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 […]
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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 […]
Food at Your Feet: Wild Onions
This is about a little adventure my wife and I had during our recent trip to West Virginia. I need to set the stage for this one. Stick with me long enough, and you’ll understand the where and why of it all. The more I write, the more I realize the punchline isn’t the important […]
Product Review – Paleo Meals to Go’s Coconut Berry Breakfast
My buddy, James from SurvivalPunk, runs a blog similar to mine, and lives a similar lifestyle. He and I both eat as close to 100% Paleo as we can. For those not in the know, “Paleo”, or “the Paleolithic Diet”, in a nutshell, consists of no refined sugars, no grains, no legumes, and no dairy. Pause […]
How to Cook The ULTIMATE Steak
(For Kip, as requested.) The ULTIMATE steak (or pork chop…or chicken…or fish….) …A bold statement for anyone. More so when you realize how un-picky of an eater I am. Until I started eating Paleo (no grains, legumes, or refined sugars), it was no surprise to see me eating a potato chip sandwich, or octopus […]
What Is It? Esoteric Edibles 1
Learning about what grows here in south Florida has exposed me to some rather oddball edibles. I want to start to expand on what I’ve learned about alternative items that add variety to the table. Food should be fun. Until the day where we all line up to eat our daily allotment of Soylent Green, […]
Manatee Steaks – Finally!
Over the weekend, my family and I made a road trip 4 hours west to Tampa in order to visit some friends from my high school days back in West Virginia. It seems I am far from the only West Virginia hillbilly living in Florida…(and definitely far from the only hillbilly, or at least down-home […]
Frozen Moments in Time – Campfire Breakfast While Primitive Camping on an Island
From time to time, you will have a moment in time that is frozen forever in your mind as a good memory. Odds are as the years pass, that frozen moment becomes better….you forget the bad parts, leaving only the good parts of that memory. A great example of this is
Smilax – A Backyard Wild Edible
I was talking to my neighbor across the fence Sunday morning, and noticed the young green shoot of a what I grew up calling a green briar growing along the fence. I realized that this was the time of year when smilax, another name for green briar, would send out young tendrils to extend its […]
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 […]