Suburbansurvival Blog

Survivalism & Disaster Preparedness

Resources and Commentary on Prepping in Suburbia

After a year or so of the site being down, we’re slow­ly relaunch­ing it with all the old con­tent, and writ­ing new con­tent. It’s been well over a year since I’ve done any prep­ping, and recent­ly start­ed again. Updates over the last 18 months are, Ms. Prep­per is now Mrs. Prep­per, and there’s the addi­tion of Baby Prep­per, too… I feel like it’s all new again, and I’m learn­ing from scratch…

Why I Write About Cooking and Food

Why I Write About Cooking and Food

Aug 24, 2010 | , ,

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…

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Reviews of the Mora Knife

Reviews of the Mora Knife

Aug 23, 2010 | ,

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…

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Steve Wynn on CNBC

Steve Wynn on CNBC

Aug 23, 2010 | ,

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.…

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I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

Aug 20, 2010 | ,

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…

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