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Years ago, I took a short Dutch Oven cooking class. I learned that you can bake anything in a Dutch Oven that you can make in your home oven. Anything. Want a to bake a casserole? No problem. Fresh homemade bread? You can do it. Baked beans, pizza, or a pork tenderloin? You got it. […]

Just about every preparedness guide will tell you to store wheat and lots of it.  What many do not say is that there are different types of wheat and it matters which types you buy and what you do with each. Whole grains should be an important part of most people’s diets, so why isn’t […]

There have been fads in cooking and diet for decades.  There was the cabbage soup diet, the oat bran craze of the late 80’s, carbophobia from the Atkins Diet, and so on.  But the element of the American diet that seems to have had the most swings in it over time is the question of […]

A while back, I wrote a piece extolling the virtues of vinegar.  I want to focus some attention on another inexpensive multipurpose agent-  sodium bicarbonate. Nearly everyone has a box or two of this humble stuff hanging around.  You probably have one in the pantry and maybe another in the fridge to keep it from […]

I think a lot about ways that I can make steps to preparedness look “normal” and “doable” for the doubters in my life.  Also, I have been thinking about alternatives to MREs.  Those two things collided in my mind when I saw a display of cookbooks in an Amish store.  They all featured Meals in […]

The power is out and there’s no indication that it’ll be back on anytime soon. The storm that blew through your slice of creation has left a wide swath of destruction in it’s path. The local utility crews are working as fast as they can, but it looks like you’ll be roughing it for several […]

As you may have guessed by now, Laura and I are proponents of trying new things, especially when it comes to potential food sources. Should things go awry and the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) happens, we’d like to know what plants and animals may become a viable source of nutrition […]

If you’ve read this blog long, you know I enjoy practicing cooking using storage-friendly foods while also improving our overall diet with less processed, healthier ingredients.  Beans are one of my favorite things to re-invent in unexpected ways. So, we’ve had beans for many main courses and a couple of desserts now.  What’s left?  Oh […]

You’ve probably noticed that nearly every food has a date on it these days.  It may say “use by,” “freshest before,” “expiration,” or “best by,” but essentially you get the impression that most grocery items won’t do you much good for long-term storage. Is there a maximum amount we can store? One of my main […]

Those of us who advocate preparedness often focus largely on accumulating staple items like wheat and beans, but often give inadequate mention of flavorings that make those foods appealing. As you store away those bags and buckets of food, are you also stocking up on spices to make all those storage-friendly foods palatable?  If not, […]