Survival Food : Wheat Berries and not just for making bread

Wheat Berries - Long Term Storage - Part 1

SpartanMonkee..

Wheat Berries - Long Term Storage - Part 2

SpartanMonkee

Wheat Berries - Long Term Storage - Part 3

SpartanMonkee

Long-Term Survival Food Storage: Whole Wheat Berries

thenewsurvivalist

Making Bread from Home Ground Wheat

2leelou Preserves

Published on Oct 29, 2012

I have been learning about food storage for a while now. I finally decided to start using Hard White Wheat and grinding it at home. I got a hand wheat grinder to see how I liked it. The verdict is in....LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! The bread is amazing! Now I know that every Sunday will be bread day around our house. The recipe I used is below. It's a basic bread recipe. The dough can be used for many things though. Of course bread but also dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, pizza crust, you name it. I hope you try it and let me know how it turns out for you.

BASIC WHITE BREAD
Ingredients : 2 cups warm water (110 degees) 1/3 cup white sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 6 cups bread flour
(The recipe does not call for dough enhancer but I included it. You'll see in the video)
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, desolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in the yeast. It must sit to proof for about 10 minutes. It will develop a creamy foam.
2. Once the yeast if proofed, mix the oil and salt into it.
3. Mix in one cup of flour at a time. Once it forms a dough turn it out on a counter covered lightly with flour and kneed the dough until smooth and elastic.
4. Place in a well oiled bowl and turn the dough to coat with the oil.
5. Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until double in size, about an hour.
6. Punch the dough down and kneed for a few minutes more. Divide in half. Roll out each half into a rectangle. Roll each rectangle jelly roll fashion and place seam side down in a lightly greased bread pan. Allow it to rise another 30 minutes or so until it fills the pan or is 1 inch above the edge.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

.

Easy Wheat Sprouting nothing special needed

Wilderness Innovation

Uploaded on May 9, 2010

 Wheat can be stored easily for decades and is highly recommended for storage. Sprouting is one simple way to harness it's nutrition. You don't need anything special to do this and it takes only minutes of your time. For full nutrition check Nutrition Data's website. For ongoing info, blogs and other things related to survival and preparedness visit our website. wildernessinnovation com

Wheat berry recipes

by ingredients, cooking time, nutrition facts, collections

59 recipes

59 wheat berry recipes

Berry Berry Streusel Bars

 Raspberry jam and blueberries make these berry berry streusel bars packed with goodness and yumminess. Perfect for breakfast.
about 1 hour ago

Arugula, Chickpea and Wheat Berry Salad

 Wheat berries, chickpeas, roasted bell peppers, and arugula are tossed with a refreshing and flavorful dressing. It fills you up with lots of goodness and yumminess.
2 minutes ago

Israeli Wheat Berry Stew

 Try this delicious rendition of stew that's made with great northern beans, wheat berries and a bit of cumin and turmeric.

Honey Wheat Berry Bread

Oatmeal and Berry Pancakes

 These delicious pancakes are full of yumminess and goodness. They are moist in the inside, and slightly crispy on the outside. Berries give you some juicy explosion in every bite. They are perfect for breakfast.
about 9 hours ago

Wheat Berry Tomato Salad

Mixed Berry Coffee Cake

 Moist, fruity and very tasty! An ideal cake you can have with a cup of coffee or tea.
28 minutes ago

Warm Crepes with Berry Sauce

 Warm, juicy and fruity. These warm crepes are served with freshly made blueberry-raspberry sauce. Delicious and also good for you.

Creamy Wheat Berry Hot Cereal

Carrot and Wheat Berry Soup

See More recipes here

7 Survival Foods with an Unbelievable Shelf Life

Bulk Food Storage Containers jpg  /   eb6tracker.com

---

Guest Post by Dan Sullivan

 

Let me ask you a question, when was the last time you read an article on survival food and said to yourself:
Yeah, I almost forgot about this food... It’s perfect! I’ll definitely get me some?
Although there are plenty of lists with survival food on the Internet, a lot of preppers are missing a few good ones that have amazing shelf life (if properly stored, usually in cool, dark, dry places, away from rodents).
That’s what I want to do in this article so here’s my list of foods that ultimately allow you to rotate your stockpile less often...

#1. Spam

 

You either love it or hate spam but I think we can all agree most people like it, right? First of all, Spam is a brand. Its main ingredients are pork, ham, potato starch and salt and it became popular during World War 2 because of it has great shelf life (which, according to the manufacturer, is infinite).
The really cool thing is that it’s also dirt cheap, around 5 to 10 bucks for a can on Amazon.

 

#2. Hardtack crackers

Put whole wheat flour, water and salt together and you’ve got crackers with 50+ years of shelf life! Amazing, right (as long as you store them well)? As their name suggests, these crackers are pretty hard to chew on. You’ll need to soak them in water, milk or even soup for at least 5-10 minutes before eating them.
 

#3. Pemmican

This is another fantastic food that lasts a very long time. How long depends on the storage conditions and the quality of the ingredients. Again, lots of recipes out there, you just need look them up.
 

#4. Canned Pink Salmon

I say pink salmon because it has one of the highest shelf lives of all canned foods: 3 to 5 years. Obviously, you can extend it even more if you store it under the right conditions, in a cool, dark place, away from moisture etc.
If you want, you can make your own at home but you will need a pressure canner, the jars need to be sterile, the lids have to be brand new and the recipe has to be followed to the letter. One wrong move and you could compromise your cans.

#5. Wheat berries

I’m not sure you noticed but the first four foods from the list don’t need to be cooked in order to be eaten. This is great if you’re worried that the smell might give you away in a post-SHTF situation where food will be scarce.
However, there are other foods with amazing shelf life, such as berries, that do require you start your propane stove.
Wheat berries are, in fact, the kernel of the grain except for the hull. Few people know that they have a much longer shelf life than flour, which is why I’m adding them to this list. White flour is good, it will last you 8 to 12 months, more if you store it properly. That’s more than enough if you rotate your stockpile once or twice a year.
But if you’re really looking to hit maximize shelf life, you might as well store it in the form of wheat berries. Just put them in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and then everything in food-grade buckets.
Of course, in order to turn them into flour, you’re gonna need a hand cranked grinder... and that’s something that may be a little harder to find one post-collapse.

#6. Dried pinto beans

OK, so pretty much all dried beans are going to last a very long time in proper conditions but I did promise you foods with an unbelievable shelf life, right?
A 2005 study by Larson, Sloan, Ogden and Pike found that dried pinto beans retain “total protein quality” over long periods of time. Of course, you’re gonna want to eat them long before the maximum 30 year shelf life they can give you. They’ll be as hard as a rock and you’re probably going to need a pressure canner to cook them.


#7. Dehydrated potato slices
These potato slices can last 25 years according to some manufacturers. It makes sense, since they have 0 fat and enough sodium. You can make your own potato slices at home, of course, but you can also just buy them and keep them in their original containers.
 
Well, this is it for now; I hope I’ve given you some pretty good ideas on what foods to add to your stockpile. Just remember that stockpiling them is not an excuse for you to rotate your stockpile less frequently simply because you’ll know they last long. Rotating your stash is important to make sure that, when it hits, your preps will last you as long as you need them to.
Another thing you need to remember is to not neglect your other preps such as water, medicine, tools, clothes and so on. Stockpiling is comfortable and easy but you’ll also need to focus on your skills, for instance.

Good luck!

Dan F. Sullivan
____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Dan and his websites have been featured and advertised on:

 

Look for more of Dan's  informative articles on his site  www.survivalsullivan.com

__________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Survival Food : Dehydrated Potatoes

How to (and how not to) Dehydrate Potatoes February 2013

Michigansnowpony

Published on Feb 25, 2013

Once again, one of my "oops!" videos (a specialty of mine) makes it to youtube. Why? Because that's how we all learn. No matter how much or how long you've been doing something, you still have one of those days or moments every once in awhile when you just KNEW you should have done something different, but you didn't. . . and there you go. A teaching moment is born. : ) Now, do as I say, not as I did. LOL.

.............................................

Dehydrating Sweet Potatoes The Homestead Survival

HomesteadSurvival

Survival Food : Pemmican

The Métis

Pemmican

Pemmican

• A single buffalo supplied the Métis with a large amount of meat. Therefore, they needed to find a way to preserve some of that meat to keep it from going bad.
• Most of the buffalo meat was used to make ‘pemmican’, which lasted for year without spoiling.
• Pemmican was usually made from buffalo meat.
• Drying the meat ensured that it did not go bad.
• How to make pemmican:
  • First, the buffalo meat was cut into long strips.
  • The strips were then dried on racks, either over a fire, or in the sun.
  • The dried buffalo meat was then pounded into granular form.
  • Once in granular form, it was placed into animal-hide bags.
  • Hot buffalo fat was poured into the bags and mixed with the dried meat.
  • Wild berries were added to the mixture for flavour.
  • The hide bag were sewn shut, and the pemmican kept for years.
• Pemmican was a nutritious and filling snack, and was eaily transported on long trade journeys.
• Pemmican recipe
  • Ingredients:
    • 2 lbs of buffalo meat
    • ¼ cup of berries (blueberries or saskatoon berries)
    • 5 tablespoons of animal fat
  • Steps:
    • Cut meat into long strips
    • Hang meat in the sun to dry
    • When dry, pound strips into flakes
    • Mix together flakes and dried berries in hide bag (or bowl)
    • Add melted fat (hot)
    • Add berries (optional)
  
  
  
  Learn More About The Metis Here
  
  

   

   Pemmican - The Ultimate Survival Food

  Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.

  Pemmican - The Ultimate Survival Food - Episode2 - 18th century cooking S5E3

Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.

 

 

 

Pemmican - The Ultimate Survival Food - Episode 3 - 18th century cooking S5E4

Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.

 

 

 

Pemmican Episode 4 - 18th century cooking with Jas Townsend and Son S5E5

Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.


  

How To Render Fat, Part 1

HerbMentor


     


 

How To Render Fat, Part 2

HerbMentor

 

Survival Food : Hard Tack

Ship's Bisket - Hard Tack: 18th Century Breads, Part 1. S2E12

Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.

Published on May 14, 2012

Bread Part 1 - Ship's Bisket AKA Hardtack - from our 18th century cooking series at Jas. Townsend and son.

..........

..........

Making High Protein Hardtack

Notes From The Man Cave

Published on Nov 4, 2014

Tweaking the traditional hard tack recipe to increase the food value and improve the taste.

RECIPE: 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour; 1/2 cup of Quinoa; 1/4 cup of Amaranth; 1-2 teaspoons of salt; 1+ cup of water; Mix, roll out about 1/4-1/2" thick, cut into 3"x3" squares, poke multiple holes on each side of biscuit, place on cookie sheet, set oven to 375 bake for approx. 30 min flip over and bake for another 30 min.

..........  ..........

Simple Hardtack Recipe

SNO Multimedia

Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

http://www.survivalnewsonline.com/201... -- If you make it with good whole wheat, hardtack is delicious, nutritious, and stores well. You must let it dry completely before storing in an airtight container. It will have the consistency of a brick, so it must be soaked before consumption. But it's delicious, IF you cook it right!

..........................

...................................

How to Eat 3 Year Old Hard Tack

SNO Multimedia

Published on Jan 14, 2015

Survival Tips S4 E4

http://www.survivalnewsonline.com/ind... Three year old hard tack is still edible if it was stored properly -- even if it has a worm or two. In fact, it will keep for decades and still be edible, if you prepare it correctly.

..........  ..........

DIY Ideas for simple and durable rocket stoves for SHTF situations or everyday use

Cook Different


 


 

Published on Dec 10, 2013

In this video I layout a pretty simple process for building a rocket stove that will you a lifetime and uses a very small amount of fuel (wood, sticks, pinecones, etc) to cook your meals with. Be sure to follow me on Facebook at http://facebook.com/cookingdifferent

.....

The "4 Block" Rocket Stove! - DIY Rocket Stove - (Concrete/Cinder Block Rocket Stove) - Simple DIY

desertsun02

 

Published on Nov 9, 2013

 

How to make a "FOUR BLOCK" Rocket Stove! Easy DIY. Four concrete blocks is all it takes to make it!. Cost $5.16. video shows you how to put it together. the stove funnels all its heat up under the bottom of the pan. uses very little fuel. fueled by small sticks, twigs and leaves. cooks great. wind and rain resistant

  .....

The "6 Block" Rocket Stove! DIY - "DUAL BURNER" Rocket Stove! (Concrete Block Rocket Stove) DIY

desertsun02

Published on Nov 17, 2013

Homemade "6 Block" Rocket Stove. DIY "Dual Burner" Rocket Stove is made from only 6 blocks!. similar to the 4 block rocket stove. uses the same blocks. (just add 2 "Half Blocks"). great for emergency/SHTF or everyday use

.....

Related articles

• Small rocket stove makes for an efficient offgrid or camping stove
• A DIY Tiny House Heater
• Preppers stay well-fed and warm after disasters with survival cooking on a DIY home-built rocket stove
• Build an Ultra-Efficient DIY Wood Stove for Backpacking : TreeHugger
• Rocket Stoves Compared
• 33 Awesome DiY Projects for Preppers
• A Sustainable Guatemala Wood Burning Stove
• Off Grid Hot Water Solution

How To Make Biomass Briquettes For Survival Fuel

The Do It Yourself World


 

Published on Oct 18, 2013

Simple biomass briquettes you can make as a survival fuel source. Read full article: http://www.thediyworld.com/blog/?p=1469
With a simple caulk gun, some pvc tubing and a bit of hardware you can make a biomass briquette press. I show you how in a previous video. The link to that article can be found on the page above.
With access to a source of paper you can make your own survival heating and cooking fuel with ease. All you need is a bunch of shredded paper. If you have a paper shredder then you can shred paper yourself to use for biomass briquettes. You can also make a paper shredder if needed. Or you can shred paper by hand in an emergency.
For people living in the cities where wood as a fuel source is scarce this is a great survival skill to have. After the recent hurricanes on the East Coast many people were left without power for weeks or even months. People had not light, heat or access to clean drinking water.
Knowing how to make biomass briquettes can save your life and make a grid down situation more bearable.
If you live in the city it may be a good idea to have homemade biomass briquettes on hand already just in case of emergency.
You can use your biomass briquettes in a charcoal grill (outdoors only), in a wood stove or even an empty paint can in an emergency.
In a later article I will show you how to use a mix of paper and natural materials such as leaves to make biomass briquettes.
This project is presented by The Do It Yourself World.
http://www.TheDIYworld.com
Experiments and projects in off grid living, alternate energy, survival, hiking and more.

Related articles

• Use Agriculture Residues to Produce Biomass Briquettes
• Briquetting Plant Ample Source Of Energy
• Biomass Briquettes: An Alternative Fuel Source Made From Paper

California Halts Water Delivery to 'Farmers, Fish, and People'

KABC LOS ANGELES

Published on Jan 31, 2014

As the drought deepens, California's Department of Water Resources said today it will provide no more water from the state water project to the 29 agencies that use it. KABC's Michael Linder reports.

.....

California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer

By Paul Rogers

progers@mercurynews.com

Posted:   01/31/2014 01:10:58 PM PST | Updated:   a day ago

At Folsom Lake, Calif., the boat ramp is several hundred yards from the water's edge, January 2014. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP)

For the first time in its 54-year history, the State Water Project, a backbone of California's water system, will provide no water to urban residents or farmers this year because of the severe drought, state officials said Friday.

The announcement does not mean that communities will have no water this summer. But it does mean that every region is largely on its own now and will have to rely on water stored in local reservoirs, pumped from underground wells, recycled water and conservation to satisfy demand.
Silicon Valley and parts of the East Bay -- particularly residents of Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin, who receive 80 percent of their water each year from the State Water Project -- will feel the impact the most in the Bay Area.
Hardest hit, however, will be the state's huge agriculture industry.
"We expect hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the Central Valley to go unplanted," said Paul Wenger, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation. "That will cause severe economic problems in our rural regions -- loss of jobs and economic activity, with all the heartache that entails."
The state's decision to turn off its main spigot will be re-evaluated every month and could change if California sees significant rainfall in February, March and April, state water officials said at a Friday morning news conference.
Still, the news highlighted how California is in uncharted territory this year. Last year was the driest in the state's recorded history back to 1850. The Sierra Nevada snowpack is at 15 percent of normal, even after a storm this week. And January set more records for lack of rainfall.
"Today's action is a stark reminder that California's drought is real," said Gov. Jerry Brown. "We're taking every possible step to prepare the state for the continuing dry conditions we face."
Bay Area impact
The State Water Project, approved by voters in 1960 and a key legacy of former Gov. Pat Brown, the governor's late father, is a massive system of 21 dams and 701 miles of pipes and canals that moves water from Northern California to the south. It essentially takes melting snow from the Sierra Nevada, captures it and transports it from Lake Oroville in Butte County through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta all the way to San Diego. In doing so, it provides drinking water for 23 million people from Silicon Valley to the Los Angeles basin and irrigates about 750,000 acres of farmland.
Read More Here
.....

Wine stocks could run dry as devastating drought in California threatens harvests and forces farmers to plant fewer crops

• Officials ban access to vast reservoir to try to protect dwindling supplies
• State would need snow and rain every other day from now until May to restore water levels
  
• Ghost town submerged since 1950s revealed as reservoir runs low
  

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 09:48 EST, 1 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:28 EST, 1 February 2014

As a drought tightens its grip on California, farmers in the Golden State are fearing harvests of almonds, oranges and grapes could be lost.

The state's famed vineyards and other farms will be further affected by the decision yesterday to not send water from a vast reservoir system to local agencies in spring.
The unprecedented move means water supplies for 25 million people, and irrigation for one million acres of farmland, will be forced to look to other sources.

Run dry: A boating speed limit buoy stands out on the dry bed of Black Butte Lake last month

The announcement was timed to give farmers more time to determine what crops they will plant this year and in what quantities.
Farmers and ranchers throughout the state already have felt the drought's impact, tearing out orchards, fallowing fields and trucking in alfalfa to feed cattle on withered range land.
Without deliveries of surface water, farmers and other water users often turn to pumping from underground aquifers. The state has no role in regulating such pumping.
'A zero allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and businesses,' Ted Page, president the Kern County Water Agency's board, said in a statement.

'While many areas of the county will continue to rely on ground water to make up at least part of the difference, some areas have exhausted their supply.'

Concerns: California's $61 billion a year wine industry may suffer if it loses access to vital water for next year's crop

Read More Here

More...

• Boom time for artificial lawn makers as Californians are encouraged to install them and cut down on water use in midst of worst drought on record
• Shocking pictures reveal how Lake Mead is shrinking to dangerously low levels that are threatening the Las Vegas water supply

.....

Related articles

• California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer
• California drought: State's water deliveries to be halted
• California Shuts Major Water Supply as Drought Worsens
• California drought means agency won't allot water - CBC.ca
• Amid severe drought, California won't deliver water to local agencies
• Unprecedented: Amid Severe Drought, California Says It Won't Allot Water To Local Agencies
• Brown declares drought state of emergency as protesters urge halt to fracking
• Wine stocks could run dry as devastating drought in California threatens harvests and forces farmers to plant fewer crops
• California water allocation forecast hits record-low level - Reuters
• Millions are cut off as California faces worst drought for 500 years