One major difficulty for those who may have sporadic electricity supplies or who are dealing with a collapse and having no power means they’re unable to preserve meat without refrigeration. With the shape of our national electrical grid, this very well could become an issue that we all could face. In a sustained outage, all the…
Find Out Which Food Items May Disappear First Post-Collapse… Before it’s Too Late
Imagine if a collapse just took place and the clock is ticking. Besides grabbing a bug out bag and either getting ready to bug in or head for a bug out cabin, some panic may set in. The panic is because many people may not have bought enough food supplies before getting out of dodge.…
Find Out Which Foods Are Most Likely to Disappear First During a Collapse
A major disaster just took place and the clock is ticking. Besides grabbing that bug out bag and getting ready to hit the road, it’s a reality that time is going to be a factor and there may not be enough time to get out dodge and get those last minute food supplies before it’s…
Eating For Survival: 9 Bugs That Are Fit For Consumption
Many people hate the idea that if they’re dealing with a serious survival situation they may be forced to eat bugs, but it’s a reality we should face. Many of us aren’t fan of bugs or have a desire to see what they would taste like, but it’s important to know which insects would do…
The 10 Best Survival Foods to Stock Up On Are Surprising to Say the Least
Recently we were talking to a friend whose little boy around either-years-old decided to go on a “food strike.” He decided after eating meatloaf for such a long time that he no longer wanted it anymore. We thought this was pretty funny. While the boy was expressing his thoughts on his food choices, we have…
How to Make Mead for Survival Bartering (Yes, Bartering)
Mead is a drink that is created by mixing honey with water and letting the honey ferment. It is the oldest recorded alcoholic beverage in history. Mead is so old, it has been an easily fermented drink to make for centuries throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. In a survival situation, alcoholic beverages will be a…
Eating to Survive: 7 Bugs That Are Fit for Consumption
We have watched those survivor shows on TV where the group, at one point or another, are made to eat worms or any other type of bug just to show their courage. That is all fine and good but it rather takes away from the idea that this is a desperation measure. You don’t think…
Emergency Foods for a Shorter-Term Survival Crisis
This post covers food you should stock up for short to medium term survival situations – foods that can help out in a pinch but should not be the foundation of your survival situation food store. While it is fine to plan on a longer-term survival situation and prepare as such, we more often than…
Food That Will Not Stand the Survival Test of Time
There is a lot of advice online about what you should do if you are preparing for a disaster or survival situation. There is a distinct gap in advice on preparing for a disaster or survival situation as it relates to what you should not do. That reality can cause two issues: You do not…
Foods That Are Likely to Disappear First Post-Collapse – Better Stock Up Quick!
We have written articles before about items any prepper or homesteader should have on hand should a chaos situation show itself. As a matter of fact, you are probably tired of hearing about it but this is so important that it really does bear repeating. If you do not have certain items in your pantry…
Food Storage for a Year – Do it Without Breaking the Bank!
Note: This post is kind of a last gasp, emergency backup to your survival cache if stuff really gets bad. It ensures you will have food for up to a year, albeit the variety will be lacking – but in a drastic survival situation, where making it through is the only goal, it could be…
Key Survival Food Items That Should Always be in a Prepper’s House
Just about everyone that can afford to has a store of “survival food,” whether they call it that or not; it usually is the normal amount of food you have on hand at any given time that you would have to make do with in a survival situation. While optimally, it would be awesome to…
7 Survival Foods That Will be Popular with the Family and Last a Long Time
Food storage is a major consideration when you are building your survival food stockpile. You do not want to have to rotate your stock every few months and if you do it that way, it is a guarantee that when you need your stockpile, it will have stuff that has outlived its shelf-life. That said,…
When Flour Isn’t Available, These Amazing Alternatives Can Help Us Make Our Own
Our modern world affords us convenience and being human beings, we generally tend to take it for granted. For example, if you want homemade chocolate cookies, the ingredients – chocolate chips, butter, eggs, sugar and flour, to name a few, are right at your fingertips. At most, and we show how inconvenienced we are, you…
(Video) What is the Perfect Bug-Out Food? Listen to THIS!
If you were facing a bug-out situation, what food would you insist on taking with you? Your answer to that question should help you decide in your real bug-out bag or kit what type of food supplies you should store. The five factors to consider are Convenience, Calories, Carbohydrates, Size and Weight. Not factoring in…
(Video) The Hobo Tin-Foil Dinner – Camp Cooking Made Easy
Camp cooking is one of those tasks that can go either way: The prepared meal is either delicious or it is a labor of love just to get it down. The only way to ensure the former is to practice – a lot – until you thoroughly understand the ins and outs of cooking on…
What to Do if There’s No Meat – 3 Non-Meat Protein Sources for Survival
On average, the human body needs from 10 to 35% of their daily calories to come from protein foods. That equals to about 40 to 60 grams per day. Not getting enough protein will force your body to start breaking down muscle fiber to get access to amino acids it needs to synthesize new proteins,…
Quick and Easy Emergency Bread – For Survival or Just for Lunch
This recipe for “Emergency Bread” is so easy and good to eat that you may want to make it even if you are not technically, facing an emergency. In a survival situation, however, this recipe is so easy and the ingredients so basic that almost no one can mess it up. If you are in…
Fun and Tasty Survival Foods to Stockpile for Great Morale
One of the largest challenges to sensible preparation for a survival event is knowing what foods you should stock away. Some are easy – rice, beans, canned vegetables, etc. – but you also have to think about what you and your family will want to eat. On day 18 of a survival crisis, will any…
Edible Insects! No Really. If a Person is Hungry Enough…
Ideally, even if you find yourself in a survival situation, things will not get so dire that you have to resort to eating insects. That said, sometimes circumstances devolve to the point where the previously unthinkable becomes, well, dinner. In that circumstance, there is a host of insects that you can eat in a pinch.…