Tag archives for Food
Making the Other Syrups; Birch, Walnut and Sycamore
We aren't all fortunate enough to live in a grove of maple trees from which we can tap our own maple syrup, but did you know that there are other…
Curing Meat The Old Fashioned Way for Seasonal Preservation
Curing was a widely used method of preserving meat before the days of refrigeration. Both Salt and Sugar (as well as combinations of both) have been used to cure meat…
WAPA’s Low Cost 24 Hour Emergency Ration Kit
WAPA is the Western Australian Police Academy. They regularly train their members in outback survival as well as share preparedness and training information with the general public. These ration packs…
Rustling the Longhorn Weed: Vegetarian Dandelion Burgers
Whether at home or in the backcountry, there’s one weed everyone can recognize at 100 yards: the dandelion. Lawn and golf course caretakers across the country try to stem this…
Raising Chicken Flocks in the City or Country for Eggs, Meat & More!
Whether you have a homestead, farm or simply some spare yard space at your residential home, there is certainly no other species of animal more suited nor more than the…
Pemmican, Ancient Man’s Powerbar & Survival Rations
Preserving meat requires energy to be expended. Very simple concept. It is the method of using that energy that is of interest to us. The use of electrical energy via…
The 4 Most Common Food Illnesses; Identify, Treat & Prevent
At some point during any discussion or practice of food indepedence, preparedness or storage, any reasonable person is going to express concerns about food related illnesses. I firmly believe that…
Five Food Storage Must-Knows
There are many practical reasons why everyone should have a food storage plan. They range from economic uncertainty, potential emergency or disaster, and simple practicality. The following are five must-know…