30 Lost Ways of Survival from 1880 We Should All Learn
People really should avert their gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and also look at how the guys who wandered the west 150 or so years… Read more »
Category: Self-Sufficiency
HOW TO MAKE POWDERED EGGS (Being Able To Make Your Own Powdered Eggs Is a Handy Skill to Know)
While you may not use it often, being able to make your own powdered eggs is a handy skill to know. For instance, if you’ve got a chicken coop and… Read more »
How To Make Chloroform For Survival
You’ve likely watched many movies where chloroform is used to knock people out in order to kidnap them or disable them for some other reason. It’s definitely good for that,… Read more »
How To Wax Food For Long-Term Storage
You’ve probably noticed how shiny your cucumbers, apples, or other smooth produce looks when you buy it. That’s because it’s coated in a wax. Though they pretty appearance is one… Read more »
337 lbs of Potatoes! NO digging, NO watering, and VERY LITTLE work!
Growing potatoes must qualify as one of the vegetable gardener’s favorite pursuits. I’d guess that it’s one of the first vegetables that new gardeners go for, even if only in… Read more »
Vegetable Jams: Long Forgotten Recipes Grandma’ Used To Make
Many of the vegetables that we usually cultivated in our lands, are used to cook delicious jam. Sometimes they are a bit unusual and surprising or enriched with a curious… Read more »
Ways of Curing Meat & Smoking During the 1800s
During the early 1800s, cooking dominated the time and energy of the average housewife. There were no big grocery stores where families could go to purchase food, and eating out… Read more »
Things You Didn’t Know About Beef Jerky
Beef jerky is an incredibly popular snack food, and while it may be high in sodium, it’s lean and full of protein. Things you might not know about this popular… Read more »