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Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: DEADBEAT BIAS

January 31, 2022 by Michael Bunker 1 Comment

Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is on a cognitive bias I will call DEADBEAT BIAS. This one will take some explaining, so buckle up. Here we go! Many people are familiar with the Cognitive Bias known as DUNNING-KRUGER (or The Dunning-Kruger Effect.) Dunning-Kruger is a cognitive bias in which people who are ignorant about […]

Filed Under: blog, Food Preservation, Logic And Reason, Off Grid Tagged With: biases, cognitive biases, deadbeat, logic, logic and reason lessons

Solar Oven Baked Sweet Potatoes

December 20, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

The solar oven is one of the best tools we own. Not one of the best “survival/preparedness” tools, but one of the best tools period.

Filed Under: blog, How To, Off Grid, Recipes Tagged With: baking., cooking, preparedness, solar oven, Survival, sweet potatoes

Making Sauerkraut the Plain and Frugal Way

December 5, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

I made a video for you! This is making sauerkraut the old school way, with the philosophy behind fermentation rather than a focus on ingredients and recipes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=rvPUdkM-J2A  

Filed Under: blog, How To, Off Grid Tagged With: Fermentation, homesteading, Non-Electric, Off-Grid, Philosophy, Pro-biotic, Sauerkraut, Survival

The Mud Years

December 5, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

This whole thing is a metaphor. It still works and is true the way it’s written, but sometimes I’m too subtle so… this whole thing is a metaphor. We live completely off-grid on an off-grid farm in Central Texas. The grid really doesn’t have much to do with my topic today, living disconnected from it […]

Filed Under: blog, Off Grid, Off Grid Life Tagged With: homesteading, Mud, Non-Electric, Off-Grid, Philosophy, Survival

How To Make Coffee After The World Ends

October 15, 2015 by Michael Bunker 22 Comments

Mesquite Coffee became very popular in Texas during the war years 1861-1865 when coffee made from coffee beans became unavailable. And the thing is, Mesquite Coffee is not a “sacrifice.” It is actually a fantastic coffee beverage, and doesn’t at all taste like a coffee substitute…

Filed Under: blog, How To, How We Do Stuff, Off Grid, Off Grid Life, Off Grid Living, Recipes

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