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The 7 Major Mistakes in Food Storage
Food storage is often approached with dread, even by the most ardent practitioners of preparedness. The temptation is to do it as simply and as easily as possible. Many might…
Dehydrated Hamburger “Rocks” for Long Term Meat Storage
This is a great way to store hamburger for long periods of time or as a portable hiking component of meals. Once prepared it only requires a cool, dry place…
Survival & Emergency Fishing Techniques
You can make your own fishhooks, nets and traps and use several methods to obtain fish in a survival situation. Improvised Fishhooks You can make field-expedient fishhooks from pins, needles,…
Canning Butter, An Easy & Thrifty Food Storage & Disaster Preparedness Idea
Canned butter? Many people don't believe anything dairy based can be stored safely, for long periods of time, but they're wrong. Preserving butter dates back for ages, no one is…
Basic Survival Food Preparation & Cooking Techniques
You must know how to prepare fish and game for cooking and storage in a survival situation. Improper cleaning or storage can result in inedible fish or game. Fish Do…
Basic Trapping and Snaring Techniques
For an unarmed survivor, or when the sound of a rifle shot could be a problem, trapping or snaring wild game is a good alternative. Several well-placed traps have the…
Basic Food Procurement in the Wild
After water, man's most urgent requirement is food. In contemplating virtually any hypothetical survival situation, the mind immediately turns to thoughts of food. Unless the situation occurs in an arid…
Entomophagy… Insects as food
Although in Western cultures there is a general aversion to being around insects, let alone eating them, in many parts of the world (and also increasingly in the West) the…