This Month’s Food Storage Guidelines:
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This Month’s FOOD STORAGE 52 Week Acquisition Plan to Acquire One Year’s
Storage:
Week 1. Milk - dry/canned (add what amount you are still missing)
Week 2. Jams/jellies - 20 lbs.
Week 3. Vegetables - canned
Week 4. Personal essentials - hygiene, feminine, baby needs
Week 5: Water (14 gal per person is 1 week supply.)
Shelf Life for This Month's storage items:
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Milk, noninstant powdered 24 – 48 months
Milk, evaporated canned – 24 – 36 months
Milk, sweetened condensed – 24 – 36 months
Corn, canned – 24 – 36 months
Tomatoes, canned – 36 months
Jellies, Jams – 12 months
(More shelf life information: http://www.mycpc.com/shelflife.html or http://www.nursehealer.com/ShelfLife.htm )
This Month’s LDS Monthly Plan to Acquire Food Storage and 72-Hour Kit
in One Year
(with Monthly Goals)
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"Ye Latter-day Saints, learn to sustain yourselves, produce everything
you need to eat, drink or wear,..." Pres. Brigham Young
Spiritual Goal---Take the family names you prepared last month to the
Temple.
Provident Living Goal---Make a goal to eat healthier. For example:
less sweets, more fresh fruits and veggies, less meat, more fiber etc.
Storage Goal:
50 pounds sugar or honey per person
10--#10 cans (35 pounds total) powdered milk per person
2 toothbrushes per person
toothpaste
mouthwash
infant needs-formula, baby food, diapers, Tylenol etc.
72 hour kit:
Prepare blankets (the silver foil ones)
gather items to entertain your family and include in kit--UNO cards,
coloring books and crayons, x-stitch kit etc. Be sure to include
paper and pencils.
camp stove or portable BBQ and fuel
mosquito repellant
$25 cash
- http://www.nursehealer.com/Storage.htm
This Month’s Cooking with Food Storage Ideas:
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Basic Muffins (with dried eggs)
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2 1/2 Tbs. dried whole egg
4 1/2 Tbs. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
3 Tbs. sugar
1/4 c. melted shortening
1 2/3 c. water
3/4 c. dried milk
1 3/4 c. flour
Sift together the dried egg mix, flour, baking powder,
salt and sugar. In a separate bowl,
combine the shortening, water and dry milk. Add to dry ingredients,
stirring only enough to
moisten. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full with the mixture.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20
minutes. -- Makes 12 large or 14 medium muffins.
Variations: blueberries, chopped nuts, bananas, carrots, apple dices,
raisins, or granola.
- from "Cookin' With Dried Eggs" by Peggy Layton
http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html
(More Quick Bread Recipes at http://www.nursehealer.com/Recipes7.htm )
QUICK VEGETABLE SOUP
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1 can (15 ounces) mixed vegetables, undrained
2-1/4 cups vegetable juice cocktail
Salt and pepper, to taste
Combine ingredients and heat to boiling. Season
with salt and pepper. Serves 3.
(from Pantry Cooking by Cheryl Driggs)
Cream of Corn Soup
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2 Tbs. Salad oil
2 Tbs. Flour
2 Tbs. Butter or margarine powder OR 2 Tbs. Real butter or margarine
3 ¼ cups water
½ tsp. Salt
¾ cup powdered milk
1 can cream-style corn (dried corn can be reconstituted and used)
1 Tbs. Chopped onion
Pepper to taste
Add the flour to the oil and blend. Add the butter
or margarine powder. Real butter or
margarine can be substituted. Stir in all remaining ingredients
and cook on low heat until
thickened. – Serves 4 From “Cookin’ with Powdered Milk” by Peggy Layton
http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html
(More Food Storage Recipes: http://www.nursehealer.com/Recipes.htm )
This Month’s Suggested Books:
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“Cooking and Baking With Freshly Ground Grains”
by Christine Downs
Grinding your own flour and flaking your grains with the Family Grain
Mill is easy, quick, and fun. In this book you will see how to incorporate
freshly ground and flaked grains into many wonderful recipes. There are
chapters on Breads, Rolls & Buns, Breakfast Foods, Granola, Entrees
and Side Dishes, Seafood, Side Dishes, Pita-Tortilla-Quiche-Crepe's-Pizza,
and Cookie-Snack-Desserts. (62 pages)
“Food Storage 101 – Where Do I Begin?”
by Peggy Layton
Everything you need to know to begin and maintain a food storage program.
This is a workbook with an "Inventory & Planning Guide" as well as
a 14-day menu planner to help you calculate how much food you need to continue
eating the way you do now without having to change your diet in a crisis.
This book is a must for everyone. It covers where to store food, how to
store food, and how much to store. (107 pages)
- from http://www.sportssolutionsinc.com/y2k-cookbooks.html
(More Food Storage ideas are at http://www.nursehealer.com/Storage.htm )
This Month’s Date Code Info:
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Del Monte (1-800-543-3090)
CODE will indicate date the food was packed.
Example: 8200V4120 (translated: July 19, 1998)
8 = year = 1998
200 = the 200th day in 1998 = July 19
V2140 = plant information
SHELF LIFE: Product (unopened) is good for 2 years from packing date
(i.e., July 19, 2000)
Green Giant Vegetables (800)998-9996
CODE: First letter is year, next is month, then year.
SHELF LIFE:: Beans 2 yrs. Corn/peas 3 yrs. Mushroms-4 yr
Libby Vegetables (315)926-3225
CODE: 2nd digit is year, first letter is month, third digit is plant.
Next 2 numbers is day of month
SHELF LIFE:: 2 years for most. Sauerkraut 18 months
Progresso Soups (800)200-9377
CODE: First letter is month, Next number is year, next letter is mfg
plant, next two numbers, day of month. L7N26 = 12/16/97
SHELF LIFE:: 3 years
(More date codes: http://www.waltonfeed.com/sett/lid.html )
This Month’s Frugal Living Tips:
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FREE stuff online, coupons, and rebates:
http://www.planetrx.com/
http://www.webquarry.com/~free4us/new.htm
http://www.suzicoupon.com/
http://www.nursehealer.com/Free.htm
(More Frugal Living resources: http://www.nursehealer.com/Frugal.htm )
This Month’s Additional Buying & Storage Tips:
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The Hurst, Texas area group Pasta Order deadline was June
27, 1999; but orders are being accepted for the first few days of July.
Ordering instructions and order forms are available online at http://www.nursehealer.com/PastaOrder.htm
We are ordering Morning Moo Milk again with a group order for the Hurst, TX area with a deadline near the end of July. Details of this order and order forms are available online at http://www.nursehealer.com/MooOrder.htm
I will be offering a group Herb Order again throughout
August, with a deadline to be announced, in early September. Herbs
will need to be picked up in the Hurst, Texas area around mid to late September.
Details are at http://www.nursehealer.com/HerbOrder.htm For those
outside the Hurst, TX area, group herb orders can be arranged through San
Francisco Herb Co. at http://www.sfherb.com/ or contact them at 800-227-4530
or 415-861-7174, 250 14th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103, Email: [email protected]
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Hurst, Texas LDS First Ward Food Storage Specialist
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