As stated in the introduction post to our “WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?” series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the second reason, Economic Crisis, and encourage […]
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Basics of Food Dehydration
This information is taken from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, Circular 1227. For even more detailed information please visit their website. Drying is the oldest method of preserving food. The early American settlers dried foods such as corn, apple slices, currants, grapes, and meat. Compared with other methods, […]
Food Storage Substitutions, Measurements, and Yields
We recently posted about a few food storage substitutions we found to be helpful. Well after that post, one of our great readers (Nola) shared with us a document she put together that had TONS of common substitutions, measurements and yields. She suggested we share it with our readers, and let us tell you, […]
Why Food Storage Series: Natural Disasters
As stated in the introduction post to our “WHY DO PEOPLE BUILD A FOOD STORAGE?” series, we have found there are 5 main reasons people store food: 1. Natural Disasters 2. Economic Crisis 3. Health Benefits 4. Everyday Emergency 5. Religious Reasons Today we will be talking about the first reason, Natural Disasters, and encourage […]
Food Storage Recipes: Corndog Muffins
So here is my confession. I really wanted to learn how to make homemade corndogs as a follow up on Thursday’s cornmeal post. (Yes you really CAN use corn/cornmeal in a LOT of different foods!) However, I got a little intimidated by the whole deep frying thing and I chickened out. But as I was […]
Why Food Storage: What is Food Storage and Why Is It So Important?
Many people stumble across the idea of building a food storage by watching shows like Doomsday Preppers or even The Walking Dead. Outside of preparing for a zombie apocalypse there are MANY reasons why people may choose to build a food storage. Before we dive into that let’s cover WHAT food storage is first. What […]
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