Do you hunt? Or raise livestock for meat? Maybe you plan to at some point or have in the past. What do you do after the animal is ready to butcher? With our few attempts at farm animals, we called the local butcher, but with our hunting game, I process the meat myself right here […]
A Couple of New Books I’m Checking Out
Got a hold of a couple of new books I’m excited about. The first I’m borrowing from a friend. It is Dinner Is In The Jar: Quick and Easy Dinner Mixes in Mason Jars or Mylar Bags by Kathy Clark. The book has 30 recipes using mainly dehydrated/dry/food storage ingredients. The ingredients for each recipe […]
Tattler Reusable Canning Lids
We do a lot of canning here. And the thought has always followed that in an emergency situation, canning things would be impossible without a good supply of canning lids. The jars and rings can be re-used, but the lids are supposedly a one time use deal. So we stock canning lids in the food […]
Mountain House for Breakfast: Breakfast Skillet Wrap Review
Remember Monday’s post on our Mountain House dinner? Well, the next morning we had freeze dried Mountain House breakfast that the sweet folks at Mountain House sent us to sample. The kids wanted oatmeal, so we heated up water for mom and dad’s Mountain House Breakfast Skillet Wrap and for the kids’ oatmeal and for […]
Mountain House for Dinner: Review of Wraps and Macaroni and Cheese
The folks at Mountain House sent me some samples of their freeze dried meals to try, and really I was pretty excited. I’ve had some Mountain House before and actually had compared it to a couple of other brands of “backpacker” foods and for flavor and texture, the Mountain House was my favorite. So in […]
Book Review: Survivalist Family by Joe Fox
Joe Fox from Viking Preparedness recently contacted me about a book he had written called Survivalist Family: Prepared Americans for a Strong America. I’m sure he’s glad to see that I’m finally getting the review up. Life has been nuts lately, but I’ve finished the book and have to say I really enjoyed it. This […]
Augason Farms Breakfast Pack Giveaway
Today we have a giveaway from the fabulous folks at Augason Farms. Augason Farms is part of the Blue Chip Group companies and is the maker and producer of the Morning Moos milk alternative we taste tested a little while ago. They’ve come up with a sweet product for food storage convenience and apparently it’s […]
Saratoga Farms Freeze Dried Peas Review
We tried out some of Saratoga Farms’ Freeze dried peas from The Ready Store last week, so here’s the report. Freeze dried is different from dehydrated. Dehydrating uses heat and air flow to remove the moisture from a food. Freeze dried foods are frozen, then put through a process of quickly thawing while moisture is […]
Emergency Kit in a Bottle Review and Giveaway
I got some goodies in the mail from The Ready Store last week, so I’ll have some reviews coming up of some fun products as I get them tested out. I’ve got their ad on the left sidebar–check them out when you get a minute. But first, I’d like to share the love a little […]
The Great Powdered Milk Taste Test and Review
Ever wanted to find a powdered milk that tastes good? You’re not alone. So just in case you don’t want to go through the expense and hassle of trying out every kind of powdered milk you can find, read on. I did it for you. After a comment about the flavor of powdered milk on […]