Day: March 20, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Monday — March 20, 2023

Mel Tappan was born 90 years ago today — March 20, 1933. He died in 1980. His perennially popular survivalist books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival have a well-deserved following. I designated March 20th as National Survivalism Day, in his honor. It is also apropos that National Survivalism Day falls in March–one of the months that both Northern Europeans and Native Americans refer to as The Starving Season–when stored food runs low, but before spring bounty appears. Plan ahead. Stock up. Don’t let your family starve. – JWR — A new listing near Weaverville, North Carolina, over at my …


Gossner UHT Shelf Stable Milk, by Thomas Christianson

Icy gusts of January wind were driving sheets of snow relentlessly across the slick pavement. I was cautiously creeping along in my car, making my way home from work. The weather forecast for the coming night was threatening. As I drove past a grocery store, the gloomy winter twilight revealed a crowded parking lot. Shoppers were flocking to the store to buy the remaining stocks of bread, milk, and other supplies in anticipation of being snowed in. I was able to drive right on by the store without the need to stop. My wife, “Kari” had stocked our pantry well …


Recipe of the Week:  Winter Hearty Stew

The following Winter Hearty Stew recipe is from SurvivalBlog reader Richard T. Equipment Instant Pot or pressure cooker stock pot and strainer for noodles skillet for sauteing onions Ingredients 1 smoked pork hock (Easter ham trimmings, bacon, salt pork are good alternatives) 27 oz can of Southern Style mustard greens (or any fresh greens, but they must be chopped) 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes 1 medium sized yellow onion 1 – 8 oz can of mushroom pieces and stems 2 cups of dried black-eye peas (or canned black-eye peas) egg noodles Frank’s hot sauce (optional) salt & black peppercorns …


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. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. Most of these items are from JWR’s “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective. Today, we look at guns as an investment and ongoing strong gun sales in the United States. (See the Tangibles Investments section.) Precious Metals: Gold and silver prices have both jumped up substantially in Dollar terms, since the banking crisis news broke on Wednesday, March 8th. Here is some analysis, posted over at Gold-Eagle.com: Bank Failures …