Comments on: Back To Basics: Beans For Your Survival Pantry

By: Rattlebone

Rattlebone — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:16:08 +0000

Carol, now I have to ask “How do I tell when they are cooked!”?

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:06:02 +0000

People need to know the importance of cooking dried beans till fully cooked. Undercooked beans contain lectin, which is toxic. You may be tempted to undercook because of fuel shortage, or you may use a solar oven and lose the sun unexpectedly before they are done. It is tempting to test a bean and say, “It isn’t done but it is soft enough to eat and my family is hungry”. That is not safe. Read about undercooked beans and lectin and tell other preppers.

By: Troy Alberson

Troy Alberson — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:49:38 +0000

Storing some beef bouillon cubes help with seasoning most types of beans,when meat is not available

By: Chuck Findlay

Chuck Findlay — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 04:52:43 +0000

I really haven’t found bears to be much of a problem when camping, I keep a clean camp site and cook away from the camp and use bear poles and I find they leave you alone. Last year I was walking down a trail in Michigan’s UP and a bear was 60-feet in front of me. I stopped and looked at him, he looked at me. And then he just walked off. That night I camped on the beach and in the morning found bear tracks 20-feet from the tent, they generally leave you alone if you practice good sanitation and food handling.

When I tell people I tent camp in bear country they think I’m nuts…

I find mosquitoes much more of a problem then bears.

Chuck Findlay