Simple Cooking for Pandemic SurvivalUse simple cooking techniques to extend your fuel supply, conserve water , and conserve your own energy. You can still have many of the foods that you enjoy now, just in a simpler version.
Cooking this way will require that you gather a few items, do some research to find easy recipes that can be put together quickly, and practice using them before you need them!
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Pressure Cooker CookingYou can save significant amounts of energy and conserve water by using a pressure cooker. If you buy a canning pressure cooker, you can use it for preservation of canned goods as well as for cooking.Cooking time, using a pressure cooker, is reduced by 2/3, and vitamins and minerals are preserved with this method.
Stove Top BakingThis can be done on any kind of emergency or survival cooking heat source . For example, you could do this on a wood or coal stove.If you place a trivet in a heavy, non coated pan it becomes a small stove top oven. You can bake bread, pies, or cakes. An 8" cake pan will fit into a 4 qt. pressure cooker. Don't use aluminum-bottomed stainless steel pans as the aluminum disk may separate. Copper-bottomed stainless pots may warp, as well. If you decide to use this method, use an old pot that doesn't have sentimental value. Here's another way to bake on top of a heat source. Use a heavy frying pan (without a trivet) to bake quick bread, muffins, cornbread, coffee cake or biscuits. Keep the heat low. Flip over briefly when done to obtain a browned look. When baking on top of a heat source, sprinkle cornmeal into the frying pan bottom. This will help prevent bottom burning of your baked goods.
Solar TeaHere is a simple cooking technique that can be used to make a treat for your family – with very little effort. And it's good for them! I do this all the time—not just in an emergency!
See if you can think of some more creative ways to make cooking easy without your normal conveniences. Simple cooking is not just survival cooking for a
flu pandemic
. It can be fun, too. Hone up on your
survival skills
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