my input. You want me to take your side and say ‘chocolate’ or ‘vanilla.’ I just don’t give a fuck about that and you know it. So, darling, what kind of a cake do you want?” I demanded of Weiss.

“Well I want it to be chocolate and Ruby wants vanilla.”

“So how do we resolve this without having to resort to ‘asking Jaune?’ Because ‘Jaune’ doesn’t care,” I referred to myself. 

“I suppose we just get a really big cake with different flavored layers.”

“Bangarang,” I snapped my fingers at her. “Was that so hard? Did you really need to involve me? You don’t have to answer. We already know. We just do.” 

“But you do care about the honeymoon location?” Weiss pressed. 

“I mean… I’ll do whatever you both tell me to. But I like the idea of you two wearing very little clothing. So… beaches? But I’m not picky.”

“You’re a pumpkin,” Ruby kissed my nose. 

“Grr,” I growled. “My soul is a dark place.”

“No it’s not. Your aura is the color of sunshine or the sky on a sunny day,” Ruby disagreed. 

“Grr,” I growled again. “I’m a bad murder man.” 

“Oh shut up,” Weiss demanded. “You’ve never once been more violent than the situation called for or directed your aggression at people who didn’t deserve it. Not once. Not in your life. Stop it.”

“I’m brutal,” I warned.

“You’re a puppy,” Ruby told me happily. “What color arrangements do you want to set out for your team?”

“Pink and orange, pink and green, red and gold,” I told her almost automatically. I didn’t really have to think very hard. “Is that really okay to do? I don't know anything about weddings.”

“People put out arrangements for the dead all the time,” Weiss waved me off. “It’s not like a unique thing we’re doing that would turn heads.”

“Okay, cool, I guess,” I managed. I would obviously rather have my team than arrangements but I couldn’t have that because I got them all killed. I sighed. Ruby hit me. She slapped me hard on the inside of my leg. 

“I heard that,” she threatened. 

“Heard what? I sighed!” I defended myself. 

“You bad mouthed yourself. In your head. I heard you,” she turned her chin up and crossed her arms over her chest. 

“You can’t thought police me,” I managed. 

“I can and I will,” she leveled. 

“I’m not allowed to diss myself aloud you can’t stop me from doing it in my head. That’s not allowed. My thoughts are mine. Off limits. No touchy.”

“Oh we’re gonna,” Ruby carried on. “I’m gonna ‘touchy.’”

“Weiss, help me out,” I demanded.

“You want me to take your side? After you wouldn’t take my side on the cake. I’m taking Ruby’s side anyway. You’re not allowed to bad mouth yourself in your head. That’s called depression.”

“But that’s all I do in here. You can’t take that from me,” I went on pointing at my own skull. 

“It’s against the rules. I’ll put it to a vote if I have to,” Ruby warned. 

“No voting,” I protested.

“Yes. Voting what an excellent idea,” Weiss bobbed her head. 

“But-”

“All in favor say ‘yay.’ Yay!” Ruby cheered. 

“Yay,” Weiss agreed.

“But-”

“Tough bananas, big guy,” Ruby marched forward over me. “Your reign ends here.”

“It’s not healthy. If you think malicious thoughts about yourself you may as well be slitting your wrists or burning your hands,” Weiss agreed. “It’s self harm and self harming is expressly forbidden.”

“I’m in charge here,” I managed. “I get to choose what I think about me.”

“Not anymore,” Ruby wagged a finger in my face.

“You can’t be trusted to do a good enough job,” Weiss nodded. 

“Listen…” I trailed but I didn’t have anything. I had nothing for them to listen to. “Weren’t we talking about cakes?”

“Nice try,” Ruby patted me on the shoulder. 

“Honeymoon locations?” I pressed. Literally anything. Get me out of this.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Costa Del Sol,” Weiss agreed. “It’s a beach resort town near Vacuo.”

“Costa Del’cation!” Ruby pumped a fist.

“White, sandy beaches, cocktails, swimsuits, the works,” Weiss nodded. 

“Lovemaking. Plenty of lovemaking,” Ruby sighed. “We’ll get off the pill and really try.”

“Think you can keep up, Jaune?” Weiss asked. 

“Um… probably not. Right? I mean… how many times per day do you think I can go?” I wondered. 

“Eight?” Ruby asked. I laughed. 

“Ten?” Weiss pressed ambitiously. 

“Maybe six. And that’s pushing it. Probably four. I need time for my gentlemen to regroup and recoup,” I informed them. “Otherwise it starts to hurt and it becomes less effective. And it isn’t a fun type of hurt like what you ladies sometimes describe. It’s a painful hurt.”

“Poor little Jaune,” Ruby admonished and stroked my hair. “We’ll take care of you.”

“Are you talking about me or my dick?” I asked. 

“Both,” she hummed. 

“You really think you can only do six shots per day? That’s only three a piece for the two of us…” Weiss looked thoughtful.

“‘Only?’” I cut in. They ignored me. 

“Doesn’t sound like a lot. But if it’s every day,” Ruby shrugged. “If it’s every day we should get somewhere with it.”

“Only three, though,” Weiss shook her head. “That’s not a whole lot of times. Maybe if it’s a ‘dangerous’ week for our cycles.”

“Yeah… should we plan it that way? Or just…”

“Just try all the time. Yeah,” Weiss finished the thought for Ruby. 

“Three ought to be plenty,” I layed down the law. “How many shots does it take to get pregnant? Just one good one right?”

“We can probably also start trying a little before the honeymoon and wedding day. We won’t be showing for sure,” Ruby ignored me.

“That’s true. It wouldn’t hurt to at least get off the pill before. What do you think? Like a month?”

“Plus the honeymoon and afterwards. That gives us two months of three hits per day. That should probably do it. And if it doesn’t we should see a doctor.”

“Jaune and I tried for at least two months. If you don’t get pregnant Jaune should see a doctor. If I don’t get pregnant I should see a doctor,” Weiss continued. 

“Um… two months? Every day?” I asked.

“Is that a problem?” Ruby intoned. 

“Buck up, Jaune,” Weiss demanded. 

“I’ll just drink plenty of water…” I trailed. But there was only so much drinking water could do. It took time for me to grow more of my shooters.

“Does that help?” Ruby wondered.

“It doesn’t hurt?” I answered vaguely. “I’ll be honest. Six every day for two months is a lot. It’s like… well, it’s a lot. And there are two of you. I mean… I always dreamed of disappointing two girls at once but never thought it would go down quite like this. But I’mma need some rest days in there. I just am. If I’m a revolver-”

“Rifle. Little Jaune is a rifle. We’ve gone over this,” Ruby interrupted me.

“-I’m going to need some time to reload,” I finished looking at her. “I literally don’t have it in me to do what you’re asking.”

“What about with Limit Breaker?” Weiss asked. 

“I still get tired. When I’m out of juice, I’m out of juice. I just am. It’s like in those commercials where they squeeze a ketchup bottle only a puff of dust comes out instead of ketchup. Only for my dick. And when you try and squeeze my dick and its a dry well, it fucking hurts, bro. And not in a fun-pleasant kind of hurting. It fucking hurts. That’s the gods’ way of telling you to stop. Stop it. You’ve had enough. Seriously quit trying.” 

“Well I don’t care what the gods think,” Weiss tossed her hair over her shoulder. “I want my three hits.”

“I’m saying ‘no.’ It’s not happenin’. I need rest days. More than one,” I cut in.

“More than one a month or more than one a week?” Ruby asked. Ambitious! Was she fucking serious? I’m not a god. I can’t ejaculate and evacuate like that. I’m not a sperm dispenser with legs. 

“More than one a week probably. Six is a lot. After, like, three in the same day the gods start frowning down upon you. You can feel the negative energy. They start making their disappointment known.”

“What’s the most times you’ve ever jerked off in a day?” Ruby wondered.

“Two. It starts becoming uncomfortable after three. It starts to hurt after that. The gods start shaking their heads at you. If we’re going to do six we’ll have to space them out over the day. Start early, drink plenty of milk, finish late.”

“Finish often, more like,” Weiss murmured. 

“Okay. I’m telling you guys it starts hurting and I can’t get it up after three in succession and I need something like a twelve hour break to even fit one more in there,” I said. “Four every day would be a lot. You ought to be grateful if I can pull off four.”

“That’s only two for each of us!” Weiss smacked me on the arm.

“I’m doin’ the best I can!” I shouted back.

“I want my three hits!” Weiss demanded. 

“You can’t… you can’t have three! I’m sorry! The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak! You just… you’re probably not gonna get three! You’re just not. And hitting me and yelling at me won’t suddenly make me ejaculate more. I only make the stuff so fast. And it fucking hurts! Quit hitting me!” 

“Fine,” Weiss huffed. “Two will have to do.”

“You’ll be lucky to get two. I’m probably done at three a day. The most powerful one is the first one. It really fucking hurts. Stop hitting me, Weiss. I mean it.”

I caught her hand when she whipped it at my shoulder. I think she just liked hitting me. 

“You good, you done?” I asked. 

“We want more,” Ruby demanded. “More.”

“I’m only one guy. You want more sperm, go to a bank. You want my kids, you're gonna have to be patient with me. I’m not a talking pair of gonads. I need time and rest and recuperation periods. That means we’ll seriously be pushing it at six a day, we’ll be fortunate to have four a day, and I will still need days off. I just will. If you can’t handle that you can’t have my kids. I’m sorry! You just can’t! You’ll need someone else. Someone, who from the sound of it, is literally just testicles and nothing else. There’s a person attached to this dick. I will not be objectified!”

Weiss smacked me with her other hand. 

“Weiss hit me again and I won’t have sex with you for a month,” I threatened. 

“You wouldn’t dare! Our wedding day is only a month off. We can probably start trying now! I want to start trying now!”

“Hit me again,” I challenged. “I’ll give it all to Ruby. Ruby, you want to start trying now?”

Ruby hummed at me softly in a contented fashion and wrapped her arms around my neck. 

“Behave or all three shots are going to Ruby,” I leveled at Weiss. 

Weiss’s eyes narrowed and her nostrils flared but she didn’t hit me again even though I could tell she wanted to. And I was mostly playing anyway. It wasn’t like she really hurt me.  

“I thought you said four,” Weiss growled. 

“I said four if you’re lucky. Are you feeling lucky?” I asked. 

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-WG

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FIRST NAME I don’t give out my actual first name....  I’ve been rping for like seven years and I think maybe only 5 people know it ...  I just don’t like it ... so I prefer aliases ~    SOoo  Fauna 

STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF I really like coarse  textures....  for example, I love the feeling of sand in my hands ....  or    bath salts etc..   it’s weird I know, but you asked for a strange fact.  

TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON Pretty hair,  youthful face,    -- and......like... in really good shape.    

A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF Any sort of curry.  But it has to be spicy ....almost everything is BORING unless it’s packing heat.... aside from like... dessert  ...   

A FOOD YOU HATE

Mushrooms.  (and olives)  ....but Mushrooms are revolting  .... 

GUILTY PLEASURE Honestly?? ...maybe RP?  I don’t tell anyone in RL about it and .   

WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN A bed... with my mini  dachshund.  Luckily my (or well, my sisters) doggy likes his own bed.  but my dachy is my baby ..she’s been sleeping with me since she was a little puppy...  

SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS Mmmm...I’m not particularly  interested ..but I’d say serious relationship?

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE I’d change being so insecure.   I got bullied a lot in school ........ for my twin sister being special needs ( developmental delay)    it caused a lot of damage ....    maybe if I stood up for myself --maybe things would’ve been different.   

ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON

not really,  my family wasn’t ever that affectionate typeeee .... but sometimes I am with close friends etc.  

A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Gonna be honest...I have a horrible time re watching movies .... the only time I’ve done it is for like --- rp purposes fjifewfj3

FAVORITE BOOK The last unicorn ....and the original peter pan.  

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE A goat.  I really like goats.   I reaaallllyyyyyy ......like goats. 

TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS [IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL] I’m just gonna post my favs in general   Roxas and Xion.  (kh)   2B and 9S  (Nier automata, it’s actually my ultimate OTP ever....)    Serah and Noel ( XIII2)  Cassunzel  (Punz and Cass, tangled. I do like new dream too. )  Chihiro and Haku  (Spirited away)  and....I know this is more than five but... Peter Pan and Wendy.  (Oh Jack frost and Rapunzel)

PIE OR CAKE AHHHHH.... I love both....  I guess it depends on what flavor it is....  I lean toward fruity flavors than like chocolate ...or things COVERED in whipped cream .....   I’d literally it a whole of whipped cream.....

FAVORITE SCENT Anything fruity .....strawberry in particular ...

CELEBRITY CRUSH None .....   I don’t keep up with celebs... but when I was a young teen I thought Justin bieber was a ‘megaaaa hottie’   ....

IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO Disneyland for the third time or disneyworld....I was supposed to go to disneyworld this year but coronavirus happened... SOBS.

INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT Introverted usually ....

DO YOU SCARE EASILY it depends on the situation ....I can be a bit jumpy ....  but I LIKE haunted houses and horror movies....

IPHONE OR ANDROID I have an Iphone...

DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES YES....  My favorite game in the universe is Nier Automata.  A close second is ai the somnium files.  It’s so underrated ....and made me BAWL at one point ....   more people need to play this amazing gem.    I was also a huge fan of the Harvest moon / Story of seasons games. growing up ...still am.   I like them better than animal crossing...    I also like the fire emblem series  and --- I’m a big fan of Persona 5 .... . been trying to get through Royal before I have to go back to work.   

DREAM JOB Professional goat petter.   

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS Help my Momma out ....  move into a nice house, pay off student loan....   get like, a goat farm.   uMMM.... go to disneyland/disney world as much as possible....      give myself a makeover ....  try like the most expensive desserts in the world .... and then make a nice donation to a charity that’s legit and worth it.   

FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE I don’t think i have a fictional character I hate......... ummmmmmmm.  OH.. but when I was a young teen, like... 14?....  I hated Rena Ryuugu from my favorite anime/visual novel, Higurashi........   because... my OTP was Mion and Keiichi ...and she was getting in the WAY....   *note*  higu is a very violent and graphic horror animu so if you look it up..... beware....    

FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER

I still think I’m sorta a part of most fandoms....... nothing really comes to minddddd

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Drink mixes can check a lot boxes for us in both prepper pantries and bug-out/evac situations. Electrolyte drinks, vitamin and protein boosters, and meal replacement mixes would get top billing as a prepper supply, but instant mixes span far and wide. We have nearly endless options when it comes to stocking drink mixes, right on local supermarket shelves.

*I expect some “bah” with any article, especially the must-have’s and “frilly” subjects. If we go “bah” at every other concept in this article, please read and consider the sections on fiber and supportive care.

Caffeine

Related to fiber, remember: Caffeine isn’t just a night-watch or feel-good luxury. If we’re accustomed to caffeine and suddenly limit or eliminate it, our guts are likely to stop up.

Fiber

Many Americans are already lacking fiber in their diets. Eating heavily off gardens and buckets of beans will alleviate it, but if we’re heavily stocked in MREs and just-add-water camping meals – especially for bug-out bags – fiber is a huge issue.

Some tubs and packets of a high-fiber drink mix (NOT a “cleanse) can alleviate those problems, regularly with added benefits.

Gut-health drinks like Culturelle and others can also be a gentle way to ease stomachs during major changes in diet. They can be especially helpful for kids, seniors, and people who already have food sensitivities.

Condensed Calories

Almost all of the examples have a big benefit for preppers, whether we’re working out of pantries or a bag: They boost calories.

Whether we’ve invested in pre-packaged just-add-water food systems or slowly stacking up beans, rice, and wheat, food storage is regularly deficient in calories (and fats).

We have to have energy to get things done.

While many of us have some weight we could lose now, should we ever find ourselves doing more by hand, we’re going to shed some pounds. The gardens many plan to start and the wilds many plan to forage through, short-term on a bug-out or for weeks/months on end, tend to provide mostly lean diet foods. Very few preppers are growing calorie or fat staples.

When you see “diet” and “light” options and weight-loss drinks here, for the most part, they’re being presented as an add-on to our planned food storage meals, and a way to boost BOB supplies and caches without too much space and weight.

Some of the sugar-free and “light” options won’t boost them much, but most boost at least a little.

Feel Goods

Feel-good food supplies aren’t just about feeling “good”. It’s also about health. Personal reactions differ, but sudden changes create stress. Whether we recognize or acknowledge it, that stress affects our bodies and brains.

Pick-me-ups – both on a schedule we and ours can be looking forward to and periodic pop-up surprises – can ease transitions with goodies that would normally be “treats” and by maintaining some normal for households accustomed to a daily non-water drink.

K-Cups have taken over the supermarket aisles where powdered cappuccino types used to live, but those tins and small packets are still out there. Hot cocoa mixes are still prevalent, as are the mostly-just-flavor types that range from things like Nesquik to powdered “iced” tea and lemonade (well … sorta-lemonade and tea).

Electrolytes

There’s a reason the Gators developed their wonder blend. We have to have certain types of salts to function. Labor and heat require replacing those salts more frequently.

Most of us will find ourselves drinking more water and fewer soft drinks if we ever have to rely on our food storage. Even if we’re already mostly drinking water, the foods we’ll have access to will usually shift. That will change the minerals available to our bodies.

If we’re laboring, we’ll push water even more heavily, but “push water” can be a double-edged sword.

When we “dropped” Marines in support fields on exercises and forewarned marches, it wasn’t always from dehydration. Regularly, it was actually that they’d push water, push it enough with little balance, that they flushed the required electrolytes from their systems.

It doesn’t have to be a pricey brand and there are plenty of at-home mixes with ingredients that can be stored for people whose bodies are pure temples. This one is too important to ignore, along with…

Bedside Bottles

In many disasters, supportive care is all we’re going to be able to offer. It’s already sometimes all hospitals can offer, here and now. Sports drinks and alternatives like Pedialyte – or any reasonably balanced drink – can play a major role in that care. We already apply it combating and recovering from illnesses in everyday life with short-term stomach and head flues for both children and adults (and pets).

If for no other reason, snag some tubs of semi-decent drink mixes to stash with the medical supplies.

Protein

As with calories, a lot of food storage is seriously low in protein. Like whey as a protein source, there’s a lot of back and forth on just how much protein we need. Do some balanced research, but if you’re snagging some drink mixes, consider including the higher-protein version or a protein alternative, especially if the price difference isn’t significant.

Many protein shakes are pretty high cal. That adds to their value for sickbed support, jaw injuries, and injuries that prevent us from our usual hunting, livestock and garden and crop care, fishing, or even “just” cooking.

They can also help keep somebody drifting from food fatigue or depression “fed” enough to get them over their slumps and prevent the energy-loss that leads to a spiralling cycle (don’t eat, less energy, less activity, decreased appetite, less energy yet, further decreased activity and appetite, downward and downward).

When comparing options, hit the senior-citizen and diabetic sections of food supplements as well as muscle-building, athletic, and fad-diet aisles. It varies label-by-label, but general meal-replacement, weight-loss, and snack shakes can also regularly be good ways to boost protein, as well as calories and daily-need vitamins.

The calorie and protein energy provided makes those shakes and drink mixes something to also seriously think about for evac kits and bug-out bags, replacing or augmenting things like MREs, camping food, and ration bars that are common go-to’s.

Vitamin Deficiency

Further poking at common food storage, both MRE-type and just-add-water-kit preppers and the beans-and-rice preppers are skirting some vitamin deficiencies. A daily multivitamin can allay many of the factors and stores compactly, but if we can kill two birds with one stone…

Our changing society means there’s a whole wide world of drink supplements. We can go as crazy as we like with green and red juicing alternatives, happy-fad grains, coconut water, and super-foods.

Or, we can scale back and check out some of the old standby’s with a new eye. Many of those quickie drinks, from Hi-C to Hawaiian Punch, Wyler’s at the green-sign dollar stores to Crystal Light, have some valuable vitamins and minerals in them. Options like Slimfast, Boost, and Carnation also tend to check the box for vitamins.

Vitamin C is a big general health boost all on its own and especially in winter and spring, if we face lowered sanitation, and cold and flu seasons. Research where the term “Limeys” came from if you want an idea of just how important Vitamin C is when you’re on a repetitive diet low in fresh foods.

B-Vitamins also have widespread effects. Vitamin D, especially, is one to check for as it affects absorption of calcium and greatly influences brain health.

Buying Considerations

Some drink mixes are only available in single-serve packets. They’re convenient, but there’s a trash/waste aspect. There’s also space efficiency loss with many of the boxed packets. We can absolutely bust them out of boxes to repack more densely, but doing so decreases our ability to donate them later if they’re not something we’ll be rotating through in daily life.

Big-tub sizes tend to be friendlier on the wallet. Depending on family/group size, they can be very reasonable to consume once opened, and we can always repackage in bottle-sized portions for travel bags, and mix single-serve bottles (or jars) to help with portion control when we’re leaning on food storage in a permanent-home setting.

Food storage companies haven’t ignored the expanding interests in drink mixes. Pretty much all labels sell flavored milk substitutes, and most sell some version of a Tang or Kool-Aid level orange drink and apple drink. Some offer expanded options that vary in sugar content and actual vitamins.

When pricing those, make sure to weigh how “worth it” they are and our priorities.

The difference of storage in a steel can or Mylar bag really isn’t all that different from what we’ll get with plastic tubs and packets. #10 and #2.5 cans are a little more moisture and pest resistant, but those aspects are pretty easily mitigated by storing them in Rubbermaid totes or repacking in canning jars.

Supermarket options allow us to sample a smaller size for less outlay, even if the price per serving is much higher. That’s not just about “taste” and personal preferences. Some anti-caking components and certain types of sweeteners, especially, can lead to dry mouth, stomach upset, shaky hands, and headaches for some of us.

We also want to get the most bang for our buck.

Check mixes – especially for shakes – to see what the nutritional content is on its own. Many call for milk. Using water, milk substitutes, and non-fat whey milk can affect what we’re actually consuming.

On the dairy front, also compare apples to apples the common milk and milk-substitute options. Each has pro-con’s we’ll have to weigh, especially when it comes to calories, shelf life, number of same-sized servings per dollar and by can, and ease in mixing.

Protein-supplemented drink mixes and instant juices with actual vitamins tend to be more expensive, but have a great deal to offer. Even the inexpensive options we can snag incrementally from a green-sign dollar stare can make a big difference in health and mentality, though. Instant broth and creamed soups are a whole realm all their own, with their own range of benefits for preppers.

Drink Mixes

Priorities will always differ, as will our individual capabilities. That applies to stocking drink mixes, but they’re worth some consideration. Some rate a place in our pantries just to help maintain norms or transition to a new normal. Some fall into general nutrition and diet. Some offer the ability to soothe a really bad day. Some really shine in a bug-out or high-labor situations. Others have actual medical applications.

Drink mixes might not be an obvious must-have, but they’re too inexpensive, compact, and accessible to ignore.

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