Passport to Survival: Four Foods and More to Use and Store [Hardcover]

Esther Dickey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Random House Inc (T) (April 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394492285
• ISBN-13: 978-0394492285
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #324,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Preparing for a food shortage, March 20, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Passport to Survival: Four Foods and More to Use and Store (Hardcover)

This book fulfills a "survival food" need. It answers the questions neccessary for the preservation of foods, in quanity, for a family to survive on if the food supply chain was disrupted. All sorts of information is included, even receipe's, storage, and shelf life. It also covers outdoor survival, care for the body, and suggested equipment

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Basic Survival Foods, July 28, 2001

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This review is from: Passport to Survival: Four Foods and More to Use and Store (Hardcover)

The prudent person prepares. He saves money, invests wisely, carries medical and life insurance, subscribes to a retirement plan, draws up a will. For normal living, all this is important.

But the preparation advocated in Esther Dickey's book is geared to a more elemental urge - the instinct for survival. Raising the warning voice that emergency conditions can be expected to arise - from unemployment, sickness, strikes, civil strife, famine, or war - the author urges families to prepare now, while there is still time, and tells us how. While touching on other aspects of survival preparation, Passport to Survival is predominantly concerned with food preparation, preservation and storage. With over 100 recipes and a multitude of other hints, it shows how the principal foods recommended for a survival diet-wheat, powdered milk, honey and salt may be used in normal times to provide experience for the cook and to supply the family with nourishing and appetizing meals. As a bonus, those meals turn out to be considerably less expensive than the customary American diet. A book with such a grim premise might be expected to be somber in tone. Not so with Passport to Survival. Filled with creative, cheerful thinking, it reflects the author's faith in the power of the human heart and will. Thus it is not only a reasoned warning of future difficulties but a ringing challenge to make physical and spiritual preparations to surmount them. This combination will make the book appeal to perceptive people everywhere.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic in its own time., May 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Passport to Survival: Four Foods and More to Use and Store (Hardcover)

This is the Grandmother of all books that started the trend of "the basic four." An honest search for foods that are adaptable, long term storeable and nutritional. Includes over 100 recepies for the use of these basics. Extends itself to cover 40 additional foods for storage. An excellent primer for beginners.