Free prep items at Walgreens this week!

I was reading recently about things that are in great demand after a natural disaster.  One was over the counter pain medicine, & another was eye drops.  I hadn't thought about eye drops!  But you can get both those things free after register rewards at Walgreens this week.  Grab an ad when you go in the store, they're on the back page.  Can't beat free!

Earthquake info

http://ussc.utah.gov/publications/roots_earthquake.pdf
There's some great earthquake prep info in this free ebook.  The first part is Utah specific, but the preparedness info applies to everyone who may live near an earthquake.

Cool survival book!

I bought this book for $10 at Recreation Outlet & picked up another for a Christmas present.  Now that I've had time to look through it, I wish I'd bought more at that price!  This is a very comprehensive guide.  It has photos with all the instructions, which I much prefer over vague drawings.  It covers wilderness & urban areas.  The sections are Bushcraft, Shelter, Fire, Water, Food, Tools, Self defense urban, home survival, surviving on the move, surviving terrorism, surviving nature, first aid.  Lots of it you could save for reference (such as tanning a hide, building an igloo), & others you'd want to learn ahead of time (such as self defense, securing your home, how to escape when bound).  This book was WELL worth the price!!

Solar Chocolate chip cookies in a jar

Based on the principle of canning bread in the solar oven, (see Sept post), I decided to try chocolate chip cookies as well.  I'd already cooked chocolate chip cookies in both my solar ovens (see July post).  This time I baked them in the jar.  Obviously I could have filled the jar more...I wasn't sure how much they would poof up.
They didn't slide out of the jar as easily as the french bread I did this way (Sept post).  But that may be because I didn't grease the jar well enough.  But these tasted GOOD.  As with most things I'd tried canning this way, a slight bit on the dry side.  But not enough to stop us eating them!  You could also let them warm in the sun for a while & get the chocolate chips melty again.  Even in normal times, it would be fun to have some of these already made for whenever you wanted cookies.  In a food storage situation, these would be heavenly!

solar cinnamon rolls

I was wondering how my favorite cinnamon roll recipe would work in the solar oven.  These are a kind of sticky bun; I got the recipe from my grandmother, & I make them twice a year.  I didn't want to risk too many, so I put these 3 in my Global Sun oven.  Worked great!  The taste was maybe slightly different, but you'd only notice if you'd just eaten one out of the regular oven (which I had).  They even browned on top which surprised me.  I left them in for about an hour (forgot they were there!), but they seemed to be just right.

Great deal on Tattler reusable canning lids!

You can see my original post on these lids at
http://singlemompreparedness.blogspot.com/2011/07/reusable-canning-lids.html

For the next 3 days at http://www.markdown.com/ you can get a package with 100 regular mouth rings & lids, & 100 wide mouth rings & lids for $85.75, & the price includes shipping.  This is a 40% discount & a great way to try out these lids!  And you can purchase up to 5 packages a person.

Here's their instructions on using them:
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/howtheywork.aspx

egg brush

When I got chickens, I'd heard of egg brushes to wash the eggs.  I kind of figured that was unnecessary, & spent the first year washing them by hand.  But once in a while there was one that was more soiled, & I hated to just throw it away.  But you can't really "scrub" eggs by hand without breaking them.  So I bought one of these when I needed a bit more to get to free shipping on amazon.  I love it.  It cleans the eggs in a jiffy & is so easy!  I should have listened in the first place!