“I like the WWII story. I remember dad saying: “ They served us pork chops umpteen days in a row…but I still like pork chops…” “You need to work the ‘chicken dinner’ story into your blog, even if it isn’t really about wilderness survival. Maybe as a salute to the people who support our troops. [...] [...more]
One reader wondered why hot, tasty food is categorized as a survival item on SurvivalCommonSense.com, and why I claim recipes are a survival tool. Well – that’s a really good question! So here is a story from World War II about food and its affect on morale. by Leon Pantenburg I am a history nerd, [...] [...more]
Leon Pantenburg is a wilderness enthusiast, and doesn’t claim to be a survival expert or expertise as a survivalist. Those are my credentials. As author of SurvivalCommonSense.com website, I have been surprised – and delighted – at the number of requests for survival cooking tips. (Read my biography here.) This lead to the wildly-popular weekly survival [...] [...more]
It’s one thing to prepare for disaster by storing food. It may also be valuable to know how to hunt, fish and gather wild foods. But how will you cook that food? What if the only heat source is a campfire, you only have minimal utensils, foraged and storage food, and hungry people to feed? by Leon Pantenburg [...] [...more]