The Lost Ways 3rd Ed

1 THE. LOST. WAYS. Third Edition This book is dedicated to all the pioneers who overcame the toughest times and built one of the greatest nations of all. Special thanks to all the authors for making this book possible: S. Patrick Susan Morrow Erik Bainbridge M. Taylor Theresa Anne DeMario Lex Rooker S. Walter Shannon Azares M. Searson Fergus Mason G. Arminius M. Richard Jimmy Neil James Walton P. Vlad Edited and copyrighted by Claude Davis 2017 Claude Davis Third Edition (a Global Brother production). This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of the editor. 3. Disclaimer This book is designed only to provide information. This information is provided and sold with the knowledge that the publisher, editor, and authors do not offer any legal or other professional advice. In the case of a need for any such expertise, consult with the appropriate professional.

2 This book does not contain all information available on the subject. This book has not been created to be specific to any individual's or organization's situation or needs. Every effort has been made to make this book as accurate as possible. However, there may be typographical and/or content errors. Therefore, this book should serve only as a general guide and not as the ultimate source of subject information. The authors, editor, and publisher shall have no liability or responsibility to any person or entity regarding any loss or damage incurred, or alleged to have incurred, directly or indirectly, by the information contained in this book. You hereby agree to be bound by this disclaimer, or you may return this book within the guarantee time period for a full refund. Some products described in this book do not comply with FDA, USDA, or FSIS. regulations or local health codes. Dehydrating meat products does not reduce the health risks associated with meat contaminated with Salmonella and/or E.

3 Coli O157H7. The instructions provided have not been reviewed, tested, or approved by any official testing body or government agency. The authors and editor of this book make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, regarding the safety of the final products or the methods used. The use, making, or consumption of any products described in this book will be done at your own risk. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals. 5. Table of Contents Third Edition .. 1. Special thanks to all the authors for making this book possible: .. 3. Third Edition .. 3. Disclaimer .. 5. Table of Contents .. 7. The Most Import Thing .. 16. How the Early Pioneers Built Self-Feeding fire .. 20. What You'll Need .. 21. How to Build the Self-Feeding Fire Quickly .. 22. Tips .. 25. The Survival Food of the Civil War: How to Make Hardtack Biscuits .. 26. Ingredients .. 29. Hardware .. 29. Lost Recipes from the 18th Century.

4 37. Bacon Fried Apples .. 37. Bean Sausage .. 38. Vinegar Lemonade .. 38. Poor Man's Meal .. 38. Hot Water Cornbread .. 39. Buttery Sweet Potatoes .. 39. Scrambled Dinner .. 40. 1875 Cottage 40. Blue-Flower Featherbed .. 41. Side Pork and Mormon Gravy .. 41. Cooked Cabbage Salad .. 42. Lemon Pie Filling .. 42. Potato Pancakes .. 42. Bean Soup .. 43. Pepper and Eggs .. 43. Dumplings .. 44. Beans & Ham Hocks .. 44. Milk Toast .. 45. 7. Cinnamon Sugar Toast .. 45. Cornmeal Mush .. 46. Elk Backstrap with Spiced Plum Sauce .. 46. Corned Beef .. 47. Soda Biscuits .. 47. Skillet Trout .. 48. Winter Red Flannel Hash .. 48. Mormon Johnnycake .. 48. Spotted 49. Oatmeal Pancakes .. 49. Spider Cornbread .. 50. Mud Apples .. 50. Gorge 51. Glazed Turnips .. 51. How North American Natives and Early Pioneers Made Pemmican .. 52. Nutritional Qualities .. 54. Directions .. 55. Ingredients .. 55. 1. Rendering the Fat .. 55. 2. Dried Meat Preparation .. 62.

5 How Much Do I Need? .. 69. Delicious Recipes Using Cattails The Supermarket of the Swamp .. 70. Alternative Practical 70. Medicine .. 71. Fuel and illumination .. 71. Eatable Parts of Cattail During Spring:.. 71. Late Spring: .. 72. Eatable Parts of Cattail During Summer: .. 72. Eatable Parts of Cattail During Autumn and Winter: .. 72. Recipes: .. 74. Scalloped Cattails .. 74. Cattail Pollen Biscuits .. 74. Cattail Pollen Pancakes .. 75. Cattail Casserole .. 75. Cattail Acorn Bread .. 75. Cattail Wild Rice Pilaf .. 76. Cattail Wild Rice Soup .. 76. Cat-on-the-Cob with Garlic Butter .. 77. Cattail Flower/Shoots Refrigerator Pickles .. 78. 8. Indian Cattail Spoon Bread .. 79. How The Pioneers Built Their Smokehouses .. 80. Step-by-step Guide on How to Build a Smokehouse The Pioneer Way .. 81. Building The Smoke House .. 85. How to Smoke Meat The Right Way .. 88. How Sailors from the 17th Century Preserved Water in There Ships for Months on End.

6 89. Long Term Water Storage .. 91. Filtering Water Supplies .. 96. Instructions on How to Make a Charcoal Japanese Water Filter: .. 97. Silver Coins .. 98. Rainwater Harvesting .. 99. Harvesting How Our Ancestors Made Candles And Glue out of Pine Resin ..101. Necessary Ingredients ..102. Step One: Melting the Resin ..102. Step Two (Optional): Filtering The Resin ..104. Step Three: Making the Candles ..105. How To Make Glue Out of Pine Crush the Charcoal, and Mix It with the Resin ..108. How the Sheriffs from the Frontiers Defended Their Villages and Towns ..111. Crime in the West ..113. Equipment ..115. Guns ..115. Organization ..118. The Sheriff ..119. Deputy Sheriffs ..120. Bringing It Up To Date ..121. Showing the Flag ..123. Raising a Posse ..126. What Our Ancestors Were Foraging For or ..129. How to Wild craft Your Table ..129. Prickly Wild Lettuce (One of The Best Natural Painkillers) ..131. Arrowhead (Sagittaria Latifolia) ..133.

7 Asparagus (Asparagus Officinalis) ..133. Bulrush (Scirpus acutus, Scirpus validus) ..135. Cattails (Typha Latifolia, Typha angustifolia) ..136. 9. Chickweed, Common ..138. Chicory (Cichorium Intybus) ..139. Cleavers ..140. Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale) ..141. Henbit (Lamium Amplexicaule) ..142. Lady's Thumb (Polygonum persicaria) ..143. Lambs Quarters (Chenopodium album, Chenopodium berlanieri) ..144. Mint (Mentha piperita, Mentha spicata) ..146. Mulberry (Morus alba, Morus rubra) ..147. Mustard, Black (Brassica Nigra) ..148. Peppergrass (Lapidium Virginicum) ..149. Pigweed (Amaranthus Retroflexus, Amaranthus Hybridus) ..150. Plantain (Plantago major, Plantago minor) ..151. Pennycress, Field (Thlaspi Arvense) ..153. Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea) ..154. Quickweed (Galinsoga Parviflora) ..155. Reed Grass (Phragmites communis) ..156. Shepherd's Purse (Capsella Bursa-pastoris) ..157. Sour Dock (Rumex crispus) ..158. Storksbill (Erodium Cicutarium).

8 159. Watercress (Nasturtium Officinale) ..160. Making Sourdough and Traditional and Survival Bark Bread ..162. How to Make Sourdough How to Make Tasty Bread Like in 1869 ..166. Making Bark Bread (Famine Bread) ..167. Trapping in Winter for Beaver and Muskrat Just Like Our Forefathers Did ..170. Why Our Forefathers Trapped ..171. The Best Places to Trap for Beaver and Their Local Habitats ..173. The Types of Traps You'll Use for Beaver and Muskrat ..174. Foot Hold Trap Types ..175. The Differences Between Long Spring and Coil Spring Traps ..178. Finding the Land Trails ..179. How to Set the Foot Hold Trap ..180. Finding the Underwater Trails ..181. How to Set a Body Grip Trap ..181. Tanning ..181. Selling at the Trading Post ..183. And There You Have It ..183. 10. How Our Ancestors Made Herbal Poultice to Heal Their Wounds ..184. What Is a Poultice? ..185. A Few Poultice Recipes ..187. Cataplasma Aromaticum ..188. Soothing Poultice ..188.

9 For Stomachaches ..188. A Mustard Poultice ..189. A Native American Recipe to Treat an Abscess ..189. A Word of Warning from the Past ..190. Our Ancestors' Guide to Root Cellars ..191. History ..192. The Right Space for the Job ..193. Climate ..193. What to Keep Where ..195. Creating the Ideal Conditions ..196. Lighting ..196. Humidity ..197. Dirt Floors ..197. Wet Cloth or Paper ..198. Standing Water ..198. Bury Your Treasure ..198. A Condensation Nightmare ..198. Ventilation ..199. Storage Ideas ..199. In-Garden Storage ..200. Insulation ..201. Things That Do and Do Not Belong in Your Root Cellar ..201. Proper Storage ..203. Preparing Vegetables for Root Cellar Storage ..204. Curing Winter Vegetables for Storage ..204. Pests ..205. Organization ..205. Good Old-Fashioned Cooking on an Open Flame ..208. Cast Iron Cooking ..209. Care and Seasoning Your Cookery ..210. Never Use Dish Soap ..210. Iron Rusts ..211. No Fire ..211. 11. Companion Roasting Meats.

10 212. On a Spit ..212. On a String ..213. Dutch Oven Cooking ..214. The Right Temperature ..215. Companion Recipes Past and Future ..217. Meat Pies ..218. Mock-mock Turtle Soup ..219. Wassail ..219. Apple Pie ..220. Biscuits and Gravy ..221. Easter Cake ..222. Porridge ..222. Bread ..223. Shadow Tip Method ..225. Watch Method ..226. Using the Stars ..227. Letting the Sun Guide You ..229. Letting the Moon Guide You at Moss and Other Vegetation ..230. Making a Compass ..230. Making Beer - Basic Recipe ..233. Equipment ..233. Ingredients ..234. Creating the Malt: Malted Barley ..234. Making the Yeast ..235. A Word on Hops ..235. Making the Beer ..236. A Bit of the Stronger Stuff: Distilling Your Own Moonshine" ..237. Making a Still ..237. An Alembic Still ..238. A Homemade Still ..239. A Schematic of a Homemade Sailors ..241. Wild West Guns for SHTF How They Made Gunpowder and a Guide to Rolling Your Own Ammo ..243. 12. Modern Firearms ..244.