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Taste Test: Backpacker’s Pantry Pad Thai

February 19, 2011 aptprepper Emergency Food Storage, Food Storage, Freeze dried food, Product Review, Survival Cookery

It’s been a while since I reviewed a prepackaged freeze dried food so I decided to be adventurous and try Backpacker’s Pantry Pad Thai. It is a vegetarian noodle dish,

Are There Advantages for Apartment Preppers?

February 16, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Survival

Now that I have been preparing for a few months, I am well aware of the disadvantages for us apartment dwellers in the big city: lack of space is a

Book Review: How to Live on Wheat 3rd Edition

February 13, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Book Review, Food Storage, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Survival Cookery

I received a reviewer’s copy of How to Live on Wheat, 3rd Edition by John Hill, which was released December 2010. I must admit I had not heard of this

Welcome UK and Canada Readers

February 2, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

Welcome new readers and subscribers! These last couple of days, there has been an influx of visits from the UK Preppers forum https://uk-preppers.co.uk/ When I started this blog, I was

Minimalism and Preparedness

January 26, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Our apartment is getting smaller! Or it seems that way anyway. The more emergency supplies we acquire, the less free space we have.

I Read The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse

January 14, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Book Review, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness, Preparedness, Preparedness Mindset, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

I finished reading The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando “Ferfal” Aguirre. He runs the Surviving in Argentina Blog (I don’t know him personally, just giving

Apartment Inspection Time – What was that Really About?

January 6, 2011 aptprepper Apartment inspections, Apartment Living, Apartment Prepping, Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

Another note from building management was stuck to our door when I got home today: “Tenant is hereby informed that your lease and security deposit is hereby transferred to blah

Avoid Holiday Food Waste

December 18, 2010 aptprepper Avoiding Waste

During the holidays food all around us. Generally, food is plentiful, but there may come a time when it may not be so. Since I started preparing, I have become

My First Rifle

December 4, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Family Preparedness, Preparedness, Survival Gear

Today my family and I went target shooting at a local gun range. I finally got to try out my new rifle, the U.S Survival AR-7 rifle. Why did we

Can a Bank Glitch Ruin Your Weekend?

December 3, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Frugality

A few days ago, millions of people in Australia could not get access to their own money for a whole weekend. According to news reports, a computer glitch at National