How To Get a Family of Four Prepped–In The Quickest and Easiest Way Possible (Shortened)

The Survivalist Blog ^ | 9/10/14 | M.D. Creekmore

[samiam1972]

I've never tried potatoes before. I need to add that to my list. I do apples and bananas for the kids but they eat them so darn fast I'm not sure it's worth it. Ha! I made zucchini chips similar to your potatoes. They were paper thin and nearly melted in your mouth. Kids still like their regular chips better.

My favorite so far with the dehydrator was my tomatoes. They took a long time but I blended them into a powder once they were good and try. They take up very little space this way and a couple of tablespoons really add a wonderful flavor to soups/stews. I don't have any of the mats yet so haven't tried the fruit leather or anything like that.

Has anyone tried to dehydrate scrambled eggs? We have plenty of eggs from the chickens and thought I might give it a whirl soon.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Barry to the rescue...

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

The vegetable oil, corn, soybean, canola is bad when it is fresh. Use coconut oil!

[greeneyes]

I haven’t tried eggs yet, that’s something that could be really tricky and could harbor some bad bacteria, if not done correctly. I’d want to get a recipe from a reliable source before I did it.

My dehydrator didn’t have and trays for fruit leather, so I used parchment paper and spraye a little EVOO on it to prevent sticking. Worked ok.

[bgill]

I can’t stand clutter with this many kids. If everyone only has a little clutter, the combination of it all makes my head spin.

Cleaning out the kids' rooms when they moved out was when I finally had the light bulb moment. I tend to keep stuff but it was cleaning out the kids' rooms when they moved out that I had the light bulb moment. Now, it's keeping stuff that has a second life in prepping. Self, hey, Lil Miss' old snow suit might come in handy one day if there's no heat. Keep those flintknapping tools to sharpen that flint in Jr.'s rock collection. Those old how to books, well, duhhhhh!

[Ellendra]

We do have two gas/wood burning fireplaces but other than hot dogs, I’m not sure that I could anything of value in there.

Do a search on "campfire cooking" and remember that a fireplace is just a campfire with walls around it.

Also: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/williams19a.html

I used to heat up cans of soup by a fire, it would probably work with beans too. Open the can and settle it securely in an inch of sand and/or ashes, then use tongs to place hot coals from the fire about an inch away from the side of the can. Don't heat it up too fast or it'll boil over before the top half is warm. Eat with biscuits, crackers, or stick bread :)

[Faith65]

BF TODAY

[TEXOKIE]

LOL! Hang in there!