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...
Beautiful Women
By John Silveira
August 10, 2001
Who are the 50 most beautiful women in the world? Askmen.com recently came up with a readers' list.
At the bottom and rounding out the list is Sandra Bullock (50th). They...
Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3
By John Silveira
Issue #34 • July/August, 1995
(This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.)
Do I have to stay and help you?" my 12-year old son...
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Country Living By Carla Emery — 40th Anniversary Edition
Reviewed by Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Issue #141 • May/June, 2013
Are you a new homesteader? Perhaps you have dreams and plans to become one sometime in the near future? Maybe you're an old-timer, like me, needing a...
Planning the lives of generations to come
By John Silveira
March 8, 2006
I was reading the March 2006 issue of Discover Magazine and read Asteroid Watcher Worries, an interview with Clark R. Chapman, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute at...
Emergency casserole
Recipe of the Week
Emergency casserole
Courtesy of
Jan Cook
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
3 lb. yellow squash, sliced
2 medium onions, chopped
2 carrots, slivered
1/2 pint sour cream
2 cans cream of...
Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid?
By Dave Duffy
Issue #102 • November/December, 2006
History is supposed to teach us the lessons of wars past so we won't blunder into stupid wars in the present. Since I have mixed feelings about our...
No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears
By Alice B. Yeager
Issue #52 • July/August, 1998
Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...
Affordable firearms
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #134 • March/April, 2012
Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle the topic of buying an adequate gun (and ammo, and...
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Recipe of the Week
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Courtesy of
Lauren Smeltzer
Ingredients
Cake
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 cups light brown sugar, packed
1-1/3 cups sour cream
1-1/2 cups boiling water
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup cocoa
4 eggs
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla...
Green Shrimp Soup
Recipe of the Week
Green Shrimp Soup
Courtesy of
Larry Elderson
Ingredients
1 medium Onion, chopped fine
1 large Carrot, chopped fine
1-1/2 teaspoons Butter
3 cups beef broth, hot
1 Tablespoon fresh Savory, chopped fine
1 teaspoon Tarragon, chopped fine
1 pound Peas, cooked
5...
Homemade baking extracts
By Linda Zimnick
Issue #157 • January/February, 2016
Every cook or baker has a secret or two they keep tucked in their apron pocket. My secret? Homemade flavoring extracts. They are simple to make and the...
Build a chicken tractor
By Connie Rabun
Issue #127 • January/February, 2011
In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to always have your animal housing prepared before you invest in...
What is reality?
By John Silveira
April 7, 2006
I don't read much. So, I missed James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, though it made best sellers lists from the New York Times to amazon.com. If the truth be...
Chocolate — Food for the Gods
By Richard Blunt
Issue #56 • March/April, 1999
My mother loved chocolate. She knew and understood it just as a wine master knows and understands wine. When she made some of her old world style bittersweet...
Earth’s greatest cookies
Recipe of the Week
Earth’s greatest cookies
Courtesy of
Darlene Campbell
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 sticks margarine (1 cup)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup...
