Meals in Jars. When I see news headlines like these… U.S.
Drought Driving Up Already Rising Food Prices While Economy Collapses! Get Prepared! Drought means beef prices could rise Multi-Billion Dollar Drought to Drive Beef Prices Up …my first reaction is to freak out! About six months ago we began storing food. I’ve also been trying to organize what we do have and make it more practical for use. There are thousands of different recipes you could follow when creating your meals in jars. Recipes in a jar. Bagel Mixes You can not only make your own bagels, but can also make mixes to keep on hand to make this already ‘‘‘‘easier than it looks' job, more convenient.
You can make the dough for your bagels in your bread maker, using the dough cycle. Once your dough is ready, follow the directions below to make your own moist, chewy bagels! 1- Set aside two 1/4 inch balls of dough. You will use these later to determine if it is time to boil your bagels. 2-Place the dough on a floured surface and divide into 8 (5) equal portions. 3- While the bagels are rising, bring 3 quarts of water to a rolling boil. 4- Brush each bagel with an egg wash (1 egg + 1 Tbsp. water) and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds if desired. 5- Bake at 400 degrees F. on baking sheet which has been sprinkled with corn meal (can used greased baking sheet), for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
*You can make Bagel Sticks by cutting bagel rounds before they rise, and laying them into straight lines. Chewy Basic Bagel Mix. How To Make a Solar Still - Modern Survival Blog – surviving uncertain times. September 16, 2013, by Ken Jorgustin A solar still will provide you with 100% pure water, and will not require purification or boiling prior to drinking.
The solar still technique will work just about anywhere, provided that there is enough sunlight to assist the process. Here are simple instructions how to build a solar still to extract pure drinking water from the earth. Find, or dig a hole in the ground, the size depending on how quickly you wish to extract water and also depending on the available size of your tarp or plastic to cover it. Lay a tarp or plastic across the diameter of the hole and procure enough rocks, logs, or other improvisations to use for sealing the perimeter of the tarp. While in the process of sealing the perimeter of the tarp, set a container in the center of the dug-out-hole, which will coincide with the position of a medium weight stone placed on top of the tarp – providing a drip point into the container underneath (see solar-still illustration above). Solar oven plans.
The large, red box oven that is pictured on this site was improvised using scrap wood and materials.
The only thing that was purchased for the oven was the glass and the mirror. Some have asked that I provide plans for such an oven. I am not a carpenter nor am I a draftsman so I have provided some drawings here to help the ambitious to improvise their own wooden solar oven. This will require that you have some basic building skills and some creativity. Scrounge the materials that you can; purchase what you can't scrounge! To use the box oven aim it at the sun, and tilt the reflector to focus the most sunlight into the inner box as possible. The Global Sun Oven is the best commercially made solar oven on the market. With this oven, as long as you have a clear, sunny day, you can cook in the middle of Winter!
Build your own solar water heater.Click Here! Emergency Food Supply for 30 Days by Robert Wayne Atkins. A 30-Day Emergency Food Supply For One Adult (3,000 Calories per Day) Copyright © September 1, 2010 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. Introduction It would be nice to have two different types of emergency food supplies as follows:A 30-day or one-month emergency food supply.A one-year emergency food supply. Some emergencies are short-term and they do not last very long. FREE Online Food Storage Calculator. Sour Dough, Sweet Dough, but we all love yeast. Jamie from Weed, California writes, “If the end of the world as we know it will happen in December, how to I stock up on yeast?”
Great question Jamie. Yeast is a not a bacteria, it is a fungus. A plant. So if you are going to stock up on carrots for a collapse, you can stock up on yeast seeds. Wait, you’ve never heard of yeast seeds? Ingredients 1 (0.25 ounce) package active dry yeast1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)1 cup all-purpose flour1 cup white sugar1 cup milk Directions In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. In a 2 quart glass, plastic or ceramic container, combine 1 cup flour and 1 cup sugar. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk and dissolved yeast mixture.
Cover loosely and let stand at room temperature until bubbly.