2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 beaten eggs
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine

Stir together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, stir together the liquid ingredients. Combine both sets of ingredients, mixing only until the dry ingredients are moist. Bake in greased or papered muffin tins for 20 minutes at 375 degrees.

Source: Being Prepared for History, by Jack Jenkins

3 cups flour
5 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups cold water

Stir the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the liquid ingredients and beat until almost smooth. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

Source: Being Prepared for History, by Jack Jenkins

by Jack Jenkins

The day will come when (History – a sure template of the future – leaves no question that it’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’) the wonderful luxury of having all of the ingredients that we’re accustomed to for our favorite recipes might be severely limited.

In Western Washington, where I live, if just two key bridges went down because of a disaster (man made or natural) the stores would be empty in less than six hours and it could be weeks or even months, depending on the scope of the disaster, before they could be replenished.

Just having a prudent grain storage and a quality hand grain mill (for some reason the Country Living Grain Mill springs to mind) could literally be a life saver for you and your family.

For example the luscious waffles pictured at the left were made without oil or eggs – and they could have been made without baking powder too.* I whipped them up (notice the date on the photos) the same morning that I milled the wheat on my Country Living Mill and substituted one half cup of a blended up raw apple – or apple sauce if you will- ( I found a few left hanging on my Melrose apple tree) in place of the eggs and oil. The recipe for whole wheat waffles, and other whole wheat goodies, can be found by clicking on the recipe links in the box on the left.

* I’ll have baking powder free recipes on this site in the future.