Archive for October, 2008

Stevia Hints

Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Food Stores, Gardening | 2 Comments »

First Year: Plant (or buy) in spring, grow all year. Take them inside for the winter: Taste the leaves & mark your strongest in sweetness plants. If any are very ... Read more..

Stevia

Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in Food Stores, Health & Welfare | 1 Comment »

The leaf of the Stevia Plant is called "honey leaf" by the natives of Paraguay, where it has been used for centuries as a sweetener, and Japanese food companies have ... Read more..

Hide a Food Couch

Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Food Stores, Self Defense & Security | 11 Comments »

Hiding canned (or any longer term storage food) is both important and requires pre-planning. A recent hint from SurvivalBlog.com is as follows: First, buy a "hide-a-bed" couch (queen size is the ... Read more..

Avoid Soap with Cast Iron

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in General Survivalism | 5 Comments »

The conventional wisdom for cleaning Cast Iron is to never ever use soap. This is because soap (or any detergent) will remove some of the oil and grease that ... Read more..

Seasoning Cast Iron

Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in General Survivalism | 2 Comments »

Brand new Cast Iron cookware will have a gray tint. This cookware will need to be seasoned before use, and then will be dark black in color. Some ... Read more..

Iron Benefit

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Health & Welfare | 2 Comments »

It is widely believed that cooking with Cast Iron leeches very small amounts of iron into the food (trace amounts). This can be a benefit when there is a ... Read more..

Cast Iron Disadvantages

Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in General Survivalism | No Comments »

There are a couple of disadvantages to using Cast Iron cookware: First of course, it is very heavy. Even a slight collision with an easy to break item, such as glass ... Read more..

Cast Iron General Uses

Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in General Survivalism | No Comments »

Cast Iron skillets and pots can be extremely versatile. They can be used on most modern stoves (ceramic and glass top stoves be careful), in the oven, on an ... Read more..

Buy Good Cast Iron Cookware

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in General Survivalism | No Comments »

There are two types of Cast Iron cookware. The first class of cast iron cookware is made by pouring liquid hot iron into a mold. They can be identified ... Read more..

Got Cast Iron?

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Food Stores | No Comments »

Cast Iron cookware is often considered the ultimate in survivalist cooking supplies. In times past the American settlers and cattle drivers used cast iron as their basic cooking pots when ... Read more..

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