Makin’ Bacon: How to Dry Cure Pork Belly
Vegetarians fear bacon. It’s the “gateway meat”. The temptation heightens with the mere aroma of this sizzling strip tease. Only the most hardcore...
20 Foods That Can Last 20 Years
We live in an unpredictable world where anything can happen. Typically disasters strike with no warning, which can leave you stranded without the...
Canning Mistakes Even The Most Advanced Homesteaders Make
For most homesteaders, canning is just one of the essential skills to fully utilize your resources for the long term. When done correctly, this...
Canned Hamburger Meat – Recipe From The Lost Super Foods Book
I was amazed at how fast and easy this recipe is to do: Canned Hamburger Meat. It is also very satisfying to see my shelves fill up with long time...
Cheap Recipes To Keep You Well Fed In The Next Crisis
Food security is the basis of survival and forward planning is the name of the game. Preserving food in times of plenty is a wise move: this means...
8 Dangerous Mistakes To Avoid When Storing Your Food
You may think that there’s not more to food storage than storing your food away, wherever you can find the space. Or perhaps you are accustomed to...
10 Recipes From “The Great Depression” To Survive The Next One
During the Great Depression Era (1929 - 1939), the world suffered from a massive economic recession in the industry as the stock market crashed....
20 Grandma’s Depression Foods We Will Need Soon
The Great Depression was an event that occurred after the notorious stock market crash in October 1929. It sent millions of people from the lower...
Foods You Should Never Buy And Always Make At Home
Sure, store-bought food offers convenience, but all the processing and sugar can make them unhealthy. That's why you should consider making some...
11 Food Storage Myths
Preparation is the key to survival, and having enough food resources for you and your family in case of an emergency is an important part of your...
How to Use the Whole Animal (Whether You Raise Your Own or Buy It)
My family is on a journey from eating industrial meat to raising it ourselves. This isn’t a quick or simple path because there is so much to learn....
10 Foods Not To Store
We are living in uncertain times, and you never know when the stores are going to run out of food. Therefore, it is always a good idea to make sure...
200 Pounds Of Food You Can Harvest Only This Winter
Contrary to what the name may imply, the Jerusalem artichoke is not an artichoke, needless to say, its great nutritional benefits make it a...
9 Old Recipes Every True Homesteader Should Know
Nowadays, there always seems to be a pressure to move forward and look to the future, but sometimes it’s also nice to be present and perhaps, take...
5 Recipes That You Can Make If You Live Fridge-Less
In the modern world, it is easy to assume that everyone has access, or has chosen to have a fridge in their kitchen… However, there are many...
How to Keep Eggs Fresh for Months with Mineral Oil
A lot of the Egg Substitutes out there are good for baking, but what about when you have the urge to stick them between your toes, or feel the need...
What Foods Can You Bury Underground For Winter?
Are you familiar with the term "starving spring"? How about "the hungry gap"? Well, these were two terms that represented the struggles of the...
15 Reasons To Add 4lb Of Lard To Your SHTF Stockpile
My grandmother rendered lard for her family once a year when the hogs were butchered. She used that lard for cooking, baking, frying, household use,...
24 Best Foods To Stockpile
The classic prepper way to build up a long-term food source is to stockpile bulk staples like rice, pasta and dried beans. This is cost-effective...
How to Make Emergency Survival Bread
Ahh, bread. There’s a reason that we, and by “we” I mean almost the entirety of the human race, have been consuming bread in one form or another for...
