Reconditioning & Re-Seasoning Cast Iron Cookware Cast iron has been a favorite of cooks all over the world for years. Long before things such as Teflon coatings were ever even thought of. They are a particular favorite of preppers and homesteaders because they can be used in the oven, on the stove top, and over …
101+ Dehydrating Recipes Dehydrating and drying of your foods is an excellent method of preserving in a way that is much easier to save and store than traditional canning or smoking. Much lighter and smaller to fit both in your pantry and in your backpack or BOB. I even keep a few in my accident …
Some posts may contain affiliated links. Canning Help: Tear-Free Onion Cutting Trick That Actually Works! If your like me, you put onions in just about everything! I can’t preserve enough fast enough, so cutting all those flavorful onions to go in canning, to be dried, to make MREs and premade canned meals can be an …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Help: Tip for Speed-Peeling Potatoes! Part of preserving our garden grown potatoes or storing our store bought bulk sale purchases can mean peeling a whole lot of potatoes! A job no one particularly loves! Creek Line House has a tip for us to make that job a bit …
DIY Cedar Smokehouse Smoking meats to preserve them is one of the oldest methods of food preservation there is. From jerky to smoke house hams the majority of us have had smoked or dried meat in one form or another. How to get this great flavor and the benefits of long-term preservation of the proteins …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Help: Peeling a Head of Garlic in Just Seconds! Cool little cooking trick makes peeling garlic for your canning and cooking needs fast and easy! My family are garlic fiends! We love garlic in all our homemade sauces from pizza to pasta. I actually have a hard time …
DIY Home Brewery to a Commercial Nanobrewery Whether you are brewing at home because you like a good home brew and enjoy the brewing process or you’re planning on brewing for trade in a future SHTF situation or trading in a group for skills now. Turning up the volume on how much you can brew in …
Stockpile Full Meals For Emergency Situations Cooks have been making freezer meals for years. But what about canning an entire meal in a jar? Especially in an emergency situation when there isn’t a freezer or easy access to ingredients and your busy trying to keep everything around you together a meal prepped in a jar …
50 MIY Items We have become very reliant on our local supermarket and these days scratch cooking is almost considered an alterative skill. Not just for food and drink either, we rely on manufactured hygiene products, cleaning products, and household goods in general. Making these items yourself saves money, cuts down on the chemicals and …
MIY Butter With a Kitchen Mixer Warm homemade bread and a dollop of fresh made butter, there is nothing like it. When I think of making butter I see the old butter churn on the front porch and someone tasked with the tiresome job of churning and churning and churning. It may not be the …
