Food

It seems like today everyone wants to refrigerate everything.  When I was a child may things were routinely left out, and it never seemed to cause a problem.  So after a little research here is […]

There always seems to be a debate over the shelf life of cooking oils. This can be caused by one of several reasons, some people smell rancidity better than others. I know some people who

Today I may make some people mad, but I strongly feel that this needs to be said.  I see a lot of recommendations for what equals a year’s supply of food.  Some of these recommendations

Rice is inexpensive, easy to store, and is a versatile, economical food.  It is a good source of energy, and can supply vitamins and minerals to the diet. It is generally classified as a grain,

Tonight my wife is teaching some classes in making prepared meals in a jar.  She has quite a selection of different meals prepared to take to the class.  So I grabbed a couple of quart

Many of us have stored various amounts of grains and legumes, but do not rotate grains or legumes into our regular diet.  So they sit somewhere until we need them or they go bad.  Now suddenly

Except for heating, mine is an all-electric home. I heat part of the house in the winter with a 21-year-old Avalon brand wood-fired, air-tight, high-efficiency, non-catalytic home heating stove. Three years ago I modified this

Pemmican is something that we have all heard about, but probably have not encountered.  It was used extensively by the Native Americans, but there seems to be some confusion over exactly how they made it.

Many of us store large amounts of whole wheat, what today people call wheat berries.  Now most of us don’t cook with this on a regular basis.  So today, I want to talk about cooking

Here is another article by a friend. Howard Just about everyone knows about the zucchini curse. Plant even a single zucchini seed in the spring and by midsummer you’re getting so many zucchinis you don’t