Mar 23
In the P.A.W., it would be nice to be able to make a nice loaf of bread or even just cook something without using a campfire and risking burning your food all the time. This isn’t as far-fetched of an idea as you may think. In fact, you could build an oven to use while …
Jan 19
No matter what the situation, a fella’s gotta eat! And you can only survive on berries and spam for so long before you go crazy. If you trap or hunt an animal, you need to know how to gut it down to it’s edible goodies. Squirrels are one of the more prevalent varmints in North …
Oct 18
Cooking over an open camp fire isn’t exactly the most predictable way to cook. It’s easy to char the outside of a meal, while leaving the inside raw or under cooked. Cooking in a pan is even more unpredictable, plus you constantly have to monitor your meal to ensure it doesn’t burn. However, boiling water over a …
Oct 02
Having the right tools is important to survival. Having a bow could be the difference between “making it” and starving to death. You may not be able to get your hands on a fancy compound bow, but Instructables user dejapong shows us how to build a makeshift bow for less than $20 worth of materials …
Sep 14
Growing up, we had a yew bush in our front yard and my parents had to almost constantly tell me not to eat the berries from this bush. They looked so vibrant and delicious-looking that I couldn’t help but be tempted. It turns out that had I given in to this temptation I would have …
Jul 06
Clearly, if websites were people, The Armageddon Blog would be good pals with Lifehacker. Or at least, follow Lifehacker around all the time talking about how great of friends they are while Lifehacker tries to ignore the creepy guy following him around. Yet again, there’s another article on Lifehacker that is relevant to the interests …
Jun 04
There’s no avoiding it: Ketchup is a staple of the American diet. We drench our fries in it, put it on our burgers, some of us even dress our scrambled eggs in it. Ketchup gives us a way to add flavor to what might otherwise be considered a bland meal. Ketchup is a preserved product, …
Jun 01
It’s a sad fact, but there are very few places in the world that you can’t find human garbage of some form or another. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that you can make use of this garbage in a post apocalyptic world. Over at Instructables, there’s an post on how to turn …
May 31
At this point, it should be obvious that it is a universal truth that food will be incredibly scarce (unless you’re incredibly lucky or well prepared). You have to accept that you will inevitably have to gather or hunt any food you eat. The easiest way to hunt animals is to set traps for them …
May 08
You’ve survived the initial disaster, scraped by on what bits of food you could find, and you’ve scavenged a healthy inventory of canned goods. What’s for dinner? Franks and beans again? After a while, you’re going to get bored with eating the same stuff day in and day out (a luxurious problem to have in …