The other day we showed how to use shelf brackets to hold pots over a campfire, today we will use this technique to try to distill water over a campfire. This is probably the most important test of the survival still, because if you ever have to actually rely on the still, you may […]
Category: Cooking & Food Storage
Various articles on food storage, food preparedness, cooking, and general kitchen stuff
Recipe: Eggroll Pizza Log
If you buy some egg rolls from the freezer section of the grocery you can spend some time with your kids letting them make single serving crisp eggroll pizza. I don’t normally eat egg rolls. I hate the ones with cabbage in them. However, these egg rolls taste pretty good. Its also something I can […]
Kitchen DIY: Collecting Yeast
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 […]
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 […]