How can you tell if canned food is bad? Do you know the signs of spoiled canned food that might be deadly? There are several ways harmful bacteria can contaminate canned food. In the United States, there are over 100 cases of botulism are reported each year. This harmful […]
Preppers Survive gets quite a few emails each month. My favorite emails are from newbie Preppers because they have an intensity and an urgency in their comments and questions. This intense urgency is how I felt when I first started prepping. I laboriously looked for articles on prepping […]
Choosing the best food for your bug out bag can be challenging. There are several things to consider: shelf life, calories, taste, weight, bulk, fragility, and prep time. Here are several bug out bag food ideas that I have used in my emergency kits over the years that […]
It took me a long time before I even considered purchasing powdered milk for food storage. First, I do NOT enjoy milk. It’s just not something you’ll find in my fridge. Second, my parents introduced me to powdered milk as a child, YUCK! My dad had a seasonal […]
I bought an MRE seven years ago but never tried it or even opened it to see what was inside, it simply sat in my bug out bag until now. While reading One Second After (a fictional doomsday story) I learned that there were goodies inside the pouches and […]
Most preppers carry a knife. Whether it’s in their EDC or a bug out bag. However, most people do not carry a whetstone or knife sharpening tool. There are several easy survival knife sharpening hacks that might surprise you. These knife sharpening hacks will put a cutting edge […]
Many food storage checklists have powdered milk on them but what does one do with powdered milk once you have it? Will I be able to rotate it like the rest of my food storage? These were my two concerns with adding powder milk to my food storage […]
Being a part of a emergency preparedness community has its advantages. One of those advantages is that you can ask for advice, opinions, and/or feed-back to questions you have. A fellow prepper recently ask me what emergency preparedness items would be a good gift for a non-prepper. If […]
If you are the type of person that would like the benefit of a vegetable garden without all the time and attention that a traditional garden requires then a wild garden might be a good option for you. You will need to beInstill ok with little to no order so if the picture above makes you […]
My first experience with the Esky Sinky Peeler was at my sister-in-law’s house. We were considering what to eat for a snack when my sister remembers she recently bought a box of apples. When she suggested apples, her teenage daughter excitedly jumped up to slice the apples. She […]