Irving Berlin made the idea of a “White Christmas” a desirable, warm experience of the holiday season. For 70,000 Utahns, neither was Christmas week of 2003 warm, nor was it desirable to be without power in the aftermath of the biggest winter storm in 20 years. Some were cold for up to 7 days, with little food and drink. Barbeques were brought indoors for heat, poisoning scores of ill prepared families. Look around and find seasoned, all-weather specialists…
When it comes to the best stuff, nothing beats good homemade food. The following is the promised banana candy recipe that makes good enough stuff to even give away as Christmas presents. Using over ripe but not mushy bananas that are still sliceable, stick a fork through a ¼ inch thick cross cut piece and dip it in honey or Kero Syrup to get it sticky. You can color and flavor the honey with a table spoon or…
The easiest way to peel a banana without a knife is to start at the bottom end instead of the stem. Did you know that bananas are not only great for energy, but are an exceptional source of potassium? Additionally, home dried bananas will store until you have eaten them all. I’m not talking about the sweetened with coconut oil and honey, crispy, tasteless, commercial dried bananas. Home dried bananas need no sweeteners or preservatives, and their texture…
The typical worker bee will fly a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the globe in its’ short life time as it gathers nectar. The total production from that bee will make about 1/12 teaspoon of honey, of which the bee will consume about half to live. That’s pretty good fuel mileage for any flying craft, especially one that is aerodynamically unstable and not suppose to be able to fly because of excess weight to lift ratio. The shelf life…
Landing a Boeing 747 is to the pilot like bringing down a four story building. He sits atop a forty foot flight deck. With a wingspan of 211 feet, 5 inches, he has to find the end of a 150 foot wide runway, and often doesn’t see the runway until the last second. Approach instruments (category three) can actually land the aircraft without the pilot touching anything if he knows how to use them. At most foreign airports, the…
Isn’t that an oxymoron? Armed service is above all a selfless course of action offered from a position of strength against evil or aggression. Some things never allow for equivocation, “that others may live.” Switzerland has for decades required that every male serve in its’ armed reserves from age 18 through 58. Each man is not only issued arms and ammunition to maintain at home, but each is required to attend training semi-annually in home defense and target…
Ten times more people die or are incapacitated after disasters from poor sanitation conditions than are injured in the disaster itself. After the earthquakes in January, l994, in North Ridge, California, not only was the water system breached, but the sewer system was also. Nothing flushed. This caused the #1 and #2 problems, if you catch my drift, and the entire town stunk. Trucked in from as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada, water was only used for drinking….
Foods are chemical compounds that with time break down. Everything comes from Mother Earth, and I guess this is Mother’s way of house cleaning. The rate at which foods break down is directly related to temperature and other bacteria supporting elements. These chemical detractors effect foods as follows: 1. Heat – For every 10 degrees below 72 that you store foods, potential shelf life doubles. Store cool. 2. Light – causes heat and photo chemical changes in foods and even…
The first rule taught in US Forces Survival School is, “when living off the land, eat more protein.” The second rule is “insects are nine times more nutritious than beef, pound for pound.” The trouble is, it is hard to find a pound of the little critters. Many people ask if grain has to be rotated or thrown out if old or if bugs get into it. Hold on to your tummies, now. Sixty-five to eighty-five percent of…
“If I put a bunch of food in storage, when times get tough my neighbor will just visit me with his .45 and take what I have anyway.” I thought of the promise: “If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear,” (DC 38:30) and guidance about storing whole grains, and foods recommended in the Word of Wisdom. And then the answer came. We are a “peculiar” people when we live the commandments. If we “store what (we)…