So this is not a prepper/gun/DIY post – but man can’t like on preps alone – sometimes you just have to have fun with your kids, and I love sharing cookies and milk with my boy. Unfortunately, my bride does not understand that messes can be cleaned up, but kids are only kids once, so […]
Category: Cooking & Food Storage
Various articles on food storage, food preparedness, cooking, and general kitchen stuff
My Toddler Cooking Pancakes
Today’s post is just a playful thing, it doesn’t teach anything, or show anything new – just me and my boy messing around. All I am doing is watching as my son WT makes pancakes. I don’t eat a lot of pancakes, after I had the lap band, they make me throw up is I […]
How to Make Coffee Without a Coffee Maker
I don’t drink a lot of coffee, so maybe I don’t fully appreciate this coffee brewing hack, but since I love DIY solutions to problems, I wanted to show an awesome hack James from survivalpunk.com thought of in order to brew coffee using nothing but a glass carafe, a filter, and a cut off […]
How to Dry Peppers Using a Ristra
Ristras are now normally expensive decorative items bought at overpriced stores selling cheap crap. Traditionally they were used to both dry and store peppers in the southwest. A ristra is simple a heavy thread that has been run through the end of multiple peppers and then left out to dry. Last years peppers are […]
How to Make Perfect Tea With a French Press
I have never used a french press before, but after the Alabama Tornado a couple years ago I realized that having a non-electric coffee maker might be something preppers should have. So when Kona contacted me and asked if I wanted to review their french press I said sure (they supplied the press, but […]