November 29, 2012 Bacon is not a survival food but it does have a good use… Comfort!!! LOL Seriously, bacon has been proven to be a comfort food. It’s also a great item to help flavor other foods like beans and cabbage. Canning bacon is very easy and can save you a ton of money
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Storing food supplies for the cold winter months or to preserve those garden veggies can be both cost-effective and efficient. From bulk ingredients to pre-made frozen meals, breads to canned fruits and veggies, your food storage should be organized in a way that is easily accessible. From my personal experience, your love or hate for food storage relies heavily upon the way you go about organizing yourself, but if done correctly, it doesn’t have to be burdensome or tedious! Freezer Storage Extra freezer space is always helpful for winter food storage. Having an extra chest
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November 16, 2012 In this video, we dehydrate frozen mixed vegetables straight from the freezer. 5 pounds of mixed vegetables just fit in a single quart mason jar. The vegetables were put on the racks, still frozen, and dehydrated for 12 hours 30 minutes at 125 degrees, cooled and vacuum packed in mason jars. Previous
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October 30, 2012 In this video, we take an aluminum beer bottle and pack rice in it,use about a 50cc oxygen absorber, seal it with cheese wax as extra insurance. You can store almost anything in here, although, not a large quantity, but enough for a person or two or if stored in large quantities
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If you haven’t considered what would happen without power, start by looking in your kitchen. Your refrigerator would no longer work. Meats and perishables would spoil quickly. While we all want to think we won’t ever be without electricity, no one can predict when the next major world war or other catastrophe will occur. A
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I’ve been an advocate of food storage for years. Early in our marriage, my husband and I began setting aside a certain amount of money each month to build a supply of food. We kept a year’s supply of staple items—wheat, flour, sugar, beans, oil, and the like—and a three month’s supply of canned goods and more perishable items. But when my husband’s company went belly-up three years ago, we got real-life experience in relying on food storage. We fed our family of six from our food storage for more than eight months and tried
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August 16, 2012 Dehydrating canned pineapple for food storage. Previous Video
August 8, 2012 This is a self-rotating can rack. It is 72 inches long, 15 inches deep and 32 inches high. It holds approximately 500 cans. It has to be decorative because it is in plain sight in a living room. Previous Video
If you have been watching National Geographic’s Doomsday Prepper series, you’ve probably seen a few ideas that you wanted to try to implement in your own storage preparations. At least a show or two got you wondering about the feasibility of some of the stuff these preppers are doing. One thing that piqued my interest
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