The original recipe for small game Brunswick stew probably originated somewhere along the east coast during the early 1700s. by Leon Pantenburg Over the years, this basic recipe has evolved due to personal preferences and availability of vegetables. This version is one of my favorites, and you can use virtually any small game animal [...]

The hunting season is over. I bet you have some small packages of game meat that you’re not sure what to do with. Here is the answer….a wild game pie. by Blake Miller I made several pies yesterday and “re-learned” a few lessons. It takes time to put this together, several hours. You have to use current [...]

The theme this week for the SurvivalCommonSense.com Email Update is food:

“The day may have gone to hell, but if you think there’s a hot meal coming, that may be the high point. It gives you something familiar in a really bad situation.”

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. by Leon Pantenburg The sun rose over the Civil War encampment, and the smell of smoke and cooking food started to fill the air as the re-enactors began [...]

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. by Leon Pantenburg During one the last conversations I had several months ago with the late Jan LeBaron, Jan mentioned that a great holiday recipe is fudge made [...]

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. by Leon Pantenburg One of the most important components of your survival food storage might be sauces, gravies and flavoring mixes. It doesn’t matter how creative you are, or how [...]

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. by Leon Pantenburg The holiday season  is a great time to promote the idea of preparedness. In every group there is someone who thinks nothing about buying fire [...]

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods.  by Leon Pantenburg One of the aspects of preparedness that constantly amazes me is the potential taste of the storage food. Get the right recipe, and you’ll find [...]

Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods.   by Leon Pantenburg White bean soup has always been a favorite of mine, and my mom made  it regularly during the winter months in Iowa. As comfort [...]