That’s UHT milk. Super common in (some of) Europe.
I wish I could get it here in Norway
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I think I remember wearing safety pins, but have never seen it. Perhaps it needs to be brought back.
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Also, look to your local little free libraries.
Online and on the app, the libraries are frequently tagged with things like “Banned Books,” “Read in Color,” and such, which means the libraries try to stock the kind of things the children likely need to read.
Also, the banned book club linked below provides some excellent resources. This is like a real library, so each book can only be checked out by one person at a time, but even if items aren’t available, there’s always the open seas.
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The comments section there is good too.
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I opened my box of ultra-pasteurized milk today. It was great on cereal. It did however make my coffee taste a little “heavier.” I think I will try 2% next time instead of whole.
I now have enough frozen and canned items on hand to last for an unpleasant month.
I have also started turning-over some of my older emergency supplies. For example, tonight I opened my can of bacon-flavored Spam. Apparently I bought this in March of 2020. From one Trump administrative disaster to another.
I have to report back, it was actually good. Probably the best tasting Spam I have ever had. Tasted like at one point it used to be alive. Unfortunately I don’t see this in the store anymore.
For the record, if anyone is curious, I’m not a bit meat eater. Once or twice a week at the most.
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That’s the one I usually buy, but I’m not a milk drinker. I use it to cook or thin/stretch high sodium canned chowder or cream soups. My most recent reason to buy it was for Ninja CREAMi ice cream recipes. Now I’m done paying for Big Ice Cream products.
After donating some pandemic supplies that went uneaten, it forced me to reconsider what went on the list to re-stock. Instead of Spam, I bought Deviled Ham and Hormel chili. Both are easy to open pop-tops, and don’t have to be heated. Progresso and larger Campell’s soups have the same advantage.
This is why I keep graham crackers, sardines, chips & salsa, chocolate, and gorp to switch things up and lighten my mood. If the worst happens, some variety helps me to keep eating. I also keep popcorn, in case there’s power. 
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I concede you will need a place to make a fire. Or run a propane campstove or grill.
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Accurate.
Well reasoned and thoroughly articulated:
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More of this congressional backbone, plz!!
I hope she solid “strategies for survival” locked in. 
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So grateful for this sharp, courageous woman representing the people of Texas living in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. The tonic we need. Just wow.
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Tired of talking?
Ever think of a good riposte, only a day or week after some vigorous exchange of ideas?
Have access to a printer?
Some people process info better with their eyes than they do with their ears.
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This was 5 days ago, and the situation has escalated since.
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You’ll see they’re all related, in that they reference each other and then make their own points:
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I just tried one of my new emergency bug out meals that I’ll leave in the car in exactly the manner I might have to use them.
This are pricey - but healthier than other freeze dried meal pouches and has a ton less salt. Supposedly much higher quality; but a ten year shelf life as opposed to 25.
Pretty good! Tasty. Not too salty. Appealing looking and smelling. Super easy to reconstitute in the pouch with hot water.
It’s a winner for a small batch of bug out meals. Way to pricey for at home food.
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I like your taste in paper dishes too!
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You can eat out of the pouch. But I went fancier. That’s about half the pouch worth- chicken teriyaki.
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How would you heat the water under those circumstances?
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