Yeast is one essential product for food preparation, you need it to make bread rise and to make alcohol. Even if you do not drink, you need alcohol to make vinegar) Yeast is generally store-bought, but if you run out you will need to be able to capture your own wild yeast. Besides the resiliency […]
Category: Cooking & Food Storage
Various articles on food storage, food preparedness, cooking, and general kitchen stuff
How to Make Egg Sunshine
As you can guess, my wife thinks I experiment too much in the kitchen, she may appreciate THAT I cook, but she has a hard time appreciating WHAT I cook. However, every once in a while I will hold my mouth right and make something she rules fit to make again. Eggs Sunshine is […]
Kitchen DIY: Magic Mix
Today we are going to talk about a food storage tip that is both frugal and useful. We are going to show how to make (and to some extent use) Magic Mix. The majority of convenience mixes you buy at the store are just flavored magic mix – The cheese flavored powder in mac&cheese, ranch […]
Recipe: Whomp Biscuit Pizza
Whomp Biscuit Pizza is an easy recipe for those nights when you don’t want to cook and the kids are hungry. It is based on canned biscuits that you “whomp” up against the counter top to open. Making Whomp Biscuit Pizza is Simple: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit Open the canned biscuits and […]
Kitchen DIY: Cooking in a Pressure Cooker
In any disaster situation, energy is a premium. If you are cooking over a fire – every second of heat is paid for several times over with work finding, carrying, chopping, and stacking firewood. If you are using a petroleum based fuel you have to rely on your supply – which is something you may […]