Did hobos really eat leather pants? The answer might surprise you! In this episode, we take a funny but historically accurate look at Leather Breeches — an old Appalachian and Depression-era dish made from dried green beans that were strung up like “pants” and cooked with bacon grease. Hobos riding the rails, mountain families, and woodsmen all depended on meals like this to get through hard times. Today, we recreate this real poor man’s meal just as it might have been cooked over a 1930s campfire: dried beans, lard or bacon grease, salt, a cast iron pot, and a little ingenuity. Along the way, we explore: Why they were called “leather pants” How dried beans were preserved before refrigeration Why this simple food kept people alive during the Depression How hobos and woodsmen adapted basic ingredients for survival If you enjoy Great Depression cooking, hobo history, classic bushcraft, or forgotten survival foods, this episode brings all of that together with a fun twist. ? Subscribe to WayPoint Survival for more historical meals, hobo culture, vintage survival tricks, and practical skills from the past. #HoboLife #DepressionEraCooking #LeatherBreeches #waypointsurvival Check out the new website and sign up for the free WayPoint Survival and Prepping 101 newsletter here: www.waypointsurvival.com Link for purchase of WayPoint Survival Phase 1 Digital Class: https://waypointsurvival.com/digital-course/ For more information on classes, to check out the required gear list, or buy Merch go to: https://waypointsurvival.com/ To support our work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WayPointSurvival Here's a link to my Teespring Merchandise: https://teespring.com/shop/WayPoint_Survival?tsmac=recently_viewed&tsmic=recently_viewed&pid=212&cid=5819https://amzn.to/4n0PKVX

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Redoubt News Links Wyoming Girl, 12, Stuns With One-Shot Kill From 600 Yards To Bag Huge Elk. Two In Jail On Claims They Were Being Paid To Drive Teen Girl Through Wyoming. The Innovative “Wood Bank” In Buffalo That Provides Free Firewood For People In Need. Skylar Meade pleads guilty to two counts of 1st-degree murder following Idaho prison break. Send Your Media Links Please send your links … The post SurvivalBlog’s American Redoubt Media of the Week appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

The recent physical silver shortage and the run-up in the spot and futures prices of silver (around $59 USD per Troy ounce the last time that I checked) has prompted me to issue some supplementary advice about how and when to SELL some of your silver.  We should all be ready to start slowly SELLING or trading a large part of our silver once the spot price passes $125 per ounce.  There will almost certainly be a peak and then a crash in silver. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I’ll go out on a limb and predict that … The post Planning Your Silver Bull Market Exit Strategy appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

On December 9th, 1315, the Swiss Woudsteden renewed their Eternal Covenant. (Eidgenossenschaft or Oath Commonwealth). According to Wikipedia: “[Eidgenossenschaft] means “oath commonwealth” or “oath alliance”, in reference to the “eternal pacts” formed between the Eight Cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy of the late medieval period. In Swiss historiography, this relates most notably to the Rütlischwur (Rütli Oath) between the three founding cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, which traditionally dates to 1307. In modern usage, Eidgenossenschaft is the German term used as an equivalent to “Confederation” in the official name of Switzerland, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (rendered, respectively, as Confédération suisse and … The post Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — December 9, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

This is a clip from https://www.survivaldispatch.news/p/space-tech-the-new-weapon-in-terrorists?utm_source=youtube_shorts #shorts #substack