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Mountain House Review – Read This Before You Buy

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Mountain House ReviewThis 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…]

Legacy Emergency Food – An Honest Survival Food Review

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Legacy Emergency Food ReviewLegacy Emergency Food Review – Is It Worth A Serious Investment?

Dinner time was making me nervous.

I was trying to keep my expectations in check as the family and I gathered around the table.

No, the evening’s dish wasn’t hot dogs and baloney (I know the kids would eat that stuff).

It was a menu I choose and one I wasn’t sure the kids would like.

I was mentally prepared to make “something else” for everyone if things went south.

No matter what the packaging tries to sell (with its professional “perfect” meal photos), freeze-dried food can’t hold a candle to a home-cooked meal. [Read more…]

How to Make Pemmican Recipe – 50 Plus Year Survival Super Food

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How To Make Pemmican RecipeA Simple, Easy To Follow Step By Step Pemmican Recipe

For Native Americans, developing the process of how to make pemmican was all about survival.

They created some of the most useful survival skills ever devised.

Fortunately, much of their survival knowledge is still known today.

One such survival resource, invented by the Cree Native American Tribe, is what we call Pemmican.

The word Pemmican stems from the Cree word for “fat” or “grease.”

Pemmican is one of the best survival foods you can make at home.  [Read more…]

Rice Storage- The Most Affordable Storage Calorie In The World

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Rice StorageRice is boring. Rice is just a filler, right? A basic grain with barely any flavor.

White unseasoned rice is nearly tasteless – (rice cakes – need I say more?)…

But today I’m going to convince you rice is one of the most amazing (nearly perfect) long-term storage foods.

When first building your food storage supply, you must decide what you’re going to store in bulk and how you’re going to store it.

The truth of the matter is building a long-term food supply is hard.

For one, most foods spoil quickly. Even foods stuffed full of preservatives will eventually spoil. [Read more…]

Emergency Food Storage: How To Build Your Survival Food System

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Best Emergency Food Storage SolutionsStart Your Emergency Food Storage System Using Long-Term Survival Food

Emergency food storage is easy.

Just get a large chest freezer and stuff it full of loaves of bread, meats, cheeses, veggies and you’re all set, right?

Not so fast…

Unless you’ve invested in some very elaborate backup power systems, your freezer is a terrible emergency food storage solution.

Because when the power goes out, your freezer food’s shelf life is on a countdown.

That’s why today we will cover the following emergency food stockpile topics: [Read more…]

Seed Saving and Seed Storage For Survival

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Why Keep Seeds?

There’s a wide range of reasons that a person may want to start saving seeds.

That being said, there are also a ton of different methods for saving, drying, and storing seeds.

It is important that when using seed saving techniques, you first know a bit about why you may need to save seeds, how you can save them, and how to use them after they have been saved. [Read more…]

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