Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Potted Meat: FAQs & Recipe (2 links) Now days when I hear potted meat I think spam or corned beef. Neither make my taste buds tingle. Although either are decent choices for stockpiling if your palate enjoys them. I do have a couple of recipes in my repertoire that call …
MIY Toothpaste 3 Recipes Oral hygiene is so much more important than people realize. Infected teeth can negatively effect your heart and throat. Bad teeth hurt and interfere with your nutrition and your sleep both leave you venerable to other illnesses. This will be especially important post SHTF when medical and dental care will be …
Russian Tea Recipes For Colds & Flu Today I have two recipes for you. There are literally dozens of recipes for Russian tea. These two are my personal favorites. Both are excellent for colds and flu, I am not a doctor, of course so I can’t tell you with scientific facts or certainty that either …
MIY SHTF Penicillin A generation or two ago people died from simple small wounds that became infected. Many more died from STD’s that went untreated until the advent of penicillin. Now these deaths are quite rare and the infections have to be much worse to cause death. In any major SHTF event the basic necessary …
Homemade Cough Syrup That Reduces Phlegm Carrots tend to get under-rated in the area of health benefits. I can attest to the fact that in many European countries carrot juice is one of the first juices introduced to babies for skin health. I remember myself as a child being told carrots would assist my eye …
25 DIY Survival Items When I first read the featured blog, I thought “oh no, they are going to tell me being a gear junkie is a bad thing!” 😛 But mercifully they didn’t. The blog actually talks about necessary survival items you can make yourself. Basic supplies that many of us stockpile. If you make these …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Preserving Carrots: Taqueria Pickled Carrots When I think of preserving carrots, I am afraid I don’t necessarily think variety. Frozen, simply canned and dehydrated is the extend of my current repertoire. I hadn’t thought of pickling them. This recipe sounds like an awesome change to plain carrots. Try it …
Home Remedies for Earaches I admit it, I am a total wimp when it comes to pain in my ears or eyes. I despise earaches! If I recall earaches are a part of teething and I suppose in part due to my own aversion to them I suffered right along with the child. So in desperation …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 8 Campfire Desserts I love camping. There is just something about waking up in the morning to the fresh air and in the outdoors. Then eating a usually slightly crisp dinner just as the sun has set. (I am not the best judge of time when cooking over a …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Mustard Nothing is better on some food stuff than mustard! I can’t imagine eating a wurst (German sausage) of any variety without it! And what is a good old American hot dog without ketchup and mustard? Or a soft pretzel? You can and I have spent a small …
