Mike Haasl

Hmm, that is a bad map.  Apparently in the 80s a Canadian parliament experienced a fish as well...

Wow, it's been too long for a batch from me.  Sorry about that...

The high level food prep BBs were massaged to say "a plate averaging at least 500 calories".  So a 800 calorie meal is just fine.  A 1800 calorie meal could be split into three plates of food.  A thanksgiving dinner for 12 people only gets you credit for 12 plates that day, meals made of the leftovers do count in future days.

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will preserve 4 million calories!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Iron BB's:
99% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
90% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
  - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
      - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
      - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot)
      - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Preserve 4 million calories
  - No more than 10% can be one type of thing (i.e. 500 qts of canned peaches)
      - 10% bacon, 10% ham, 10% canned pork, is ok
  - Must be at least 48 different types of food
  - No more than 10% can be frozen
  - Food preservation log (your thread at Permies) with the details
      - Start a new log for Iron
      - Summarizes source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
      - Maintains total tally of calories preserved

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - summarize where the food came from
   - detail the weights of each type of food being stored and how many calories it represents  (meeting the above stated requirements)

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will preserve 1 million calories!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Wood BB's:
- 98% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
- 75% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
  - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
      - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
      - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot/dogsled)
      - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Preserve 1 million calories
  - No more than 10% can be one type of thing (i.e. 500 qts of canned peaches)
      - 10% bacon, 10% ham, 10% canned pork, is ok
  - Must be at least 24 different types of food
  - No more than 10% can be frozen
  - Food preservation log (your thread at Permies) with the details
  - Summarizes source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
  - Maintains total tally of calories preserved

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - summarize where the food came from
   - detail the weights of each type of food being stored and how many calories it represents  (meeting the above stated requirements)

food prep and preservation
instruction, regulation, insurance, safety, etc

This aspect blends traditional food prep and preservation with modern permaculture tools - covered in a sauce made from gardening, homesteading, foraging and an optional bowl of veganism on the side.

These badges grew to something freakishly massive with a lot of minimum requirements.  Eventually the minimum requirements grew to the point that there was no room left for optional stuff. This is why many amazing food prep and preservation techniques do not appear here. The following are strictly forbidden:

 - Aluminum cookware
 - Teflon and any material that looks like it could be a teflon variant (including ceramic coatings)
 - Microwave ovens
 - Plastic touching the food, including cooking utensils and zip lock bags

Silicone kitchenware is OK for use at room temperature or cooler. It will not be accepted in the food preservation or cooking badge bits where it will be subjected to heat. In short, silicone spatulas, pastry mats, jar lids, and food storage containers/covers are OK while cookie mats, baking tins, and utensils used in managing cooking processes such as stirring food or using tongs to turn or serve hot food are not allowed.

All canning lids are permitted, at this time

This aspect is not about proving that you are a master chef, but that you can reliably convert a seasonal homestead harvest into a thousand good meals throughout the year.


sand badge

cast iron skillet (select one)
   - fry an egg so that it slides around
   - vegan option (do both)
        - a stack of ten pancakes
        - hash browns that fully cover the skillet
cook at least two cups grain (or pseudograin) in four different ways
   - stovetop
   - slow cooker
   - solar oven
   - rocket stove and haybox cooker
dry food in a solar food dehydrator
vinegar brine pickle something
salt brine ferment/pickle something
canning (select one)
     - water bath canning
     - steam canning
cook stir fry
make soup / stew / chowder
make pizza
Bake 2 loaves of bread

straw badge

Restarting a cast iron skillet

Food Preparation
Make 6 quarts of stock from veggie scraps
Cook and serve a pound of sunchokes
Soup - make 4 types of soup
   - At least 1 is cooked on a rocket stove or Dakota stove and at least 2 are finished in a haybox cooker
Bake six things
   - At least two things are baked in a rocket oven and two are baked in cast iron
Roast 4 pans of food
   - At least one is done in a rocket oven and one in cast iron
Fry 12 different things
   - At least 3 things are fried on a rocket stove or Dakota stove and 6 are in cast iron
Open fire - cook 4 different things
   - At least 1 item is buried in coals and another is cooked on a spit
Make two dairy foods:
   - Vegan cheese, nut milk, hard cheese (counts as two), butter, powdered milk, yogurt, cream, cottage cheese, ice cream, soft cheeses or kefir
Make two condiments or salad dressings
Make two kinds of gravy
Grind two different grains into flour
Oils and Fats - press or render a quart of oil or fat

Food Preservation
Pressure can two different things
Water bath can three different types of food
Storing food in a living state (possibly in a root cellar)
   - At least 20 pounds of each food and at least six different species
Dry 6 different types of things - each type only once
Ferment four different types of things - At least one gallon per type of fermented food
Process grain for storage

wood badge

98% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
75% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
   - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
       - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
       - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot/dogsled)
       - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Preserve 1 million calories
   - No more than 10% can be one type of thing (i.e. 500 qts of canned peaches)
       - 10% bacon, 10% ham, 10% canned pork, is ok
   - Must be at least 24 different types of food
   - No more than 10% can be frozen

Prepare 800 plates of food
   - “Plate” means a meal averaging at least 500 calories

iron badge

99% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
90% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
   - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
       - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
       - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot)
       - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Preserve 4 million calories
   - Must be at least 48 different types of food

Prepare 3200 plates of food
   - At least 400 plates need to be 100% from your homestead
       - Salt from off-site is allowed

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will prepare 800 plates of food!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Wood BB's:
- 98% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
- 75% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
  - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
      - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
      - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot/dogsled)
      - Trade, purchase, or gifted is fine

Minimum requirements for this BB:
  - “Plate” means a meal averaging at least 500 calories
  - Food prep log (your thread at Permies) showing each meal with a description of where the food came from
      - Each post covers at least 3 meals
      - Summarizes the source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
      - Maintain a total count of plates produced

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - link to food prep log (meeting the above-stated requirements)

Per a discussion with Paul, the requirements were adjusted a bit.

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will prepare 3200 plates of food!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Iron BB's:
99% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
90% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
  - Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
      - Their food values need to be “organic or better”
      - Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot)
      - Trade, purchase or gifted is fine

Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Prepare 3200 plates of food
  - “Plate” means a meal averaging at least 500 calories
  - At least 400 plates need to be 100% from your homestead
      - Salt from off-site is allowed
  - Food prep log (your thread at Permies) showing each meal with description of where the food came from
      - Start a new log for Iron
      - Each post covers at least 3 meals
      - Summarizes source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
      - Maintains total count of plates produced
      - Maintains total count of plates produced from 100% homestead food

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - link to food prep log (meeting the above stated requirements)

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