In the past year, I’ve eaten mullet, and sand fleas, and while both are considered bait locally, both are edible, and are on my “goto” list….if the world ever ends. Actually, neither were that bad, just not worth the effort when other options are available A few days ago, I was fishing with a friend, […]
Category: cooking
Canning Meat
As I sit here typing this out, I can hear the pressure canner merrily rattling along every twenty seconds or so. Pork butts and chicken thighs were on sale this week, and I took the opportunity to put some up the old-fashioned way, pressure canning it. I will go over the general process, but I […]
Backyard Egg Options
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. “Eggses!” I have a fairly wide selection of eggs in my refrigerator, considering I raise them myself on little over a quarter acre in town. Here are the results from
Rabbits for Dog Food
I raise rabbits mostly for my own consumption, though from time to time, I will sell a few to offset the costs of feeding them. For the most part, I waste very little, and probably do close to breaking even on most months, give or take $20. I am always looking for a way to […]
Homemade Ham
My buddy BlueTang came through for me again. I dropped off a couple pork buts at his place for him to turn into some magical piece of edible tastiness. The first one he simply smoked over cherry wood, and was fantastic. Every time I would pull it out of the fridge, not only would I […]
Grow your Own Sugarcane
I’ve read articles about growing beets for sugar, but beets are a cold weather crop, something that, other than the last few days, we just don’t have much of here in Zone 10A. (I actually got the idea for this article when I was eating a can of beets this evening, and no I didn’t […]
Questions and Answers Feb 2013
Today, I ‘m doing a Q&A session with some of the many questions I get. Today, I’m covering whittling, food, and rabbit questions. Feel free to drop me a line at: db at floridahillbilly.com and I’ll answer your questions, and possibly include it in a future article. Here we go! Spoon Carving Questions: Tim – […]
Curry Powder from Preps and Making your own Hot Pepper Flakes
The weather here has been beautiful, though the nights have been less so, and have been driving down the water temps. Since I spend a lot of my time during the week in the water, I feel the cold. Last week, when the wife got home, she offered to make a nice hot meal to […]
Guns or Butter?
With the current news, I thought it would be a timely topic to write about guns vs. butter. From Wikipedia: In macroeconomics, the guns versus butter model is an example of a simple production possibility frontier. It demonstrates the relationship between a nation’s investment in defense and civilian goods. In this example, a nation has […]
My off The Grid Coffee Options
James over a SurvivalPunk wrote up his method for off the grid coffee, and while his works fine, I decided I wanted to express my method too. (He does seem to bring out the competitor in me, and I’m thankful for his prodding and motivation. Thanks Bro!) I could purchase a 12v coffee maker to […]