All posts by Avery Smith

Nature lover, bushcrafter, hiker and servant of Jesus Christ.

10 Best Survival Food Items

When things get bad we will all need food for survival, this is obvious. But what Survival Food is best to keep on hand? I have come up with a list of the top 10 Survival Food Items IMO.

Of course you may want to add or subtract but this is a good basic list. We all have seen what happens when a disaster goes down and people are not prepared, panic. Even the most unaware people know that grocery stores only have about a 3 day supply of food.

So keeping even a small supply of (hidden) Survival Food for you and your family is a must. These items can be bought cheap, just pick up a couple of them each time you go shopping and soon you will have a nice little stockpile of Survival Food just in case the SHTF.

I compiled this list from various sources taking into consideration availability, price and shelf life, so please enjoy and leave me a comment if you have any additions.

10 Best Survival Food Items

  1. Dried Beans – IMO the best Survival Food out there. They are cheap, easy to store and provide a great supply of protein and nutrients. Any beans will work, pintos, black, red, white, or lentils. If stored properly in cool climate in a sealed container they will last for years.
  2. Rice – Big 10 pound bags of rice are cheap and readily available. Rice will store for years just like the beans, and provides an excellent source of much needed energy in the form of carbs. Make sure to not get instant.
  3. Peanut Butter – Can last up to 5 years in a cellar, is a great source of protein, fats, and carbs. Plus would bring a little joy in some bleak times. Also if it got really bad you may be able to barter with it.
  4. Salt – Another staple item cheap available everywhere, and is one of the best items to have on hand. Salt stores forever, can be used to cure food, season food, and is another barter item.
  5. Sugar – Like salt stores forever, can add much needed calories, keep kids quiet, and could be used as a barter item. Brown or white will both work.
  6. Dried Pastas – Cheap, versatile, and calorie dense. Kids love it and it is easy to store. You can’t it in bulk like rice, or beans but it is very good to have on hand.
  7. Canned Meats – A little more expensive but not by much. Not as important as the other staples if you can hunt. Tuna, chicken, ham, beef any will work and they all store for years.
  8. Vegetable Shortening – Calorie dense, although not appetizing to eat. Shortening has many uses for cooking, making biscuits etc. Should store cool and dry up to 3 years.
  9. Cornmeal – I prefer cornmeal to flour for a few reasons. It stays longer, and you can make tortillas, grits, and cornbread fairly easily. Great source of energy.
  10. Canned Veggies/Fruit – I put this one last because it is the least calories, and nutrients for the cost. I would stick with green veggies, and non-acidic fruit like pears or peaches. These will keep longer and make sure you rotate them into your food supply before they go bad. Best case scenario can your own in you have the ability.

I hope this list provides a good starting point for some of readers. It is not a definitive list by any means and like I mentioned please leave a comment with any suggestions.

Survival Shelters Guide

The world didn’t end in 2012, but that does not mean that you shouldn’t still prepare. Survival Shelters are something that everyone beginner to advanced should know how construct in case of emergency.

This skill is useful not only in alien invasion, but if you are stranded, get lost hiking, or God forbid anything worse. Of course constructing Survival Shelters will be different in every instance. Many factors would contribute to the type of Survival Shelters that you would be able to build.Climate, geographic location, tools available, whether you our your companions are injured etc.

I will be providing a link to a wonderful site that gives a run down of the different types of Survival Shelters, and the skills and tools needed. They have detailed instructions for the most basic of Survival Shelters, the simple lean-to,up to more advanced Survival Shelters.

Survival Shelters Will You Be Left In The Cold?

No matter what the circumstance you should always be prepared, you never want to get caught in a bad situation, with no food, no water, and no protection from the elements.I will be bringing our readers much more information on staying prepared, keeping a low profile, and being able to procure the items that you need to survive.

Also we will strive to be budget conscious when we do provide tips, you will not need to buy a $3000 dollar walking stick in order to survive trust us.

Nephilim: Did Giants Walk The Earth?

The Nephilim, ancient giants of biblical times, legend or reality?

As it was told in genesis they are believed to be the offspring of fallen angels and human women.

There are stories of giants told in the legends of many different cultures from around the globe. So this would suggest that there were fallen angels scattered across the land all mating with human women trying to perpetuate a new race.

Were the tales of these giants just that myths, or did giant men really walk this planet long before us? Nephilim are mentioned in the bible in genesis, and there is some speculation that they are what brought about the flood.

Genesis 6:4 (Original KJV):
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which
were of old, men of renown.

Being a hybrid of human and fallen angels, the Nephilim would have had tremendous size and power, think Goliath for example. Also it would be safe to say they would have been wicked in nature, having spawned from the fallen angels.

Perhaps this is why the flood occurred to wipe them off of the planet. Many different theories have been stated regarding the Nephilim, some say they were Satan’s attempt at populating the Earth. Others believe that instead of being demon angels they are perhaps evil aliens trying to take over the planet.

The Nephilim are also mentioned in the book of Enoch as “The Watchers”. Whichever theory you believe there has been some solid physical evidence to support giant men in ancient times.

During a road construction in the Euphrates Valley of south-east Turkey in the late 50s, many tombs containing the fossil remains of giants were uncovered. At the sites the leg bones were measured to be 120 cms (47.24 inches).

Joe Taylor, Director of Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, was commissioned to sculpt the human femur. This Antediluvian, or pre-flood giant was estimated to be between 14-16 feet tall.

 

Other notable Nephilim fossil finds:

  1. 23-foot tall skeleton found in 1456 A.D. beside a river in Valence, France.
  2. A 25′ 6 ” skeleton found in 1613 A.D. near the castle of Chaumont in France. This was claimed to be a nearly complete find.
  3. A 9′ 8″ skeleton was excavated from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana (Indianapolis News, Nov 10, 1975).
  4. In 1833 soldiers digging at a pit for a powder magazine in Lompock Rancho, California, discovered a male skeleton 12 feet tall. The skeleton was surrounded by carved shells, stone axes, and blocks of porphyry covered with unintelligible symbols. The skeleton had double rows of upper and lower teeth.  These bones substantiated legends by the local Piute Indians regarding giants which they called Si-Te-Cahs.
  5. In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found in mounds. These had receding foreheads and complete double sets of teeth.

I do find it strange and interesting that several of these skeletons had dual sets of upper and lower teeth, and were accompanied by strange symbols, and writing. I will have to look further into that.

Are they the Nephilim from the Bible? You decide for yourself.