A post with a bunch of randomness thrown together (aka “what’s been going on around here”). I’ve been using the soap I made with my church girls. It’s pretty nice, but could have used more essential oil. When I put it in I didn’t measure how much I added, and the whole church kitchen smelled […]
Country Living Grain Mill Review and Sale
I am so excited to let you all know that I am now a dealer for Country Living Grain Mills! If you have not heard of this particular grain grinder, you are gonna hear all about them by the end of this post! What? You already know about them and have just been waiting for […]
Turning Crystallized Freezer Jam into Edible Jam
One of my finds in the freezer over the weekend was a couple of half pints of cherry freezer jam bottled in ’03. I don’t know why for sure, but this jam started crystallizing pretty quick after I made it and it has only gotten worse. These are the last 2 jars of it. We […]
Cleaning Out the Freezer and Ode to My Foodsaver
Spent most of yesterday cleaning out our two freezers. I think Someone’s been hearing my grumblings about eating elk for every meal, because in the last two weeks we’ve been given ground beef (yep real beef, not ground venison or elk) and various cuts of pork from other people’s freezer cleanouts. And this last round […]
Sunday Morning Emergency Syrup
Every Sunday morning we have what we call Puffy Oven Pancakes–I’ve also heard them more commonly called German pancakes. You know, 6 eggs, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk all mixed up and baked in a melted butter lined pan. MMmmmmm. Well, maybe we don’t have them EVERY Sunday, but if we don’t I get […]
Wax Coated Cheese
Also check the Waxing Cheese Update posted 1/14/10 here. Did you know you can store cheese in your food storage without a refrigerator or freezer? Well, you can–at least that’s what I was told by a lady in the food storage know, so of course I had to test it for myself (remember the sprouted […]
Bread, Bread, Bread
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]