Food
What To Store and How To Store
“The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah”
Ezra Taft Benson
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Submit Your WisdomIt's important to remember all of your family needs.
Some in your family may have allergies or sensitivities. There might be foods your family doesn't like. Do you know how to cook these foods?
There is no reason to store certain foods if your family has sensitivities or your family does not like what you have. Be mindful of your family needs when acquiring your food storage and use this as your base to build upon.
Questions To ask when purchasing foods...
If I store THIS.....
What meals do we like the most?
What can I make with it?
What do I want to add?
What do I need to cook with it?
How much do we need?
Practical Food Storage Broken Into 3 Sections
Expedient Foods
1 Month Supply
You don't have to do anything with
- Wet Pack
- Cereal
- Dehydrated Foods
- Nuts/Seeds
Convenience Foods
1 Month Supply
Minimal preparation
- Boxed Foods
- Frozen Foods
Long Term
10 Month Supply
- Grains/ Wheat/ Rice
- Powdered Milk
- Oil
- Honey
- Salt/ Spices
Suggested Amounts of Basic Food for Home Storage
Per Adult For One Year
Children (under 8) 60% of adult allotment
Start with these items in your food storage. These are the essential items to sustain life. Then, when you have stored enough of these items for a 1 year supply, begin to add other things.
Helpful Items Food Food Preparation
- Hand Wheat Grinder
- Non Electrical Pressure Cooker
- Dutch Oven
- Sun Oven
- Sprouting Trays
- 5 Gallons Buckets with Gama Lids
- 5 Gallon Lid Remover
- Rubber Mallot
- Oxygen Absorbers
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