Read World’s Easiest Fitness Program for more details about my eating lifestyle. Yes, the way I eat is a lifestyle. I don’t diet anymore — here’s why. I’m looking to simplify my life. The older I get, the less I tolerate being distracted from the things in life that matter to me. One of those distractions …
I’ve never seen so many commercial food storage options before. The market is full of processed, packaged food that is reconstituted just by adding water. No one expects to have their palates daily tantalized with rehydrated mush, but that’s not the issue. The question here is whether it represents a good value in hiking/camping/bugout lightness …
South African biltong is a simple dry-cured meat that makes an excellent tool in your food preservation toolbox. Unlike jerky, which is cut into thin strips before drying, biltong is left in 2-inch-thick slabs, then shaved thin after drying. However, like jerky, it works best with very lean meat, because fat will go …
Update 05 May 2015: Here is a Poke Sallet recipe and video. The original article is below. Poke Sallet Recipe Just FYI, I don’t actually follow this recipe; I include it because Poke Sallet is toxic at various stages of growth, and this recipe detoxifies it. I suggest picking the leaves young, before the leaf stem …
Hard tack is simply a bland, dry bread with the consistency of a brick. It is not particularly appetizing on its own; its virtue is in that it can be preserved for decades, even centuries, and retain some nutritional value. The whole point of hard tack is that it must be completely dehydrated in order to keep, …
No matter how many extra batteries and candles you stock, some day you might have to improvise a lamp. I’ve previously sung the praises of sardines as an emergency food stock, and while you’d probably rather eat the oil, you can burn it instead. All you need is a wick. The easiest wick is a …
In Part 1 we discussed the ingredients, the equipment you’ll need, a few safety rules, and how to calculate how much lye to mix with your fat, depending on the fat’s saponification value. Here we’ll discuss how to combine the ingredients and form the soap. I have a secret tip for making sure your soap has the …
Making your own soap is not, I admit, a do-or-die survival skill, but it certainly is a great self-reliance booster. And just think of the benefits to morale, knowing you won’t have to smell a lot of BO after the power grid goes down and the grocery store runs out of soap. Plus, it’s so …
This is Part 4 of the Basic Self Reliance series. Part 1 — How to Choose a Survival Cache Location Part 2 — Recovering Your Survival Cache Part 3 — Stocking an Emergency Evacuation Cache In Part 3, we discussed the various purposes your survival cache might serve, and how to stock them accordingly. The …
This is Part 3 of the Basic Self Reliance series. Part 1 — How to Choose a Survival Cache Location Part 2 — Recovering Your Survival Cache Survival caches should be stocked according to the purpose you intend them to serve. I think of survival caches as falling into three basic categories: Emergency Evacuation Cache, …