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Review: Coleman 4D CPX 6 Classic LED Lantern and CPX Rechargeable Power Cartridge

August 28, 2012 by db

This one is for Brian over at www.thewannabehomesteader.com. Thanks for the request! (My video review at the bottom) Yesterday I mentioned dealing with the power outage, and showed a picture of my family eating with a lantern on the table.

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If you don’t like the situation, change your point of view

August 27, 2012 by db

I ran into this monstrosity in my back yard a while back.

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Salt – An Over-looked long term storable and Brining 101

August 24, 2012 by db

I gave a whole rabbit to SB a week or so ago, and he let me know a few days later that he ended up smoking it whole – something I’ve not yet tried, but wanted to do. One of the things that I was concerned with is that rabbit, being a rather lean meat (but not […]

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Thrifty Food Buy and Uses for 22 August 2012

August 23, 2012 by db

This is my only “regular” weekly post, and it revolves around stores in my area, and food that we eat. We practice “Eat what you store, store what you eat”. Since I try to eat “Paleo”, this means very little food that includes any grains, legumes, or refined sugars. This week, a little change, I […]

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How to Open a Brown Coconut

August 22, 2012 by db

I’ve covered opening green coconuts, and briefly touched on opening browns ones in the comments on the same post, but recently my friend James over at Survival Punk made coconut bars and had an adventure getting the coconut open and the meat out. Apparently, this + this = the need for this. 🙂 Doing what I can […]

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Product Review: Danco Aluminum Fishing Pliers

August 21, 2012 by db

While I was out fishing with SB, he saw I was carrying one of my Leatherman multitools, all great products in my opinion. Seeing I was fumbling, he whipped his pliers out and said, if I was going to try to fit in and spend any time on the water, I should probably get a […]

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My take on “Rabbit starvation”

August 20, 2012 by db

Stumbling around, I came across a very nice website called The Wannabe Homesteader, and found some great info about starting tomatoes. The next day’s post was about rabbits, specifically, Why Rabbit Meat is Not The Best Survival Food. The author raised the question, “..should a person include rabbit meat as a back-up plan for survival situations? […]

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Up next: Stingray for Dinner!

August 17, 2012 by db

In regards to my failed attempt at flounder gigging, and a reference to my canned mullet, I recieved this on my FloridaHillbilly Facebook page today: SB-“If all else fails, maybe you could try canning stingray.” And I got to thinking….why not? Well, maybe not canning it, but stingray as a dish? Most people consider it […]

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Thrifty Food Buy and Uses for 15 August 2012

August 16, 2012 by db

This is my only “regular” weekly post, and it revolves around stores in my area, and food that we eat. We practice “Eat what you store, store what you eat”. Since I try to eat “Paleo”, this means very little food that includes any grains, legumes, or refined sugars. This week, a little change, I […]

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A simple recipe: Three plant Edible Landscape Salad for Florida

August 15, 2012 by db

I heard about this,and want to look into it for several reasons. First, it offers almost year-round availability here. Second, each plant is tasty from the samples I’ve tried so far. Thirds, its highly nutritious, as well as Paleo! The three ingredients are

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