Going to Smoke a Turkey…

by suburban | Aug 12, 2010 | Cooking, General, Personal

Well, I picked up a 12 pound turkey today.  Looked up a brin­ing recipe online, thawed it in water for about six or so hours, and now have it brin­ing in the refrig­er­a­tor for the next 48 hours.  This is going to be an inter­est­ing exper­i­ment, as I need... Read more

Eating Healthier for a Better Life

by suburban | Aug 11, 2010 | Cooking, General, Health, Physical Fitness

I just read a blog post on Doc­tor Prep­per this morn­ing ab0ut health­i­er eat­ing.  I try to eat healthy, but if you saw me eat on a busi­ness trip, you might think I was addict­ed to steaks or a junk food junkie.  Sad but true.  I can say that I... Read more

DIY — Alternative Method of Baking / Cooking — The Cardboard Box Oven

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Cooking, Stoves

I am always look­ing for alter­na­tive meth­ods of cook­ing if the grid goes down, the gas stops flow­ing to my stove, or the SHTF in gen­er­al.  I came across this card­board box oven post and thought I would share it. Here is the post:... Read more

Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.

by suburban | Jul 27, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been research­ing food for stor­age.  How­ev­er, I have been research­ing food for stor­age that I will actu­al­ly use, because I do not want to waste any mon­ey on buy­ing food that will just sit in the can or con­tain­er and get no use at all.  It... Read more

Goals for the Weekend.

by suburban | Jul 23, 2010 | But Out Bag, Cooking, Food, General, Heirloom Seeds, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is more a per­son­al post than any­thing else… I have had a long week.  Trav­eled on busi­ness, and along with trav­el­ing for busi­ness came busi­ness din­ners, enter­tain­ing, etc.  I am real­ly tired, and could have slept until Sat­ur­day morn­ing... Read more