Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN
2161-5543
"One
who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality
expressing the highest respect for law ... We will not obey your evil
laws."
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From The
Smiling Dog Saloon Files
In
This Issue:
1.
Homemade Apple Fritters-Get our Free Cookbook
2.
Simple canning, without the equipment, the
Emergency Bra Gas Mask
3.
4’ Garden, Emergency Food Buyers Guide & Other Free ebook downloads
4.
Home Repairs during an emergency
5.
Start a Barter Club – Part II-NEW-The Poor
Man’s Barter Site (Free)
Home Made
Apple Fritters…
It’s fall
harvest time and in between what seems like non-stop hospital and doctor
visits, I’ve been making pickles, jams, and apple related recipes…Here’s a good
recipe for fritters and in the next issue, I’ll share one for homemade crockpot
apple butter.
Homemade Apple Fritters
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg (beaten)
1/3 cup milk
1 cup apple ( diced)
1 cup cooking oil
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg (beaten)
1/3 cup milk
1 cup apple ( diced)
1 cup cooking oil
Glaze
1/4 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
Measure and sift all dry ingredients.
Beat eggs and milk together; slowly incorporating the dry
ingredients.
Add the chopped apples.
In a heavy skillet on the stovetop, heat cooking oil over
medium-high heat.
Drop teaspoon full of apple-batter into hot oil and fry
until golden brown in color- 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
Remove from oil and drain on brown paper.
To make glaze:
Combine milk and vanilla in a medium saucepan and heat
over low heat until warm.
Sift confectioners' sugar into milk mixture.
Whisk slowly, until well combined.
Remove the glaze from the heat and set over a bowl of
warm water.
Dip doughnuts into the glaze, 1 at a time, and set on a draining rack placed in a half sheet pan for 5 minutes
before serving.
Makes 12 small fritters
NOTE: Secrets
& Shortcuts of a Country Inn Chef – Yours for the asking. I wrote this a few years ago (my wife and I
once owned a country inn which had a terrific following thanks to the food we
served).
If you’d like a condensed version, download it at: http://sdrv.ms/150KRSz
PM’s
Roundup of Useful Resources…
Like the article says, canning doesn’t have to cost you a
fortune and for acidic foods/recipes doesn’t require a lot of equipment either:
“As anyone with a vegetable garden will tell you, even the smallest plot will
often produce far more food than you and your family can eat. At this point,
many eco-conscious gardeners…
Continue reading Yes,
You Can: Simple Canning without the Equipment (link)
Oh, boy… I’m sure some of you have a few dirty jokes in
mind already, but all silliness aside, this bra could be a real life-saver one
day: “Protesters and members of the Occupy movement around the world are
starting to get used to pepper spray and tear gas, but the rest of the world?…
Continue reading This
Emergency Bra is the Sexiest Gas Mask Money Can Buy (link)
Get your free ebooks today –
Download these valuable resources:
à>4 Foot Farm Blueprint, How to do Everything
Absolutely Right, Complete Book of Self Reliance, Urban Survival-Survive Tough
Times, Emergency Food Buyers Guide.
DIY Projects & Tips
We have built Old World
Garden Farms on the cheap by practicing the art of recycle -reuse and
repurpose. Our goal has always been to show that giving new life to old
items can be more than just a savings to your pocketbook – and a way to create
and make your home, garden – and in our case, farm – a beautiful place to live.
I linked to another video this guy did quite a while back
that required you to heat up the PVC, this time it’s a no-heat project……
Continue reading How
to Build a 40 Pound No Heat PVC Bow for Less Than $7 (video)
The Getting Started Course
The ‘Getting Started’ course is a 4-week email course
containing 20 lessons that will give you actionable steps to help you save
hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars a year, get
out of debt, better organize and manage your finances, and help you begin
planning and preparing for the future.
If you expect to be self-sufficient whatsoever during an
emergency situation then it behooves you to have a wide assortment of tools and
supplies to make that happen. The following post lists quite a few of the
“basic” tools and supplies you should be sure to have on-hand to make this more
likely than not:…
Continue reading Home
Repair Supplies for Use in an Emergency Situation (link)
The Nanny State-We love our government
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released
details of an investigation showing how U.S. law enforcement and other agencies
exceed their powers in the name of homeland security. The ACLU points to the
practice of the U.S. border agents searching and seizing the electronic devices
of Americans at the border. Public data shows that more Americans are having
their electronic devices searched.
The
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) sues a Pennsylvania mining
company for forcing an employee into an early retirement after he refused to
use a biometric hand scanner to track his hours. The employee argued that using
the scanner would violate his Evangelical Christian beliefs in the Bible's mark
of the beast prophecy. According to the Christian Bible, the mark is implanted
on the forehead or right hand and symbolizes allegiance to the antichrist.
The
Parting Thought – Not to worry in the land of the free!
How to
Start a Neighborhood Bartering Club
A
How-to Guide for neighborhood
leaders
working to make life better for
people.
A great way to save money and create connections with
neighbors is to start a neighborhood bartering club. You and your neighbors can
trade things that everyone needs, create a close-knit community, and come out
ahead at the end of the month!
We already barter everyday — when we take our turn in a
carpool, babysit the kids of the woman who sometimes baby-sits ours, even trade
baseball cards. Bartering is simply trading for goods and services rather than
exchanging money. If you have something that I want or need and I have
something that you want or need, we can barter through a bartering club instead
of going to a store
or a service provider and using cash.
There are many types of bartering clubs. Some are simply
set up for “one to one” exchanges in which people trade directly with one
another to get things they need. Other bartering clubs actually use a “special
money” that people exchange for goods and services. One national program called
“Time Dollars” allows people to earn “dollars” for every hour of service they
perform. They can t use these “dollars” to “buy” services for themselves and
their families — all the while, no real cash has been exchanged.
What
Types of Things Can We Barter?
As long as someone needs it, any item in your home or any
service you or your family can provide could be bartered. For example, you can
swap “goods” like clothes, toys and furniture. Or you can swap “services” —
things you can do for one another. If you need the tires replaced on your car
and know that a certain person can do it and that person wants some
after-school Spanish
tutoring for his daughter, the two of you could trade services.
Goods and services can also be changed with each other. For example, one person
could fix a tire for someone who gives him or her a used computer.
Example
“goods” to barter
• Old clothes that are in good
shape
• Toys and sports equipment
• Instruments, jewelry, artwork,
and homemade crafts
• Furniture and computers
• Lumber or firewood
• Anything you might find in your
attic or basement
Example
“services” to barter
• Making repairs
• Babysitting and childcare
• Food preparation and serving
• Gardening and yard work
• Entertainment
• Anything you or your family can
do
Common items to stockpile for barter…
Medical Supplies –
Over the Counter Remedies
Aspirin, Tylenol,
Pepto Bismal, toiletries (especially women’s products), etc.
Services of any kind. If you are able to provide others with a
service that they believe to be valuable, you will have significant bargaining
power. The great thing about providing others with a service is that you are
able to provide the same service over and over for additional benefits. Medical
services, repairing services, and gardening services will be of especially high
value given the benefits provided to the user.
Food and alcohol. People will be focused on longevity in a
time of crisis and food is the most obvious way to extend a person’s life.
Alcohol will allow people to escape the reality they are currently in. Even
cheap alcohol will be of high value in a time of crisis.
Weapons and ammunition. Weapons and ammunition will provide people
with a source of security. Security in a time of crisis is especially important
and will give you valuable bargaining power. A range of weapons and ammunition
will give you more power in the bargaining process. Stockpile common rounds
like 9mm.
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