Most people will eat cereal, ice cream, and sandwiches in a power outage. It’s smart to use up the milk and finish off other perishable items. But what if you want a real meal… options to bake bread, cook pasta & rice, Read More …
Organic farming has been practiced since ancient times. The only diversion came when we blindly started using chemicals for agricultural purposes. Our forefathers used all the techniques that now we are reverting back to; coming close to nature again. So Read More …
Food is a necessity of life that can bring enjoyment in even the worst of times. It nourishes both the body and the soul. As such, there are many aspects to food besides nutrition. Risk management for food tends to Read More …
What seems to be one of the most popular entertainment themes that we see in the United States? If you answered anything with the word apocalyptic or any derivative of it, then you answered correctly. In recent years, this nation Read More …
On November 13, 2015 130 people were killed by a terrorist attack in Paris, France. Another 468 people were seriously injured as well. This is alarming because Paris is a major tourist city that brings in hundreds of thousands of Read More …
In the Civil War Era, food was scarce and often the solders had to fight on empty belly. Even so, those times of need showed us that human ingenuity can prevail even resources are low. As you will see, the Read More …
In the old days people had to struggle to provide a meat dish for their families. Although now meat can be found in every grocery store, back then few people had access to quality meat. In fact, some of the Read More …
If you are carnivorous, just like me, you need your meat dishes and you can’t go more than a week without meat on your table. For decades, people were able to improvise and diversify their meat dishes using what little Read More …
Before we jump to the ‘how to get rid of carpenter bees’ part, I think it’s important that we learn a little more about these important insects. These carpenter bees are most commonly seen flying throughout your yard during spring months. Read More …
Salt storage is one of those less-than-glamorous topics for a preparedness blog but there’s no denying how useful and necessary salt is. Food grade salt is a combination of the elements Sodium and Chloride or NaCL. These two elements play Read More …
