Preparedness Notes for Monday — May 30, 2022

Today, Memorial Day, is a day of solemn remembrance in the U.S. of the many who have given their all for our freedoms. We always thank those who are serving in our military and their families who have also made sacrifices, but today most of all we want to honor those who gave their lives. — Today’s feature article is another product review written by our Field Gear Editor Emeritus, Pat Cascio.    




Smith & Wesson Wyatt Deep Cover, by Pat Cascio

I don’t normally write about firearms that have been discontinued. However, there are still a lot of this model still available on the secondary market – just too bad S&W discontinued them – more on this later. The Wyatt Deep Cover, is a modified S&W Model 637. The modifications were designed by a former FFL dealer in Colorado. It is sad that he went to prison, but he flaunted what he was doing – illegally, on a television show. So it was only a question of time, before the Feds closed in on his operation. I won’t even say his …




Recipe of the Week: Monkeyman’s Dirty Rice

The following Dirty Rice recipe is from SurvivalBlog reader “Monkeyman”.  He notes that he often makes this doubled recipe. Ingredients 2 cups brown rice – you can use white rice, just reduce the liquid to exactly 4 cups 3 cups chicken broth One 14-oz. can of coconut milk, I add a little water to rinse out the can and add it Lard, Olive Oil, butter, or your grease of choice 2 medium onions, chopped 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced 2 pounds pork sausage Dried Home Grown Sage, to taste Directions Add rice, broth, coconut milk to large pot and bring …




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, we look at the recent record-setting auction price for General Grant’s revolvers. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Mike Savage: Inflation, Deflation…Or Both? o  o  o If gold is not the best inflation hedge, then what is? Nancy Davis. Economy & Finance: At Zero Hedge: “Build Blackouts Better”: Half Of America …