It was my birthday a while back and my daughter sent me a box of miscellaneous preparedness items, she thought I might like to look at. One of the items that I was aware of […]
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Now I am kind of stuck in the 1950’s when it comes to working on cars. I will admit I would be in trouble if I had to work on any of the newer vehicles.
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More on Leavening agents As promised, I did some research on the use of lye or potash as leavening agents. This is what I found on the website for King Arthur Flour https://www.kingarthurflour.com/tips/quick-bread-primer.html. They provide
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Recently I was looking through an old Civil War Recipe book and came across some common food substitutions. I was really surprised at some of them, so I thought you would be interested in them.
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[/caption] Plague when you hear the word you think of the black plague that occurred in Europe hundreds of years ago. The truth is that plague still exists in the U.S. as well as other
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This is the best list of nuclear reactor locations that I have been able to locate. As you can see they are scattered throughout the U.S., some in places you would not expect. Be sure
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Making the best use of kerosene lamps requires some practice, like everything else there is a learning curve. When purchasing lamps, get extra chimneys, burners at least 2 or 3 of each and a
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[/caption] At the solar cook off there were successes and near failures. I want to write about one of the near failures. This was something I have heard about in the past and have been
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[/caption] Preserving food is an art that is as old as mankind. In the last 150 years since the advent of canning, many new methods of preserving foods have been developed. Today we have many
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I have a list of items that I am always searching for, last week I found one. It is a 2 ½ gallon hand operated fire extinguisher. Back in the 60’s we used these all
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