This last weekend I took the Complete Survivor Class from Ancient Pathways. I picked up a whole series of skills to practice. Notice I said “practice” because, good lord, just cause I did these things once doesn’t mean I am actually competent at any of them. We set traps, snares, tracked, snacked on plants, [...]
Archive for the ‘fire’ Category
Surviving Survivor School
Posted: May 23, 2011 in animals, animals, arizona, cooking, desert, edible, escape from phoenix, fire, food, meat, psychological needs, research, survival, weekend, wildTags: ancient pathways, apocalypse survival, arizona, arizona desert, desert, survival
2
Survival Mom and why I am sick of beans
Posted: March 16, 2011 in cooking, fire, food, garden, proteinTags: 2012, apocalypse, cooking, Post-Apocalypse cooking
One of the rules or expressions among the preppers is “eat what you store and store what you eat.” Another sentiment is “practice is better than just reading,” which I totally agree with. With those two sentiments in mind the Survival Mom is challenging her readers this month to cook rice and beans seven days [...]
Survival Mom, solar oven and baking bread
Posted: February 15, 2011 in cooking, cooking, experiment, fire, food, oven, prepper, solarTags: baking, bread, cook, cooking, food, foodie, solar cooking, solar oven
One of the rules or expressions among the preppers is “eat what you store and store what you eat.” Another sentiment is “practice is better than just reading,” which I totally agree with. With those two ideas in mind the Survival Mom challenges her readers to a monthly challenge or skill. January’s was to bake a loaf [...]
Weekend Update: Fire and Water
Posted: February 14, 2011 in cooking, fire, prepper, research, solar, Sonoran desert, water, weekendTags: apocalypse, arizona desert, basic survival, prepper, water
I did not have a lot of success with my experiments over the weekend. On Saturday I dug a shallow bath-tub size hole, put six handfuls of weeds in the hole, and covered it with clear plastic. This was my first attempt at a solar still. Water did collect on the bottom of the plastic, [...]
