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Off-grid kitchen tool #12. Slicers (Mandolin), Spiral
Veggie Slicer.
Enhance your off grid garden food by making interesting
vegetables dishes. Get a spiral mandolin slicer! Make zucchini
spaghetti and spiral carrots into interesting salads and pastas! A
mandolin is an ideal accompaniment to a dehydrator, and if you
have a garden owning a mandolin is a must.
  • Shredder: creates long, spaghetti-like spiral strands
  • Chipper: creates long, thick spiral strands
  • Straight: creates long, ribbon-like strands

Off-grid kitchen tool #13. Food Dehydrator.
The process of dehydrating removes water from the food and with
the drying heat you in turn minimize the enzyme and bacteria
production to preserve food. It's well and good to get an
electric
food dehydrator if you have a backup energy source, but a non-
electric dehydrator will serve you well in an off grid life.

Off-grid kitchen tool #14. Solar Refrigeration.
Prices of solar powered products have come down quite a bit. It
seems almost ridiculous to say "solar" and "refrigerator" in the
same sentence, but someone invented it. The technology is here
that you can make your food cold with the power of the sun. It's
not as expensive as you might think either.

Off grid kitchen tool #15: Breadmaking tools.
Instead of a breadmaker and an electric oven, invest in bread
making equipment, including:

  • A camp oven. Ensure that you can bake when the lights go
    out.

  • Biscuit cutters. Your prepper kitchen wouldn't be complete
    without a biscuit cutter or two. The trio of biscuit cutters,
    pictured left, cuts biscuits, cookies, cakes, and pastries.
    Biscuits are a simple and essential prepper food made from
    simple ingredients. A basic Southern biscuit recipe calls for
    flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter and milk -- all
    things that should be in a prepper's pantry.  Baking from
    scratch is something to try now, before the need arises. If
    you don't already know how to bake biscuits, get cracking on
    it!

  • Tortilla press. It's easy to make corn tortilla from masa
    harina flour and warm water, but you need a tortilla press

Off-grid kitchen tool #16: Cast iron cookware.
Replace your microwave with the healthier way to re-heat your
food: cast iron cookware. Cast iron provides fast, even heating,
which is why it's a favorite with preppers. It's healthy cooking
because it enables a healthy portion of iron to release into your
food. Cast iron is inexpensive, and easy to clean. Just boil with
hot water or scrape. Then add a coat of grease or oil before you
store it for the next meal. Look also for footed varieties of
Lodge
cookware made for camping.

Off grid Kitchen tools #17: Butchering tools.
Knives are an important part of prepping, and preppers who plan
to hunt or survive off their livestock, should acquire a butchering
kit.  butchering knives will be essential after the hunt, eating the
chickens who don't produce eggs, and butchering the rabbits.

Other tools for meat handling would include:
  1. Butcher kit
  2. Meat hammer / tenderizer
  3. Meat thermometer
  4. Trussing needle
  5. Meat cuber
  6. Game sheer
  7. Butcher saw
  8. Slash resistent gloves
  9. Smokehouse: Note of warning on smoking meats: The smells
    of a meat smoke can linger for many miles. In extreme
    conditions, you won't want neighboring intruders. Avoid
    smoking meats in severe scenarios.

Other off-grid Kitchen tools to consider
Bring some vintage into the kitchen with classic tools Grandma
had! Here is a list of more off-grid alternatives to everyday
kitchen tools:

  • Big Berkey Water Filter. Clean drinking water is always at
    the top of the list for survival. To replace the running water
    in your kitchen, you'll need a water source and a filtration
    method. A Big Berkey water filter can provide as much as
    6,000 gallons of water filtration before it requires cleaning.

  • Hand-crank blender. Off-grid, non-electric, hand crank food
    processors and blenders will help you make purees, baby
    food, soups and more.

  • Cheese grater. You won't be able to buy cheese shreds in
    an off grid world, but you may be able to make your own
    cheese.

  • Kitchen scale. Say you have a recipe for Grandma's apple
    pie and it calls for two pounds of apples? Use a small
    professional kitchen scale instead of guessing.

  • Pasta making tools.

  • Whirly pop. Forget the microwave and Pop popcorn with an
    old fashioned Whirly pop.

Now you have your shopping list of the essential hand-powered
kitchen tools. Manual tools for the kitchen from the ordinary, a
can opener, to the extraordinary (an excalibur dehydrator) will
help you through uncertain times.

Happy endings...
Refrigerators, dishwashers and microwaves, are useless during a
massive power grid failure, and the same goes for electric can-
openers, electronic food processors, and electronic coffee makers.

When all is said and done, the off grid kitchen tools you'll need
to acquire will amount to everything that your great grandma's
kitchen had. One of the easiest ways to feel accomplishment
when it comes to living off grid is to get your kitchen off grid:
one appliance at a time.

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Off-grid kitchen tool #5: Meat Grinder.
A meat grinder is necessary for advanced preppers who hunt or
raise livestock. It's ideal for sausage making, making meatballs
and hamburgers, even for making dog food. Can you use one
grinder to do both jobs? The answer in short is that you won't
want to mix the grain grinder with meat to cross contaminate and
cause illness. The long story is that wheat grinders are intended
for low moisture grinding.

Off-grid kitchen tool #6: Sifter.
Didn't we just mention the grinder? If you're a prepper worth your
weigh in salt, you're grinding your own wheat into flour with your
grain mill, and not purchasing a sack of flour. With a sifter, you'll
get fluffier breads and cakes. Left are two sifters. One is hand
crank model  -- just turn the crank handle to deploy the sifter
inside. The other has a lever to grip and pump the flour or sugar
through the sifter. It holds around 2-3/4 cups.

Off-grid kitchen tool #7. Kitchen timer (egg timer)!
Grandma didn't have a digital timer! She twisted something she
called an "egg timer" to the desired minutes and then waited for
the buzzer. A
kitchen timer is an overlooked accessory for the
prepper in an off grid world and makes a wonderful gift. Camp
ovens just don't have timers! Right is a retro cool kitchen timer
made of heavy duty steel, just like grandma had.

Off-grid kitchen tool #8: Butter Churn.
Imagine the luxury of making fresh butter in an off grid world! If
you have milk, you can churn your own butter. Don't have a cow
or goat? Then here's some happy news for you: it is entirely
possible to
make butter from powdered milk! While the author
uses a food processor, you can use a butter churn. Pictured left,
is the ultimate butter churn made of glass.

Off-grid kitchen tool #9: Juice Press, citrus press and
zester.
If you grow lemons, limes or other citrus fruits, then you'll need a
citrus press to take full advantage of the juice. A zester will help
you extract the vitamins and flavor from the skin, which is
another worthwhile and inexpensive addition to a prepper kitchen.
When push comes to squeeze, preppers want a juice press! If you
own citrus fruit trees, then the Breville Juice Press, pictured right,
is the one to own as it gets unusually high ratings.

Off-grid kitchen tool #10: Mortar and pestle set.
Crush, grind and powder natures healthiest eats with a mortar
and pestle set. The
mortar and pestle has been around for
thousands of years -- long before kitchens existed they were
already a classic utensil. They do the job of crushing, grinding
and powdering herbs, grains, spices, nuts, roots, teas for all kinds
of healthy eats. This style of grinding releases flavor best in
seeds, herbs, spices and garlic. Mortars and pestles are handy for
crushing pills and supplements, too. This set of 3 mortars and
pestles have contoured bottoms & pestle head to hold the
grindables in place. Porcelain is easy to clean and won't absorb
food odors or stain.

Off-grid kitchen tool #11: Peelers.  Apple peeler /
Potato peeler.
Peel apples or pears, but you can also peel plenty of potatoes
with hand crank apple peeler just like Grandma used to have. A
potato ricer is also handy for making mashed potatoes or
applesauce!
  • French press coffee. When the instant coffee runs out,
    those who've prepared can enjoy the "perks" of a cup of
    fresh brewed coffee if they have a French Press or perculator
    plus a hand-crank coffee grinder and coffee beans, or ground
    coffee beans stashed away in #10 cans or mylar bags.
    Legacy Foods coffee bucket above has assembled everything
    you need. The Bruntmor French Press, pictured above right,
    brews 1 liter (8 coffee cups), 34oz. of the best rich tasting
    coffee. Carafe is made of durable, heat-resistant borosilicate
    glass up to 200°F. All parts are BPA free.

  • Percolator coffee pot. Pictured top left in classic red, is an
    enamelware percolator coffee pot, which you can place
    directly on a heated surface, making it ideal for camping. (It
    comes also in blue.)  You get old-fashioned charm and
    campsite convenience in one sturdy package..

  • Hand-crank coffee grinder. Replace your electric coffee
    grinder with manual coffee grinder  Grind your coffee
    manually with the easy hand-crank coffee grinder pictured
    right. While you can purchase ground coffee, everyone knows
    that it tastes better fresh. When all the beans are gone
    from your stash, you can buy green coffee and roast it
    yourself.

    If you buy coffee that's green and roast it, or if you buy
    coffee beans in bulk, you'll need a way to grind your coffee
    without electricity. Certainly a grain mill can perform this
    task; however, coffee beans are very oily and you'll likely
    want to have a tool for the specific purpose of grinding your
    coffee so you don't have to clean the utensil with your daily
    cup of java.


Off-grid kitchen tool #3: Manual egg beater.
Got eggs? If your "girls" are producing eggs, then surely you'll
need a
manual egg beater to replace your electric mixer. Sure, a
whisk will do, but a manual egg beater is an essential for
gourmet cooks who want really fluffy eggs or egg whites. Now
beat it and get that egg beater!

Off-grid kitchen tool #4: Wheat Grinder (grain mill).
Think of a wheat grinder as a grain mill, also for barley, popcorn,
oats, coffee and more. High on the list of prepper kitchen items
for the self-reliant homesteader is a grain mill. Those who take
emergency preparedness to the advanced level will appreciate
the affordable Victorio manual grain mill, pictured at the top left
hand of the page. The precision stainless steel milling cone is
durable and makes fine bread quality flour. (Makes about one half
cup of fine flour per minute and more than twice that amount on
the coarse setting.) The compact design makes it easy to store.

This durable all-purpose manual grinder is ideal for wheat, corn,
rice, and other grains, like barley and oats. Use it to grind coffee
beans, peppercorns, non-oily seeds as well as spices. If you want
a luxury manual grain mill, choose the Wondermill Junior Grain
mill for coffee or grinding flour, right.
Manual Kitchen Tools
Off-grid alternatives to everyday kitchen tools

Get cranking on building a collection of hand-crank kitchen tools.
Are you ready to get an old fashioned kitchen? Turn back the time
machine and enter a kitchen where you churn your own fresh
butter, beat your own eggs and chop without the aid of a
Kitchenaid! It's time to wake up and smell the coffee percolating
atop your wood fired oven, and consider that every prepper
kitchen should stock hand-crank and manual tools for
preparedness. It's fun and easy to get your kitchen off grid: one
appliance at a time.

17 Hand Crank and Off-grid Kitchen Tools
Have you stocked hand-crank and manual tools for preparedness?
Whether you set aside essential tools for an emergency or start
using them today, every prepper should consider owning hand-
powered kitchen tools and appliances. Here's a list to get you
started...

List of Manual Kitchen Tools for Preppers
Here is a list of off-grid alternatives and hand-powered kitchen
tools to buy while they are still available:

Off-grid kitchen tool #1: Can opener.
Instead of your electric can opener, you'll need a manual can
opener. It's number high on the list of hand-powered kitchen
tools for preppers for good reason! You'll have plenty of cans to
open after crisis.

  • Wall-mounted can opener: A sturdy can opener is good, but
    a heavy duty, wall mounted can opener is better and will
    prove immensely useful in the days immediately following a
    disaster. The benefit of a wall-mounted unit is that you
    always know where it is.

  • Manual can openers. Preppers should own several sturdy
    manual can openers. Redundancy is key following a disaster,
    and there is not an excuse to have only one can opener. An
    inexpensive dollar store item, you can't afford not to have
    several on hand.

  • P-51 Military can openers. A military style can opener is
    ideal not only for the buogout bag, purse or car, but also for
    taping onto every other freeze dried can in your food
    storage. They are inexpensive and provide peace of mind
    that you'll be able to open cans in an emergency.

  • Bucket opener. The red bucket opener, pictured right is
    necessary to open a five- or six-gallon bucket. Tape them
    directly to every other bucket of food. They come with a hole
    for a string so you can secure one someplace convenient.

Off-grid kitchen tool #2: Coffee French press or
percolator.
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