Category: Food / Water
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Smarter Food Storage Survival Tips
There are generally four things that you need to survive an emergency situation: shelter, water, warmth, and food. Other things, like ammunition and medical supplies, can increase your chances, but without the four things listed above, survival is going to be more difficult than it should be. Today, we’re going to focus on food, and…
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Eating 3 Year Expired Tostada Shells and Other Food Storage Calamities
We recently relocated back to Missouri and moved in with our in-laws, in part to get back on our feet after out relocation, but to also help them get their house ready to sell in the next month. And, while it’s funny now, the other day I ended up eating three year expired tostada shells…
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Food Storage Fatal Flaw?
What’s the fatal flaw in your food storage? Water. She explains why in the video below, but the short answer is that many freeze dried foods take far more water to rehydrate than most folks realize, and if you’re only storing a gallon per person per day (as the “experts” recommend) for emergency preparedness then…
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What Does It Really Take to Produce All Your Own Food?
Whether you’re a homesteader or are interested in off-grid living and survival preparation, one of the key factors in your life is producing your own food. Providing food like fruits, vegetables and meat for your household year-round takes a lot of work and planning, but it’s worth it to get high-quality food and to limit…
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Food Buckets and Canning Scams?
I think the lesson here is to be careful where you buy from. Just because it sounds like a deal that’s too good to be true then, well, it probably is!
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Water Purification When Living Off the Grid
Off-grid living means you get your water from Mother Nature and not big business. You might rely on a nearby river or stream, and you may even have a rain barrel to collect what the sky provides. It may not be clean or safe enough to be drinkable, though. Since industrialization and modern farming, more…
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6 Egg Preservation Techniques
Many years ago, I tested how well mineral oil did with preserving unrefrigerated eggs and, to my surprise, it worked surprisingly well. In fact, even untreated, unrefrigerated eggs lasted for weeks before going bad. (But I tested them each week in a glass of water to be sure.) In the following video, he discusses how…
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How to Find Water in the Wilderness: Essential Survival Strategies
Unless you happen to get lost in the Land of 1,000 Lakes, one of the biggest problems in surviving in the wild is finding water. The other big resource that has to be found is firewood, which may or may not be a problem, depending on where you are. But water is an issue just…
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10 Ways to Live Without Refrigeration
He’s makes a point that most of us in the modern world feel like we can’t live without a refrigerator, but it wasn’t so long ago when that’s the way the world did things. And, while I don’t necessarily agree that all of his ten suggestions are the easiest to accomplish, they’ll certainly give you…