Huron Stew 1 cup dried ground beef or textured vegetable protein 4 inch square of dried tomato paste or equivalent 1 cup small macaroni 2 oz shredded mozzarella cheese Knorr's vegetable soup mix Add soup mix to 2 cups water and bring to boil. Add macaroni, boil again and cook 5 minutes. Add meat and tomato paste. Add seasoning if desired. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add cheese, turn off heat and wait till cheese melts and serve. "BBQ SHREDDED SANDWICHES" This receipe i use turns out very good all the time and even the less experienced cook can make this dish. It is very hard to mess up. It can get messy if you do not pay attention t...

A Whole Bunch of Suggestions to Help You Eat Better in the Great Outdoors Here are bunch of camp food suggestions from some of the good folks on the Scouts-L Youth Groups Discussion List. Minute Rice and Other Good Things To add to Ronalds suggestions; Minute Rice now has a long grain and wild rice mix that was a hit on our last outing. I am a big fan of Ziplock Freezer bags, put the mix in the Ziplock bag and add boiling water. The bags are strong enough to not melt or break. I usually use two, just in case but have never had one fail.On the subject of bag cooking, check out your local health food store for dehydrated refried beans. Reh...

By Claude Freaner, Lake Ridge, VA These recipes were put together as a result of wanting to eat well during 8 day hikes in the High Sierras of California, generally between Mt. Whitney and Yosemite Valley (not all in 8 days!!!). These recipes are what we actually took on various hikes, but are primarily geared toward adults or older youths (people who like green stuff and strange tastes). Menu Italian Fettuccine With White Clam Sauce Minestrone Soup Green Vegetable Punch Cake Mexican Fiesta Vegetable Soup Refried Beans Tortillas Spanish Rice Sweet Corn Cake Punch Oriental Won Ton Soup Beef Chop Suey Steamed Rice Punch Almond Cookies New ...

By Claude Freaner, Lake Ridge, VA This was originally written to be given to parents of new Scouts who had just joined our Troop (885) in Chula Vista, CA. Many of the boys, and their parents, came from urban areas and had never cooked in the wilderness before, so we prepared this information to help them out. I hope this helps you with some ideas about food in the wilderness for youth. In the interest of being politically correct, I should mention that this applies equally well to young female hikers. Hopefully, you and your children will have a much better time hiking in the back country when you are well fed. Food for New Hikers Genera...

There are a number of live links at the end of this file in the Net Resources Section, and here is a file of questions people have asked me, along with answers I've provided. This is my FAQ about firestarters and wax as a hobby. If you have any additions, suggestions, comments, questions or the like, please direct them to Don Buchan at malak&pobox.com (&=@) (that's me, the author.) Copyright (c) 1995-1997 by Don Buchan, all rights reserved. This FAQ may be distributed to any USENET newsgroup, on-line service, archive or BBS or by any other means (such as, but not limited to, printouts and floppy diskettes) as long as: A) i...

by Kim Hicken Storage space got you down? Do you feel as though you are tripping over your food storage? Never fear - there is a light at the end of the storage tunnel! Storage space seems to be a never ending problem in the nineties. Many new homes are built with terrific vaulted ceilings, great views, and NO storage space!!! Older homes can also have a shortage of space. With a little creative thinking, and some planning, you can have space to store the important things in your life. The first thing that must be done, (and this is the very hardest part) is that you must de-junk your home. We are all pack-rats to a certain extent. At a s...

What is BLACKHORSE? It's a word used to encode and decode a set of numbers over a tactical radio net/freq when you don't have a military CEIOI available. It's used to send a unit's location (grid co-ordinates) without the enemy knowing what secret code network you're using. Here's how it works: Word ---> B L A C K H O R S E No. ---> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 To use, simply speak as if you're using a CEOI encode/decode book. Example: "We will be located at Alpha-Bravo-Echo-Lima-Oscar-Hotel at Bravo-Echo-Echo-Echo" Decoded, it's grid co-ordinates 31052276 at 1000 hours. Simple, isn't it? But you ...

Mix 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons powdered milk with 1/2 cup warm water, then add 3/4 cup sugar and stir until dissolved. OR 1 cup skim milk powder 2/3 cup sugar 3 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup boiling water Combine milk powder and sugar. Stir butter into boiling water and pour into milk powder and sugar. Using electric mixer, beat for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or until thickened. Keeps 2 weeks. Makes 1 1/4 cups. OR Boil 900ml milk, gradually adding 750g sugar, making sure it does not burn. Stir in 2 tablespoons cornflour made into a paste with some of the milk. Boil for a few minu...

In-House Toilets - Precautions During times of emergencies, such as power outages, for those people that plan to empty the water out of their toilet bowls and then place a garbage bag in the bottom to catch the refuge, this is not a good idea. The water in the toilet bowl (and the traps for sinks, showers, tubs, floor drains, etc.) keeps the sewer gases from coming into your living space. Sewer gases are methane gas, and therefore, are very deadly and explosive. News stories report that utility workers have died from exposure to methane gas. It is also important to add water to your floor drains or other unused drains about once a month ...

Two factors require special attention when making vinegar at home: oxygen supply and temperature. Oxygen is spread throughout the mixture by stirring it daily and by letting air reach the fluid through a cheesecloth filter, which is used in place of a regular lid. The temperature of fermenting cider should be kept between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit (F). Lower temperatures do not always produce a usable vinegar, and higher ones interfere with the formation of the "mother of vinegar." Mother of vinegar is a mat that forms on the bottom of fermenting wine that has gone bad. Do not use a metal container when making vinegar; acid in the mixt...

Storing Water by Byron Kirkwood Mother Mary has asked us to store water and food for two weeks. The following are the basics for storing water. A few good choices made in the beginning will save you grief, when an emergency develops. The first consideration is, what kind of water should you store: tap water or commercially available bottled water? Bottled spring, drinking, or distilled water is great for emergency storage, but it can be expensive. I suggest you have some commercially bottled water in your cache. However, the bulk of your stored water will probably be tap water. How much water should be stored? We each need a minimum of a ...

Survival Tips 1 CAMOFLAUGE STICK CONTAINER Have you ever thrown away that old expended camoflauge stick container and thought it was worthless? I did many times without even thinking twice about it. But PFC Andrew Gudget's idea sounds pretty good. He keeps a few expended containers for storing a few small items inside. He suggests you make mini survival kits out of one or more of them. Some small items you can store inside are: A. Sewing Kits B. Matches C. Fish Hooks and Bait (Lures?) D. Small Nails E. Aspirin F. Small Candle Before you decide to put anything inside these containers, make sure you clean them out real good. Use an alco...

You've stocked and planned for your retreat as well as possible, but even the best laid plans can go astray, and unforseen events can cause you to abandon your retreat or leave it in haste. Let's examine some of ways to "bugout" from your home or retreat when no other alternatives are available. Backpacking For most people, the backpack bugout is the bare minimum contingency that most people plan for, and may be the first "plan" of action that many people undertake on their road to survival. Many "3 Day" and "72 Hour" Kits have been made or marketed as the bare minimum to have in the event of a disaster. We've all seen many lo...

by Chris Janowsky (ASG Sept. 96) Self sufficiency is a major concern with a lot of people today. It's your responsibility to be prepared and know exactly what you are doing. I'd like to share with you some of what I've learned living in Alaska's mountains. Out of necessity I built my first cabin when a nice winter day had actual ambient temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees below zero F. and I pray I never have to do that again! I've also seen those temperatures drop to 86 degrees below zero F. and stay there for days. When I wrote my book "Survival-A Manual That Could Save Your Life" (available from Paladin Press), it was ...

In a survival situation, plants can provide food and medicine. Their safe usage requires absolutely positive identification, knowing how to prepare them for eating, and knowing any dangerous properties they might have. Familiarity with botanical structures of plants and information on where they grow will make them easier to locate and identify. Abal Calligonum comosum Description: The abal is one of the few shrubby plants that exists in the shady deserts. This plant grows to about 1.2 meters, and its branches look like wisps from a broom. The stiff, green branches produce an abundance of flowers in the early spring months (March, April)....

To can means to heat process food in a glass jar with a lid in place. Processing kills microorganisms -- bacteria, yeasts, and molds that contaminate food and cause food spoilage and/or foodborne illness. Processing can be done in a water bath canner or a pressure canner, depending on the food's acidity. Acid foods (all the fruits except unacidified figs) are safely processed in a water bath canner. Acidified tomatoes and figs can also be safely processed in a water bath canner. Microorganisms in or on acid foods are easily killed at 212'F (the temperature of boiling water). Low-acid foods (vegetables and tomatoes that are not...

Equipment: Stainless steel stock pot half gallon glass jar rubber spatula or long handled wooden spoon scale that will weigh up to 38 ounces thermometer, meat or candy is fine mold with cover, I recommend a heavy plastic mold the size of a large shoe box if you intend to make soap only occasionally. I use industrial plastic sheet of freezer paper two large towels or a blanket safety glasses rubber gloves Ingredients: 12 oz lye (Red Devil, found beside Draino, do not use Draino) 32 oz water (My well water is hard so I buy it) 24 oz coconut oil (health food store) 24 oz olive oil (do not use virgin, the less pure the better) 38 oz vegetable...

Over the past 10 years, Calgary area Scouts have successfully made and tested two different emergency ration packs, spending a couple of weeks collecting supplies and a couple of patrol meetings building each pack. Younger Scouts find it easier to make a simple Tobacco Tin Pot, while older boys are ready to tackle the Cook Ring. Constructed from readily available materials, both are compact, self-contained packages that include everything necessary for cooking, eating and drinking in an emergency situation. And a look at the new Field Book shows that, with the addition of some items and substitution of others, a ration pack easily convert...

A month or two ago I met a cute little gal who was talking to me about her newly begun food storage. You know, she began, I've dreaded doing my storage for years, it seems so blah, but the way national events are going my husband and I decided we couldn't put it off anymore. And, do you know, it really hasn't been so hard. We just bought 20 bags of wheat, my husband found a place to get 60 pound cans of honey, and now all we have to do is get a couple of cases of powdered milk. Could you tell me where to get the milk? After I suggested several distributors, I asked, Do you know how to cook with your Wheat? Oh, she laughed, if ...

Wildfire Survival Remove the majority of native brush within at least 30 feed from buildings. Individual plants can be left if thinned and dead portions removed. Important is wide spacing. Remove limbs up to one-third the height of plants and remove ground cover from around the base. Grass, weeds and low-growing native plants should be mowed close to the ground. This will reduce the fire-carrying potential and offer soil stabilization. Replace weeded areas with fire resistant plants such as Algerian Ivy, Sunrose or Carmel Creeper. This will reduce the need for annual maintenance. Trees within the 30 foot are should be limbed up to at lea...