Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook

by James Talmage Stevens

Twenty years ago, Making the Best of Basics -- Family Preparedness Handbook became the family preparedness bible for a generation. The '90s have brought their own litany of worries -- company downsizings, severe hurricanes and winter storms, flooding, government shutdowns -- that make in-home storage an attractive proposition again.The recently updated and expanded Ninth Edition of Making the Best of Basics is designed for the urban family. It offers a manageable and effective plan for accumulating, storing, and utilizing an in-home supply of food and other essentials to support a family in a near-normal manner for one year. Basics includes-- recipes for using stored foods,-- a section on common storage problems and solutions,-- lists of sources for storage items,-- charts to help you determine what and how much you need, as well as chapters on storing and using essentials such as water, wheat, fruits and vegetables, and fuel.-- Over 350,000 copies of earlier editions sold.-- This single volume tells you what to store, how to store it, and how to use it.-- Basics' unique "Family Factor" makes determining storage quandties easy.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Survival, Food, How To, Gardening

182 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Yasjencon · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was great. a little more indepth than what i was looking for. explains in great detail canning, drying food, and all that.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good choice for family preparedness. If you only buy one book, this would be the one.

[Miss Lilli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love, love this book. I started using it over twenty years ago to put together our family's emergency supplies. I still use it. The recipes are terrific. In fact, every time I bake bread, I use the recipe from this book. It is pretty much the only bread I eat. Also, the cracker recipes are family favorites.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is THE best home storage book I have ever seen...and I've seen so many boring ones, I could build a library on those alone.
This book is one that should be owned and I'm going to start looking for one to purchase. There are charts galore, ideas, tips, and information about so much.
Yes, if you believe in being prepared as far as home storage goes....this is the book to have.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Louisville Library carries this book, for anyone that cares. A really great resource if you are clueless to food storage. I'm sure it will have to be rewritten, now that the LDS church has changed their recomendations for storing food, but a great place to start reading regardless.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

great reference book

[Martha · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had some good stuff, including some I didn't know (like recipes for triticale), but also some stuff I don't foresee ever needing (like recipes for triticale).

[Patricia Kaniasty · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit complicated. Don't want to have to use it.