Cooking from long-term food storage
By Jackie Clay
Issue #55 • January/February, 1999
All self-reliant families know they should have at least a year's worth of food and essential supplies stored up in a large pantry. Unfortunately, actually eating from long-term...
Italian Christmas bread
Recipe of the Week
Italian Christmas bread
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1/4 cup warm milk (110 to 115°)
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 tsp. brown sugar
1/4 cup...
13 steps to a life of freedom
By Mary Ann Wutzke
Issue #76 • July/August, 2002
My husband and I have lived in the desert and mountain back country of Arizona since 1988. We own no home and just about all of our...
Orange honey pudding
Recipe of the Week
Orange honey pudding
Courtesy of
Sharon Freeman
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp. butter
1/8-1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup yogurt
3 Tbsp....
Build Your Own Car Wash
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #133 • January/February, 2012
Completed car wash in operation
If someone told me a year ago that I would have a commercial car wash behind my garage, I would have laughed....
Funerals don’t have to be expensive
By Kelly McCarthy
Issue #95 • September/October, 2005
Being of Celtic extraction, I am naturally disposed to dwelling on the blacker side of life. I started to wonder what would happen to all the dead bodies...
Big boomer guns
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #125 • September/October, 2010
For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last two years wrote the article about moderation, where he said...
Theories of the universe
By Dave Duffy
Issue #66 • November/December, 2000
In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the world in which we live to a rather detailed picture...
Pheasant and dumplings
Recipe of the Week
Pheasant and dumplings
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 pheasant (or equivalent other bird)
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
2 cups broth from cooking
1/2 pint...
A healthy heart starts in the kitchen
By Richard Blunt
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Issue #100 • July/August, 2006
The Surgeon General of the United States recently referred to obesity as "the terror within." But who is the enemy? When we finally started paying attention to what...
Getting the state out of marriage
By John Silveira
Issue #127 • January/February, 2011
There's a new TV "reality" show on TLC called Sister Wives. It's about a polygamous family: Kody Brown, his 3 wives, their 13 children, and a soon-to-be (maybe...
Install a mobile, solar powered toilet
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #79 • January/February, 2003
When our solar business started to really increase, I found myself spending more and more time in my truck traveling down the highway to very remote...
Lamb Curry with Yogurt
Recipe of the Week
Lamb Curry with Yogurt
Courtesy of
Gail Stromb
Ingredients
4 green chile peppers, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, minced
2 tablespoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground tumeric
1 teaspoon...
Salmon loaf
Recipe of the Week
Salmon loaf
Courtesy of
Ilene Duffy
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 large can of salmon, drained
1 egg
1 generous Tbsp. of ketchup
1 tsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire...
Circle of friends
By Claire Wolfe
Issue #111 • May/June, 2008
Hardcore survivalists cherish what I call the "George Romero Scenario." It goes like this: The proverbial poop has hit the propeller. Cities collapse into chaos. But we, the...
