Caribbean Catfish
Recipe of the Week
Caribbean Catfish
Courtesy of
Steve Garbon
Ingredients
4 Catfish fillets
2 cups Water
1/2 cup fresh Bread Crumbs
1/4 cup toasted Almonds, chopped
1/4 cup Green Pepper, chopped
4 Tbsp. fresh Lime Juice
4...
Venison Stew
Recipe of the Week
Venison Stew
Courtesy of
Jamie Flanders
Ingredients
2 pounds venison, cubed
6 medium potatoes, cubed
3 large carrots, chopped
24 ounces canned chopped tomatoes
12 ounces tomato paste
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 cup chicken stock
2 large hot peppers, sliced thin
1...
You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store
By Don Fallick
Issue #47 • September/October, 1997
Let me state my bias right at the beginning: Lehmans Hardware has been advertising in Backwoods Home Magazine for a long time, but I made my first purchase...
Hiding a gun — The rules of three
By Claire Wolfe
Issue #140 • March/April, 2013
My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector and digging tools from the trunk, and headed off along...
That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense
By Dave Duffy
Issue #91 • January/February, 2005
I've got a suggestion for a sensible New Year's resolution for self-reliant types like myself, and I've got at least 10 good reasons to keep it. The resolution...
Teaching the joy of reading
By Amy E. Peare
Issue #96 • November/December, 2005
Most parents want to see their children well equipped to succeed in life, and homesteaders are no different in that regard. Many homesteaders choose this lifestyle to...
Portable solar power
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #134 • March/April, 2012
Fold-up solar modules now available in many sizes
As the cost of solar cells has declined, the industry has started to increase the physical size of individual...
10 country do’s and don’ts
By Julie Crist
Issue #96 • November/December, 2005
When we moved from the city to the mountains, I kept my eyes open and my mouth shut and and paid very close attention to other people's botchery....
If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?
By John Silveira
Issue #99 • May/June, 2006
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,...
Consider the 20-gauge shotgun
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #120 • November/December, 2009
A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and usually shooters with less powerful guns with which they are...
Three honest words: “I don’t know”
By John Silveira
Issue #63 • May/June, 2000
As we enter another political campaign season I'm reminded of my three favorite words: "I don't know."
Some years back, when I lived in southern California, I met the...
Introducing the international tax cartel
By Dave Duffy
February 13, 2001
Democrats on Capitol Hill aren't the only ones who don't like President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut plan. A group of Western European nations think they should have global veto...
Humble stew
Recipe of the Week
Humble stew
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
1 cup dried red beans
6 cups plus 8 cups cold water
3 cups fresh beef, chicken, or...
Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio
By Dorothy Ainsworth
Issue #27 • May/June, 1994
When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get married and have twins, don't come to me for safety...
The coming ice age
By John Silveira
Issue #139 • January/February, 2013
I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version on Amazon's website. (See the ad on page 65.) The...
Chilies rellenos
Recipe of the Week
Chilies rellenos
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
8 large Big Jim, Poblano, or Relleno chilies, green and roasted
1 16-oz. can tomatoes
1 small onion,...































