Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Put your dryer lint to good use! Make some fire starters! I had collected dryer lint and cardboard egg cartons for a long time, intending to make fire starters but kept procrastinating making them. They were cluttering up my laundry…
A butane stove is one of the most useful and practical ways to cook indoors when the power is out. A butane stove is a tabletop gas stove with one burner. The stove comes in a plastic carrying case smaller…
Canned heat (generally referred to as “Sterno”), and the stoves to use it, can be purchased in large sporting goods stores, discount stores, or online. A folding Sterno stove costs between $8 and $14, is very compact, and will hold…
There are many ways to cook when the power is out, but most need to be used outdoors. So what do you do when you don’t have a wood burning stove or wood fireplace and it’s dark or raining, snowing,…
Canned food can be an important part of your emergency supply as well as your three-month supply. Do you have an emergency food supply to get you through power outages, shipping strikes, and travel and utility limitations? There are many…
My mother introduced me to a portable car jump starter battery after my brother introduced it to her. She drove her cars very little once the COVID shut down started. She stopped shopping for herself and never resumed doing so…
On February 14, I posted on Pantry Cooking Plus about Baked Cereal, my husband’s go-to breakfast. We usually bake it in the oven overnight at 180oF. When we purchased a Wonder Oven, we decided to try cooking the baked cereal…
When I leave for an extended period, I do 3 things to my chest freezer: The cup of frozen water will tell me if the power was out for a long time and if it was out long enough for…
“Hurricane Ike is my first hurricane as an adult. I’ve been through many tropical storms over the years including Tropical Storm Allison, one of the most costly storms in U.S. history. I have been through several typhoons, the Eastern hemisphere…