SC - survival/ camp cooking

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Stephanie Dale Ross wrote:

> Pickled: eggs, beets, cucumbers and relish, Lord's salt beef,
> onions, cheese in oil, mushrooms

If stored properly (cool, dark and airy) onions will last for months
with no "preservation".

> grains: pasta, instant rice, instant oatmeal, steel cut oats

Why the instant crap^Wversions? Get the real stuff instead.

> (oatcakes), flours (flatbread), Bisquick, corn meal
> (tortillas),Hummus mix, falafel mix, small packages of yeast,
> crackers

Have a good sourdough starter going.

> canned: veggies, fruit, meat, mushrooms and olives, spaghetti and

Root veggies will last for a long time if stored properly. Many of them
are period.

Don't forget that you will need to cook your food as well. A few pots
for the open fire, an axe for the firewood and a good flint & steel set.
Oh, and some tinder-fungi[1], must not forget the tinder.

/UlfR

[1] Fomes fomentarius, there's a nice (but brief) howto at
http://www.algonet.se/~parlei/psg/fire.html#4.5.1.

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Par Leijonhufvud                                   parlei at algonet.se
Do witches run spell checkers?  



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