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. Grain - flour 50 lbs.
Week 2. Oil - peanut butter, mayonnaise, butter powder - 15 lbs.
Week 3. Baking extras - cocoa, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts
Week 4. Emergency sewing supplies
Week 5: Water (14 gal per person is 1 week supply.)
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Shelf Life for This Month's storage items:
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Wheat (5 1/2 years without oxygen absorbers, indefinitely with oxygen
absorbers)
The soft grains (Barley, Oat Groats, Rolled Oats, Quinoa, Rye) will
keep for 8 years at room
temperature sealed without oxygen.
The hard grains (Buckwheat, Corn, Flax, Kamut, Millet, Wheat, Spelt,
Triticale) will keep 10 to 12 years or more at room temperature sealed
without oxygen.
Oats – 24 to 60 months
Oats, rolled – 12 months
Oatmeal – 12 months
Rice, white – 24 to 48 months
Rice, wild – 24 to 36 months
Rice, brown – 1 to 6 months
Rice, flavored or herb mixes – 6 months
Rice flour – 1 to 2 months
Flour, whole wheat graham - 2 weeks
Flour, white enriched - 12 months
Cornmeal - 12 months
Wheat, raw whole - 25 years or longer
Nuts in the shell – 24 months
Nutmeats in vacuum can – 3 months
Peanuts – 24 to 36 months
Peanut Butter – 6 to 24 months
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Shelf Life of Groceries http://st4.yahoo.com/lib/glitchproof/pn1202.pdf
(pdf file) from Glitchproof File Archive
Shelf Life of Stored Foods http://www.ext.usu.edu/publica/foodpubs/fn503.pdf
(pdf file) (see Section 8-10 to 8-18) From Utah State University Extension
publication Food Storage Cooking School - "Use It Or Lose It" pdf file
1292 K (Print pages 68 through 76)
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This Month’s LDS Monthly Plan to Acquire Food Storage and 72-Hour Kit
in One Year
(with Monthly Goals)
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"When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves we are
responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat
the bread of the laborer". Elder Boyd K. Packer
Spiritual Goal---Attend one more session of General Conference than you normally do.
Provident Living Goal---Make a goal to read 30 minutes/day to your children or grandchildren. If you have not children to read to, make a goal to read at least 30 minutes/day just for pleasure.
Storage Goal:
50 cans soup, stew or chili per person
10 pounds cheese--dried or bottled per person
shaving supplies
dish soap
72 hour kit:
4 granola bars per person
2 sticks beef jerky per person
1 package chewing gum per person
hard candies or lollipops--at least 12 per person (note these items
will be rotated every 6 months--see April)
Check batteries for light and radio. Replace if needed.
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This Month’s Cooking with Food Storage Ideas:
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Old Fashion Corn Bread
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2 eggs
2 c. freshly ground corn
2 cups milk, about (to form a batter)
3/4 c. ground wheat berries
2 level Tbs. sugar
4 level tsp. baking powder
Grind corn kernels according to directions. Beat
the eggs well, add the milk and sugar, mix well the flour and baking powder
with corn meal to form a soft batter. You may need to add additional
cornmeal from the recipe to get the right mixture. Bake in shallow,
well-greased pan in a moderate oven (approximately 350 F. degrees) about
half an hour.
( - from "Cooking and Baking with Freshly Ground Grains" by Christine
Downs http://www.sportssolutionsinc.com/y2k-cookbooks.html )
Fresh Homemade Cold Cereals
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2 c. flaked wheat berries
2 c. flaked rye berries
2 c. rolled oat groats
1 c. flaked barley
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Mix grains thoroughly.
Spread freshly flaked grains evenly on a baking sheet. Bake for 15
minutes stirring twice. Remove from oven and cool. Store in
a container.
( - from "Cooking and Baking with Freshly Ground Grains" by Christine
Downs http://www.sportssolutionsinc.com/y2k-cookbooks.html )
Nutritious Sprout Patties
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2 c. wheat sprouts
1 egg, beaten
2 Tbs. onion, minced
2 Tbs. green pepper, minced
2 Tbs. chopped mushrooms
oil
celery salt
Grind sprouts and add egg and vegetables. Mix well.
Heat oil in skillet, form small patties and cook on each side to brown.
Sprinkle with celery salt. Use as a main dish with a tomato sauce
on them.
( - from "Cookin' With Home Storage" by Peggy Layton and Vicki Tate
http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html )
Buttered Sprouts
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1 c. sprouts
2 Tbs. butter
1/2 c. water
salt to taste
Simmer sprouts in salted water 3 - 5 minutes. Remove
from heat and drain, add butter. Serve hot.
( - from "Cookin' With Home Storage" by Peggy Layton and Vicki Tate
http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html )
Whole Wheat Noodles
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2 c. freshly ground wheat berries
6 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vegetable oil
boiling broth or water
In a large bowl, place the eggs and beat thoroughly.
Add salt, oil and freshly ground flour. Mix well. Place flour
mixture on a floured board. Place wax paper over flour mixture.
Roll out dough to 1/8" thickness. With pastry cutter or sharp knife
cut dough into long strips. Place strips in boiling broth or water
for 5 - 7 minutes or until done.
( - from "Cooking and Baking with Freshly Ground Grains" by Christine
Downs http://www.sportssolutionsinc.com/y2k-cookbooks.html )
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This Month’s Suggested Books:
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"Make a Treat with Wheat" by Hazel Richards ISBN: 0967077605
"How to Develop a Low-Cost Family Food-Storage System" by Anita Evangelista
ISBN: 0966693205
From The Publisher: "If you're weary of spending a large percentage
of your income on your family's food needs, then you should follow this
amazing book's numerous tips on food-storage techniques. Slash your food
bill by over fifty percent, and increase your self-sufficiency at the same
time through alternative ways of obtaining, processing and storing foodstuffs.
Includes methods of freezing, canning, smoking, jerking, salting, pickling,
krauting, drying, brandying and many other food-preservation procedures."
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