Author: Allyson

  • The Weekly Feast – Drinks!

    The Weekly Feast – Drinks!

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    I haven’t touched on the topic of what to drink when you’re enjoying your post-apocalyptic spam, so I think today I’ll go there. 😉 There are several really tasty, easy to make drinks for when you’re doing a lot of labor or it’s extremely hot, but you don’t have access to Gatorade or its equivalents.…

  • Prepping – Making Do

    Prepping – Making Do

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    There’s a mindset, these days, that everything is disposable. If something breaks, just get another one. Toss the old one in land fill and ignore it. This is not a sustainable practice. Why did we become the strongest country in the world? We made do. We took everyone else’s outcasts, people who wanted to work…

  • FBEL – Capturing Minds

    FBEL – Capturing Minds

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    Right now, as we all know, the media is in a tizzy. At one time, they owned the airwaves, and everyone had to report whatever it was that the letter agencies (ABC, NBC, AP, etc) found out at the White House press room. All the “little people” were forced to get their news from the…

  • The Weekly Feast – A Sallet for Fish Daies

    The Weekly Feast – A Sallet for Fish Daies

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    Each summer, I spend an inordinate amount of time dressed up as a medieval kitchen drudge, cooking feast foods over an open fire in a cow field. Beside me, knights and dames fight with sword, pole arm, axe, and shield to display their prowess to huge crowds. I’m not much noticed during the fights, but…

  • The Weekly Feast – Chicken Shawarma

    The Weekly Feast – Chicken Shawarma

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    I have been a fan of shawarma since I tried it back after the first Avengers movie. I wanted to see what it was like because I knew the scene of them all eating shawarma at the end of the movie was actually them eating, and it sparked my interest. I totally fell in love.…

  • FBEL – Random Thoughts

    FBEL – Random Thoughts

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    Sorry for posting so late, lately. It’s almost fair season, and I’m having a minor procedure done on my foot tomorrow, so I’ve been going crazy getting things ready. With any luck at all, after tomorrow I might be able to heal up and start to wear shoes again. Oy. The Left is going nuts…

  • Tuesday Tunes

    Tuesday Tunes

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    I have always loved this song. I first heard it some 20 odd years ago, and it has stuck with me ever since. There’s a specific verse that comes to mind once in a while, when I’m feeling down or bad or wrong… Now, depression’s not a million laughs But suicide’s too dang’rous Don’t go…

  • The Weekly Feast – Cheshire Pie from 1747

    The Weekly Feast – Cheshire Pie from 1747

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    I went to the Fort last weekend and I made an amazing pie. Cheshire Pie is one of the recipes shared by Hannah Glasse in her cookbook The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. The original recipe:   As you can see, it’s fairly sparse with its directions, which is a common theme among…

  • Prepping – Surviving in the Cold

    Prepping – Surviving in the Cold

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    I had the joy of staying at the Fort last weekend. Originally, the temperatures were supposed to be in the high 40s at night, and the 60s during the day. Perfect Fort weather! That didn’t turn out to be correct (go figure…). It was below freezing overnight Friday night into Saturday morning, and Saturday night…

  • FBEL – El Salvador

    FBEL – El Salvador

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    If I’m in enemy territory right now, it’s because I’m under cover of darkness, cloaked in mystery, and mistaken for a friend. I spend at least a few minutes each day, reading the news and whispering, “What the actual fuck…” over and over again. It’s depressing. Yes, I realize most of you have been doing…