MIY Biltong Biltong is a variation of dried meat similar to jerky only the recipe is from the Dutch settlers to South Africa. The meat is dried in fillets rather than strips and cut after drying rather than before like jerky. It is another survival way of preserving meat over the long term and can …
Field Dressing a Turkey Field dressing your prey after the hunt helps insure that as much as possible of your kill stays usable and makes it much easier to pack out of the woods and back to your home or camp. In a SHTF scenario many who don’t currently hunt may have no choice but …
Making Pemmican The Survival Super-Food Pemmican is an old native American recipe that was used by their hunting and scouting parties during the long absences from their encampments. It provided nutrition to them even during times of famine. It’s relatively easy to make and if you don’t add berries or nuts as many folks do, it literally stores indefinitely. …
Setting Up Your 1st Bee Hive Who doesn’t like honey? It’s a great survival food adding a bit of natural sweetness to your stores. Honey also has great medical benefits and an indefinite shelf life. Pharmaceutically it can be ingested or applied topically to enjoy the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Particularly good for sore throats and burns. After …
MIY Canned Chicken I must be honest and say I don’t much care for commercially processed meat products, including chicken. But I do like and eat chicken. Meat is an important source of protein especially for those who live in areas where the growing season is shorter, and the availability of plant-based protein products is …
Preserving Eggs W/Mineral Oil – Does it Work? (3 links) Preserving eggs is a big deal to those with chickens and other laying fowl. They work hard to ensure their birds are healthy and laying regularly. At this time, we can powder our own eggs for storage with a dehydrator. See How at this link …
Landscaping with Edible Shrubbery Many preppers don’t live in rural areas where you can plant whatever you want wherever you want on your property. They have governing bodies called Homeowners Associations that dictate where and even if you can have a garden, what you can grow in a garden on your property, if you can …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Not Just Chickens Other Egg Producing Birds Suitable for Your Flock When the majority of the western world says “eggs” we automatically assume chicken eggs, so much so that we don’t even bother to identify the fowl that they came from! We are aware of that there are other …
Harvesting & Eating Tree Bark I was amazed to learn that you could eat tree bark. I knew that the pine tree needles had nutritional value and the tea made from them medicinal uses. Done correctly the inner bark of most pine varieties, the slippery elm, black birch, yellow birch, red spruce, black spruce, balsam …
Food Storage – The 1st 20 Items Every pantry and every prepper’s food storage begins somewhere! You should always store what you and your family eats and eat in rotation what you have stored. There are items that unless you are preparing you probably don’t have sitting in your pantry. Like water… why store water …
