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Sun Oven Sunday – German Pancakes Fail!
I decided to make what we call “German Pancakes”–I’m not sure what they’re actually called–on a whim last night for dinner but wound up with an utter failure. The recipe is super simple, combine 6 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour and mix until it looks a bit like batter: Then bake at about…
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CONTEST POST: Two Camp and Pack Tools Worth Getting by T.R., EAL
Today I would like to mention two camping and backpacking tools that are inexpensive, yet worth the purchase. Sometimes the simplest piece of gear, can give you the most use on a day to day basis if you have it on hand out in the woods. Bothe are small, relatively light weight, and are multi-purpose. I’m…
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Assorted Video Reviews: Packs, Knives, and Water Bladders
Here’s an assortment of recent YT reviews that you might enjoy. They include reviews of the 5.11 Tactical Series Covert 18 Conceal Carry Backpack, CamelBak Hydrolink Tactical Pump, Ontario Utilitac II, and 5.11 PUSH Pack.
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CONTEST POST: Prepping on an Extremely Small Budget by G.R.
For the last 18 years, I have supported a family of 6 to 10 people on under $18,000 a year, an extremely small budget, but through it all I have managed to be a prepper. Until the last couple of years, I did not know I was a prepper, it has always been a way…
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Sun Oven Sunday – Baked Tilapia
Since we were having fish the other night I figured I should try it in the sun oven just ’cause I can. 🙂 The idea is super simple since it’s already frozen… just douse with Italian dressing and cook at 425 degrees for about 15 minutes. I let the sun oven pre-heat a bit (it…
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CONTEST POST: Eighteen Essential Items for Your Bug Out Bag by R.M.
A bug out bag is an item anyone who is even slightly invested in prepping should own. A bug out bag is a collection of things that should give you everything you need to get through the first few days on the road. You should be able to grab it in a minute, and it…
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CONTEST POST: 7 Survival Tools for Camping with Kids by T.L.
The tools I pack for a camping trip may seem unorthodox or a too extensive, but I believe you need the proper preparation to handle any drastic situation in the wilderness, especially with children. I was always the younger brother that older siblings took to baseball games, waterparks, and other events. I never got the…
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CONTEST POST: You Think? by G.R.
Yeah, I do, I’m sitting pretty, there’s canned goods and bags of staples bucket’d, i have the major area’s covered, food, water, med’s, oh yeah, I’m sitting pretty. There’s enough you say for 90 days to see you through, 0r 6 months, or gee i have a year’s supply laid up, so when the emergency…
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200 Miles From Home With a Flat Tire, Guess What I Didn’t Have?
We just returned from a day trip to Omaha, NE (from Kansas City) where we wanted to take the kids to the zoo or local wildlife reserve and a children’s museum. About ten miles from our destination I got a flat tire, my wife asked what was wrong, and I immediately knew I was about…