Category: Long-Term Food Storage
How to Keep Cooler Food Cold Much Longer
Perhaps much of this is common sense for you (I’m the guy that just dumps all the ice cubes in, lol), but I actually learned a lot on how to pack a cooler better so the food inside stays colder longer. She discusses keeping meat separate, using blocks of ice instead of cubes, sorting meals…
Herbs and Spices for Prepping
My wife grows herbs, like basil, cilantro, a few others. She tends them, harvests them, does whatever you do with them. I stay out of it entirely. My contribution is the spice cabinet. Or more accurately, the collection of large containers that slowly takes over a shelf in the pantry: cumin, paprika, chili powder, taco…
When Decade-Old Rice Isn’t Safe to Consume
Someone recently posted in a preparedness forum asking whether 14 bags of dry beans and 4 bags of rice (three of them brown) were still worth keeping after sitting on a pantry shelf for 12 years. No Mylar bags or oxygen absorbers, and not in sealed cans. Just original store packaging and a decade-plus of…
“Ancient Bread”
I couldn’t sleep the other day and ended up watching this video about “why medieval bread was a superfood while your modern bread made you sick” and it really got me to thinking about bread again. I used to make my own bread when I was a more ambitious person, but it’s so much work…
Food Shortages Incoming (and Global Supply Chain Disruptions)
On Monday, I talked about how the Middle East conflict is going to affect everything from higher gas prices to food prices, but there’s more to it than even what I talked about. With that in mind, there are two videos below. The first video echoes my statements, but also explains how food shortages will…
Is Attic Storage for Prepping Supplies Really That Bad?
It makes sense that when we start running out of room for our gear, we start looking outward and upward. I store stuff in my detached garage, for example. But most of us have an attic that is sitting there, mostly empty, while our spare bedrooms and closets are bursting at the seams with canned…
The DIY MRE System You’ll Actually Use
I almost always prefer a DIY approach to survivalism, partly because I enjoy “doing things” but I also like to save money because, let’s face it, survival gear is expensive! But I also like the fact that I can tailor my DIY approaches to fit my preferences and needs. And the following video is no…
50+ Homemade Staples PDF Download
I decided to make a boxed cake last week mid-afternoon. I’m no gourmet cook, but I can follow directions when pressed. But then I realized that a plain cake just isn’t that good, so I meandered to the basement and grabbed a vanilla frosting, one of the store-bought kind that comes in little round jars.…
Thrive Life Out of Business
I just saw this post over the weekend that Thrive Life, a Utah-based freeze-dried food company that I used to purchase from (and very briefly promoted many years ago), has gone out of business. That’s a real shame because, although some of their products were rather expensive, especially meat, I always thought they did a…
