A while back, I wrote a couple of blogs on acorns and their uses. These blogs included how to process them for eating. Go to the following links to read them, Acorns Uses of Acorns. […]
Cooking with Acorns is easy. Read More »
Tests were conducted on baking powder shelf life between 2004-2007 by the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, Brigham Young University. The following are excerpts from the test reports “Baking powder is widely used
Baking Powder Shelf Life is Longer Than You Have Been Told Read More »
[/caption] Recently my wife opened a couple of Mylar bags containing dried apple slices and oxygen absorbers. I packed these in 1999. The dried apple slices were obtained from the LDS cannery. Periodically we open
Dried Apples Stored in Mylar Bags with O2 Absorber Good After 14 Years Read More »
[/caption] The truth is our ancestors only ate them for the following reasons, no refrigeration, they did not know the dangers of rancid food and they were hungry. Well we know the dangers, but
Rancid Foods, Our Ancestors Ate Them, Why Shouldn’t We? Read More »
While working on the blog post on test old long-term storage foods, I found information on how to date Mountain House products. This information comes directly from the Mountain House website. If you just follow
How to Read the Manufacture Dates on Mountain House Foods. Read More »
[/caption] This is second part of the tests of long term food storage. Because of some questions I received yesterday, I want to start by stating my methodology. The first thing that I do is
A Test of Long Term Foods from the 1970’s, part 2 Read More »
Yesterday a friend brought me 16 cans of very old long term storage food stored in #10 cans that he had in the back of his storage. The can all seemed to date from the
A Test of Long Term Foods Stored Since the 1970’s, Part 1 Read More »
The other day, I wrote an article on How Much Food to Store in Your Preps? The article suggested starting your food storage with the basics recommended by the LDS Church. This consists of primarily
Beans and Rice a Complete Protein for your storage Read More »
More on Leavening agents As promised, I did some research on the use of lye or potash as leavening agents. This is what I found on the website for King Arthur Flour https://www.kingarthurflour.com/tips/quick-bread-primer.html. They provide
Leavening Agents for baking after TEOTWAWKI Read More »
Recently I was looking through an old Civil War Recipe book and came across some common food substitutions. I was really surprised at some of them, so I thought you would be interested in them.
Common Food Substitutions for Hard Times Read More »
