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Catastrophic Cooking

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I have stocked my shelves for any catastrophe that might come our way. I knew our family would not starve but was beginning to be concerned about how I was going to put together easy and tasty meals from a can. How was I going to bake or cook them, too? The Reid's book has taken the guesswork out of the mealplanning. What a much needed book in these times we may face! I have made the oven box following the simple instructions - you are a genius, Chuck! We had a great time doing it, too. My kids are amazed that we can bake a meal - if we have to- in a cardborad box!

We have this book and have read it and used it. It is an easy reading and practical book that gets you ready for disaster situations. After having our home severely damaged in two California earthquakes, we appreciate the step-by-step instructions on setting up a disaster food pantry with nutritious foods we can use (not camping freeze dried fare) and can rotate through our normal food planning. And you get the recipes for using the food to boot! We also made our cardboard oven and cooked in it, and it works! It's a great family project and will put your kids at ease knowing you are good scouts and well prepared!

Catastrophic Cooking is anything but a freeze-dried, live off of the land survival manual. It is a practical and sensible guide to shopping for, stockpiling and preparing foods. The recipes are nutritious and interesting. The shopping lists and storage tips invaluable. Thanks for creating a helpful and non-hysterical manual for the millenium.

I'm so excited about this cookbook. I'm an avid reader of cookbooks and own many, but I don't always find that I utilize much of the information. This book, however, is different. It is so user friendly and for the first time I've found someone that is addressing food storage and the use of what you have in your pantry. The shopping list is exact to the recipes. A menu for each day makes preparation easy and precise. The box oven is not solar...but fueled by briquettes..with an exact amount of briquettes per degrees desired in oven. Shopping, sprouting, and food rotation for safety is all made easy. Carol has taken a possible negative situation and turned it into a project that has taken away the contributor of fear and replaced it with knowledge and the ability to take care of yourself and your family. It is important to keep your eating as normal as possible in an adverse situation and Carol as provided the tools to do this. Thank you, Carol for caring enough to share your knowledge and to take the time to help others. We have made our oven and taught others how to make theirs. We practice with the ovens using the recipes that are in "Catastrophic Cooking" and everyone loves the gourmet taste and well balanced meals.

You won't find another book on the market to date that is this complete and simple to use. Go For It! You'll save the price of the book just in the ideas and tips on shopping strategies.

I'm so excited about this cookbook. I'm an avid reader of cookbooks and own many, but I don't always find that I utilize much of the information. This book, however, is different. It is so user friendly and for the first time I've found someone that is addressing food storage and the use of what you have in your pantry. The shopping list is exact to the recipes. A menu for each day makes preparation easy and precise. The box oven is not solar...but fueled by briquettes..with an exact amount of briquettes per degrees desired in oven. Shopping, sprouting, and food rotation for safety is all made easy. Carol has taken a possible negative situation and turned it into a project that has taken away the contributor of fear and replaced it with knowledge and the ability to take care of yourself and your family. It is important to keep your eating as normal as possible in an adverse situation and Carol as provided the tools to do this. Thank you, Carol for caring enough to share your knowledge and to take the time to help others. We have made our oven and taught others how to make theirs. We practice with the ovens using the recipes that are in "Catastrophic Cooking" and everyone loves the gourmet taste and well balanced meals.

You won't find another book on the market to date that is this complete and simple to use. Go For It! You'll save the price of the book just in the ideas and tips on shopping strategies.

For the last fifteen years I've kept extra food on hand in case of an emergency. The problem was, that some of it would be expired and I didn't have a plan as to how long this "emergency supply" would last. With this book, I have a thirty day supply of food, most of which I can rotate into our regular meals (I wouldn't eat canned peas except in an emergency). The other thing I like is that the menus are based on the nutritional requirements of the Food Pyramid.

The information in the book is typical - nothing new - You can get other books for one-fourth of the price. May I recommend, "Roughing it Easy","Cooking with Home Storage", or any Amish cookbook? There are a lot of books with more information out there. If this book were less expensive, I would not have expected so much. Very disappointing! I would never recommend it.

This is a plain old cookbook that has a couple of pages devoted to a solar oven made from tinfoil & cardboard. This information is free on the net. Don't waste your money.