Emergency Preparation

Beef and Potato Tin Foil Dinner

Disclaimer: the ingredient amounts and even the varieties can be adjusted according to your desires. As listed, you should be able to get about 4 individually wrapped dinners.

Ingredients:

  • 1-1/2 lbs ground beef
  • 4 large carrots, chopped
  • 4 large potatoes, diced
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
  • seasoning salt and pepper, to taste
  • tin foil

 

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How to store your TP while Camping

Without a doubt its SO much nicer to have a roll of toilet paper on your camping trip... But one of the inherent downfalls for a roll of toilet paper is it acts like a huge blotter absorbing the humidity from the air and making it almost useless. And too, that unexpected rain shower can turn that roll hanging on a stick to a blob of mush in short order. Coffee cans are wonderful for keeping your important papers dry and ready for use under any outdoors weather condition.

 

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There is a primal link between man and fire. Every man should know how to start one. A manly man knows how to start one without matches. It’s an essential survival skill. You never know when you’ll find yourself in a situation where you’ll need a fire, but you don’t have matches. Maybe your single engine plane goes down while you’re flying over the Alaskan wilderness, like the kid in Hatchet.

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And yes, I learned it the hard way.

“Throw out the to-do list.” “Go with the flow.” “Don’t worry so much about the details.”

None of these apply to camping.

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So my knee-jerk reaction when someone on television starts a fire with dubious materials or in less-than-hospitable conditions is usually skepticism or flat-out disbelief. When I saw Dual Survival’s new military survival expert, Joe Teti, light a fire with apparent ease using a gum wrapper and a single battery, I had to try it out for myself.

 

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