Incorporating the Present Into Your Food Storage System We place a great emphasis on long-term food storage, and for good reason. However, focusing on the distant future can prevent us from making the most of immediate and intermediate options as well. Let’s take a look at a few tips that will help you to round …
Practical Guide to Emergency Medical Evacuations Dealing with a medical emergency in the field requires that you make good decisions in a short amount of time. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to determine what the most appropriate course of action is to take. Let’s take a look at some basic guidelines that can help …
First Aid: Ligament and Tendon Injuries There are very important differences between ligaments and tendons, and injuries to either one will have different impacts on the body. In many cases, it is easy to identify whether an injury is caused by a torn or ruptured ligament or tendon, and this can help to ensure that …
How to Can Delicious and Nutritious Beef Stew for Long-Term Storage A lot of people are under the impression that it is difficult to can entire meals. The reality is there is a variety of meals that can be safely stored for months or even years if they are prepared properly. Beef stew is one …
When Aspirin can Actually Kill You The use of aspirin has ebbed and flowed over the years as a wonder drug that could cure everything from clogged arteries to the flu. However, study after study indicated that this miracle tablet does little to stop heart attacks and improve cardiovascular health. It also is the last …
How to Make Dehydrated Mashed Potato Flakes One of the most versatile and easy to prepare dehydrated foods are potatoes. You can cube or slice them and produce some delicious meal options in a matter of hours. You can also dehydrate them and turn the potatoes into flakes that are easy to store as well. …
How to Avoid Impediments to Your Situational Awareness Maintaining constant and effective situational awareness is an essential facet of survival, whether facing a SHTF scenario or during the normal course of our lives. It’s important to recognize that there are times when we’re not always on top of our game, and it’s very easy to …
Reasons Why We Worry About Dirty Bombs The mention of dirty bombs doesn’t seem to send fear coursing through the veins of the population at large. Maybe this term is benign enough to make these weapons seem relatively harmless compared to a biological or nuclear attack. However, dirty bombs are extremely deadly, and they can …
How to Field Dress and Cook a Gopher Gophers are known as voracious pests that destroy crops, but they are also an abundant source of food. Don’t think twice about catching and killing them for your next meal if you are in an area where they are present. Let’s look at a simple guide to …
The Amazing Health Benefits of Beans Beans have some of the most diverse-array of nutrients that can be found in any food. They are also very easy to store over the long-term. Different varieties provide us with different levels of benefits, but most of them are worth stocking up on in order to offset nutritional …
