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#10 cans stored in guest room. I am thinking of getting another shelf to hold them in |
For the past 2 years I have been married, I have been working on collecting a 4month supply of food storage. I got this article from EverythingUnderTheSun.blogspot.com and how she organized everything. It seemed to make sense! Finally! Food storage that seemed easy enough I could do.
Since then, I have found recipes, thought about how to cook, store, and organize everything, tried to find where it's most convenient and cheap to buy the bulk items, and store them reasonably. I can't say I am officially finished with the 4th month supply, b/c I need to go to the "family Canning" night at the cannery to package powdered milk, and find one more can of powdered eggs, and stock up on propane, till I am finished! Wahoo!
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3L bottles you can get on sale in the summer at Fry's fro 49cents. We have a big barrel in the garage but it's always nice to have smaller sizes. |
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The thing I am most excited about is that I typed up and included lots of charts on what I did, how to store it, organize and rotate it. I have been working on using more wheat, powdered milk, and potato flakes in my cooking. I have experienced with multiple diff. bread recipes trying to find one that was simple enough for me to make, but I didn't have to buy yeast for. So, I have since learned to make sour dough bread, and even started, and killed a sourdough starter. It's been quite the trip trying to figure everything out. Now that I am nearing the end of this 4mo supply, I am having fun trying out new recipes for the next 4 months.
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GREAT rotating can system you can get at Costco online for $300. Worth it! They also have the size for #10 cans which holds 112 cans. |
If any of you are interested in what I did, I can e-mail you the file. What it has is 7 breakfast, 7 dinner, 3 desert, and bread recipe. The bread I included for making 3x week for lunches. Everything is added to make a serving for 4 people. I have planned it for worst case scenario which means no electricity, stuff to keep things cold, and no source for water. I made a grocery list for all the food items for ALL meals, and how much you need to buy of each. I am so excited about this, I felt like I was never going to finish. But although food storage does cost money, and take up space, I believe it is completely worth it and I feel blessed already with following the prophets counsel on self preparedness. I think the biggest thing I have learned is that I have to be patient... I can't buy everything at one time and it might take 1-2 years to just build up a small storage, but I now know that I have 4 mo supply of food I know how to cook, use, and will eat in case of any emergency.