You may remember that almost five years ago we made these homemade survival bars. With approximately 2000 calories total, low cost, and long shelf life, these are a fantastic addition to your vehicle emergency kit or 72 hour kit. But there were some problems. Holy cow, they were hard to mix. Then they overcooked a […]
Kindle Cook Kit Flameless Cooker Review
There are quite a few ways to heat food and water that require a flame. But did you know there are also flameless heaters? MRE’s have used this technology for years with their specially designed MRE heaters. Those heaters consist of a chemical in a pouch that produces heat when it is exposed to water. […]
A Reader’s Attempt at the Homemade Survival Bars and Some Troubleshooting
I had a reader try out making the Homemade Survival Bars and graciously agree to have his experience shared with all of you. Thanks, Robert! Here’s how it went. I made the recipe according to instructions. After reading some of the comments, I decided to make flat bars instead. I used a 1/2″ thick jelly […]
Homemade Survival Bar Update–2+ Years Later
Can you believe it’s been two years since we made these homemade survival bars? If you weren’t around for the homemade survival bar post, go ahead and check it out, I’ll wait. We checked on them last year here. Well, I had a sweet reader ask about their condition now, over two years later, so […]
Rotating the Car Kit and Update on the Survival Bars
A couple of weeks ago, we took a little drive up the mountain and hiked around in the snow and mud and long story short (I know that rarely happens here) we needed to use the toilet paper from the car kit. Now, last summer we had a roll in the console AND a roll […]
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 […]
Really Old Nasty MRE’s
I had a couple of MRE’s that were about 20 years old and needed to go so I did the noble and generous thing and shared them with some friends. MRE means Meal Ready to Eat and they were designed for the military. You used to be able to get them singly at army surplus […]