Day: December 15, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Monday — December 15, 2025

On December 15th, 1569:  While being hunted by Queen Elizabeth I (pictured) for treason in “The Rising of the North”, Charles Neville, Earl of Westmorland, escaped to Scotland. — December 15th is Bill of Rights Day. The Bill of Rights became law on this day in 1791, following ratification by the state of Virginia. We encourage our American readers to gather publicly and read the Bill of Rights aloud. — The 15th of December, 1923, was the birthday of Uziel “Uzi” Gal (born Gotthard Glas). He is, of course, remembered as the inventor of the famous Uzi submachine gun. — …


Minuteman Titan Rocket Stove, by Thomas Christianson

The Minuteman Titan Rocket Stove has a shell around the body of the stove that is filled with ceramic fiber insulation. This ensures that a large portion of the heat produced by the stove goes up the chimney to cook whatever is on the grate instead of being randomly dissipated in all directions. Once the stove is hot, this feature greatly accelerates its cooking speed in comparison with a similar uninsulated stove. With a weight of 35 pounds, the Titan is best suited for use at a fixed location or in conjunction with wheeled transport. The Titan is fairly expensive. …


Recipe of the Week: 

The following recipe for Yorkshire Pudding is from The New Butterick Cook Book, copyright 1924, now in the public domain. That is just one of the dozens of bonus books included in the 2005-2025 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick that will be available to pre-order on December 29th. Yorkshire Pudding is a classic English recipe that is traditionally made to serve alongside Roast Beef. Ingredients 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup miik 2 eggs Directions Put flour, salt, milk, and eggs together in a mixing bowl. Beat well with a Dover egg beater. …


SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week

Today’s graphic: The 3.33% land where half of the US population lives. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Note that there is no high-density blue in The American Redoubt region or in the Dakotas. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.


The Editors’ Quote Of The Day:

“When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered yes—remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education—make a boy observe, induce him to be patient, and let him learn to notice everything in nature, and I will have laid the foundation for an excellent man.” – Thomas Jefferson