Z Nation‘s Serena’s (Pie Girl) Scratch Blueberry Pie If you are a Z Nation fan you already know the story of Serena’s blueberry pie! The actor who plays Serena admits her own favorite is cherry pie, but hey during a zombie apocalypse a gal has to use what is available! Proof that during times of …
Hunting, processing, and cooking black bear Before you run out and hunt yourself a black bear there are things you should know. 1st make sure it is in season in your region and that you know your prey. Bear can be extremely dangerous. When ever you take a creature’s life for food, insure that you …
MIY Homemade Baking Extracts Nothing tastes better than homemade. Except those items where the ingredients are also fresh and homemade! What a bland world it would be without spices and flavoring extracts. Not just for a time when running to the local store to pickup the desired flavor for your baking but for that wonderful …
3 Indian Fry Bread Recipes (Bannock) Bannock is the one of the preferred survival foods of the first mountain men settling the wild west. Not only did it provide them with the carbs needed for the tenuous trek of the day ahead but it was quick and easy to make in most cases over an …
MIY Rhubarb Wine If you have rhubarb growing on your property you know it like a weed needs virtually no care and is actually a bit difficult to get rid of if you do not want it anymore. It is quite edible of course and you will often see it mixed into sweet treats because …
Prepper Books Worth Buying I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …
Homemade Condiments: Mayo, Mustard, & Ketchup One thing that is almost always mentioned in the comments whenever people talk about what they will miss after a major SHTF event are condiments. It didn’t take much thought on my part to realize I would actually really miss them as well. Mustard is available in dry form …
Wild Game Jerky Who doesn’t love jerky? We have a number of recipes for various sauces and flavorings on the site. But I don’t think that a whole lot of us have tried to many wild game jerkies. Here in my local area the common jerkies are made from beef, turkey and deer. But if …
MIY Whiskey Everyone knows alcohol is a great barter item. People are almost always willing to purchase spirits even in the roughest of economic times. Not just for drinking either! There are a ton of other uses for distilled beverages from making flavorings to medical treatments. Whiskey is prime for all of those uses. Before …
5 Recipes Every Survival Chef Should Know Everyone hopes to have enough food supplies to make it through any crisis that might befall them and that their supply line will be active again before it’s needed. But depending on that is risky and assumes that the crisis will be short term. A wise stockpile includes …
