Day: April 26, 2021

Preparedness Notes for Monday — April 26, 2021

On April 26, 1986, one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately. — Here is a new property listing in the American Redoubt: Five Acre Dream – Wide Open Spaces! (With both on-grid and off-grid power, near Thermopolis, Wyoming.) — Today we present another review written by our Field Gear Editor, Pat Cascio.


SAR 9 Pistol, by Pat Cascio

Turkey is producing some outstanding firearms, at great prices. I think they are making some of the best shotguns, and the prices are crazy low for these quality firearms. Make no mistake, I’m no fan of the dictator Erdogan, who is the president of Turkey. He is a “Mad Turk” if you ask me – so save the hate mail, please.  Over the years, I’ve owned several shotguns and handguns produced in Turkey, and have zero problems with them. They are well-made and priced “oh-so-right”. I’ve been attempting to add a few more firearms to my meager gun collection now …


Recipe of the Week: Harriet’s Banana Cake

The following recipe for Banana Cake was sent to us by SurvivalBlog reader Harriet, who posts savingfoodforeating, on Instagram. Ingredients 1 ½ cups mashed bananas (about 3 really ripe bananas) 3 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp. salt ¾ cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar, packed 3 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla ½ c. buttermilk (milk with a splash of vinegar) Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Cream butter, sugars and eggs Add mashed bananas and vanilla Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. Most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, a pointer to an online source of ammunition. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: We were saddened to hear of the death of metals market analyst Peter Hug. Our condolences to his family. o  o  o Arkadiusz Sieroń: Will A Fiscal Revolution Raise Gold To The Throne? Economy & Finance: At …