The Advantage of the Suburban Farmers Market

by suburban | Nov 12, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Gardening, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Pigeon? For Dinner?

by suburban | Oct 7, 2010 | Cooking, Hunting, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry

by suburban | Sep 13, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance

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.... Read more

Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Gear, Light, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Stoves, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Weather

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... Read more

Why I Write About Cooking and Food

by suburban | Aug 24, 2010 | Cooking, Food, General

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... Read more

I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

by suburban | Aug 20, 2010 | Cooking, Food

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... Read more