Food Storage Newsletters
FREE Food Storage Newsletters
for 1999
- Food Storage
Buying Guide for 1999 Newsletters -
January, 1999
Newsletter #1 January, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Grain 45-50 lbs.
Week 2. Canned meats: beef, turkey, chicken, tuna
Week 3. Baking supplies: yeast, baking soda, baking powder
Week 4. Vegetables: spaghetti sauce, salsa, other tomato products
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Whole Wheat Bread
Biscuit Mix
Wheat Chili
Baked Tuna Sandwiches
Additional tips:
Life Latch Food Storage Containers
February, 1999
Newsletter #2 February, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Sugar-granulated, brown, powdered 50 lbs.
Week 2. Canned/bottled fruits
Week 3. Salt-5 lbs.
Week 4. Water purification tablets/bleach - learn to use the method
stored
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Macaroni and TVP Skillet Mix
Bread Pudding (Pioneer Recipe)
Old Fashioned Hardtack Candy
Suggested Books:
"The More With Less Cookbook" by Doris Janzen Longacre ISBN: 0836117867
"Cookin' With Food Storage" by Vicki Tate
Frugal Living Tips:
Frugal Living newsgroup
Use storage herbs and spices for seasoning, household cleaners, insect
repellents, and natural healing.
Additional Buying & Storage Tips:
Substituting honey for sugar
"Honey for Health" FREE pamphlet
Healing with honey
Food storage buckets
Oxygen absorber packets
Dry ice
Nitrogen or Argon
Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
"Food Pubs" Utah University Extension (food & nutrition publications)
Texas Agricultural Extension Service Publications Online (food &
nutrition publications)
March, 1999
Newsletter #3 March, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Milk-dry/canned (17 lbs. adult/75 lbs. child)
Week 2. Canned/bottled fruits
Week 3. Sugar-syrups 12 lbs.
Week 4. Powdered eggs or egg substitute (necessary for most baking)
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Egg Substitute (from gelatin)
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Powdered Milk Substitutions
Suggested Books:
"Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook" by James
Talmage Stevens ISBN: 1882723252
"The TVP Cookbook: Using the Quick-Cooking Meat Substitute" by Dorothy
R. Bates ISBN: 0913990795
"Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook" by Bell, Mary
Frugal Living Tips:
Save money on spice blends by making your own.
April, 1999
Newsletter #4 April, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Grain-dehydrated potatoes or other potato items 50 lbs.
Week 2. Juice
Week 3. Oil-vegetable oil or shortening 20 lbs.
Week 4. Light source (batteries/flashlights, candles/matches, lanterns,
etc.
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Healthy Cornbread
Whole Wheat Brownies
Suggested Books:
"PDR for Herbal Medicines" (From the publishers of the Physician’s
Desk Reference) ISBN: 1563632926
"The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest" by Carol W. Costenbader ISBN:
0882669788
Frugal Living Tips:
Uses of vinegar
Using baking soda
Uses of salt
Additional Buying & Storage Tips:
Storing grains and legumes
Hows and whys of wholegrains
All about powdered eggs or powdered milk
Maintaining food quality in storage
Battery care tips
FREE Internet access
May, 1999
Newsletter #5 May, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Legumes - beans 30 lbs.
Week 2. Soup - dry mixes or canned
Week 3. Spices, herbs, seasoning, vinegars
Week 4. First aid supplies - basic kit or expand what you have
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Crockpot Bean Soup
Bar-B-Q'd Lentils
Mock Pumpkin Pie (with beans)
Suggested Books:
"Cookin' With Home Storage" by Peggy Layton
"The Food Storage Bible" by Jayne Benkendorf
Frugal Living Tip:
Budgeting money for food storage
Additional Buying & Storage Tips:
Food Storage Cooking School: "Use It or Lose It"
Container sizes and approximate food weight
June, 1999
Newsletter #6 June, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Grain - pasta 50 lbs.
Week 2. Pudding mixes
Week 3. Gelatin mixes - count toward sugar
Week 4. Emergency cooking equipment -- barbecue, propane stove, firewood
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Trading Post Pasta Skillet Dinner (Dried Foods)
Hamburger Helper – Home-Style
Hawaiin Jell-O Dessert
Lemon Jell-O Cake #2
Quick Fried Rice
Suggested Books:
"How To Start Your Emergency Preparations Even If You Only Have a Dollar
To Spare" CMC Publications
“Stocking Up” by Carol Hupping and the Staff of the Rodale Food Center
ISBN 0671693956
“Cookin’ with Powdered Milk” by Peggy Layton
Frugal Living Tips:
Making lunchables
Kitchen gadgets
Making a solar oven
July, 1999
Newsletter #7 July, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Milk - dry/canned (add what amt. 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
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Basic Muffins (with dried eggs)
Quick Vegetable Soup
Cream of Corn Soup
Suggested Books:
“Cooking and Baking With Freshly Ground Grains” by Christine Downs
“Food Storage 101 – Where Do I Begin?” by Peggy Layton
Frugal Living Tips:
FREE stuff online, coupons, and rebates
August, 1999
Newsletter #8 August, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Grain - oats or rice 50 lbs.
Week 2. Nuts - dry roasted keep best
Week 3. Canned meats
Week 4. Medicinal supplies - basic meds and prescriptions
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal Breakfast Cereal
Healthy Oatmeal Muffins
Peanut Bread
Peanut Butter Muffins
Peanut Butter Balls (Candy)
Energy Bar
Fruited Chicken Salad
Deluxe Camp Chili with Jerky
Sweet and Sour Spam
Suggested Books:
“Simply Prepared: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Food Storage”
by Cheryl Fisher Driggs
This Month’s Frugal Living Tips:
Medicinal uses for food storage
September, 1999
Newsletter #9 September, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Sugar - honey 20 lbs.
Week 2. Vitamins/mineral supplements
Week 3. Dry fruit - raisins, leather, chips, dehydrated
Week 4. Detergents/cleansers
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Fruit Honey Candy
Dried Fruit Balls
Economy Pancake Syrup
Honey Nut Bread
Reconstituting Dehydrated Fruits
Suggested Books:
"The Encyclopedia of Country Living : An Old Fashioned Recipe Book"
by Carla Emery ISBN: 0912365951
"The Wonderful World of Honey: A Sugarless Cookbook" by Joe M. Parkhill
ISBN: 0936744014
Frugal Living Tips:
Medicinal uses for food storage
October, 1999
Newsletter #10 October, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
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
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Old Fashion Corn Bread
Fresh Homemade Cold Cereals
Nutritious Sprout Patties
Buttered Sprouts
Whole Wheat Noodles
Suggested Books:
"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
Frugal Living Tips:
FREE stuff
November, 1999
Newsletter #11 November, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Grain - wheat 50 lbs.
Week 2. Dry mixes - pancake, breads, cakes, cookies, other
Week 3. Clothing and bedding - evaluate and update
Week 4. Condiments
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Wheat in a Thermos
Whole Wheat Bread (in Breadmaker)
Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal Breakfast Cereal
Fruit Cobbler
Suggested Books:
"Food Storage for the Clueless" by C. Kidd ISBN: 157008680X
"15 Minute Storage Meals: Quick, Healthful Recipes and Food Storage
Handbook" by Jayne Benkendorf
ISBN: 0965199029
Frugal Living Tips:
Natural homemade household cleaners
December, 1999
Newsletter #12 December, 1999 * .doc
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Buying Guide & Shelflife Info:
Week 1. Legumes - 30 lbs.
Week 2. Seeds/sprouting supplies
Week 3. Fruits or vegetables - finish up needs
Week 4. Paper supplies - toilet tissue, plastics/foils
Week 5. Water
Cooking with Food Storage Recipes:
Hearty Soup mix
Quick Vegetable Soup
Cream of Bean Soup
Lentil Soup cooked in a Thermos Bottle
Cream of Broccoli Soup
Suggested Books:
"Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables" by
Mike Bubel & Nancy Bubel ISBN: 0882667033
"Becoming Self-Reliant: Survival - How to be Less Dependent on Society
and Y2K with Disaster Preparedness" by Ken Larson ISBN: 0964249715
"Beginners Guide to Family Preparedness : Food Storage, Back to Basics,
Survival Facts" Rosalie Mason ISBN: 088290082X
Frugal Living Tips:
FREE stuff
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