Food and water will be one of the most basic survival needs, so it’s best to take care of them ASAP. You’ll need a food and water stockpile, renewable sources of both, plus you need to be covered in ‘bug out’ and ‘get home’ scenarios.
Oatmeal is definitely a popular and nutritious food on breakfast tables across the country, and is commonly found with all kinds of regional toppings and add-ins. There is little doubt that is part of a well-rounded breakfast, but where does oatmeal fit into a survival food plan? Does it have the longevity and nutritional profile …
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Pemmican is a traditional dish prepared by native North Americans as a multi-purpose survival ration, capable of being eaten as is or incorporated into soups or other pan-fried dishes. Settlers from Europe soon made note of pemmican and its long life characteristics, with the food being capable of persisting, completely edible, for months or even …
MREs are one reliable source of food that is easy to transport, easy to prepare (if it requires any preparation at all) and generally dependable with a long shelf life. This means that they are staple inclusions and survival caches and bug-out bags for preppers. MREs are famed (or infamous) for lasting basically forever, but …
As I get older, I reflect more and more on the generations that came before me and my family. Every fall, I send my father a picture of the four tons of wood pellets I’ve loaded into the garage and the canning that we completed over the year. My grandmother was a practical woman. It …
Love it or hate it, Spam is one American delicacy that has stood the test of time, and it is definitely here to stay. All sorts of folks love the taste and convenience of Spam, as all you need to do to prepare it is remove it from that iconic blue can and heat it …
Many are the resources you’ll need to draw on if you want to survive in an SHTF situation, but few are as precious, and as urgent as the need for water. Water is not abundant in many places of the world, and even where it is you’ll find scarce few sources that are safe to …
In a survival situation, keeping up your calorie intake is imperative. Ideally you’ll be able to accomplish that with high quality foods that you have stored, grown, hunted or gathered yourself. Lacking that you might have to improvise. One consumable that comes up regularly in discussion about potential survival foods is dog food. Can you …
When you’re in the middle of a long-term survival situation one of your top priorities will be sourcing clean and drinkable water. Many preppers will try to ensure their access to water by utilizing a water filtration system, either in the form of a portable emergency filter or a larger countertop or even a whole …
The modern medical marvel that is antibiotics has become so natural and ingrained, it’s hard to imagine being without them. The ravages of bacterial infections that the world endured before penicillin are the stuff of ghost stories. We have started to get a taste of a world without antibiotics, as resistance has grown because of …
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Dehydrated foods have been popular in cultures around the world for millennia principally because they are an accessible and reliable way to achieve preservation for long journeys while maintaining nutritional value. And they generally taste good! It stands to reason that preppers today would love dehydrated foods for the same reasons, but in the grand …
