1816 – Year Without A Summer – Massive Crop Failure, Food Shortages
A big preparedness lesson from history is the summer of 1816 – the year without a summer. Apparently Spring seemed normal that year. But as...
Category: Food Storage
[Recipe] The Best Pioneer Survival Food
When cowboys hit the trail for a cattle drive, they had a long journey ahead of them. Many drives took months, taking the crew into...
Great Depression Cooking – The Poorman’s Meal
As we walk through the air conditioned aisles of today’s grocery stores filled with countless varieties of every type of food imaginable, it’s hard to...
Back To Basics: How To Preserve Food In Lard
When I was growing up, it was a given that the bacon grease would be sitting by the stove in Grandma’s tin canister. Or maybe...
Peasant Communities Survived On This Simple And Nutritious Food For Centuries
Peasant food, while simple and frugal, has been around for centuries – in every culture around the world. Using fresh roots, herbs, and foods available...
Freezing and Food – Do They Go Well Together?
One of the biggest problems we have with our food supply in the summer is that the heat makes storage of fresh meat almost impossible...
Canning Goals: How, Why, and 6 Important Steps to Meeting Them
Are you an avid canner? I never thought I would become one, but I have definitely flopped right into that category over the years. So...
What You Need To Know About Waterproofing Your Stockpile
The recent spate of hurricanes hitting Houston, the Western part of the Florida peninsula and Puerto Rico have given many of us an opportunity to...
Top 10 Best Fermentation Survival Foods
Knowing how to use fermentation to preserve foods can help you survive a long term disaster. Here’s a modern look at an ancient method of survival, and...
Q&A On Storing Meat Without Refrigeration In Hot Areas
You work hard to stretch your grocery dollars, but there’s no way around it – meat is expensive. When you find a good deal, or...
Trail Foods from History – Food Preservation Ideas
One of the challenges that regularly comes up when we talk about bug-outs is food for our bug out packs, and even food to stash...
How to Safely Can Potatoes For Long Term Storage
Whole potatoes can be stored for months at a time if they are kept in a cool and dry place, but they are also susceptible...