Survival Food Archives — Skilled Survival

How To Harvest, Process, and Eat Acorns With Ease

Are Acorns Edible? Can Humans Eat Acorns? Are Acorns Poisonous?

Today We’re going to get to the bottom of these questions and more…

Fall is harvest season.

Late summers and early fall are a whirlwind for anyone who hunts, fishes, gardens, and forages.

The time of year when everything becomes available all at once. The last chance we have to stockpile food resources for the coming winter.

Making it one of the busiest times of the year for those who have the proper set of self-reliance skills.

I know I’ve been busy because my pantry is nearly filled to capacity but we still have several months left to top it off. [Read more…]

8 Best Portable Stoves On The Market Right Now – 2019

By Just In Case Jack 2 Comments

The Ultimate Guide To Finding The Best Portable Stove For You

A portable stove is both lightweight and compact.

We’re talking light enough to transport from place to place with ease.

The critical word here being; “ease.”

Sure, “technically” you can move your kitchen stove, but not with ease.

Portable stoves are the kind you can pick up, pack, and store in a vehicle or backpack without hassle.

For it to be genuinely”portable,” it must be extremely small and lightweight. [Read more…]

Best Prepper Foods To Stockpile For A Future Disaster

By Just In Case Jack 40 Comments

Is Stockpiling Prepper Food A Good Idea?

When I was a little boy, and we ran out of peanut butter, my mother would send me downstairs to get another jar off the shelf.

Usually, there would be two more jars behind that one.

My mother (just like her mother before her) always had months of food on hand at any given moment.

I grew up assuming this was normal. Yet as a young adult, I didn’t shop this way.

After buying “BIG”, I might have two weeks of food on hand.

Never three jars of peanut butter, eight cans of pork and beans or ten loaves of frozen bread.

I once asked my grandmother why she always had so much food in the house.

Her answer was, “Just In Case.” [Read more…]

How To Build A Root Cellar In Your Backyard For Survival

By Will Brendza 4 Comments

Building a backyard root cellar is not a new trick.

In fact, it’s an ancient one.

It’s one of the oldest survival tricks in the book.

But is utilizing the earth for refrigeration still necessary?

In America, there’s an appliance called a refrigerator, duh!?

Our $3,000 stainless refrigerators and chest freezers take care of all our food preservation needs.

Plus, we have an overabundance of reliable power to run those things forever, everyone knows that.

No one needs to (or cares to) store their food underground anymore, right?

WRONG. [Read more…]

How To Use Desiccants To Combat Moisture For Long Term Storage

By Just In Case Jack 3 Comments

How To Use Desiccants For Survival & The Best Desiccants To Buy

In order to properly prepare for future emergencies, you must be willing to make investments.

Investments in dollars to amass supplies. But also an investment in time to research the right life-saving supplies.

We do this to protect ourselves and our families from an unknowable future.

But these critical emergency tools and supplies will likely sit around for months (or years) before they actually get put to use.

And honestly, we all should hope and pray the day we actually need these supplies will NEVER come. [Read more…]

6 Best MRE Meals For Emergency Preparedness and Survival

By Will Brendza 1 Comment

MRE Meals For Long-Term Survival And Food Storage

After water and shelter, food is one of the most fundamental long-term survival necessities.

Food is fuel.

It keeps your body running like an engine.

It sustains you. It’s a survival necessity from the day you’re born until your final breath – no exceptions.

Sure, it’s true you can survive weeks without actually eating something.

But going even a single day without eating has a discernible effect your energy levels. [Read more…]

How to Make Hardtack Recipe: A Survival Bread That Lasts A Lifetime

By Just In Case Jack 6 Comments

How To A Make Hardtack – A Recipe To Make, Bake and Store Survival Bread

Maybe you’re trying to figure out what hardtack is exactly.

Or maybe you’re on the lookout for the best step by step survival hardtack recipe?

A hardtack recipe that will last many decades!

Either way, you’ve come to the right place.

We’re going to discuss everything about the amazing survival bread called hardtack.

Plus, show you how to make hardtack at home (and a few bonus survival foods as well!): [Read more…]

5 Best Food Dehydrators For Survival and Preparedness

By Will Brendza 5 Comments

Finding The Best Food Dehydrators For Snacks and Survival

Dehydrated food is one of the best snacks, period.

Dehydrating food is an ancient technique.

One that’s still widely used around the world.

And owning a food dehydrator makes it insanely easy to add these snacks to your survival food supply over time.

Drying your own food is an important and worthwhile skill to master.

It gives you the ability to turn fresh foods into long-lasting survival snacks at an extremely low cost. [Read more…]

5 Best Can Storage Racks To Rotate Your Survival Food

By Just In Case Jack 1 Comment

Can Storage Racks For The Disorganized Pantry

When it comes to storing survival food, things can get cluttered fast.

Stacking cans of food on the ground or makeshift shelves makes for a disorganized mess.

Not only does it look terrible and take up lots of space, but it also compromises your survival food supplies.

Good organization is key to preparedness and survival!

How can you expect to make it through a widespread emergency if you can’t quickly find your supplies because it’s so mixed up? [Read more…]

Mountain House Review – Read This Before You Buy

By Just In Case Jack 1 Comment

This is Skilled Survival’s Mountain House Review

A few weeks back I received a couple of survival food pouches from Mountain House.

They wanted to hear what we had to say about their freeze-dried meals for survival.

So far, I’ve conducted thorough reviews of both Valley Food Storage‘s and Legacy Food Storage‘s survival food.

I was excited to put another survival food company to the test.

Now, full disclosure, I’ve used Mountain House products in the past.

In my younger years (before kids), my wife and I spent many days and nights backpacking in the remote wilderness. [Read more…]