One of the things I hold most dear is my moral compass, my morals may not line up perfectly with “traditional” morals – and I know they don’t line up with modern “morals” – but as Heinlein said “I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I […]
Month: October 2013
Sterilizing Water in a Pressure Cooker
This method Sterilizing Water in a Pressure Cooker is much like pressure canning. Except instead of sterilizing food, we will be sterilizing drinking water in glass canning jars. Unlike filtering or distillation, this will not do anything for contaminate – just organisms. To truly sterilize something, it must be free of all microbes AND spores. […]
How to Make Cold Smoked Cheese
After enjoying the sausage, I had to try some Smoked Cheese – when smoking hard cheese you need to ensure the smoke is less than 175 degrees unless you want to pick melted cheese from the bottom of your smoker. It does not take very much to smoke cheese – a little goes a long […]
PRN Episode #40 Introduction to Prepper Kits
In my plan, Bugging Out is not my first choice. It makes great survival fiction. However, I would much rather stay with the majority of my preps and keep my survival systems in place. That is better than trying to live an unknown amount of time with only the supplies I can carry or scrounge. […]
Opening 7.62x54R Spam Can
There are a couple different spam cans for surplus ammo – and each has a little different method of opening. Today I am going to open a 300 round can of 7.62x54R on clips. The 7.62x54R Spam Can is hot dipped galvanized with a soldered on lid. There is a metal tip on one end. […]