Everyone who tastes dry-cured meats such as bresaola, sausages, salamis or prosciutto walks away with two thoughts. The first is that the meat is delicious. Second, they wonder if they can make it safely at home. Fortunately, you can, and it’s a pretty straightforward process.
CB Radios: Citizens Band Radios for Preppers’ Communication
Citizen Band radios are extremely utilitarian communication resources, best used during emergencies or for staying connected with the pride, in case you are traveling to an inaccessible location with no cellphone coverage.
Finding And Using Wild Fruit In Your Area
No matter where you live in North America, there’s likely a tasty wild fruit available for picking sometime during the year. While Native Americans and early pioneers actively picked and ate wild fruit, few people bother to seek out and pick them today.
10 Proven Ways to Be Self-Sufficient in the Wilderness
Living self-sufficient in the wilderness isn’t the romanticized adventure that Hollywood depicts, it’s a hard-earned skill set built on discipline, preparation, and respect for nature’s unpredictability. Whether you’re planning a long-term off-grid lifestyle or preparing for emergencies, becoming self-reliant outdoors requires more than just grit. It demands mastery of essential survival fundamentals: food acquisition, water purification, shelter building, and medical readiness.
Step By Step Guide To Home-Brewed Beer
Man has been brewing beer for ages. In fact, some of the earliest written records were Babylonian clay tablets detailing how to make ale. Besides the fact that it tasted good, brewing beer and ale helped to sterilize the not-so-clean drinking water of ancient times. That’s right, beer started out as “health food.”
Tips For Curing Ham At Home
Curing ham with salt is a food preservation skill that came to North America with the arrival of the first European pioneers. Born from the need to cure and preserve meat without refrigeration, dry salt curing was an old-world method already familiar to these pioneers.
Simple Guide For Making Your Own Soap
Up until the early 1900’s, most soaps were a homemade concoction that neither looked pretty, nor smelled pleasant. It was generally a mix of lye leached from wood ashes and fats leftover from animal slaughter or cooking.
A Few Ways To Obtain A Safe And Secure Backwoods Shelter
There is a pleasure to be had in carrying a minimum of high-tech gear in the wilderness and relying on time-tested traditional methods for staying warm and dry. I rarely use a nylon tent for camping unless the bugs are atrocious or I’m visiting a national park.
The Art Of Making Maple Syrup
The abundance of the maple tree (sugar, syrup, etc.) has been used for what seems an eternity. My Native American ancestors tapped these trees long before the first Europeans set foot on this land, but once they arrived, these early pioneers soon learned the value of maple syrup.
Useful Hunting Technology You Should Bring on Your Next Hunt
Hunting is a craft that requires all the digital assistance that is available to you. Digital assistance means the process of hunting is made easier and more interactive. Compared to the olden days where most had to rely on sheer luck and experience to catch their prey, one can now navigate the hunting territory using different types of technology.
Becoming Invisible And Staying Under The Radar
In movies and TV shows, but also in real life, you hear about people deciding to go off the grid and staying under the radar. But how does one become invisible in today’s technologically ruled world?
Debunking The Survival Myth Of Heating A Frostbite
Outdoor enthusiasts are fighting a constant battle to regulate comfortable body temperature for staying outside longer during the winter months. Without proper clothing, and lacking the warmth of physical activity, most people are only comfortable when the temperature exceeds 80 degrees F.
Freezing Your Homegrown Produce – Essential Tips and Tricks
Every homestead exploits various techniques for preserving homegrown produce since having a well-provisioned home is a fantastic convenience. In the winter, when your pantry is stocked, and your freezer is full, you won’t have to go to the grocery store to buy organic produce.