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Legacy Emergency Food – An Honest Survival Food Review

By Just In Case Jack 1 Comment

Legacy 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

By Will Brendza 16 Comments

A 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

By Will Brendza 5 Comments

Rice 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

By Just In Case Jack 13 Comments

Start 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…]

Canned Food Shelf Life: Read This Before You Throw It Out

By Just In Case Jack 52 Comments

Canned Food Shelf Life – Is It Really Safe One Day

And Then Bad The Next?

Are you getting ready to throw out that can of green beans just because it’s a week past its “best by” date? [Read more…]

Valley Food Storage Review: Read This Before You Buy

By Just In Case Jack 7 Comments

Skilled Survival’s Valley Food Storage Review

Stockpiling food?

Isn’t that what our great-grandparents did after the great depression?

Yes, what they experienced changed them forever. [Read more…]

Unique Food Storage Ideas You’ve Never Considered

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Are you dreaming of packed pantries and bountiful basements, but currently housed in a small living space?

You don’t have to let your dwelling ruin your passion for preparedness!

Try these unique food storage ideas on for size: [Read more…]

Dehydrating Fruit For Snacks and Storage

By SS Contributor 2 Comments

Dehydrating fruit is ideal for storing nutritious snacks without having to rely on your freezer (because freezers require electricity).

However, to make these excellent snacks last a long time, you’ll need a food dehydrator and quality food sealer. [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…]

Best Survival Foods: The Must Have Non-Perishables

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Best Survival Foods Today we have highly advanced warning systems.

Hurricanes, winter storms are rarely a surprise but is anyone listening?

It’s a shocking stat but 53% of US households don’t have a three-day supply of nonperishable food.

53% is barely over half.

If that number doesn’t scare you, I don’t know what will.

In times of crisis, nearly half the population would begin to starve before the end of a single week. [Read more…]