Food

This post is a rerun of one I did in 2012.  There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about the best method for sealing food in five-gallon buckets. First be sure your buckets are food-grade, second […]

Our grandson called the other day and wanted to spend the night. He loves french toast, pancakes or waffles, with bacon on the side. He loves his bacon very crispy. Since he called at the

Many of us have had failures when making bread and it does not rise.  This is normally because we are using old yeast. According to the manufacturers, it normally stores for about two years at room

With time, everything changes even the tin can.  The tin can used to be made of three pieces.  A top and bottom and a plate formed into a cylinder and soldered with lead solder.  Today

In reading different blogs and posts on the internet one thing, I have been noticing is how many people feel that they only need to stock food for the short term.  By that, I mean

One problem that many people have is determining how much food to store.  One source that I have used is information on the rationing in England during World War 2.  I have included a table

A good source of information on living on short rations is to study the way the English cooked during World War 2.  Due to rationing many foods were in extremely short supply.  I was born

The following cooking tips are a few ideas you can use in the kitchen to make your cooking easier. I have learned thru the years, ways to make meal planning easy. If you’re raising young children  it’s a

The other day I wrote a post on the subject of the shelf life of cooking oils, since then I have been doing some additional research on this subject and have found some additional useful