The winter that just wont go away

by Cameron | Mar 20, 2015 | Fishing, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Hunting

As I sit here look­ing at the fore­cast for yet anoth­er win­ter storm, I find myself long­ing for spring and all that comes with it. Its been a long, cold win­ter and, as much as I like the cold and all it brings, Im tired of it and wel­come a change in... Read more

Dehydrating Black Beans for Storage

by suburban | Jan 7, 2014 | Food, Food Storage, Preparedness, Prepping

So, I did­n’t even know you could dehy­drate black beans.  I sup­pose in the back of my mind, I knew it, but thought since I was jump­ing back on the band wag­on again, that I would try some exper­i­men­ta­tion as well.  That said, I used four cans of black... Read more

My first attempt at Hard Tack Survival Bread

by suburban | Jun 6, 2009 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Food Storage, General

Well, late this after­noon, after try­ing to con­cen­trate on read­ing my US Army Sur­vival Man­u­al I just could­n’t focus.  So I decid­ed to try my hand at Hard Tack.   For those of you who do not know, Hard Tack is a rock hard bread made of water,... Read more