Quick tip for Cutting up Potatoes for potato wedges: When you need to cut up a lot of potatoes, either for dehydrating, making home fries, mashed taters, stew, or whatever – simply peel, and run through an apple corer. It makes evenly sized strips, is easy, safe, and it keeps you from buying a […]
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How to Make an Emergency Duct Tape Keychain Roll
This common Duct Tape Keychain tip is well known among backpackers. If wrap some duct tape around a water bottle or lighter you will always have a couple feet readily available for quick repairs. I Went One Step Farther In the video below I show some wrapped around a small disposable lighter, but taking […]
How to Make Traveling Dice
As we test our 72 hour kits and bug out bags, I find that I am very good at anticipating the big stuff (like how to deal with gunshot wounds and catastrophic tornado damage), but not so good at the little stuff (like screaming kids and stressed out wives). But since it is all […]
Used Book Store Find and Prepper Tip
Used book stores are great for finding reference books at a great discount. I think books are a great way to store up information that may be needed in disaster situations. Without Cable TV or the Internet, cheap books are the best way to get both information and entertainment. We have a cool place that […]
Kitchen Tip: Tea Brewing Tip
This is a quick Tea Brewing Tip for sweet tea – it works particularly well with hard water, but we are on city water, and it made a huge difference in the quality of my favorite drink. I really like sweet tea, but due to the bitterness of the tannins it contains, I hate unsweet tea. […]