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With only 5 days left it's time for a reminder to enter the Prepper Cook-Off Challenge #2. The challenge where you test your survival and cooking skills by preparing two randomly rolled storable food items. The contest window is more than half over but there is still lots of time to prepare and submit an entry. So far, there is only one qualified entry, so there is a high probability that any qualified entry will win something more than the basic entry reward.

Remember, there are prizes valued at over 38 STEEM this time around and, once you get cooking, I am sure you will have some fun. Last time, I think a few contestants surprised themselves with the quality of food they were able to prepare with such limited and awkward ingredients.

Click Here - Full Contest Details and Rules

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The Prizes

With so many quality entries in the first Prepper Cook-Off Challenge I have upped the prize pool significantly for this Cook-Off Challenge.

• 1st Prize - 10 STEEM + 15 SBI
• 2nd Prize - 5 STEEM + 10 SBI
• 3rd Prize - 3 STEEM + 5 SBI
• Most Gag Worthy - 1 STEEM + 3 SBI
• Most Creative - 1 STEEM + 3 SBI
• All other qualified entries - 1 SBI

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The Scenario

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In the near future, a massive EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) from the sun has knocked out the electrical grid and the world has devolved into chaos. After hunkering down for awhile, and running short on food, you managed to scavenge a couple of long-term storable food items from nearby buildings and then returned to your home base to prepare the food for yourself and the other members of your group (Prepper Cook-Off Challenge #1).

Since then, marauding gangs have taken over the area you are in; it is no longer safe where you are located. Their numbers are too great and a confrontation would not turn out well for you and your small group. Under the cover of darkness, you flee bringing only what you can carry. You had planned on going to what you thought was a safe secondary location but the bridge you needed to cross has been destroyed.

A small unmaintained road near this bridge leads into the woods and you decide to take it, not wanting to stay exposed out in the open too long. After walking for many hours, you stumble upon this cabin.

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You and your group watch from a distance. After awhile, you are satisfied that it has been abandoned and decide to explore it further. The prior occupants are gone and they have taken pretty much all the food with them. Luckily, you manage to find a single item sitting on a shelf in the kitchen (Item 1). You also notice that the majority of shelf stable spices and condiments are still in the cupboard.

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There must be more food somewhere though and you continue to search the cabin, eventually finding a floor hatch with a small staircase under it. (Cue @revisesociology's warnings about The Road's cellar scene)

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It ends up being a root cellar (whew!). It also looks empty but after rummaging around in the darkness for a bit you find a small wooden crate with another food item (Item 2).

You also had a single food item you packed in your bug out bag when you fled your previous location (Bonus Item). With these three items you figure you should be able to cobble up some sort of meal. You and your companions are tired and hungry from your travels and it is time to cook!

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Click Here - Full Contest Details and Rules

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Time to get cooking everyone!

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