I have the best-tasting eggs ever. I get them from my own chickens; I know exactly what goes into them, and have no fear of weird chemicals from factory chicken feed. Most of my hens and guineas were raised in a PVC zip tie geodesic dome 10 ft in diameter. (It also comes in a …
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 …
Retail beef prices are up about 16% over February 2014, when they were already high. In times like these, getting the most out of your meat budget is critical, so I have an important tip for you. Keep as much of the animal as you can. I know it seems obvious, but be honest; how much …
A friend of mine is a big shooter, and he has to pack his meals around the competition circuit, so he’s always on the lookout for something better to eat. I traded some of my homemade bacon for a couple of these dehydrated meals from Good To Go and prepared it with a few pieces …
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, …
Let me just get this out of the way: The beans turned out fine. The recipe is not itself a disaster; it is for a disaster. I know some of you will feel like the title misdirected you. Sorry, but it was too punny to pass up. Oops, I did it again. I bought these Pinto …
Whether you’re hiking, mountaineering, or bugging out, this is a superior DIY trail food because of its simplicity and versatility. The ingredients will travel indefinitely if kept dry, and you can cook it in the most austere conditions, with or without cookware. Once cooked, it is nutritious, tasty, and will keep several days without spoiling. …
Knowing how to prepare delicious foods gives you a triple benefit — nutrition, good morale, and independence. The influence of morale cannot be underestimated, because even after you cover caloric requirements, diet fatigue is a significant issue in extended survival situations. Variety and rich flavors are your friends. By tradition, the men in my family …
Norovirus (“stomach flu”) is one of the most infectious viruses around. It takes fewer than 20 virus particles to infect someone, so each droplet of vomit has enough virus to infect over 100,000 people. In the United States, norovirus causes 21 million illnesses annually, requiring 70,000 hospitalizations, of which 800 result in death. Surviving a …