Cooking

And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

October 31, 2011

Last week, I had dinner with three other preppers. One was new, and the two others I have been in touch with for some time. We all live in Northern NJ, and are concerned with the economy, job growth, Bugging In, Bugging Out, etc. The conversation twisted and turned in many directions. We talked about [...]

Tagged as: CB, Cooking, Emergency Communications, Emergency Drills, emergency radio, Ham Radio, Iraq

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Solar Oven Fail

September 28, 2011

This weekend I had an “epic fail” (as the kids say) with my new solar cooker. I tried to make a simple dish, Arroz con Pollo (chicken with rice), but did not get past 100F. Why? The sun! As it turns out, Saturday morning and afternoon was the time mother nature chose to break its [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Solar Oven

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September is National Preparedness Month

September 14, 2011

Our government has designated September as “National Preparedness Month“. This contrasts with the FBI’s profiling preppers as potential terrorists. I imagine the message is “be prepared”, but don’t be too prepared. We still want you dependent upon the government, so don’t become independent! So, what skill do you want to develop for National Preparedness Month? [...]

Tagged as: Energy/Power, Food, Guns, National Preparedness Month, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Water

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Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

May 31, 2011

Rice and beans – unquestionably the top two items most often cited as “must-haves” in any preppers pantry. Even for non-preppers, when discussion of having a few extra food supplies on hand comes up (and this comes up a lot more these days in a great many venues) almost immediately someone says something like “I [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, Food

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The Advantage of the Suburban Farmers Market

November 12, 2010

You might not think there is one. At first glance you might say, the vegetables are not organic, they have less flavor because they are factory farm grown, they have steroids, etc. But there is one advantage of the suburban farmers market. They get fresh shipments of vegetables every day for purchase at a discounted price. This [...]

Tagged as: Canning, Cooking, Food, Food Storage, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

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Pigeon? For Dinner?

October 7, 2010

Okay, I was in the car for about four hours today… I had some time to think… My mind started to wander, and the gears were spinning. I asked myself, if the S#!t has hit the fan while I was in Philadelphia, and I knew no one. If food supplies are low and I was [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, Food, Hunting, Pigeon, suburban survival, Trapping, Urban Survival

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Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry

September 13, 2010

This past labor day weekend, a buddy and I went camping. Not like real camping, however, in the woods with no facilities, and no one around for miles, but to a piece of property his family owns that he will likely use as a Bug Out Location. It has a 5th Wheel on it, as [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, DIY, Food, Preparedness, prepping, Preserving meats, Self Reliance

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Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

September 1, 2010

Well, the end of August is coming, and the weather is starting to change a bit; evenings are getting cooler, and days are starting to get a bit shorter. This to me is a clear sign of a few things. One, some of my Bug Out Bag contents need to be rotated out soon with [...]

Tagged as: Bugging In, Gear, Power Outage, Preparedness, prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Winter Storm

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Why I Write About Cooking and Food

August 24, 2010

I, like many others in our country, are VERY accustomed to just getting in the car, going to the grocery store and picking up our food for the week. Honestly, I grew up this way. While many of my friends and their families ran farms, I was a middle class kid with parents that worked, [...]

Tagged as: Cooking, Food, General

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I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

August 20, 2010

Well, I tried making some homemade butter. And, maybe disaster was the wrong word… Apparently, my biggest mistake was using heavy cream that was “ultra pasteurized.” It turned out like flat whipped cream sludge. It probably could have been used as a prop in a movie for some sort of plasma.

Tagged as: Cooking, Food, Off Grid

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