Liz had a hair appointment and an impromptu evening with our youngest, leaving me an opportunity to smash some canned salmon, caveman style. Dinner was simple: two small, cold ’taters (RS3!), a couple tablespoons of Duke’s no-sugar mayo, a dusting of Dune Sand (a seasoned salt recipe Liz and I came up with during our […]
Category: food preservation
Using Bulk Stored Goods – Taco Seasoning and Corn Bread
Recently, I made it home from work before my wife did. Since she’s such a trooper in dealing with all the things that make most folks look at me in a strange manner (at least living here in town), I thought it would be nice to make something for dinner. Doing a quick poll on […]
What Makes You a Prepper?
I recently went back to my roots in West Virginia, visiting there for the first time since I started FloridaHillbilly.com. I stayed with friends from high school, folks that have consistently proven themselves to be worthy of that short list of folks that you know you can call at 3am when you need bailed out, […]
Another Reason to Produce Your Own Food
I was talking with BlueTang today, and he mentioned the fact that there is an ongoing swine epidemic….not swine flue affecting humans, but a virus that affects swine, killing large numbers of them. A quick Google search reveals this:
Pressure Canning
A few weeks ago, I received an email from Jeff, The Berky Guy over at Directive21, in regards to an impending price increase in canned beef. It appears that due to a shortage from a variety of reasons, we are about to get squeezed again as consumers. Over the last couple of years, with the […]
Top 5 Christmas Gifts Every Prepper Should Have
Let’s face it, being pragmatic about Christmas isn’t any fun. However, if times are tight, it might be a good idea to approach gift giving in this frame of mind. Not many folks like getting socks or underwear for Christmas…but almost everyone that does CAN use them….so is it wrong to give a gift that […]
Hog Harvesting
First, let me tell you that this is NOT a “How-To”, it is simply an “I Got to” article. Also, this will include graphic details and pictures. This is about turning a live animal into food, start to finish. We took healthy animals, in an environment we controlled, and ended up with food we could […]
Pumpkin Waste
Today is the 6th day of November. Over the past few days, I’ve been seeing something that really bothers me. Most of you are probably seeing it as well, but may not have the same feelings about it, probably because you didn’t have the same experiences I did*…and because this country is so wealthy (by […]
Book Review and Giveaway: Recipes & Tips for Sustainable Living with Stacy Harris
(See below for my giveaway of a signed copy of this book) I was recently sent a couple of copies of a new cookbook, Recipes & Tips for Sustainable Living with Stacy Harris from GameAndGarden.com in order to review them for her release date, today, 29 October. Both my wife and I went over the […]
Apples, Flyspeck, Sooty Blotch, and Memories
While I was out of town for my most recent gator hunt, I had the opportunity to spend some time with RidgeRunner’s sister and brother in law who still live back in Kentucky. They were in to spend some time with family, and to hopefully see a giant gator were were hoping to harvest. If […]