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Why I Write About Cooking and Food

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, […]

Reviews of the Mora Knife

I was going to do a review of the Mora knife, but a quick Google search has revealed that there are a plethora of them already out there.  So, instead of writing one on my own, I thought I would share several that I have found.  This way, you only have one place to look […]

Steve Wynn on CNBC

Steve Wynn of the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas, NV talking politics and economy with CNBC.  I thought you might like to listen in…  He is building a casino in China, but having issues because there has been a worker shortage.  This aired about two months ago.

Suburban and Urban Survival at TheSurvivalPodcast.com

So, on my way back from camping today, I had the opportunity to catch up on some of Jack Spirko’s, The Survival Podcast Episodes.  The two that happened to be in my queue for listening were a two part series on Urban and Suburban Homesteading, and Urban and Suburban Security. Both shows were excellent.  I […]

Saturday Videos For You

Enjoy the Saturday Videos… I’ll be out on a camping trip and sighting in two new scopes… Michael Bane of Best Defense talks about Bugging Out Solar Cooking with a Stainless Steel Water Bottle with Jack Spirko httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yWHXO3DDI Cleaning Out Expired Food Preps httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1AxLpI4V4 Nutnfancy – Tactical 10/22 by Nutnfancy: Great RunNGun Option! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI0g1dtadw

I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

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.  

Get SHTF Weather Alerts Via Email or SMS/Text Message

So, while at a conference in NYC yesterday, I met an asset management guy that invests in domain names and unique business models behind them.  One of them was Alerts.com.  Alerts.com is a service that will alert you to a situation or issue that you want to be reminded of.  I thought it was a […]

Fortify Your Winter Camp if You Bug Out

So, I thought this was pretty cool, and some good advise.  In the event you have to bug out in the winter whether you start out on foot, or start out in a vehicle and then end up on foot in the winter with an ample level of snow on the ground, you may end […]