Inexpensive DIY Tin Can Lighting and Cooking

by suburban | Feb 4, 2014 | Cooking, Light, Preparedness, Prepping, Stoves

As a life prep­per and sur­vival expert in the high desert there are cer­tain things that I cen­ter on when it comes to my fam­i­lies safe­ty, com­fort and sur­vival. The con­cen­tra­tion for todays arti­cle is on DIY light. Con­trary to pop­u­lar myth the high desert... Read more

Test Cooking with Preps, Breakfast for Dinner, Part One

by suburban | Feb 10, 2012 | Bug In, Food, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance

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... Read more

And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

by suburban | Oct 31, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Cooking, Guns & Weapons, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Solar Oven Fail

by Prepperjim | Sep 28, 2011 | Cooking, Personal, Preparedness

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... Read more

Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

by ST | May 31, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Guest Posts, Personal

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... Read more