Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

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

“Store what you eat, eat what you store”

In the sur­vival­ist and prep­per com­mu­ni­ty, this is a mantra often repeat­ed. Like any mantra or sim­pli­fied rule of thumb, it serves its pur­pose up to the point. While hav­ing sim­ple rules to fol­low is often a good thing, the dev­il is in the details. For me,... Read more
The Short on Shortages.

The Short on Shortages.

Briefly, I want to think Sub­ur­ban for the oppor­tu­ni­ty to post on his blog. Onward… I’ve been think­ing about “short­ages”. What it real­ly means to have a “short­age”. As I walk down the isles of my local super­mar­kets I still see full shelves of a wide vari­ety... Read more