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| Ke6n | Most important meal of the day. (page: 1 2 3) | 48 | Jul 7 2011, 4:44 PM EDT by theman838 | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 20 2011, 2:57 AM EDT
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I have recently broken out of a very bad habit... Skipping breakfast.
Seeing as it really is a very important meal, and I could instantly feel the positive effects, lets share our favourite breakfast. Mine is a spinach and tomato omelette with a cup of oats and yoghurt on the side. The way I see it is if any sort of disaster were to take place during the day, your breakfast might just give you the fighting edge.
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| Finnishsurvivor | Edible plants | 1 | Feb 19 2010, 6:20 PM EST by 182crazyking | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 19 2010, 4:35 PM EST
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Any stinging nettle recipes?
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| Waghte | Another way to cook | 15 | Sep 18 2009, 12:09 AM EDT by John_234 | ||||
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Thread started: May 2 2009, 9:09 PM EDT
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I went out and bought some of those pre-packaged "just add boiling water" hikers food bags... I was curious as to how they tasted and what the weight/how filling they are. The two that I got were both the cook in bag types, where it encouraged you to eat out of the bag too to save on waste.
I must say first of all, that the food wasn't bad the free dried "beef" bits in it were kinda more like garnish than actual meat tho, and the sum base of your meal is carbohydrates and salt. So perfect for a few days of hiking, but protein & fiber wasn't on the menu. At a cost of about $8-$10 per bagged meal, it was going to be too expensive for me to have a small stock of them for when the SHTF... The cooking in bag concept was AWESOME tho... and the bags they came in were tough... really tough... in fact... Re-Usable tough! I have spent the last 3 days cooking in nothing but the bag for all my meals... Once you have a few of these meals, you can rest assured that the bags will survive for quite some time depending on how you treat them, and they can be utilized for cooking almost anything dried (and as I've found out... canned as well) you can buy the cheap "Side Kicks" pasta in a bag just empty the package in a cleaned out hiking meal bag, add boiling water into the bag seal it, wait 10-15 min... your meal is done!!! Also, I've tested legumes... White and Lima beans... the dry ones you get near the pasta and soup... why? the high fiber! I poured boiling water over the beans closed the bag up and about 1.5 hour later I had eatable beans perfect for happy bowels... :D The grocery store available foods are dried just like the camping foods, the only difference is... you're paying almost 1/8th the cost by re-using the bag and getting groceries. I'd say a GREAT way to stock up and save money.
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| HellfireRe | No fire please. | 18 | Sep 16 2009, 5:03 AM EDT by Truno | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 10 2008, 10:51 AM EDT
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I wouldnt use fire to cook food. The zombies might smell the beef and come too look for it. Since I have small group and we are hiding type, canned foods would be more useful.
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| Finnishsurvivor | Travelling food | 6 | Jul 6 2009, 4:25 AM EDT by Finnishsurvivor | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 29 2009, 1:11 PM EDT
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im intrested in how to make the pan bread last longer and
im not going to carry the ingredients in the apocalypse also, how long dried bacon would last?
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| Dragonshaos | Try not to drink milk. | 2 | Sep 23 2008, 10:55 PM EDT by Kadski | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 6 2008, 4:08 AM EDT
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Milk and Wheat products are not the best type of foods you can eat when on the move. Unless your in a secure position and have plenty of other foods and water, try not to drink milk or eat wheat products.
Everybody knows that if one uses morphine, one is slow and apathetic. Simply because morphine is an opioid substance. The only reason why we, and other animals, are sensitive to such substances, is because our body and brain contain receptors for opioid peptides. Why ? When we have to flee from danger but are wounded, we have to be able to run away anyway. Therefore the body produces opioid peptides to ease the pain, when necessary. These opioid peptides are called endorphins. Marathon-runners know the action of these endorphins as 'runner’s high' ; it enables them to go on even when exhausted. Without the proper receptors, these endorphins (and anesthetics !!) don’t work. Besides drugs and endorphins, opioid-receptors in the brain are susceptible to some other opioid substances: those that are absorbed through consuming food. This happens because far from all peptides are entirely decomposed into single amino acids in the digestive tract. (1) Also, most opioid peptides are hard to decompose. (2) Info from 13.waisays.com/zombie.htm
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| byates | Foraged or found food. | 0 | Jul 20 2008, 2:25 PM EDT by byates | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 20 2008, 2:25 PM EDT
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Too much emphasize on preparing stuff you would find on the aisle of the local Kroger or other grocery store. How about some foods that you could find in the city or country? Here is an example:
malawi sausage http://www.flickr.com/photos/babasteve/5687987/ Very simple to make, gut, parboil, and dry in the sun. Season to taste before eating, salt well if they are not going to be eaten quickly. Parboiling is not necessary, just speeds up process, can salt and sun dry to keep your activity signature down. |
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| JustinMcleod | Jerky | 4 | Jun 1 2008, 2:47 AM EDT by SuperSoldierRCP | ||||
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Thread started: May 19 2008, 10:24 AM EDT
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Preserving food will be important in a long-term survival situation. You will all probably know of different ways to preserve different types of food, but you need to practice doing so.
By far the easiest meat to preserve is Beef! and the easiest way to do this is by Jerking the meat (I always laugh at that....it sounds soooo rude: "Jerking your beef") The basic principal of Beef Jerky is to remove as much moisture and fat as possible, while at the same time, seasoning the meat. My favourite way is over an open fire, just a small one, with oak, maple and apple wood. after the fire has died down slightly, just throw on a load of apple leaves, oak leaves, and maple leaves....maybe even some blossom if there's loads lying around.... (apple blossom tastes just like apple peel, and those flavours can be infused into the beef) you'll need to cut off as much fat from the beef and then slice the lean meat as thinly as possible. I season the beef with a mixture of salt, paprika and plain flour...it helps to drie out the meat and gives it flavour and texture. Then you need to place the seasoned beef on a rack over the smoking fire. leave there until the outside of the beef dries out and changes colour. this will now last you for at least 6 months if kept dry and cool. I have some Beef Jerky from a camping trip about 8 months ago, it still smells good and I think I'm gonna take it into some of the guys at work cos they've never tried it.
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| Numaul | Foraging and cooking in North America | 3 | May 28 2008, 3:40 AM EDT by Numaul | ||||
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Thread started: May 28 2008, 2:34 AM EDT
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I'm listing here an (hopefully) alphabetized list of edible plants that grow wild (all the ones I could think of while doing paperwork today) and how to cook them. Most of these can be replanted if you gain a taste for them.
Acorns - Sun bake for one day, shell, eat. (Bitter but it's food, no?) Amaranth - Can be converted into a grain and baked for breads. Also, the greens can be eaten when cleaned properly. Apples - There are several varieties and all can be eaten raw after a quick cleaning. Arrowroot - Dry and ground roots into a powder. Use as a thickening agent (I've tried this with a tea made from acorns and thyme. It made a tasty cream.) Asparagus - Clean and eat raw, add to a stew, or boil and eat. Beechnut - Press for oil. Roasted and ground for coffee. Peel and eat fresh. Blackberries - Eat fresh. Crush for juice (mix with water to make it last) then use the rest in an easy to make jam/jelly. Blueberries - Same as blackberries. Burdock - Clean, shave and dry roots. They can be eaten raw or added to anything that you're cooking to add a great flavour (and some health benefits as well) and volume to it. Cattail - The roots can be cooked just like potatoes (about ten times the starch though). The roots can also be ground into a flour for cooking. In early spring, the young new shoots can be picked and cooked like asparagus or eaten raw. Boil or steam immature flower spikes in early summer and eat like corn-on-the-cob. Pollen from mature flowers can be used as a vitamin supplement or thickener for broths. Chestnut - Shell and bake. Shell and boil. Pierce or shell and roast. Shell and crush into a stew. Chicory - Raw. Saute with oils from wild nuts. Chufa - Clean and eat tubers raw. Bake or boil like potatoes. Press tubers for cooking oil. Corn - If you don't know how to cook and eat corn....... To be continued...
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| Tuck-Duck&Roll | Easy Cooking | 7 | May 17 2008, 5:15 PM EDT by iamMetaluna | ||||
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Thread started: May 16 2008, 1:07 PM EDT
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At hunting camp we heat a lot of foods in their original cans, saves on water, which is a plus, because we have to go in the front yard to pump it. The plus is not having to wash pots and pans, just empty the cans and toss them away.
Foods like beef stew, baked beans, canned corn, etc. can be heated by setting them next to a hot camp fire or on a wood stove. ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO NEVER FORGET, YOU HAVE TO PUNCH TWO OR THREE SMALL HOLES IN THE TOP OF THE CAN. If you dont put holes in the top of the can, you will be greeted by hot flying bean shrapnel, when the can explodes from built-up pressure. During deer season we cook almost all of our meals in a cast iron dutch oven. When we get up in the morning, we'll toss cut up vegetables, water or broth, seasonings and meat (like a beef roast or a chicken) in the dutch oven. We have a dedicated cooking hole in our side yard, that we set in oven into. Once the ovens in the ground, we cover the oven with a couple pieces of wet burlap/canvas and we toss a few shovel fulls of hot embers from the wood burning on top and cover everything with dirt and the pit lid. At the end of the days hunt we dig out the oven and everything in it is cooked like it was in a crock pot all day. There might be a burnt spot here or there, but everything is fully cooked and very hot. Most first timers to our camp are amazed at how easy these methods are for cooking and they save water and fuel.
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