[/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 »
Since we have been discussing dog bites, and a friend sent me an excellent thought provoking article on rabies, I decided this was a good subject to post on today. As part of this post,
Rabies – After TEOTWAWKI Rabies Will be a Major Threat 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 »
Johnnycake (also jonnycake, johnny cake, journey cake, shawnee cake and johnny bread) is a cornmeal flatbread that was widely used by the settlers in the early development of the east coast. It was often used by hunters because of its limited ingredients and that it
Johnnycake, a Simple Cornmeal Flatbread is Easy to Make 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 »
[/caption] It is still Sept and we have already had snow in the Sierra’s and I see strange weather in many parts of the world. If you live in the northern hemisphere now is a
Winterize your home and preps Before You have Problems 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 »
[/caption] Today I was setting around looking at a Cabela’s advertisement for hunting blinds. This got me to thinking of all the potential uses of a good blind. Properly made hunting blinds can give you
Hunting Blinds Can Make Excellent Camouflage Read More »
