Category: Food / Water
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Sun Oven Sunday – Baked Tilapia
Since we were having fish the other night I figured I should try it in the sun oven just ’cause I can. 🙂 The idea is super simple since it’s already frozen… just douse with Italian dressing and cook at 425 degrees for about 15 minutes. I let the sun oven pre-heat a bit (it…
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CONTEST POST: Fasting for SHTF Preparedness by A.K.
[Editors note: Please don’t consider this to be medical advice whatsoever. Always consult a qualified medical practitioner before attempting any fast.] Have you ever considered fasting as a means of preparing for SHTF? I didn’t until I did my first fast a few years back. It was more for health reasons although some people do…
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The Incredible, Edible Egg – Why Eggs MUST Be Part of Your Preps
Even before I challenged myself to store eggs without refrigeration I’ve been a huge fan of eggs as a part of my preparedness plan. In fact, eggs are nothing short of INCREDIBLE and quite possibly the most important single food storage item you can include in your preps… seriously. Sure, we should store a wide…
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Sun Oven Sunday – Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza
I’ve been meaning to get back into using my sun oven and, fortunately or not, it took going camping to do it. In fact, I wasn’t planning on using my sun oven at all while we camped but I brought it anyway and since the sun was out we figured we would try to make…
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Dutch Oven Cooking While Camping
Believe it or not, these past few days was the first time we managed to get away and do a bit of camping with the kids this year. Of course, we had a lot of fun, played plenty of games (my arm about fell off playing catch), and we got to break in a new Dutch…
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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 18 Results (the FINAL week!)
Here we are on the final week of this experiment and, to be honest, I’m glad it’s coming to an end. Here’s the egg (it didn’t float or smell weird): And here it is cooking (the yolk/membrane broke down without me doing anything): As with last week, I choose to eat it as an egg…
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Why Seasonings Are Necessary Preps to Stockpile
I don’t know about you but I would be hard-pressed to think of any meal that didn’t make use of some form of seasoning to enhance the often bland flavor of a base meal. Think about everything you eat and I’m willing to bet the vast majority of it has been seasoned, from soups and stews to…
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What Would You Do With 3 Cups of This Stuff in a Grid-Down Situation?
Can you guess what this is?… I’ll give you a hint, it’s edible and normally thrown out. Give up or already know? Ok, it’s simply leftover juices from an assortment of canned foods–such as beans and corn–when I made a meal a few weeks back. Though I’m not sure why, instead of draining the juice right…
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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 17 Results
Here we are, only two eggs left. I think I’ll be glad when this experiment is over. 🙂 Anyway, here’s this week’s egg (didn’t float or smell funny): And this is the egg cooking up (the yolk stayed fairly well in-tact): As with other recent eggs, it did seem to break down relative easily (I…