Food and Pantry

Freeze Dried Cheese: The Complete Guide to Storing Cheese for 25+ Years

If you're building a self-sufficient homestead or stockpiling food for the long haul, you've probably focused on grains, beans, and canned goods....

How to Start a Reliable Off-Grid Sourdough Culture Using Only Flour & Water

The reason you might be struggling with sourdough starter is that you are actually trying too hard and following the wrong recipes. Not all of us...

Homemade Bagel Recipe – The Traditional Method, Proper Texture, and Why It Still Matters

Bagels are one of those foods that appear deceptively simple. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing exotic. Yet anyone who has attempted a proper...

This 200-Year-Old Trick Keeps Meat Fresh Without Salt, Smoke, or Refrigeration

Back in 2003, a historical society in Lancaster County stumbled upon something strange during an estate sale. Down in a farmhouse basement, they...

Freeze Dryer vs Dehydrator – Choosing the Right Tool for a Self-Sufficient Home

When you begin preserving your own food, it’s natural to wonder which tools truly belong in your home. Two names come up again and again: freeze...

Cowboy Candy Pickled Eggs

I still have the photo of our first egg. We keep chickens in a suburban backyard, and we fought for the right to do that. The photo is of my son...

How to Make a Perfect Bee Pollen Smoothie

Bee pollen has earned its reputation as one of nature’s most concentrated foods. Collected by bees from flowering plants, it contains a unique mix...

Have You Been Using Fake Honey?

If you think honey is your health’s ally, today's article might come as a shock to you. Do you know those little plastic honey bear recipients on...

$0 Bill Full Meal

If the grid went down tonight, how many of us could still cook a proper meal? Most people wouldn’t last a day without power or fuel. Put those...

Shelf-Stable Foods That Kept Coal Miners Alive During the Great Depression

When the Great Depression struck, coal miners and their families were among the hardest hit. With their paychecks slashed and the mines shutting...

Copper Cookware Pan – Pros, Cons, and Choosing the Right One

Copper cookware has a long, respected history in traditional kitchens. Its beauty is obvious, but its real value lies in how intuitively it cooks....

The Ultimate Depression-Era Immune Booster

During the Great Depression of the 1930’s people were unaware of multi-vitamins as a way to boost the immune system. In fact, most people weren’t...

Fermented Milk

Fermented milk has been part of traditional diets for thousands of years, valued for its tangy flavor, gentle preservation, and surprising health...

5 Healthy Harvest Soup Recipes

Harvest season always brings an abundance of vegetables. Many continue to thrive into winter including many root vegetables like carrots, onions,...

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

A Simple Way to Perfect Eggs Every Time Hard boiled eggs have long been one of the simplest, most nourishing foods we can make. They are quick,...

Best Ways To Preserve Your Fall Harvest

For most of us, Autumn is harvest season. One reason is that the fruits and vegetables in our gardens have ripened. Another reason is the onset of...

20 Foods You Can Preserve in Pantyhose

Wearing pantyhose is something that has more or less gone by the wayside with the traditional 9 to 5 – but you shouldn’t toss your favorite pair of...

The 4-Ingredient Pantry Challenge. Can You Survive It?

Ever wondered what it would take to truly live off only what’s already in your kitchen? Just whatever’s on your shelves. That’s the idea behind the...

Add This to Your Pantry to Keep Pests Away This Winter

The good news with a refrigerator or freezer is they’re basically bug-proof. Even if a fruit fly or ant finds its way in the cold temperatures soon...