Elegant Survival – Survival Tools
Stylish Living on a Shoestring
Self-Defense Tools Recommended by Elegant Survival
An Effective, Barking Burglar Repellent
This barking dog needs no food and no walkies–just a bit of electricity. Click on the picture below, then look for the search-box and enter “Electronic Secure Dog”.
Believe me, these are fun to play with, and very scary to intruders!
Burglar Repellant, home protection, barking dog, electronic barking dog
Elegant Survival: Disaster Preparedness
Survival Tools
- Wheat
- Walton Feed Store, Montpelier, Idaho: Survival Foods
- Swedish Survival Tools for Making Fire
- Sprouting Wheat and Seeds
- Santa Fe Sticks
- Preparedness Nuggets, Pre-Y2K–Remember?
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Toasty Feet Insoles are made of material developed by NASA. They are thin, lightweight and will keep your feet warm in the winter under the coldest conditions. Please visit Nolan and his son at
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Elegant Survival’s Recommended Source for Self-Defense Tools
- Non-Electric Food-Processor
- Millenium Ark
- Meat and Wheat Grinder
- Massad Ayoob on Firearms
- Making Bulghur from Wheat Berries
- How to Travel Safely
- Herbs Etc., Santa Fe
- Health 9-1-1
- Full-Spectrum Lighting for Optimum Health
- Food-Sources of Iodine for Thyroid Health
- Coffee Mill (non-electric)
- Bike Trailers
- Backwoods Home on Self-Reliance
- Anti-Aging Doctor in Santa Fe
- Abdominal Muscle Tighteners: Easy Exercises
Friday, March 7, 2008
Basic Survival Manual
Food, Tools and Supplies
Monday, May 26, 2008
Survival Preparation: Non-Electric Tools
Hand-Operated Meat and Wheat Grinder
Here is a photo of my sprouted grains and seeds, showing my hand-operated coffee-grinder.
Click on photo to enlarge
Photo Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2008
Emergency Foods
A great way to always have some form of cheese, without refrigeration, is to buy economy-sized containers of grated Parmesan cheese–the kind which comes in the plastic cylinders. Kraft has a nice product; check its packaging for shelf-life prospectus. As in my previous posts about dehydrated foods, et cetera, I’m not posting this information for food-snobs, but for people who wish to be prepared for disaster!
You would do well to lay in a supply of pasta and powdered eggs, as well as olive oil and nuts. It may not be the most nutritious food, but there’s a lot you can do with pasta. A recipe I devised years ago is this: sauté some walnuts and chopped garlic in olive oil until they are brown. Add it to your cooked pasta, together with shredded or grated Parmesan cheese. Eggs, of course, are nature’s perfect food, in my opinion. Adding Parmesan cheese to an omelette yields a delicious dish, especially when it also contains tomatoes, sun-dried or fresh. Both pasta and egg dishes are enhanced by dried parsley and chives–two other items to have on hand when it seems that the end is at hand!
~~M-J de Mesterton
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Wilderness Survival
I’ve joined….
Update: a member name erunkiswildernesssurvival links us to a great series of videos:
And there is this vitally important, pocket-sized survival tin that you pack carefully and put into a zip-locking bag to waterproof it. The suggestions in this thread are very useful for composing your personal kit.
Sprouts: the Grow-Your-Own Survival Vegetable
Photo Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2008Sprouting Wheat, Beans and Seeds
Grow your own tiny, highly nutritious vegetables in a few days, anywhere.
Use sterile glass jars with relatively wide mouths, and some nylon, cheesecloth, or plastic window screen material (it’s soft and comes on a roll, available at big hardware stores) attached to their rims with rubber bands. Put a half-inch or so of little beans or alfalfa seeds at the bottom of a jar, and add clean water up to half-jar full. Soak the beans or seeds overnight. The next morning, drain the jar through the porous material attached to the rim. Rinse seeds or beans with water through the top of the jar, no need to remove straining material; drain well, and set in a place with little light. Rinse again in the evening. Repeat this process daily, and on the third or fourth day, you’ll have sprouts.
If you would then like to enhance the sprouts with a little chlorophyll, or green leaves, set the jars on a windowsill for a day.
There’s a variety of ways to prepare and eat sprouts. One is in salads, another is in sandwiches. I like to put them on whole-grain bread that has been spread with labneh, or strained, thickened yogurt.
Some people grind up sprouts and cook them into meatless spaghetti sauce. Sprouts can be baked into breads, as well.
Sprouts are the perfect survival food, if one has the little bit of water required to soak and rinse the seeds or beans. Seeds and beans are easy to store in glass jugs or plastic bulk-bins. They have longevity, just as you will if you treat yourself right.
~~Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2008
