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The Rising Tide of Food Prices in 2024 – Beef and Pork in Focus

As we step into 2024, the shadow of rising food prices looms large, particularly in the realms of beef and pork. This surge is not just a blip on the economic radar but a trend that’s been building, influenced by a complex web of factors from climate to consumer behavior. In this exploration, we delve […]

How I Build My Food Storage For Long Term Preparations

o, I have a buddy that is pretty new to prepping, as I am sure many of you do know that we’re dealing with or have dealt with what was supposed to be a global deadly pandemic.  Everyone went out hoarded paper products, pasta, etc from the grocery stores earlier this year.  He thankfully heeded some advice […]

Ramen Noodles as a Food Prep

Over the years, I am surprised I haven’t written about this.  I saw the question posed elsewhere and thought I would take a few minutes to write about it…  Countless other blogs have talked about this, but this is really the first time I am sitting down to think or write about it… The Ramen […]

Prepping, Moving, and Lots of Stuff. Protecting Your OPSEC

Well, after many years in the 1 — 1/2 bedroom apartment in Northern NJ, Ms. Prepper and I recently moved in together, and into a new home.  Anyone that has accumulated any amount of stuff, knows that the mere act of packing your stuff and moving it can be a daunting task.  In this prepper’s case, […]

Our First Podcast – Basic Food Storage

[powerpress] Welcome to one of the newest additions and changes to the Suburban Survival Blog.  We’ve started adding a Podcast as we continue to ramp up new content, as well as bring you new reviews, and more going forward.  While to many this may be a basic podcast, we’ve made our first attempt.  I don’t think we […]

Dehydrating Black Beans for Storage

So, I didn’t even know you could dehydrate black beans.  I suppose in the back of my mind, I knew it, but thought since I was jumping back on the band wagon again, that I would try some experimentation as well.  That said, I used four cans of black beans, a colander to rinse the […]

My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…

As my time prepping matures, and living in an apartment, I am also finding that my prepping is starting to morph a bit.  As I prep for food, most specifically, I find that cans of food are becoming cumbersome.  Specifically, soups, tunas, canned chicken (which is a personal favorite of mine), etc.  I also find […]

Filling a Hole In My Preps, Fruits, Vegetables, and the New Dehydrator

I always knew I had a damaging hole in my food preparations. I have quite a few proteins. In fact I consistently rotate my proteins because I use them in every day life. I also need to boost some of the protein preps, as an aside. However, what are/were missing are critical preparations because they […]

Test Cooking with Preps, Breakfast for Dinner, Part One

I like breakfast for dinner.  I do.  I have James Bond’s fetish for scrambled eggs.  Give me scrambled eggs, an omelet, or frittata any day of the week and I am a happy guy.  So, tonight, we make breakfast for dinner.  I have picked up some tester / samples from various vendors and I am going […]