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Everyone here at Emergency Essentials wishes you a happy, safe, and healthy 2013!

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This guest post by blogRot and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. This is a bubba-fied explanation of what it is, what it does, and how to build an effective one.  If you’re going to cite this as a source in your college research paper, you’re nuts. Electromagnetic Pulse (aka EMP) or a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from our sun produce high powered electromagnetic ‘rays’ that are very damaging to electrical and electronics based equipment. Rubbing your bare feet across the carpet generates a significant electro static potential that you feel when you then touch something metal like a door handle – that spark is a discharge of roughly 4,000 volts to 35,000 volts.  Lightning cracks …

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Guest post by David Hathaway Are you doing due diligence with nickels? As many LRC readers know, nickels are the only real “money” being distributed by the U.S. Government at this point in time. The value of the metal in a nickel equals the fiat value assigned to it by the state. This cannot be said about the currently produced pennies, dimes, quarters, or half dollars and certainly cannot be said about the paper money or the even more insidious and plentiful computer digit money that we are forced to use. Nickels are uniformly marked, impractical to counterfeit, and easily recognizable for their metallic content (75{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} copper, 25{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} nickel). So, is it really that easy to …

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Print An easy way to preserve the taste of summer. Peel and finely chop the tomatoes and onions. Mix together in a bowl, sprinkle with the salt and leave overnight if possible. Next day put the tomatoes and onions into a sieve or colander, rinse with cold running water and drain well. De-seed and finely chop the peppers. Mix the peppers, mustard seeds, drained tomatoes and onions in a bowl. Author: UK Prepper Recipe type: Relish Ingredients 4 lbs (2 kg) ripe tomatoes 2 lbs (1 kg) onions 2 medium sized peppers, red or yellow 1 oz (25 g) salt 8 oz (250 g) granulated sugar 3 teaspoons mustard seeds 16 fl oz (450 ml) white wine vinegar Instructions Peel and finely chop the tomatoes and onions. Mix together in a …

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Sweetcorn and Runner Bean Relish Print Cook cobs in boiling water for 3 minutes, then plunge into cold water. Cut kernels from cobs. Make a paste with the flour, mustard, turmeric and 2 tablespoons vinegar. Heat rest of vinegar with salt and sugar, then stir the paste into the hot vinegar. Add chopped onions, peppers, beans and sweetcorn to vinegar. Simmer 20 minutes for crispy vegetables, 30 minutes for tender. Author: UK Prepper Recipe type: Relish Ingredients 6 medium corn cobs 2 teaspoons plain flour 2 teaspoons dry mustard half teaspoon turmeric 1 pint white vinegar 2 teaspoons salt 4 oz sugar 2 onions, peeled and chopped 2 small–medium red peppers, seeded and chopped…

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Sweet Pepper Relish Print Wipe peppers and discard seeds, wipe tomatoes, peel onions, peel and core apples. Chop or mince all vegetables and fruit coarsely and put into pan. Put spices into a muslin bag. Simmer the mixture in the vinegar for 2–3 hours untl chutney is thick and then remove spices. Cool and put into sterilized jars and label. Find out more about making relishes at home. Author: UK Prepper Ingredients 6 red peppers and 6 green peppers 2 lbs green or red tomatoes 1 ½ lbs cooking apples 1 ½ lbs onions 1 lb sugar 1 oz salt 1 teaspoon allspice 1½ pints vinegar ¼ oz chillies (its up to you) ¼ oz cloves ¼ oz crushed root ginger ½ oz mustard seed 1 oz peppercorns Instructions Wipe peppers and discard seeds, wipe tomatoes…

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