Best family preparedness book?

[CrazyCrow]

What do you all think is the best Best family preparedness book? If you could only have one book on preparedness what would it be? I am not talking about outdoor survival books. But books on food storage and books like" Live off the land in the city and country" by Ragnar Benson etc. icon_confused.gif

[Shamrock1121]

I really liked "The New PASSPORT TO SURVIVAL" - 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living - by Rita Bingham and the original food storage expert - Esther Dickey.

(From the back of the book.)

* This book will teach you how to prepare for emergencies BEFORE disaster strikes!

What, Why, Where and How to Store;

How to Choose and Prepare the Best Foods for Good Health;

How to Sprout and Grow your own Food;

Emergency Doctorin' for Acute Illnesses;

How to Design a Food Storage Program you can USE!

EVERYONE will experience their own emergencies...
- Loss of income or the family wage earner
- Unexpected medical expenses
- Natural or man-made disasters
- Interrupted food supplies
- Water shortages or contamination
- Power outages, and who knows what else?

A lot of general information is covered in this paperback book and I find myself just thumbing through it because it's interesting and well-written, or using it for reference information.

-Karen

[MYellowRose]

Shamrock since I'm at the library I'm going to see if they have that book.

[Bwana]

I just got the Emergency Preparedness and Survival Guide, which is an anthology of prep stuff from the pages of BHM. It seems pretty good. You can get it here, in the general store.

Dave

[fishinhunter]

i personally like the crisses preparedness manual.itsgot tons of information in it

[Archangel]

I like the FEMA book and it is free, they even pay the postage. My favorite is the BWH book. Michael

[JAK]

How about the daily diaries we should already keeping?
That would be the best family preparedness book.

[bltjr1951]

I like the FEMA book and it is free, they even pay the postage. *Michael

Which one? All I see is downloads in pdf form.

[crowweaver]

I like Stocking Up by Carol Hupping. It basically just how to preserve food but that alone is worth a great deal. That and a Tom Brown book or two.

Also, get a book on your local wild edibles and medicinals if you can. You can usually get one from your Dept. of Conservation or the like.

[Shamrock1121]

I like Stocking Up by Carol Hupping. It basically just how to preserve food but that alone is worth a great deal. That and a Tom Brown book or two.

Also, get a book on your local wild edibles and medicinals if you can. You can usually get one from your Dept. of Conservation or the like.

"Stocking Up" is very dated and gives some bad and potentially deadly information about home canning and food preservation. E. coli hadn't been discovered when this book was printed and canning information has changed a lot since publication because of research and testing on bacterial pathogens that have developed in the last couple decades, so avoid the information in it concerning home canning.

It does have good information about underground storage for food.

I have this book in my personal library, but wouldn't consider it a go-to book for information.

-Karen

[crowweaver]

Hmmm we must have different editions of the book. Mine was published in 1990 and E Coli was discovered in the late 1800's

But you're right to be careful of with all food preservation :)

In the edition I have there's a wonderful variety of explantions for food storage. canning, drying, cold storage, freezing, pickling. For vegetables, dairy meat and grains.

It's become a sacred book to me :)

[Shamrock1121]

Hmmm *we must have different editions of the book. Mine was published in 1990 and E Coli was discovered in the late 1800's

But you're right to be careful of with all food preservation *:)

In the edition I have there's a wonderful variety of explantions for food storage. canning, drying, cold storage, freezing, pickling. For vegetables, dairy meat and grains.

It's become a sacred book to me *:)



My copy of Stocking Up was published in 1973. I used it back during that resurgence of "back to nature" living in the early 70's.

From the classes on home canning I've taken, and in the classes I've given on the subject as a Kansas State University Master Food Volunteer and Master Food Preserver, the Ball Blue Book is the only commercial book I can suggest for use. If in doubt about canning recipes, check out information at the National Center for Home Food Preservation - http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publications_usda.html

Here's a list of publications: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publications_home.html

The new updated version of So Easy to Preserve has new tested recipes in it.

I should have said, E. coli 0157:H7, commonly known as E. coli, which was identified in 1977 and the first reports of infection in 1982.

There are also new safe-guards for dehydrating foods because of concerns with microorganisms such as Salmonella and E. Coli 0157:H7.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/safefood/newsltr/v8n4s01.html

-Karen