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In 1908, Harry Houdini performed one of his most sensational escapes by leaping off the Harvard Bridge into the cold Charles River.

Handcuffed behind his back and chained to a collar around his neck, he resurfaced just 40 seconds later, completely free, to the astonishment of 20,000 spectators and city mayors.

This legendary Boston event solidified his reputation as the world's greatest escapologist.

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12 Reasons to Stockpile Raw Honey.

You've probably seen jars of raw honey lining the shelves of grocery stores and farmer's markets. And if you're a homesteader or a prepper, you might have even considered stockpiling some raw honey for emergencies.

But what is raw honey, and why should you stockpile it?

In this blog post, we'll cover 12 reasons why raw honey is an awesome survival food that you should add to your pantry ASAP.

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Honey has been used for hundreds of years for its numerous health benefits. It's no secret that honey is a natural sweetener that's perfect for adding some natural flavor to our meals. But did you know raw honey, in particular, has tons of health benefits that make it a must-have in your stockpile?

Here are a few reasons why it needs to be added to your survival cache – ASAP.

1. Can Help With Allergy Symptoms
One of the most significant and well-known benefits of raw honey is that it can help with allergy symptoms. If you're prone to seasonal allergies, you know how frustrating it can be to deal with congestion, itchy eyes, and a scratchy throat.

Raw honey has been shown to contain small amounts of the same pollen that causes allergies. By consuming a small amount of raw honey every day, you can build up immunity to these allergens and reduce the severity of your symptoms.

2. Great for Digestion
Many people don't realize that raw honey is an excellent source of probiotics. Probiotics are live bacteria that are essential for digestive health. They help break down food and absorb nutrients.

Raw honey contains a wide range of probiotics that can help balance the bacteria in your gut and improve your digestion. By stocking up on raw honey, you'll have a natural and delicious way to keep your digestive system functioning optimally.

3. Can Fight Inflammation
Inflammation can lead to a variety of health problems, from joint pain to chronic diseases. Raw honey contains a compound called propolis, which has been shown to have powerful anti-inflammatory effects.

When you consume raw honey regularly, you can help reduce inflammation in your body and protect yourself from a wide range of health problems.

4. Use it For Wound Healing
Raw honey has antibacterial and antimicrobial properties that may help prevent and treat infections in wounds. Applying raw honey to cuts, burns, and scrapes can help speed up the healing process by reducing inflammation and promoting tissue regeneration.

5. May Help Moisturize Chapped Lips
Raw honey is a natural humectant, which means it has the ability to retain moisture, making it an excellent ingredient for lip balms. Applying raw honey to chapped lips can help keep them nourished, hydrated, and soft.

6. Might Help You Sleep
Raw honey contains small amounts of tryptophan, an amino acid that helps the body produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that regulates mood and sleep. Consuming raw honey before bedtime may help increase serotonin levels, helping you sleep better.

7. Can Be Added to Natural Energy Drinks
Raw honey contains natural sugars that provide a quick source of energy without causing a subsequent crash, unlike other conventional energy drinks.

Adding honey to your natural energy drink can provide an instant energy boost without exposing you to harmful synthetic chemicals.

8. Can Be Put on Bee Stings
As ironic as it may sound, a bee sting can be treated with honey. Raw honey has natural antibacterial properties that help reduce inflammation and swelling. Therefore, applying honey to a bee sting can help reduce pain and minimize the chances of an allergic reaction.

9. Use it for Food Preservation
Raw honey is an excellent natural preservative. It has antimicrobial properties that make it effective in preventing bacterial growth in food. In addition, it can also add some sweetness to certain foods while maintaining their freshness.

Try using raw honey as a natural sweetener in your homemade preserves or simple syrups that you use in your cooking.

10. Relieves a Cough
Honey has natural anti-inflammatory properties that make it an excellent remedy for soothing a cough. Simply take a spoonful whenever you have the urge to cough. Honey is especially useful for coughs caused by allergies or a cold. And unlike over-the-counter cough medications, honey doesn't have any harmful side effects.

11. Can Be Used as a Hair and Skin Care Product
If you're looking for a new addition to your beauty routine, consider adding raw honey. Its antimicrobial properties make it an excellent natural remedy for acne-prone skin.

Using raw honey on your skin will help reduce inflammation, fight off bacteria, and keep your skin feeling fresh and moisturized. It's also great as a hair conditioner. Mixing raw honey into your shampoo before applying it to your hair can help keep your hair soft and shiny.

12. The Most Obvious Reason: It Tastes Great!
Let's face it – honey is delicious. Raw honey is a natural sweetener that is perfect for adding to your tea, coffee, or any other beverage. You can also spread it on toast, mix it into salad dressings, or even use it as a glaze for your grilled chicken. There are so many ways to incorporate raw honey into your diet.

Raw Honey vs. Pasteurized Honey: Which is Better to Stockpile?
As you can see, it's no wonder why homesteaders and preppers alike are eager to have honey in their stockpiles, as honey can serve both as food and as a natural remedy for various conditions.

However, not all honey is equal. There are two main types of honey: raw and pasteurized.

Raw honey is honey that has not been heated or pasteurized. It is taken straight from the hive and may contain small bits of pollen, wax, and propolis.

Raw honey is often cloudy and has a thicker texture than pasteurized honey. It has a higher nutritional value than pasteurized honey and contains a variety of beneficial enzymes and antioxidants that can aid in digestion, heal wounds, and boost the immune system. Raw honey is also known to have a lower glycemic index than pasteurized honey, meaning it doesn't cause a rapid spike in blood sugar levels.

On the other hand, pasteurized honey undergoes heat treatment, which removes any impurities and kills off any potential bacteria that may be harmful. This process also makes the honey smoother and more transparent.

However, the heat treatment also destroys many of the beneficial enzymes and antioxidants found in raw honey, making it less nutritious. In addition, pasteurized honey may also contain added sugar and other additives that reduce its quality and nutritional value.

So Which Type of Honey Should I Stockpile?
If you're looking to stockpile honey for its nutritional benefits, then raw honey is the way to go. Not only does it contain more enzymes and antioxidants, but it also has a lower glycemic index and tastes richer and more flavorful.

However, if you're concerned about the shelf life of your honey and want to ensure it lasts longer, then pasteurized honey may be a more practical option. Pasteurized honey can last for years if stored properly, whereas raw honey may crystallize and ferment over time.

When it comes to using honey as a natural remedy, both raw and pasteurized honey can be beneficial. However, raw honey may have more potent antibacterial and antimicrobial properties due to the enzymes and antioxidant content.

Raw honey has also been shown to be effective in treating coughs, sore throats, and even skin infections. It can also be used topically as a wound dressing to promote healing. In contrast, pasteurized honey may not be as effective in treating these conditions due to its reduced nutritional value.

Quick Tips for Storing Honey
To keep your honey fresh, choose a dark, cool place in your pantry away from sunlight and heat. This is because heat and sunlight can affect the quality and taste of the honey, making it lose its flavor and color over time. Keeping your honey in a darker, cooler environment will help preserve its natural properties.

Also, storing honey in glass jars is a great way to keep it fresh for a longer period of time. Glass jars help keep air and moisture out of the honey, two factors that can cause spoilage over time. Therefore, it is advisable to store your honey in an airtight glass jar to prevent the honey from fermenting and crystallizing.

As you can see, raw honey is a must-have item for any homesteader or prepper. With its long shelf life, natural health benefits, and versatility, you'll always be glad you stocked up on some when an emergency arises.

And even if you never need to use it for survival purposes, you can still enjoy it as a delicious and healthy sweetener in your everyday life. So what are you waiting for? Stock up on some raw honey today!

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10 Ways To Keep Food Cold Without Electricity.

It’s easy to forget that people didn’t always have refrigerators to stop food from spoiling. They had to rely on natural methods to keep food cold; that’s why so many foods were seasonal. In case of massive power outages, you need to learn ways to keep your food cold without electricity.

Depending on your location, it can be hard to use some of these methods. Areas with arid, dry weather excel at keeping food cold with electricity, but humid areas struggle because most off-grid methods for keeping food cold rely on evaporation. Humidity reduces evaporation.

Don’t fret! No matter where you live, there are ways to keep your food cold without electricity.


What Temperature Does Food Need to Be Kept?
Storing food without electricity requires understanding what temperatures food need to be stored. When foods are stored at improper temperatures, especially perishables, it allows the growth and spread of bacteria. If you eat food that’s been held at too-high temperatures, you increase the risk of contracting a food-borne illness.

Foods That Need to Be Stored at 40℉ and Below
Foods that require refrigeration need to be kept at temperatures at or below 40℉ for proper food safety. Examples of foods that need to be stored at these temperatures include:

Meat
Poultry
Seafood
Dairy Products
Cooked Foods
Eggs – not farm fresh eggs
Opened Condiments and Sauces
Foods to Store at Room Temperature
You can store plenty of foods without the use of refrigeration at all. Examples of foods that you don’t need to keep cold include:

Honey
Oils
Canned Food, Unopened
Bread
Dried Beans, Rice, Pasta
Coffee
Butter
Tomatoes
Bananas
Potatoes
Winter Squash
Civil War Era Stone Icehouse
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10 Ways to Keep Food Cold Without Electricity

Here are the most useful ways to keep food cold if the power grid fails.

1. Wrap Your Food
If you only need to keep your food cold for a short period, one of the simplest methods is to wrap the food in a large piece of fabric. The fabric needs to be kept wet with cold water consistently, and then keep the fabric-wrapped food in a shady, cool place.

This won’t work for long, but it keeps food cold for a short time frame if you went camping without a cooler. You only can store as much food as your fabric fits, and everything needs to be in waterproof containers.

2. Use a Zeer Pot
One of the most interesting ways to keep your food cold without electricity is to make a Zeer pot, a primitive yet effective cooler for food. Many regions of the world still use Zeer pots; it’s a beloved method that some use to make ice!

But what is a Zeer pot?

It’s two unglazed clay pots – one larger than the other – with the small pot inside of the larger one. You must fill the space between the two pots with sand. You put your food inside of the small pot and pour water into the sand.

You have to use unglazed pots because it allows the water to soak through, making the clay wet. The water on the surface of the exterior pot evaporates, cooling the sand and the inner pot. Make sure to cover the pots with a wet cloth to help increase evaporation.

Homemade Zeer Pot
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3. Make an Evaporative Refrigerator
Evaporation is a natural process that cools water, so tap into that to keep your food cold. One method is to make an evaporative refrigerator that keeps food in a place surrounded by evaporating water. Foods kept on the shelves will be cool, but you need to remember to add water.

If you make an evaporative refrigerator, it’s best to keep it somewhere that it gets hit with a breeze. A breeze increases the amount of air flowing over the wet fabric, increasing evaporation. This method works best in a dry climate; high humidity regions reduce the amount of evaporation.

4. Store Food Underground
Before refrigerators and iceboxes, people learned that it was cooler underground. You probably realize that as well if you have a basement; basements are always colder than upstairs. People used caves at first, but since those aren’t available everywhere, the idea evolved into a root cellar.

Root cellars were typical a century or two ago; people created underground rooms to store root vegetables like potatoes and carrots. Homes built before the 1960s might have cellars in the basement; my homes have always had cellars. These are cold rooms with doors that people used to store food.

You can make a root cellar at home! Here are directions to build a root cellar from an old fridge or freezer.

5. Use a Cool Stream Nearby
Do you have a cool stream running near your home? It might be too chilly to take a dip, but streams are perfect for keeping food cool. It’s a trick that campers use, but preppers should know as well.

Running groundwater stays cool due to evaporation; running water is always cooler than standing water. Water movement exposes more of it to the air, increasing evaporation. So, a puddle isn’t going to keep your food cold without electricity, but a small creek or stream will.

Vegetables Chilled in Cool Stream
The biggest consideration is keeping the water and aquatic animals out of your food storage. You’ll need a waterproof, air-tight container to store the food. Otherwise, the water and fish will ruin everything.

6. Build a Spring or Well House
Centuries ago, people built small buildings over springs or wells. These are unique buildings that are noticeably cooler than outside, even in the summer. Water from natural springs is much colder, and you kept food in pottery inside the spring houses. The cold from the spring water keeps the food cold without electricity.

The problem with building a spring or well house is that it’s major construction and a lot of work. It’s going to cost money to build a spring house, but it lasts for years. Some well-built spring houses survive for well over a century.

7. Make an Ice Box
Iceboxes aren’t as old as you might think; they were common in the 1940s and 1950s. This was common right before the invention of the refrigerator. They were kept in the kitchen and used to keep food cool.

To have an icebox, you need to have ice. Decades ago, an iceman delivered ice to your house from a warehouse. Ice was harvested from lakes and stored using straw and sawdust. Then, you’d put the ice into your icebox and keep your food cold.

You could use the same idea, but an ice house needs to be built underground to keep ice cold.

8. Make an Ice House
So, if you want to use an ice box, you need an ample supply of ice, and the best way to do that is to make an ice house. To make this work, you need a space underground suitable for storing large pieces of ice. The room needs to be insulated enough to keep food cold.

The best method is to go as deep underground as possible. Doing this keeps the heat out; the surrounding earth keeps cold temperatures locked inside. Then, you need to gather large ice fragments, which isn’t as easy as it sounds.

If you don’t have a frozen lake, you’ll need to make these yourself or order them. Line the room with the ice blocks and use sawdust or straw to keep the room as insulated as possible.

9. Make a Coal or Charcoal Cooler
The idea behind a charcoal or coal cooler is similar to a Zeer pot because it uses evaporation to keep the interior temperature cool enough to refrigerate food.

You make a charcoal cooler by constructing an open timber frame and filling the sides with charcoal kept continually moist. As dry air flows through the damp charcoal, the water starts to evaporate, keeping the inside of the frame cool.

10. Bury Your Food in a Cold Pit
For a more traditional method, consider digging a cold pit. This method was historically used in colder climates where the ground itself provides natural refrigeration. You'll need to dig a pit deep enough to reach the cooler subsoil layers, ideally shaded from direct sunlight.

Line the pit with straw to insulate and prevent dirt from contaminating the food. Place your perishables inside, then cover with more straw and a secure lid or heavy stone. This ancient technique can keep food cool for days, depending on external temperatures and soil conditions.

Keep Your Food Cold.

Keeping food cold without electricity is tricky. You have to keep your food at a consistent temperature to avoid the spread of bacteria. These methods will keep your food cool, but make sure you have a thermometer to monitor proper food safety temperature.

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