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Medicinal Moonshine to cure coughs

January 30, 2013July 26, 2024 James Burnette 25 Comments

For this article on medicinal moonshine I wish I had a gypsy wagon for selling snake oil from. Crazy James’ Snake Oil Wagon of Wonder. Maybe a new business venture for me if this Survivalpunk thing doesn’t pan out.

So I got over the stomach virus thing and a few days after I started having a sore throat and a horrible cough. I felt really bad for a few days, achy, tired, runny nose, the works. I thought I might have caught the flu going around. Actually I might have or maybe bronchitis, I’m not sure I don’t go to the doctor and I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on the internet. All I know is now five days later I’m still coughing and it sucks.

One of my good friends who knows a lot more about both herbal remedies and a lot more about moonshine told me to take some to get rid of my lingering cough. Well, I’m never one to turn down a chance for medicinal moonshine so this is what I did for my cough.

3 Atkins Frozen Meals Reviewed: Easy Low Carb Meals

January 28, 2013August 15, 2016 James Burnette 3 Comments

Atkins Frozen Meals

Yesterday I happened to see new Atkins frozen meals in the frozen food section at Walmart. I thought it was a neat idea, good for a quick meal that would be fairly close to my paleo foods. While I usually cook all my meals at home and bring them with me with the past two weeks being an exception. First I had that nasty stomach virus that put me down and I couldn’t cook. Furthermore as soon as I got over that I caught what might be the flu. In any case once again no cooking. Seeing these I thought that in a pinch having a few of these handy could help you get through a sickness or lazy spell. If they taste any good that is. So let’s get down to eating these Atkins Frozen Meals I’m starving!

How To Make The Best Off Grid Coffee Maker For Cheap

January 22, 2013August 22, 2016 James Burnette 27 Comments

Coffee, the glue that keeps modern society functional. Without our morning life blood dragging yourself into work becomes nearly impossible. What happens to the magical elixir when the power is out and the coffee pots won’t turn on? How do you make coffee without electricity? I’ve been thinking about how to make an off grid coffee maker for a few weeks now. Most the time I walk around in a semi-daze with projects going through my head. For this project, I had a list of things I needed my off grid coffee maker to accomplish. I wanted it to be simple to make, easy to operate, not be made of plastic, take any heating method available and not just produce any cup of coffee but the BEST cup. While I still have a few kinks to work out my trial run produced an amazing cup. Now let’s get to brewing!

Low Carb Egg Pizza

January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 James Burnette 3 Comments

I’m back! The sickness I had last week that kicked my ass is over and I’m hungry! To cure my hunger I’m making an old favorite recipe of mine from before I went paleo. Before the switch to paleo I had been just eating low carb. Once, while I was craving pizza and didn’t want to break my diet I googled a recipe for a low carb pizza. The recipe I found many years ago turned out to be delicious. It hit the spot and became a regular meal for years before switching to paleo and giving up dairy. I had in fact forgotten all about egg pizza until a few weeks ago when an ex girlfriend of mine mentioned it and how much she loved it. Well I decided to make up one and show you how you can make egg pizza too. Egg pizza is the perfect dish to make for a special lady, chicks love egg pizza.

Paleo Quick Tip: Coconut Milk Cheese

January 9, 2013January 9, 2013 James Burnette 6 Comments

Today is a quick little tip I discovered through forgetfulness. I usually keep cans of coconut milk in my preps. Since going paleo I got over my long standing hatred for the mighty coconut and keep it in it’s many forms in storage. Since coconut milk has a long storage life It stays in the pantry unless I open a can and don’t use it all. Recently I forgot that I had opened a can and left in the fridge for a few weeks…or maybe months. When I discovered it in the back of the fridge I was scared it might have mutated and would attack me. The odd thing was when I picked it up I noticed it was no longer a liquid. It had become a solid during it’s time hiding in the fridge. This transformation piqued my curiosity. I was too afraid of all the possible botulism that had infested this can of formerly coconut goodness and promptly tossed it out. Since then I’ve played around a bit more and will share my non toxic discoveries with you.