This is the book that is mentioned on the NEW "grandpappy.org" hard times survival website. Simple delicious recipes that produce delightful results using the minimum number of common ordinary ingredients. This is a special cookbook that was created for families who are experiencing hard times. When a family is trying to survive during hard times then that family usually has extremely meager financial resources and they cannot afford all the different foods they once had the privilege to consume during normal times. The family has to stretch its food dollar to the limit and they must frequently supplement their weekly menus with wild edible plants and whatever wild game meat they can acquire. This is a cookbook for families in the above situation. It contains a wide assortment of simple recipes that only require the absolute minimum number of ingredients to produce exceptionally delightful and tasty meals. It contains a pleasant variety of delicious recipes for white rice, flour, cornmeal, and canned meats. It also explains how to make your own homemade mayonnaise, sour cream, baking powder, tomato sauce, sugar, and peanut butter. This cookbook also contains my homemade beer recipe and my homemade wine recipe. My homemade wine recipe will allow you to make a delightful wine without any special chemicals or wine yeast. This is a Cookbook for Hard Times when you may have to provide almost everything your family eats.
At least one of your ancestors was probably a fantastic cook. This cookbook can help you learn the cooking secrets your ancestors had memorized. And as you practice the cooking skills they took for granted then you will gradually become a gourmet cook. This cookbook assumes you know very little, or maybe nothing, about how to prepare delicious food using basic ingredients, such as flour, baking soda, meat, vegetables, fruit, butter, eggs, herbs, and spices. The first 6 chapters contain the really important information you need to know so you can begin your gourmet cooking adventure. The next 26 chapters contain an impressive collection of more than 200 gourmet recipes that have very detailed instructions for each step in the food preparation process. The recipes do not assume that you already know how to cook, or that you know why some things should be done, or why other things should not be done. The recipes in this cookbook clearly explain the reasons why the instructions should be followed in order to produce a culinary miracle. In a very short time you can become a master chef. And after your family and friends taste some of your culinary miracles then they will beg you to share your recipes with them and to please, please, please teach them how to cook the way you do. The reason a gourmet cook is so successful is because he or she normally prepares meals that accomplish all of the following objectives at the same time: 1. The food has an enticing aroma. 2. The food has a very desirable appearance. 3. The food has a delightful pleasant taste. 4. The food satisfies the person's hunger for at least a few hours. 5. The food can be easily and quickly digested. 6. The vitamins and nutrients in the food have been preserved and they can be easily absorbed into the body. 7. The food facilitates the long-term health of the person who eats it. All gourmet cooks gradually modify their recipes as they gain experience and as they learn new things. The best way to become a great gourmet cook is to start with a great recipe. If you start with an average recipe, or with a good recipe, then it will take more of your time, and more of your money invested in ingredients, in order to gradually convert that recipe into something you can take pride in. There is nothing wrong with this approach if you have the patience, and the time, and the money to invest in gradually and slowing enhancing your cooking skills and your favorite recipes. On the other hand, if you start with a superior recipe, then you may discover that you like the recipe exactly the way it is. Or you may decide to gradually make small changes to the recipe to see if those changes impact the results in a favorable or unfavorable manner. By starting very close to your personal finish line, you will be able to arrive there quicker while spending less money. The recipes in this gourmet cookbook are superior recipes. However, no recipe anywhere in this cookbook will please everyone because different people have different taste preferences, and there is nothing unusual about that. Some of the recipes in this cookbook only require two or three ingredients. However, this cookbook also includes recipes that require ten or more ingredients. Some of the recipes are very simple and they can be completed in 5 minute or less. However, some of the recipes require several hours to complete. This cookbook includes recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There are chapters on appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, main dishes, vegetables, desserts, and international cuisine. Each recipe chapter contains between 3 to 29 different recipes, or an average of about 9 recipes per chapter. In conclusion, this cookbook begins by carefully explaining "How to Become a Gourmet Cook," and then this cookbook provides more than 200 gourmet recipes for you to pick from so you can begin your gourmet cooking adventure.
An irresistible gem of a book that shows us that “when poverty looms, your best weapon may be a well-nourished soul” (People). When Suzan Colón was laid off from her dream job at a national magazine, she needed to cut her budget, and fast. That meant dusting off her grandmother Matilda’s old recipe folder and learning how to cook cheaply and simply. But Suzan found more than just amazing recipes—she found a new appreciation for the strong women in her family and the key to their survival through hard times. Full of heart, Cherries in Winter makes you want to cook, it makes you want to know your own family's stories, and, above all, it makes you feel rich no matter what.
The be-all, end-all guide to cooking the perfect steak—from buying top-notch beef, seasoning to perfection, and finding or building the ideal cooking vessel—from the James Beard Award–winning team behind the New York Times bestseller Franklin Barbecue. “This book will have you salivating by the end of the introduction.”—Nick Offerman Aaron Franklin may be the reigning king of brisket, but in his off-time, what he really loves to cook and eat at home is steak. And it’s no surprise that his steak is perfect, every time—he is a fire whisperer, after all, and as good at grilling beef as he is at smoking it. In Franklin Steak, Aaron and coauthor Jordan Mackay go deeper into the art and science of cooking steak than anyone has gone before. Want the real story behind grass-fed cattle? Or to talk confidently with your butcher about cuts and marbling? Interested in setting up your own dry-aging fridge at home? Want to know which grill Aaron swears by? Looking for some tricks on building an amazing all-wood fire? Curious about which steak cuts work well in a pan indoors? Franklin Steak has you covered. For any meat lover, backyard grill master, or fan of Franklin's fun yet authoritative approach, this book is a must-have.
When things go wrong around his farm Grandpappy sets them right with a snap of his suspenders, but Grandmammy is in trouble and the suspenders are all worn out.
This is the book that is mentioned on the NEW "grandpappy.org" hard times survival website. This book contains complete and detailed instructions on how to skin and butcher a wild animal. It also describes the process of creating delicious smoked meat that has a normal shelf life of approximately one year. The meat can be smoked over a normal fire but instructions and illustrations are also included on how to build a simple efficient smokehouse. You will then be guided through the entire hide tanning process, step by step. Next you will be shown how to take specific measurements at exact locations on the human body so you can create your own clothing patterns at home. You will then be shown how to combine your own homemade clothing patterns with your own tanned animal hides so that you can make your own high quality underwear, shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, jackets, ponchos, caps, and moccasins. This book also contains instructions on how to make ropes, whips, slings, and arrows. Also included are detailed instructions on how to make parchment, homemade ink, and a feather pen. In summary, this book will show you how to use almost every part of a wild game animal so that nothing of any real practical value is wasted. If you are a hunter and you do not currently save and process the hides of the wild game animals that your family eats, then this book will clearly explain how to accomplish this task so that you can begin to strategically use a part of the animals that you have been throwing away. If you are currently experiencing hard times and you are eating a lot of wild game meat, then this book will explain how to convert the hides of those animals into soft smooth buckskins that can be used to make high quality clothing for your family that will last for many, many years. In my opinion, every one of the practical skills that are described in this book could be of timeless value to you and to your descendants.
Small town gossip can tear down even the strongest woman. Aurora "Rory" Haven's life is in shambles. Her cheating ex-husband's living with the woman he left her for, her oldest daughter blames her for the divorce, and she's broke. When her sister’s best friend, Nash—the too-young, way too-hot local contractor—makes a proposition, she figures she doesn’t have anything left to lose. Except maybe her mind, thanks to all the fantasizing she’s been doing about him… Nash King is working his butt off so he can take over the family business. The arrangement with his best friend’s sister should help, not make it harder to ignore a decade-long attraction to the hot-as-hell Rory. The summer heat and forced proximity has tempers flaring, their chemistry sizzling, and Havenbrook's gossip mill churning about the divorcée who’s crushing on a man eight years her junior. The last thing single mom Rory needs is the townspeople finding out she’s knocking boots with Havenbrook’s favorite blue collar contractor. For fans of Corinne Michaels, Jaci Burton and Adriana Locke comes an age gap, single mom, best friend's sister spicy small town romance. Hometown Troublemaker is book two in the Havenbrook series, but it can be read and enjoyed without reading any other Havenbrook books. Each full length book in this series can be read on its own.
Long-term economic prosperity cannot be achieved unless it is built on a solid foundation. That solid foundation consists of four pillars: governments, businesses, religions, and banks.Each pillar is a key element in the prosperity of a nation and this includes its government, its businesses, it religions, its banks, and ultimately its citizens. When one or more of the pillars is missing or is unnecessarily restricted then that nation will not experience long-term financial prosperity.
This book contains practical advice on how to survive an economic depression or a natural or manmade disaster that disrupts commerce. It contains alternatives for you to consider so you can make the best possible choices for the comfort and survival of your family during hard times.This book will provide you with a variety of options to consider in the areas of water and food procurement, gardening options, personal hygiene alternatives, practical battery operated electronic equipment, a summary of the relevant issues related to firearm selection, how to make your own ammunition at home, a common sense discussion of the pros and cons of a variety of different long-term survival strategies, some spiritual encouragement, and some recommendations for your family's continued education and entertainment.
