When We Think of Wild Foraging, We Rarely Think of Tree Bark. But There’s A Surprise Inside. The first people to discover the use of tree bark for food and medicine were Native Americans. The name “Adirondack”, which defined the Algonquin Indians, stands for “tree-bark eaters.” It was a derogatory name given to them by their bitter rivals, the Iroquois. … [Read more...]
Acorns: The Ultimate Survival Food
Acorns have served as a staple in the human diet for literally thousands of years, and there’s a good reason why. Each individual acorn comes jam-packed with calories (literally 100 calories per acorn), so you simply can’t ignore it as a potential source of food in a survival scenario. In fact, the acorn is probably one of the most overlooked survival … [Read more...]
15 Best Canned Foods To Add To Your Stockpile
I want to start off by pointing out that you're better off canning and/or dehydrating fruits, meats, and vegetables. Foods preserved at home are cheaper and healthier than store-bought canned foods. Having said that, if you're new to prepping and don't know much about food preservation, or if you're just looking to add more variety to your food … [Read more...]
How to Make Bannock, A Healthy and Delicious Survival Food
Why is it that so many survival foods come from a time long forgotten? Some of the most well-known survival foods are so old, it's hard to even peg their origin. They are often so effective that people of different nations figured out similar foods along their way. The reason for this is simple. Every good survival food must have five certain features: … [Read more...]
9 Survival Recipes That Are Easy To Make
So you've beefed up your home security, you've gathered plenty of emergency supplies, and you've stocked your pantry with lots of survival food. Now you're ready to ride out the next disaster... Or are you? Just because you have months or years worth of emergency food doesn't mean you're ready to live on it. Cooking without power is easier said than … [Read more...]
If I Could Only Stockpile 10 Foods…
Here's a fun thought experiment: If you could only stockpile 10 foods, which foods would you choose? And I don't mean your ten favorite foods. I mean the foods you'd need to survive. Could you get all the vitamins and nutrients your body needs from just ten things? The short answer is yes, absolutely. You can not only survive but thrive on just ten … [Read more...]
25 Simple and Cheap Camping Foods
We're in the heart of summer right now, and lots of people are going camping. When I was a kid, my parents only took me camping a few times. They didn't really know what they were doing, but they did their best. We roasted marshmallows over the fire and made smores. But other than that, we didn't have much to eat. Not knowing what foods to pack, they … [Read more...]
20 Trees Every Prepper Should Be Familiar With (And Why)
Growing your own food and medicine will vastly improve your chances of surviving a long-term disaster. Cultivating fruit trees is just one small way to enhance the food sources at your prepper retreat or bug in location. There are a multitude of trees that are chock full of nutrients like Vitamin C and ingredients for natural remedies that can treat … [Read more...]
5 Coffee Substitutes to Forage When The SHTF
Recently I got on a bit of a health kick, and I decided to stop drinking coffee. I'm sure a couple cups a day is no big deal, but I was drinking it all day long and was starting to wonder what it might be doing to my health, so I quit cold turkey. Big mistake. I don't think I'd ever tried quitting coffee cold turkey before, and I was surprised at how … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Potatoes Are The Best Survival Food To Grow
In the Andy Weir novel, The Martian -- which was made into the movie of the same name starring Matt Damon -- the main character, Mark Watney, is stranded on Mars for months. When his supply of packaged food runs out, he grows and eats only potatoes for several weeks and is able to survive until his rescue. Potatoes may be the ultimate urban survival crop. … [Read more...]
Lichens: A Survival Food That’s Probably Growing in Your Backyard
Lichens are a common wild edible, but if you’re not paying attention you might miss them. They usually grow on trees and rocks and have a distinctive appearance similar to a flat, leafy plant. However, they are a unique form of plant related to the algae family. What makes lichens unique is that most algae require fresh water or salt water to survive and … [Read more...]
20 Pioneer Foods We’ll Be Eating A Lot After Doomsday
Ever since I saw Little House On The Prairie as a kid, I've been fascinated by how the pioneers lived. How could anyone be happy without indoor plumbing, central heating, microwaves, refrigerators, and televisions with dozens of channels? Well, not only were many of them happy, they were arguably happier than most people today, but I'm getting sidetracked. … [Read more...]
How to Eat Pine Trees to Survive
If you were lost in a pine forest with no food, what would you eat? Maybe you'd find some wild edibles, look for a stream with fish, or set traps in hopes of catching some small game. But those things require lots of knowledge and skills. The average person would starve, and the irony is that they would starve while surrounded by food that is very easy to … [Read more...]
11 Weeds You Can Eat
As a general rule, weeds aren’t especially well-liked. Even among the prepper community—a group of people known for salvaging everything that can be salvaged and putting to use everything that can be used—weeds are seen as little more than a bothersome obstacle that gets in the way of growing plants that are of actual value. Nevertheless, there are … [Read more...]
11 Most Popular Survival Foods
One of the cornerstones of survival, finding enough food to keep you and your loved ones alive when times get tough, is arguably the most important challenge you will face. In survival situations, though, some foods will make the cut while others are best reserved for softer times (sorry chocolate cake lovers). When it comes to disaster preparedness, … [Read more...]
9 Weird Foods Our Forefathers Ate
Over two hundred years ago when the United States was first being built, things were far different than they are today, from the clothes people wore to the technology available to the language they used in everyday conversation. But most people don't realize that the food they ate was also very different. Granted, we continue to eat a lot of the same … [Read more...]
How To Make MREs At Home
MRE's are very convenient. You just open it up, add water to the heater and, once it heats up, put your entree package into the hot water. Within a few minutes, you have a hot meal with enough calories to sustain you throughout the day. The problem is, most MREs aren't very appetizing, and some of them are downright disgusting (which is why some veterans … [Read more...]
