Ham Gear when the Balloon goes up

December 11, 2010 - "Ham Gear when the Balloon goes up" By Joseph Parish. Often people start to become paranoid about our government and their concern over our freedoms or the removal of said freedoms. Granted there are some legitimate complaints and concerns but in many cases the issues at hand are nothing more then needless rumors. Click here

Dehydrating Hash Browns

December 11, 2010 - "Dehydrating Hash Browns" By Joseph Parish. Knowing that one of my favorite breakfast foods was hash brown potatoes a friend recently asked me about how he would go about dehydrating them for use in emergency situations. Doing hash browns is essentially a simple task that takes very little time to complete. I informed my friend that he had two methods by which he could do these potatoes. Click here

The Value of State Extension Offices

December 11, 2010 - "The Value of State Extension Offices" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever wondered about what the best apples would be to use for making applesauce? Have you ever sat looking fruitfully at a basket full of bright red apples or a few dozen crabapples and wondered how you could take advantage of them for your wintertime enjoyment? Now you need not think any longer. Click here

Responses for Canned Chicken

December 11, 2010 - "Responses for Canned Chicken" By Joseph Parish. Not long ago I wrote an article on canning chicken breast and received a number of responses to the material from people that had tried them. In this article I will address several of the items as they were mentioned to me. Click here

A Survival Medical Primer

December 10, 2010 - "A Survival Medical Primer" By Joseph Parish. When on our own we will likely have to be our own cook, dishwasher and above all a doctor. The survivalist in order to be effective will need to wear a vast number of hats when the infrastructure tumbling down on our head. The medical problems which we are likely to encounter are one of the most compromising issues that we will have to conquer. Click here

Survival planning

December 10, 2010 - "Survival planning" By Joseph Parish. There are various acts which we can take to ensure that we are properly prepared for survival issues. It’s important to realize that it doesn’t matter if you are making preparations for yourself only or a group of twenty people you must establish adequate plans before anything else could possibly transpire. Click here

The Positive Survivalist Attitude

December 9, 2010 - "The Positive Survivalist Attitude" By Joseph Parish. To survive a post catastrophic world we have to develop a positive attitude concerning the situation which we find ourselves in. Remember the old saying that says, “When life provides you with lemons its time to make lemonade.” It’s important for survivalists to dig deeply into the issues at hand and try to retrieve the potential good within the crisis. Granted, seeking out the good in a bad situation won’t be easy but it offers several advantages over merely accepting the issue at its worse case and leaving it at that. Click here

Judging your food safety

December 9, 2010 - "Judging your food safety" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever watched a pack of wild dogs’ attack a dead animal carcass as it lies on the side of the highway? Perhaps you have seen buzzard’s busy devouring a dead deer that has been sitting in a field for four or five days. There’s a very good chance that the meat that has been laying there for several days in the hot sun and has gone rancid and is quickly rotting. Bacteria content may have progressed to the point where you can gradually see the carcass beginning to rot away. Generally, it would not be a good practice to eat meat under those types of circumstances. Click here

Survival Improvising

December 9, 2010 - "Survival Improvising" By Joseph Parish. Usually most of us are accustomed to jumping in the family car and visiting one of our local stores in order to obtain items for our various needs. In general, most of the minor items which are needed for our day to day survival are fairly inexpensive to replace when wore out or damaged. This is assumed that we are discussing normal circumstances here. Click here

Crabbing and Claiming in Delaware

December 8, 2010 - "Crabbing and Claiming in Delaware" By Joseph Parish. As of 2008 all citizens of Delaware are required to have a fishing license in order to catch crabs within the state waters. The blue crab is the most common crab found within our tidal water region. Not only is this marine species an excellent recreational activity but provides a sizable economic boast to the state of Delaware. Click here

The Handling and Release of Fish

December 8, 2010 - "The Handling and Release of Fish" By Joseph Parish. Fishing has developed into an important activity within the state of Delaware. Not only does this activity provides recreational benefits to the occasional fisher but also provides input to the local economy, as food for the recreational angler and as a commercial based food for consumer marketplaces. As for us survivalists it instills a skill that could be used in the event of an infrastructure breakdown. Fish are popular as an excellent source of protein while being low in fat and sodium. Click here

The Illegals

December 8, 2010 - "The Illegals" by Joseph Parish. It seems like every week another alien species invades America’s waters usually with some very detrimental effects upon the native species. As a result of these unwanted additions to our waters every state has been forced to adopt illegal fish laws to combat these dangerous creatures; however they still somehow manage to invade our territorial waterways. Perhaps they were at one time part of someone’s fish collection and simply got too large for them to contain properly within their fish tank or they may have accidentally escaped their confines. Either way these species of fish generally kill off the natural fish in the area and unfortunately encounter no natural predators within their new found home. Click here

Stalking Delaware’s Freshwater Trout

December 8, 2010 - "Stalking Delaware’s Freshwater Trout" By Joseph Parish. Nothing brings back enjoyable memories as much as the thoughts associated with the days when one would selectively toss a small spinner into their favorite trout catching location and finally nab that record fish that had been evading you all day long. After the battle is over and you sit resting on the edge of the water you consider how many different lures you utilized before finally picking just the right on to make your capture. Click here

The reality of having a fishing license

December 8, 2010 - "The reality of having a fishing license" By Joseph Parish. Like most states in America today with minor exceptions in order to fish one must obtain a fishing permit authorized by their home state. Delaware is no exception to this rule. In fact the current fishing laws now mandate a state issued license for not only fishing but it is also necessary for crabbing or clamming as well. Click here

Our Heritage with Trapping

December 7, 2010 - "Our Heritage with Trapping" By Joseph Parish. My grandson and I recently attended the Delaware Basic Trapper Education Course offered by the state of Delaware’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. The course began with a short history of the practice of trapping including it’s contribution to our heritage and progressed to the types and purposes of the traps that are currently in use today. Click here

The First Survival Training

December 6, 2010 - "The First Survival Training" By Joseph Parish. I can proudly say that one of my biggest fans has to be my wife. When we were sitting down one evening just before our Thanksgiving feast she causally stated, “Didn’t you once say that the pilgrims did not have turkey for dinner”. Naturally she remembered my wording exactly as I had stated it many years previously. Click here