Food for one year – one meal a day

I was thinking recently that if it came down to it, we could survive on one meal a day for one year – if we HAD to.
So…I sat down with a legal pad and my recipe file and made a list of 30 meals that could be eaten each month, then calculated the the amount [...]

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Cucumber Overabundance

We have been blessed to overflowing with cucumbers this year.  I don’t know if the wet/mild summer is the reason, or if the Good Lord just saw fit to teach me how to make pickles. 
I’ve made pickles 4 times so far – two batches of bread & butter, 2 batches of dill.  I [...]

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Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

Er…in my case, rice, rice everywhere and none to cook with!
I learned a valuable food storage lesson recently.  I normally keep a quart jar of long grain white rice in my pantry so there’s not a huge bag open at one time.  I had already put most of the 50 pound bags we’d purchased into [...]

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Emergency Buckets – “Grab & Go” Food

This should be part of every family’s emergency plans – food ready to go at a moment’s notice along with all of your other provisions (you do have a bag with a change of clothes and a toothbrush at the very least, right?  ).
If you have to evacuate your home in a hurry, [...]

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How much food will fit into a 5 gallon bucket?

I’ve seen this question in various places on the internet, and thought I’d put my 2 cents’ worth in on the subject.
First – let’s talk about the bucket. If your bucket was previously used for food (icing from a bakery, pickles, etc.), then wash the bucket thoroughly, maybe even put some bleach in it [...]

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