I’ve been working real hard on a recipe from Chef Tess for sprouted wheat bread, and making slow progress. Mostly slow because if it doesn’t work I have to wait 2 days to get more wheat sprouted to try again! So in the meantime, here’s some pictures of bread that worked! The standard 6 loaves […]
Archives for February 2009
My Food Room and I Have a Love Hate Relationship
Have you seen the pictures of some peoples’ food storage rooms? I’ve been on a couple of other sites and forums and it seems they all look kind of like this (this is NOT my food room):Beautiful large spaces filled with immaculately organized food and plenty of room to walk the aisle to get to […]
Make Your Own Homemade Survival Bars
Check out the new and improved version here! Have you ever wanted to make your own survival food bars? Like the survival food bars the stores sell, but homemade survival bars so you know what’s in them. Well, I got together with a few friends to make some homemade survival food bars and here’s how […]
Glenn Beck on Personal Preparedness
I really enjoy Glenn Beck. We see eye to eye on a lot of issues (can’t say all, but a lot), and he’s not afraid to speak his mind. So here’s a clip from his program 2/20/09 on preparedness: That’s probably enough for most of you. Don’t go crazy and panic on me here, just […]
Survival Food Bars/Food Rations Review
Ever wondered what those survival food bars taste like? Are they all the same or is one brand better tasting than the others? Well my little group of ladies decided to have a taste test and lucky you, we’re sharing the results with you! I ordered one of each 2400 calorie food bar from Emergency […]
Bottled Butter Part 2
In case any of you missed my first experience bottling butter, check it out before reading the rest of this post. I’ll wait . . . Okay, back now? So the two main problems with bottling butter were 1-not high enough temperature to kill botulism spores, and 2-jar lids did not seal completely even though […]
Preppers Questions–My Answers
Thanks to Melonie at The Prepared Family for this one! The questions are originally from Chris at A One Acre Homestead in Ohio and are good for some thought provocation! So, as Melonie did, I’m inviting you to play tag. If you don’t want to do this, don’t, I’m not going to twist your arm, […]
Sprouted Wheat Experiment
I had heard from a very reputable source in the food storage community that if you stored your wheat/beans/seeds in cans or buckets and used the oxygen absorber packets it would kill the germination ability of the seed and make it so it would not sprout. Well, knowing how important it is to be able […]
Come on Baby Light My Fire
Are you singing my title yet? ;) Yesterday morning we played with fire. Yep, matches, lighters, flint and steel, magnesium/steel, battery and steel wool, whatever fire we could find or make. Here’s my disclaimer again: I’m no expert here, but I love a “scientific” study and hands on testing, so we put some firestarting methods […]
Outdoor Gear and a Giveaway
GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Read on anyway . . . :) Well, the silly groundhog said this morning there would be 6 more weeks of winter. We’re actually in a little warm spell here, but I know other places in the country and around the world are still in the deep of winter, so today I’m sharing […]