Author: Damian Brindle
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How to Cook Dried Beans Infographic
Thanks to the Survival Woman at BackdoorSurvival.com for these instructions… Link to complete instructions: http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/how-to-cook-dried-beans
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Outdoor Condensor Microphone Plans and Trip Wire Alarm System
The more I think about prepping for the long term the more I realize how important early warning can be. I should point out that I have no experience whatsoever with such concepts as I never served in the military or brewed up a batch of moonshine–I just watched the last episode of Moonshiners. 🙂 Anyway,…
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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 3 Results
My how time flies… we’re already to week 3 of my–possibly–18 week experiment of egg storage without refrigeration. Here’s where we’re at (click images to enlarge)… Here’s the mineral oil egg (doesn’t float and no smell when opened): And this is the control egg (also did not float and no smell when opened): Here’s what…
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What if the Mistake is With Preparation?
This post is me being my own devil’s advocate. You see, not long ago I posted an article on The Probability Spectrum of Disasters which basically stated that you should focus your preparations on the scenarios that are most likely to happen to YOU rather than what you’re most afraid of or some guru says you should…
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There’s More to Proper Food Storage Than You Think
Last week I got into a short, yet friendly, comments discussion with HealthyPrepper (one of my recent favorite YouTube channels by the way) on one of her videos regarding the storage of crackers for the long term. Suffice it to say, that I suggested there’s more to consider when storing crackers (she was storing regular…
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Win a FREE Sun Oven by Sharing Your 2013 Food Storage Goals (FoodStorageMadeEasy.net Giveaway)
I just noticed that Jodi and Julie at FoodStorageMadeEasy.net are offering a free sun oven giveaway contest! All it seems that you have to do to be entered into the contest is to post a comment about your 2013 goals on their Facebook page by Sunday, February 3 (winner announced on Monday). I would have jumped…
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Review of Energizer 7 LED Trailfinder Headlight
I recently purchased the Energizer 7 LED Trailfinder Headlight off a recommendation of Steven Harris of Solar1234.com because I was in the market for a new headlamp. After removing it from the package there was some basic assembly required, including attaching the headband and installing the batteries. One thing I noticed was that the battery compartment…
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HOW TO KILL WITH YOUR HANDS DVD…to survive a violent attack
I have no idea how long the link below will continue to be active, but Coach David has just told me that he is making Disc 1 of his B.E.T. system FREELY available for a limited time on YouTube. I had an opportunity to review it a few weeks ago and was getting excited about (hopefully)…
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General George S. Patton’s Guide to Prepping
I’ve been a fan of the late General since I was a kid. For a variety of reasons he seems to exemplify the American “can do” attitude that makes me just love this country, regardless of what the elites are doing to it. Anyway, I thought it would be a fun thought experiment to consider…