Prepare Food Storage For Homemade Bread

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Home made bread is the cornerstone of your emergency food storage. 

Whether you make the dough by hand or use a  bread machinethe ingredients for home made bread should make up a large part of what you keep in your emergency food storage stock.

Flour, honey, oil, salt, and yeast are your basic ingredients. Keep these items in your food storage pantry and you will ALWAYS have makings for home made bread!

A simple recipe for a loaf of bread made in a bread machine can be used for mixing and baking your own bread at home. In the standard bread machine the bread takes 4 hours or so to bake from start to finish. It will take about the same amount of time when making bread by hand.

Always proof your yeast when making bread. You will need to make sure the water is not too cold or too hot. Either extreme will either kill your yeast culture or cause it not to activate. For making the bread by hand you will need to add the yeast to warm water with the honey added to it. Let it sit for awhile and you will see if the yeast is active.

A bread machine recipe can be made by hand as well. Convert it into home made bread by kneading it by hand and adding time for letting it rise. 

Basic Bread Recipe

From: The Bread Machine Cookbook II - By Donna Rathmell German

This recipe for white bread is low in fat, sugar, and sodium.

Large Loaf:

1 C milk or water

2 T cooking oil

2 T honey

2/3 t salt

3 C bread flour

2 1/2 t yeast

Put the flour in a bowl and add the proofed yeast mixture to it and blend together. Add the oil and salt and knead the dough on a floured surface until it is soft, about 15 minutes. Place it in a oiled bowl  and cover it. Let it rise until tripled in size. When the dough has risen, punch it down again and let it rise again for 40 minutes. Place the dough in a greased bread pan and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes. Let it cool.


Do You Make Homemade Bread? Share your tips on making bread at home! Thanks for visiting!

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Bushcraft Kits - Extreme Survival Gear

A Bushcraft kit contains tools for surviving off the land in very primitive surroundings and harsh conditions

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Think extreme survival gear and tools on a small enough scale that you can carry them in addition to a 72 hour kit.

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The basic 72 hour kit is great if you had to bug out to a shelter in your area. These shelters are not a place you would want to have weapons or gear such as an axe or firestarting materials. The smaller area you and your gear take up the more people can be housed in in the shelter. Emergency shelters are for situations such as a hurricane, tornado, or an earthquake taking your neighborhood off of the map.
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Sort out emergency gear into sets for mild or extreme emergencies.

We all know we should pack and have ready a 72 hour or bug out kit. These kits are designed and personalized to contain what we need to feed and clothe ourselves for approximately 3 days in the event of a disaster. Having food, water, first aid supplies, a bed roll, and a change of clothes is in the ideal bug out kit and are for general purposes. The basic necessities in these kits aren't something that need to take up a lot of space.

But what about the other gear you might want to consider?

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Video: How To Use An Axe For Bushcraft

In a Bushcraft kit we need to be ready to do some hunting, foraging, and fishing.
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Two items that come to mind are a buck (or bowie) knife and an axe (or hatchet). 

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These two tools are something that would not be allowed in a shelter but are necessities in roughing it and setting up camp in the great outdoors. 

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In addition to these tools also consider packing a standard mess kit like the ones the scouts use. It takes up very little space and packs neatly into itself.

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Don't forget a set of utensils!

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Bushcraft Kit Supplies:

Supplies such as a few yards of rope and twine can be invaluable for things like lashing together branches for a lean-to or tie down a tent in windy conditions. Twine can be handy for making a primitive bow or lashing sticks together. It can also be used for making animal traps. 

Suggested list for a basic Bushcraft kit:

Axe or Hatchet
Buck Knife
Fillet knife w/ knife sharpener
Magnesium Firestarter
Rope
Twine
A small fishing tackle box
Mess kit
Utensil Set
A small tent
Small shovel or trowel

Bushcraft tools and supplies in a portable kit can be an essential life saving set in the event of an extreme emergency OR maybe just an impromptu camping trip. Keep your skills fresh and tools handy!

There are other things I am sure I am leaving out but this list is basic enough to get you started. If you have any suggestions on what to put in a Bushcraft kit or would like to list the contents of your kit, feel free to post it!

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What is Bushcraft?

Bushcraft is the skill set you would use in a survival situation either in wilderness or even in a shelter at home situation.

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Bushcraft skills include...

Firecraft - the ability to create and maintain a fire without matches

Tracking - knowing what signs to look for animals in the wild

Hunting - the knowledge of not only taking an animal for food but knowing how to dress and butcher the meat for consuming.

Fishing - an obvious skill and one of my favorites!

Other very helpful Bushcraft skills include:

• Shelter Building 
• Tools Use - knives and axes 
• Foraging
• Hand-carving wood
• Container Construction - using natural materials for baskets, storage, etc.
• Rope and Twine-making

(from: Wikipedia - see more...)

These are important skills essential to the maintenance of human life. Bushcraft skills are generally learned in Scouting Programs early and are a part of military survival training. Add these skills to your emergency preparedness planning list for the event you may have to use them!

   

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