Category: Food / Water
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Extending Food Storage by Purposely Limiting Meals – Useful Idea or Not?
A while back I was watching the WW2 in HD videos with my kids for our history lesson. Near the end they showed video of the Nazi concentration camps and one of the images that stood out to my kids was how emaciated the prisoners were and, to be honest, it’s always stood out in…
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So 30+ Year Old Pinto Beans Really DO Go Bad…
I figured I would briefly mention that over Halloween my mother-in-law wanted to make a huge pot of chili for all of us including some friends which is a normal occurrence for her. Anyway, she didn’t have any recently purchased bags or smaller cans of pinto beans so she dragged out a large 5-gallon bucket…
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Stock up on Those Halloween Treats! Then Store ’em for a Rainy Day
Seeing as though Halloween is tomorrow I figured I would suggest that you purposely take some of that delicious candy your kids bring home and stock it away for a rainy day, you know… as part of your food storage plan. Certainly, candy and sweets shouldn’t take precedence over anything that will keep you alive…
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Add an Electric Slow Cooker to Your Preps, Here’s Why…
The other day I talked about creating a SHTF battery recharging business. Well, one of the best reasons to do so–besides the potential business aspect–is the fact that a descent sized off-grid power setup gives you options, including the ability to run and recharge a variety of small electronics and, in this case, the ability to…
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Could You Survive 7 Years of Drought and Famine? If Not, Seriously Re-Think Your Plans
As often happens to me, I’m surfing the web for who knows what and wind up on another survival blog, this time PrepaerdnessPro.com and began reading Kellene Bishop’s article on A Seven Year Famine. I remember having read the article which was originally published about a year ago when we were having a very significant…
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Sun Oven Sunday – Self-Rising Biscuit Bread (No Yeast!)
A few days ago I re-read this article on How to Make Self-Rising Flour and since I’ve never actually tried making bread without yeast and because I wanted to make bread in my sun oven this weekend, I decided to give it a go. Substituting for yeast is actually incredibly easy. Basically, you just use 1.5…
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Can Your Pool or Hot Tub Really be Used as a Source of Water?
While I don’t have a pool a few neighbors do. I’m sure a few have hot tubs too… rough life, I know. In fact, as I write this I’m sitting pool-side watching my kids swim at a neighbor’s pool because they’re more than nice enough to allow us that privilege on such hot summer days.…
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Sun Oven Sunday – Cherry Cobbler
Last week my wife made cherry cobbler on a whim which was delicious so I figured I would try it and see what happens in the sun oven. Fortunately, this recipe is super simple and, yes, I know it’s supposed to brown and won’t do so in a sun oven but I was still curious…
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Sun Oven Sunday – German Pancakes Fail!
I decided to make what we call “German Pancakes”–I’m not sure what they’re actually called–on a whim last night for dinner but wound up with an utter failure. The recipe is super simple, combine 6 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour and mix until it looks a bit like batter: Then bake at about…