8 Signs of Canned Goods Gone Bad There is always a good bit of controversy regarding the validity and actual meaning of “expiration dates”, “best by date”, “sell by date” and “freshest by dates”. It is agreed though that the day before the expiration date is really no safer or less safe than the actual …
Instant Boil a Meals These kinds of meals are just what I had in mind when I first began dehydrating my own produce and meats. At the time I was living in Kansas which is of course famous for its tornados. I thought I was so clever as to have stocked our dehydrated and emergency …
Creative Ways to Use Storage Beans – Even if You Hate Them What drew my attention to this featured article was the sub-heading stating … even if you hate them. I know beans are good protein, store easily, keep well, and are currently inexpensive. What better food to store? Unless like me and apparently Jane …
MIY Beef Bologna My son goes through lunch meat including bologna, like nobody’s business! The ability to make it myself and ensure the quality of ingredient will not only save money in the long run but make me feel as a parent a whole lot better about letting him eat all the sandwiches he wants. …
MIY Dehydrated Broth This is just an awesome tutorial! No bottled, canned, or pre-dehydrated store-bought broth is as good as homemade. I always have frozen any leftover homemade broth I have and am always sad to see the last of it used. Then until I get a chance to make another batch, I use the dehydrated …
How Long Does Food Storage Last? You’ve stocked up and made sure you have everything you and your family will need to ride out a crisis. Now How long can you keep that storage in rotation prior to it losing nutritional value. or worse yet go bad altogether? The chart below lists some basic long term …
Canning Butter I am always looking for new ways to save a bit of money and to add to my storage foodstuff. I was unaware you could can butter or margarine! But the price of butter and margarine isn’t going down any time soon. So now you can take advantage of today’s prices or sales. Currently …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Skinning and Cooking Rattle Snakes Like most humans. I don’t care much for snakes. I will never ever understand why someone would choose to have one as a pet! However, I do appreciate the beauty of their skins and in an urgent situation, if I was hungry enough, I …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Keeping Your Chickens in the Winter If this is your first winter keeping a flock then there is a lot of information about keeping them safe and healthy this winter. It is especially important for smaller chicks which are not weather acclimated nor large enough to fend …
Dehydrator Recipes To Preserve the Harvest (80+) I own and have in operation a large part of the time two dehydrators. I prefer dehydrating to canning when possible. Of course that depends upon the item and what it will be used for etc. First because I live in an earthquake zone and of course dehydrated …
