TweetThe Chard Canner is the Best Currently Available Electric Option.

So today we look at using electric canners specifically my preferred electric pressure canner the “Chard 9.5 Quart Smart Pressure Canner“, and the only other one I recommend, the Power Pressure Cooker XL.  For what it is worth the Power Pressure Cooker XL is a DISTANT second, you will hear why in today’s show.

I own both of the above models and a traditional All American Canner, that thing is a beast and will likely outlast my grandchildren, but honestly I don’t use it much since discovering electric pressure canners.

The key with these items is they work and do so without a lot of supervision, when they are finished they just shut themselves down.  They also do far more than just can, they pressure cook, you can water bath can, they steam and more.  Today though we will focus on the canning aspect of things.

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Why I currently ONLY RECOMMEND TWO electric canners

Why these canners are absolutely safe for pressure canning

The basic pressure canning process

Items you will need to can

Canning Jars with Lids and Bands

A Canning Funnel – Like This

Jar Lifter – The One I Recommend

Here is  Full Canning Utensils Kit – Link

The different mindset that comes with automated canning

Doing 4-8 jars makes sense

You don’t just have to can what you grow

Make double batches and can half

Some of our favorite items to can and how to make them

My chicken soup

Bone stocks of all kinds

Squash soup

Cubed venison – Or any cubed up meat

Beef stew

Whole Quail – yep

Final Thoughts

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Rosie’s Restaurant – Bobby Bare

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Self Reliance Magazine

Western Botanicals

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This week on PE.TV – Branding and Marketing Sustainable Farming

The Springfield M1 as a hybrid tactical and hunting gun

Getting started with that new fresh piece of land from ground zero

An analogy to explain why some younger folks don’t understand the speed of new tech

Rounds and loads for the Remington 760/7600 in Carbine lengths

Colorful yoga bags for your guns, why it isn’t a bad idea in reality

A brain games video on “social conformity”, wow just wow

An ironic twist about Eddie Haskell

People in flood ravaged WV are being told to destroy their good produce

Thoughts on scoping the Benjamin 392

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Brain Games – Social Conformity Experiment

Ken Osomond – AKA Eddie Haskell

UN Admits Role in Cholera in Haiti

Bryan Adams – Summer of 69

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TSP Gear

Ready Made Resources

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Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line.

Today the expert council answers questions on cuttings, cooking, knives, storing fuel, nuclear power, investing, zika, health and nutrition, future trends and more.

In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air.

I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between.

To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise.

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Taking root cuttings and storing them over winter – Nick Ferguson

Making salads that don’t have greens in them – Chef Keith Snow

The right angle for your knife’s edge – Patrick Roehrman

Getting gas from can to car and nuclear safety – Steven Harris

Investing in Virtual Reality – John Pugliano

The long term effects of Zika – Doc Bones

The dangers of statins – Gary Collins

The rise of the robotic Uber – Jack

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Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Welcome to the Future – Brad Paisley

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

Knife Kits

Websites of the Expert Council Members

ITS Tactical

Harvest Eating

Old Grouch Military Surplus

Steven1234.com

Permaculture Classroom

A Bee Friendly Company

Investable Wealth

NW Edible

Permies.com

Primal Power

GeoffLawton.com

DarbySimpson.com

Whole Systems Design

Doom and Bloom

HaloBySue.com

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on comfrey, fatherhood, concealed carry, law enforcement, sharpening knives, cashless society, mob violence and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

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Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard.

While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can.

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Growing comfrey over a septic field

Jason from PA gives some advice to new fathers

Thoughts on using a revolver as a carry gun

Thoughts on cops shooting citizens and a private police force

Thoughts on appendix carry for concealed carry

Tips on using the Work Sharp Sharpener

Selling electronic money to the people as tax reform

How would you deal with mob violence surrounding your vehicle

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GenForward.com

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The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

My Review of the Work Sharp

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Safecastle Royal

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TweetCoinbase is the Safe and Easy Way to Get Started with Bitcoin

Today I am going to go into the basics of what Bitcoin, Ether and other alternative currencies are, how they work, why they work and how you can use them.

I am not and I do not claim to be an expert on alternative currencies.  What I do have is an exceptional understanding of money and economics, and while Bitcoin and other alt coins are not “money” as defined by the US Government (which is good by the way), they are in fact money and every bit as legitimate as the US Dollar, in fact as you will see today perhaps more so.

My hope at the end of the show today is that if you want to use bitcoin you know how to and can do so without fear.  To dispel the continued propaganda myths around alt currencies and to dispel the dumbest myth of all, that Bitcoin is akin to virtual Tulip Mania.

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First how conventional money works

Monetary Creation

Where the “value” comes from

Why this insane system does in fact work

How Bitcoins are “mined”

Why Bitcoin is deflationary

What makes Bitcoin secure or not secure

How Bitcoin can be very public or very private

What is Ether, how is it different from Bitcoin

What about other alternative currencies

The easy way to get started

Coinbase (Click Here to Set Up an Account)

A lot like Paypal

Can hold Bitcoin and Ether as well as Dollars

Yes they do report to the .Gov

They are extremely secure

Allows you to buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin

My final thoughts on Bitcoin as an “investment”

Instantly Liquid (48 hours in a vault)

Can be completely hidden from seizure

Is not legally money (this is good)

Total quantity and production is know

More users must increase the value of it

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Article on Investing in Ether

Twenty One – Corey Smith

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Today on the Survival Podcast I respond to your emails on guns, type one errors, finance, economics, carbon fiber knives, insects repellent, government schools and more.

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Trading in the AR for a lever gun

A sad, funny, truth about Type 1 errors

First Bitcoin is mocked, now it will be emulated

Thoughts on non metallic knives, like carbon fiber

The safety considerations of DEET based repellent

Patrick Roehrman on one handed neck knife sheath use

The interactive edge with government schools, how to manage it

Open source text books are coming, just another sign of the end of modern ed

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Bitcoin Technology at the Heart of Global Finance

Popular Mechanics Article on DEET Safety

Proper one Handed Drawing and Return of a Neck Knife

Every Which Way But Loose – Eddie Rabbit

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Self Reliance Magazine

Western Botanicals

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Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line.

Today the expert council answers questions on back up power, raising kids, bees, nutrition and health, livestock, type one errors, fishing and more.

In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air.

I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between.

To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise.

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Can you add new batteries to your bank if it isn’t that old yet – Steven Harris

Empowering kids when you can’t home school them – Mike and Sue Laprise

Bees in a cinder block wall, what to do about it – Michael Jordan

After a work out I smell like ammonia, what the hell is going on – Gary Collins

From weedy field to high quality pasture – Ben Falk

What is up with Type 1 errors – Geoff Lawton

Taking really young kids fishing – Jack

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Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1848

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Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Just Fishin – Trace Atkins

Sponsors of the Day

Ready Made Resources

TSP Gear

Websites of the Expert Council Members

ITS Tactical

Harvest Eating

Old Grouch Military Surplus

Steven1234.com

Permaculture Classroom

A Bee Friendly Company

Investable Wealth

NW Edible

Permies.com

Primal Power

GeoffLawton.com

DarbySimpson.com

Whole Systems Design

Doom and Bloom

HaloBySue.com

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls to 866-65-THINK

Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on guns, weapons, knife sharpening, aquaponics, fatherhood, shooting, hunting and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details.

Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard.

While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can.

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Deer ammo for old single shot shotguns

Thoughts on the mentality of weapons usage

We may have found a good sharpener anyone can use

How to learn more about aquaponics

Thoughts for the new prepper dad

When is a shot unsafe for the shooter himself

Hunting birds without a dog, the good and the bad

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Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1847

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Walking To Freedom

GenForward.com

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Amazon

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Doug Marcardia using as Stubby Hammer for Kali Martial Arts

TSP Episodes on Aquaponics

Backyard Aquaponics Forum

I’m Gonna Miss Her – Brad Paisley

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

Knife Kits

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TweetA Long Walk that Ended In Triumph!

Jessica “Dixie” Mills competed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in the summer of 2015. She grew up in Opelika, AL helping take care of her much younger siblings and much older grandparents.

After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in Biosystems Engineering and minor in Agronomy and Soils, she began a career with NRCS as an Ag Engineer. After a couple years, (what she thought was) a big opportunity was presented to work with Halliburton in Colorado.

After a year and a half of being a prisoner of a big corporation, she decided to reboot. While hiking the AT, she decided upon a fresh new start. Upon completing the hike, she started her own small business and several smaller ventures for a much happier, self-controlled life.

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Join the Members Brigade

The Year 1846

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Walking To Freedom

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AgriTrue.com

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Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Home Made Wanderlust – Jessica’s Blog

Jessica on YouTube

Take A Thru-Hike: Dixie’s How-To Guide for Hiking the Appalachian Trail – Jessica’s Book

Mountain Forests – Tony O’Connor

Sponsors of the Day

Bob Wells Nursery

Safecastle Royal

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Also remember we have an expert council that can answer you questions. If you have a question send it to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with TSPC Epert in the subject line. Ask your question in one to two sentences so it is clear then provide any additional details. Make sure to tell me what council member the question is for. You Meet the Expert Council at this Link.

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TweetToday we continue with shows you guys voted for with the number two winner for August on knives.  I will be upfront while I love knives of all types I am not a tech geek when it comes to them.  I don’t get into every spec, the intricacies of different steels, choosing one over the other due to it being half an ounce lighter, etc.

On some levels I have thanks to Patrick at MT Knives, become a knife snob on some levels.  Small imperfections that I used to ignore now bother me.  What I used to call sharp I now call an “okay edge” and what I used to consider “okay” I now call dull.

Yet in the end I realize knives are like anything, you get what you pay for and it is all about the job you want done with it and how much you plan to rely on it.  There are junk knives that are 2 bucks a piece but it doesn’t hurt to have em in a tackle box or map pocket as a back up.  There are great knives that cost 20-100 dollars that do a fine job for what they are.  True high end equipment that is also high performance for say 100-800 dollars and then there are piece of art, one puts in a case and collects above that price point.

Today we will focus mostly in the realm of the 20-200 dollar range as that fits well with most budgets and need.  People who spend 500 dollars and up on a knife generally know why they are doing so and have their own reasons be they technical or collector driven.

Join Me Today To Discuss…

The general things I look for in a knife

Meets the task at hand

Will not break and/cause injury

The primary types of knives I carry and or use

Kitchen Knives

Tactical Knives

Utility Knives

Neck Knives

Working Knives / Bush Craft Knives

Disposable Knives

Some of my favorite knives for each of these categories

Kitchen

Victornox Chefs Knife – Link to this Knife

Victornox Santoku – Link to this Knife

Victornox Boning Knife – Link to this Knife

Tactical

Columbia River M21-14SF – Link to this Knife

Cold Steel Recon One – Link to this Knife

Fox Knives DART – Link to this Knife

Fox 599 Karambit – Link to this Knife

Utility

Gerber EAB – Link to this Knife

Klein Tools 44131 – Link to this Knife

Neck

MT Knives Genesis – Link to this Knife

MT Knives Genesis II – Link to this Knife

ESEE Izula – Link to this Knife

Working Knives – Bushcraft

Mora #2 – Link to this Knife

TSP Gear Sheath for Mora 2 – Link to Sheath

Buck Knives Punk – Link to this Knife

Ka-Bar Becker BK7 – Link to this Knife

Disposable Knives

Wahoo Killer – Link to this Knife

Ridge Runner Folder – Link to this Knife

In the end it is all about the task at hand

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

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TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop on Amazon

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Jack and Diane – John Cougar

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Business Directory

Harvest Eating

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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