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Pioneer Recipes Every Prepper Should Learn
By Fergus Mason

Take a look at what our pioneer ancestors ate and the chances are you’re not going to envy them very much. Compared to the food on offer in any modern American grocery store, the frontier diet was pretty basic. Choices were more limited, and meals were a lot more basic.

As preppers, though, we should be giving the pioneer diet a close look. After all, these were meals that could be cooked from simple ingredients without a lot of equipment. They didn’t rely on modern preservation methods – no freezing, refrigeration or synthetic chemicals. Maybe most of all, the pioneers ate food that was ideal for a physically active lifestyle that involved a lot of hard work outdoors.

Let’s be honest here: Who was physically tougher – a modern professional who eats all the latest health food crazes, or a 19th century farmer living on a simple, traditional diet? That isn’t a hard question to answer. Now think about your lifestyle after the SHTF. It’s going to be a lot closer to that pioneer farmer’s than to anything the modern diet evolved to suit. If you want to stay healthy and well fed in a crisis, you could do a lot worse than turning to the recipes our frontier ancestors used. Here are a few to get you started. ...

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