Braised venison pepper steak
William Shepherd
Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs. venison steak shoulder or round steak
2 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 4 oz. can mushrooms
1 cup water
1 beef bouillon cube
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 green pepper,...
Buying the right emergency radio
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
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In our last issue I addressed how to select the best battery-powered lighting for your emergency needs. Recent examples of poor emergency response during the Katrina...
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Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...
How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less
...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact!
By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C.
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Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around the chicken, clean up will be easy.
When I was 12...
Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion
By Dorothy Ainsworth
Issue #94 • July/August, 2005
Self-reliance is a mindset. If you have it, you are on your way to independence. If you don't, it would be in your best interest to develop it....
If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?
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That's a question I've been confronted with, more than once, when I've complained about the PATRIOT Act, the RICO Act, creeping gun control, the empowerment of the bureaucracy,...
Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…
By Gene Sheley
Issue #50 • March/April, 1998
Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears in various forms in ferocity, strength, and killing ability. In...
Masala jheenga
Recipe of the Week
Masala jheenga
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1-1/2 tsp. white poppy seeds
2 lbs. medium-sized raw shrimp (about 30-35 shrimp per lb.)
1/2...
Survival infection control
By Joseph Alton, M.D.
Issue #151 • January/February, 2015
For several months now, news regarding the devastation that the Ebola virus is causing in West Africa has been in the headlines. A disease once found only...
Raspberry ketchup
Richard Blunt
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
1 to 3 pickled chili peppers (let your taste be the judge) or substitute l/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/3 cup fresh or canned tomato puree
1/3 cup wine vinegar
1/4...
Wonderful wilderness wines
By Linda Gabris
Issue #88 • July/August, 2004
From spring's first delicate blossoms to the last clinging berries of autumn, hobby winemakers can cash in on nature's bounty to rack up an exciting array of distinctive...
Solar Building Design
By Steven Heckeroth
Issue #63 • May/June, 2000
Solar building design has been used since ancient times. In the more recent past, it has been more or less ignored as impractical, complicated, or too expensive. Incorporating...
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By Len Torney
Issue #116 • March/April, 2009
Let's face itwe all own vehicles. Our rural lifestyle pretty much leaves us dependent on our vehicles for all of our daily transportation needs, as well as the...
Build an attached solar greenhouse
By David Lee
Issue #125 • September/October, 2010
We planned it to be permanent, well built, and able to withstand the extremes of temperature, humidity, and weather a greenhouse must tolerate inside and out for many...
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Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in the early 1500s were taken back to Italy. Today, many...
Canning chickens for the pantry
By Samantha Biggers
Issue #135 • May/June, 2012
For the past three years my husband and I have raised Cornish Cross broilers in chicken tractors on our farm in western North Carolina. This past year we...
