Food, glorious food! Chow storage for a prepper is probably one of the most important things he or she will do. If you have food, be it canned, dehydrated or even frozen, you can sustain yourself. Yes, quite obvious but also true. Now, there are some common mistakes every prepper at one time or another…
Awesome Bushcraft Cooking Techniques For Survival
You can have the best skills in the world for catching game and fish, but if you do not know how to cook it, you are pretty much stuck eating raw food. In a Sushi bar, raw fish can be consumed without consequence (give or take). But in a survival situation, consuming raw or contaminated…
Super Easy Self Wicking Tomato Container You Can Make For $10
When you become self-sufficient, having a garden is usually one of the first things you start. And whether you are doing it to be self sufficient or because you’re someone who simply wants to give a vegetable garden a try, tomatoes are a great part of that agricultural package. Now, about watering … there are so…
Survival Meals In A Jar: The Dry Canning Method
When you are a survivalist there are many things you need to prepare for. One of the top things to have on your “preparedness” list is a well-stocked pantry. A crucial item on your list is what you’ve canned or put in vacuumed sealed jars. We can’t say enough about bottle storage. Items can last anywhere from 7 to…
Advantages of Heirloom Seeds vs. Hybrid Seeds, GMOs
As survivalists, there are certain things we already know we should do. Having a pantry with long lasting items, including dehydrated foods, is essential. Learning endurance skills that will take you away from modern conveniences is a great idea. And, if (or when?) the grid goes down, having your own personal vegetable garden will be worth its weight…
Dehydrating Eggs For Long Term Storage
We have always been curious about dehydrated eggs. Although we’ve taste tested a wide variety of dehydrated products, eggs have never really been something we’ve been anxious to try. How good can they possibly be? Still, for long term storage, there is nothing better. A lot of things can be made with eggs. Now, after seeing…
How To Cook Fish On A Stick
We all know that food is critical when you are facing a survival situation; it is how you fuel your body and keep yourself healthy. In all but the most polluted of environments, fish are a great source of protein, vitamins and minerals. In most places, they are also the easiest of meat sources to catch…
See How You Can Improve Your Survival Food Supply
The true survivalist always reviews other survivalist’s suggestions for preparing for a hike, SHTF moment or even a long-term survival situation. As in the rest of life, you can never stop learning and reviewing where you are and where you want to be. One area most of us have down pat is survival food and…
8 Important Tips For Making Dehydrated Survivors Dinners
As survivalists we pride ourselves on the things we can make or, in this case, cook with our own two hands. However, one would be hard-pressed to not admit the dehydrated main dishes found on various companies on-line are tempting. The fact that they’re pre-made and all you have to do is store them away until…
13 Must Have Items To Stock Up On For A Crisis
We talk a lot about food when it comes to prepping for a potential disaster and there is a good reason for it. When the grid goes down we really have no idea how long we will be without electricity, water, and other vital necessities. You may think we can run to shelters or food banks…
[VIDEO] How To Use Pine Trees For Survival Food
The adage “any port in a storm” applies to food in a survival or SHTF moment. Following the concept of threes, food, obviously, is critical to survival; without it, depending on where you are and your activity level, you can last about three weeks without food. But when you find yourself in a SHTF moment, you…
Growing Potatoes In Straw? Learn This Old Harvest Technique
In terms of survival food, potatoes are hard to beat. Potatoes are a staple for most folks and can be prepared literally in dozens of ways. Hash browns for breakfast, potato salad for lunch, baked potato for dinner – the ways you can use them as a food source is almost endless; some people even like…
South African Beef Jerky: The Ultimate Survival Food
Biltong is a dried and cured meat product that originated in South Africa. On the trail or in a survival situation, Biltong is a great source of protein that is lightweight and filling. It resembles beef jerky, but is thicker. It is also easier to make and not as dry as traditional beef jerky. Biltong is…
10 Insects You Can Survive On In The Wild
What would you do if you were stuck in a survival situation where you either had to eat bugs or starve? You may feel that eating bugs is out of the question, at least for you. But many people in other parts of the world make eating bugs a primary source of their everyday food intake. Bugs…
Are Eggs Sustainable Without Refrigeration? You Might Be Surprised….
Eggs are an excellent source of protein and nutrients. Whether you’re surviving in the wild or canning foods for an emergency – eggs are an essential food to have on hand. You can prepare them in a variety of way and they can sustain you during a SHTF scenario or natural disaster when food rationing…
These Survival Foods Will Outlive You
As a survivalist you probably already have a well-stocked pantry. But did you ever wonder if those crackers you stored away in an air-tight baggy three years ago are still crunchy but not stale? Could there be mold on that vacuumed sealed box of cereal? Wouldn’t it be great just to buy something and know it…
A Guide To Wild And Edible Plants
Naturalists have been exploring the virtues of living off the land for decades. Those of you young enough to recall famed author Yul Gibbons will recall how, on television, he would gather his “high bush cranberries” and toss them into a bowl of breakfast cereal. Seemed a fanciful idea at the time but survivalists have taken up…
Expand The Shelf Life Of Cheese With Wax – It Lasts For Years!
Cheese. We love it. Jack. Pepper Jack. Havarti. Chedder cheese: The sharper the better. Mmm! Now, just imagine a natural disaster strikes, you lost electricity, you’re going off the grid – and you don’t know for how long. For all you know the grid will be down for hours or, during a severe emergency, even longer!…
Grow Endless Potatoes In 4 Sq Feet: The Self Reliant Gardener
When it comes to survival food, it is hard to beat the amazing potato. Your average potato has around 100 calories and is fat, sodium and cholesterol free; it also is rich in Potassium, Vitamins B6, C and iron. The potato is also easier to grow than most staple crops, which is one reason it…
How To Make EPIC MRES (Meals: Ready To Eat)!
Even as a survivalist, when you think about camping the foods you consider bringing with you are not always the most sensible. After all, you know you are going to be eating out in the open, most likely with a tent and a campfire within close proximity, and the thought of a good piece of meat or…