126 Forgotten Survival Foods

What shall we do if we come across a situation when we might have nothing to eat? How can we stay hungry, even if it is for a day or two? What about the family and kids? This may happen to just about anybody in the face of natural calamities like an earthquake, a pandemic, drought, or any other unforeseen scenario. Do we have a solution for this?

We, the present generation, will be highly surprised to know that our forefathers indeed visualized such situations and prepared foods that were made of all-natural ingredients and could be preserved for a long time.

Our ancestors were not new to such extreme situations, and they knew recipes that helped them overcome difficult times. They did not use any preservation methods. How did they prepare such recipes? That’s quite the mystery! ‘The Lost Superfoods’ by Art Rude? is a book that is said to have numerous such recipes that you can store and use in any eventuality.

What is The Lost Superfoods and how it is helpful?

The book ‘The Lost Superfoods’ comes to you with more than 126 survival recipes and techniques to preserve the food that you prepare. It tells you about various economical ways to store food and thus reduce the cost of running a refrigerator. The instructions in the book are said to be very easy to follow and try even if you do not have any cooking or food preservation knowledge. The book provides you with the exact dietary values suitable for all types of foods. While some are commonly known to all, some are lesser-known or forgotten ones, but make for very interesting reading.

Each recipe in the book comes to you with the details of ingredients and the process of cooking for all to follow easily.

The book talks about foods that date back to various points in time for which they were used.

• US Doomsday Ration – The recipes that are given in this part are connected to the Cold War and were used to feed the USA during wartime. You can prepare the same at very affordable prices, within a short time, and have them last for a long time too.
• Leningrad Superfood in WW2 – The food items that were prepared and preserved during this period helped the Europeans dying of famine. You can make these recipes to last for a long time without any need for refrigeration.
• Healthy Fats – These recipes helped the Swedish farmers to survive when the avalanche hit and threatened their very existence.
• The Great Depression Superfood, 1800s Long-Lasting Bread, Civil War Food Miracle, Cheese preservation, Pocket Soup, and Black Plague Superfood are some of the other periods to which the recipes date back and are nutritious and preservable.

By following the instructions given in the book, you will understand how to prevent food from going bad even in a power outage situation. You will get the book with pictures and detailed instructions about the foods. The recipes actually date back to times when there were no refrigerators or electricity to preserve food. It is also not time-consuming to prepare the recipes listed in the book. The author claims that the recipes are all cost-effective and time-effective! The book comes to you with two bonuses:

• An Underground 12 – Months Greenhouse talks about plants you can easily grow in your backyard within a short time.
• 1900 Projects That Will Help You Survive Crisis – teaching you skills to survive, planting medicinal herbs, water purification methods, and fish with minimal equipment.

The author teaches you food preparation techniques such as 19 foods that will outlast you, 22 ingenious hacks to make food last longer, canning vegetables, how to mix your foods for maximum benefit, and how just $5 a week can get your family over 295 pounds of food. The book contains all practical information, with details of ingredients, and where to source them with a bit of Google search. Interestingly, you will also understand the origin, history, and uses of the foods and their ingredients.