I do not want to fear whatever calamities come in the future, I want to be prepared so that I do not fear. I want to be able to have food for my family.
One evening I had to rush over to the Cary church building to babysit my two grandchildren while my daughter in law taught the Faith in God girls, because her husband was unexpectedly detained at work. I showed up and began to babysit, and the two little kids were crying because my daughter-in-law hadn’t had time to feed them (or more likely she had tried to feed them in a hurry and they just hadn't eaten enough then, and they got hungry later)
I could not bear to hear them crying and whining, so I scrounged in the Cary ward kitchen until I found some food somebody had left there. I felt a little guilty that I had taken that food. That experience told me that I would do anything to feed my little grandchildren if they were hungry, and I do not want to be the person who resorts to stealing to feed my family.
I have a testimony that we have a true prophet, and that he has asked us to have at least a year’s supply of food and necessities. I have a testimony that this is not just a temporal commandment, this is a spiritual commandment as well. When Nephi broke his bow, and Lehi’s family was suffering from lack of food, even Lehi, a prophet of God, murmured against the Lord. He faltered in his testimony because he was hungry. I do not want to falter in my testimony because I ignored this commandment.
(The End of my Aug. 29, 2010 presentation.)
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
#8 Presentation at MV Ward- More Long Term
Part 8- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
You need to think about these items for your long term storage.
MEAT
I guess the nutritionists tell us that if we have corn and beans, or wheat, we can obtain all the essential nutrients and we will stay alive. However, I still want to store some meat. I want to still have the foods that I am accustomed to eating now.
I store lots of cans of canned chicken, it is about $2.45 a pound now in cans at Sam's.
I store canned tuna.
And now I have learned to do pressure canning. Just a few weeks ago we bought a 16 quart pressure canner for $64 at Walmart. Jars were $8.50 for a dozen, including lids and rings. I have already canned ground beef, pork, and roast beef. We will have a class on it in RS sometime. It makes me feel very happy not to have to rely on electricity to keep my meat frozen.
DAIRY
Powdered milk: Best tasting instant: Provident Pantry brand, Emergency Essentials
Best tasting non-instant: Rainy Day brand, Walton Feed. (From April 26, 2010 FoodStorageMadeEasy)
Cheese: I’m going to be a very sad girl if I don’t have cheese in my diet. Here are ways to store cheese: Powdered cheese, grated frozen cheese, dehydrated shredded cheese, canned cheese. I might want to learn how to wax cheese, I heard it will last 25 years. We will have a class on that as soon as I figure out how to do it.
Butter: You can store butter-flavor Crisco to use for baking. I've seen dehydrated butter powder but I've never tried it.
Eggs: I love to use powdered eggs in all my baking.
WHERE TO STORE FOOD
I showed photos of my food storage table in living room, which is just buckets of food covered with a board and a tablecloth. I have water storage behind the clothes hanging in the closet, and behind the sofa. I need volunteers from the ward to please allow me to take pictures of your food storage, I won’t tell names. I would love to put together a powerpoint presentation of the ways you have stored your food.
How to get more food storage? Ask for food storage items for Christmas and birthdays.
You need to think about these items for your long term storage.
MEAT
I guess the nutritionists tell us that if we have corn and beans, or wheat, we can obtain all the essential nutrients and we will stay alive. However, I still want to store some meat. I want to still have the foods that I am accustomed to eating now.
I store lots of cans of canned chicken, it is about $2.45 a pound now in cans at Sam's.
I store canned tuna.
And now I have learned to do pressure canning. Just a few weeks ago we bought a 16 quart pressure canner for $64 at Walmart. Jars were $8.50 for a dozen, including lids and rings. I have already canned ground beef, pork, and roast beef. We will have a class on it in RS sometime. It makes me feel very happy not to have to rely on electricity to keep my meat frozen.
DAIRY
Powdered milk: Best tasting instant: Provident Pantry brand, Emergency Essentials
Best tasting non-instant: Rainy Day brand, Walton Feed. (From April 26, 2010 FoodStorageMadeEasy)
Cheese: I’m going to be a very sad girl if I don’t have cheese in my diet. Here are ways to store cheese: Powdered cheese, grated frozen cheese, dehydrated shredded cheese, canned cheese. I might want to learn how to wax cheese, I heard it will last 25 years. We will have a class on that as soon as I figure out how to do it.
Butter: You can store butter-flavor Crisco to use for baking. I've seen dehydrated butter powder but I've never tried it.
Eggs: I love to use powdered eggs in all my baking.
WHERE TO STORE FOOD
I showed photos of my food storage table in living room, which is just buckets of food covered with a board and a tablecloth. I have water storage behind the clothes hanging in the closet, and behind the sofa. I need volunteers from the ward to please allow me to take pictures of your food storage, I won’t tell names. I would love to put together a powerpoint presentation of the ways you have stored your food.
How to get more food storage? Ask for food storage items for Christmas and birthdays.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
#7 Presentation at MV Ward-Wheat Grinders, Cannery, Gardens
Part 7- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
We're still talking about Long Term Storage.
What is the point of having wheat if you have no way to grind it? YOU NEED TO BUY AN ELECTRIC WHEAT GRINDER. Save up for this, it is important. Some good wheat grinders can be around $240 and up.
ALSO, YOU NEED TO BUY A HAND WHEAT GRINDER. It is very likely that someday you won't have electricity, but you will still need to grind your wheat. Hand wheat grinders are around $60. If you have to buy only one, buy the hand wheat grinder, and save it for an emergency. Use your visiting teacher's electric wheat grinder until you can save up to get your own electric one.
My son and I did an experiment the other day. We used the electric wheat grinder, it made about 8 cups of wheat into 14 cups of flour in about 1-2 minutes.
Then we used our hand grinder. It made my arm very tired, it took 10 minutes of pushing the crank around and around for it to produce 1 cup of wheat flour. My 16-yr-old son said it didn't make his arm tired when he did it for 10 minutes, but I don't know if I believe him.
I bought a hand grinder like this in 2009 for my daughter-in-law from Emergency Essentials when it was on sale for $50. Now it is $67, but maybe they will have a sale again sometime.
Anyway, a hand wheat grinder is not worth using when you have electricity, it takes too long. BUT YOU STILL NEED ONE. This may be the difference between food and starvation someday. I feel very strongly about this, you can make it a point to save up $67 to get one of these.
QUESTION: Why can't I grind several months' worth of wheat flour at once?
ANSWER: Wheat flour goes rancid quickly. Only grind the amount you can use within or month or so.
Another thing to think of, is buying a bread machine. It is so easy to bake bread in one, and you will start incorporating wheat into your daily diet.
Even a college student can do it. I have a son in college, and his roommate at BYU bought a 50 lb. bag of flour, made bread with his bread machine almost every day and used the whole bag in one school year.
PRICES FOR LONG TERM FOOD
The very best prices for these bulk long term food storage items are from the "cannery" (the correct name is Family Home Storage Center.)
We want to form a cannery co-op, and babysit for each other while we have regular trips to cannery.
The price list is on ProvidentLiving.org for the Family Home Storage Center.
Wheat #10 can packed by customer= 5.8 lbs for $2.70.
For 3 months for 1 person: 75 lbs.
Cannery price: 13 cans = $35. Lasts 30 years.
Beans #10 can packed by customer =5.2 lbs for $4.65.
For 3 months for 1 person: 15 lbs.
Cannery price: 3 cans= $14. Lasts 30 years.
VEGETABLES
If you are wondering how to get vegetables and fruit into your food storage, most of us will probably buy canned vegetables and fruit. However, the prophets have repeatedly told us to learn to garden. This will be another way to supplement your food storage if there comes a time when you don't have access to grocery stores.
This was my second summer to have a garden. I never touched dirt in my life until last summer. If I can do it anyone can do it. Later, probably in Feb or March we will have a class in RS on gardening, and also sprouting.
“We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard.” (President Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
Saturday, September 4, 2010
#6 Presentation at MV Ward- Long Term Storage
Part 6- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
Long term food storage
For your long term storage, you need to buy grains, legumes, and other staples that can be stored for long periods of time, like 20-30 years, and would sustain life if nothing else were available to eat. I am talking about shelf-stable foods here, none of it in the freezer or fridge. And make sure they are all in bug-proof and rodent-proof containers.
They are the most compact foods you can store, and they don't need rotating on a yearly or monthly basis like your three-month supply, so they are much easier to store. You can hide them under the beds or in the backs of closets and forget about them until you need them.
BYU has recently done studies of very old food storage, and got some very positive results. They found out that
The photo is from that same Ensign article.
Wheat, grains, and beans, last a very long time. So buy them and consider them like term life insurance. Maybe you are paying for something you will never use, but it gives you safety and security that if something bad happens, you are covered.
For your long term storage, you need some type of oil. However, oil only lasts 1-2 yrs (according to BYU-TV- Living Essentials). But Crisco lasts ten-plus years. So you may want to adapt some of your recipes to use Crisco instead of oil so you can store more Crisco.
I think it is smart to find a shelf-stable substitute for every ingredient. I LOVE to use Powdered eggs and Powdered milk in all my baking. I never have to wonder if I have it in the fridge when I am ready to bake. (In case you are wondering, I eat real eggs for scrambled eggs and devilled eggs, etc.)
I am still looking for ways to store cheese. I have purchased some canned cheese and some dehydrated freeze dried grated cheese, and some other cheese that doesn't require refrigeration. We'll have to learn more about that subject in the future.
Long term food storage
“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, “Prepare for the Days of Tribulation,” Ensign, Nov 1980, 32
For your long term storage, you need to buy grains, legumes, and other staples that can be stored for long periods of time, like 20-30 years, and would sustain life if nothing else were available to eat. I am talking about shelf-stable foods here, none of it in the freezer or fridge. And make sure they are all in bug-proof and rodent-proof containers.
They are the most compact foods you can store, and they don't need rotating on a yearly or monthly basis like your three-month supply, so they are much easier to store. You can hide them under the beds or in the backs of closets and forget about them until you need them.
BYU has recently done studies of very old food storage, and got some very positive results. They found out that
“properly packaged and stored low-moisture food retains much of its sensory (taste) quality and nutritional value for 20 to 30 or more years after being placed in storage—much longer than previously supposed.
This means Church members can store certain foods long-term without the worry of regularly rotating the food. They can be confident that their supply will be there to keep them alive if they have nothing else to eat.”
“Family Home Storage: A New Message,” Ensign, Mar 2009, 56–60
The photo is from that same Ensign article.
Wheat, grains, and beans, last a very long time. So buy them and consider them like term life insurance. Maybe you are paying for something you will never use, but it gives you safety and security that if something bad happens, you are covered.
For your long term storage, you need some type of oil. However, oil only lasts 1-2 yrs (according to BYU-TV- Living Essentials). But Crisco lasts ten-plus years. So you may want to adapt some of your recipes to use Crisco instead of oil so you can store more Crisco.
I think it is smart to find a shelf-stable substitute for every ingredient. I LOVE to use Powdered eggs and Powdered milk in all my baking. I never have to wonder if I have it in the fridge when I am ready to bake. (In case you are wondering, I eat real eggs for scrambled eggs and devilled eggs, etc.)
I am still looking for ways to store cheese. I have purchased some canned cheese and some dehydrated freeze dried grated cheese, and some other cheese that doesn't require refrigeration. We'll have to learn more about that subject in the future.
Friday, September 3, 2010
#5 Presentation at MV Ward- Short term and 3-mos storage
Part 5- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
So, now that you know where to go to get this information, lets go on to talk about food and water storage. I will tell you some different categories of things you should be getting. What kinds of things should you store?
1- Water
2-72 hr kit food or 2 weeks of very easy to prepare food
3- Three months supply and
4- Long term food storage.
WATER
Your number one goal should be to get water. Water can be free. If you won't drink water from a bottle you filled yourself, at least fill juice bottles or a 55-gallon drum to use for washing. (Half of the water you need is for washing.) Then you only have to pay for bottled water for half your supply.
72 hour kit food, or 2 weeks of very easy to prepare food
We are very vulnerable to hurricanes and ice storms in this area. For the first 3 days or 4 days after a major disaster you will be totally on your own, and probably without electricity. Either evacuating to somewhere else, or sheltering in place.
Prepare to have every necessity of life, especially water. Plan to do no cooking or minimal cooking. These would be the same types of food my sons take on a backpacking or camping trip. These are convenience foods, so they will cost some money, but you don’t want to be messing with lots of ingredients and preparations when dealing with a disaster.
This is not necessarily a balanced diet, just to keep you alive. A lot of it is similar to food for a school sack lunch, and would keep for about 6 months. Lots of people rotate their 72-hour kit food every General Conference.
I have lots of lemonade and koolaid and chocolate milk to make the stored water or powdered milk taste better.
3 month shelf stable food. Everything for every meal for 13 weeks.
I will describe Wendy Dewitt’s method. She thought about food storage, and she decided she wanted good food, food that she already liked to eat. She wrote down 14 dinners that her family liked, wrote down all the ingredients right down to the teaspoon of salt, multiplied it by 26 times, and bought that amount of food, so she could eat that meal every other week. Then she knew she had all the ingredients to eat dinner for a whole year.
She also did the same with breakfasts, and ingredients for one loaf of bread a day. This plan is all described in her booklet.
But I don't want to overwhelm you, so consider doing her method and basing it on Three Months. Just plan out everything for 13 weeks or three months instead of a year like she did.
Store what you eat. Eat what you store. Rotate, rotate, rotate.
The ladies on FoodStorageMadeEasy feel that it is okay to keep meat in the freezer for their 3 month supply. Wendy Dewitt doesn’t keep her meat in the freezer, she cans it. She doesn't want to rely on the power grid.
Ask yourself, How often can I stand to eat this dish? If you can eat it every other week, buy 6 or 7 meals of it.
If you can eat it once a week, buy 13 meals of it.
Canned goods can easily last 1-3 years, no problem.
Boxes can get bugs in them, rotate them quickly.
My family's plan: Here are some of the things in my three-month supply.
Taco Soup. We can easily eat it twice a month. Twice a month for 3 months = 6 times. So I bought 6 bags of Fritos at Sam's, and all the cans of beans, corn, and tomato sauce, bought a big jar of Taco Seasoning Powder, and canned some ground beef. Now I have all the ingredients except lettuce, and we could eat it without lettuce if we had to. (If you don't want to can the beef, just keep it in your freezer.)
Spaghetti. Twice a month. Spaghetti noodles, spaghetti sauce, powdered Parmesan cheese, oil. Buy enough for 6 meals.
Canned Soup- I buy it on sale. We have lots and lots of this.
Hamburger Helper, Asian Helper. One can of chicken for 2 boxes. Oil. Powdered milk.
Snacks and desserts, not just main dishes. Cake mix, can of frosting, oil, powdered eggs.
Jellos and puddings- two per week for 3 months. Remember to store ALL the ingredients. Jello just needs water. I store evaporated milk or powdered milk to make the pudding.
Eat cold cereal half the days for 3 months-11 boxes for our family. I have the powdered milk stored just in case, but for now I'll buy the milk at the store.
(Remember to store food inside the temperature controlled house, not in attic or garage.)
WHEAT GRINDERS
I wanted to mention wheat grinders. If you don't have a wheat grinder, you could use your blender to make Blender pancakes. (I'll put that recipe up in a few days.)
No grinder? Why don't you ask your visiting teachers or the women you visit teach. If they have a wheat grinder, start bringing 8 cups of wheat with you every time you visit, and grind it for wheat flour and start using it throughout the month. Grinding 8 cups of wheat makes about 14 cups of wheat flour, and you can make 4 loaves of whole wheat bread with that.
Also, you need to store everything else you need for three months. Make a goal to be totally self-sufficient in your home, imagine you can't go to the store for three months. Start listing all the things you need on a daily basis and store the right amount. Remember: Baby formula, diapers, feminine hygiene, toilet paper (one person approximately 1 roll per week, 13 rolls for one person for 3 months), charcoal, propane, cleaning supplies.
Tomorrow' subject: Long term food storage
So, now that you know where to go to get this information, lets go on to talk about food and water storage. I will tell you some different categories of things you should be getting. What kinds of things should you store?
1- Water
2-72 hr kit food or 2 weeks of very easy to prepare food
3- Three months supply and
4- Long term food storage.
WATER
Your number one goal should be to get water. Water can be free. If you won't drink water from a bottle you filled yourself, at least fill juice bottles or a 55-gallon drum to use for washing. (Half of the water you need is for washing.) Then you only have to pay for bottled water for half your supply.
72 hour kit food, or 2 weeks of very easy to prepare food
We are very vulnerable to hurricanes and ice storms in this area. For the first 3 days or 4 days after a major disaster you will be totally on your own, and probably without electricity. Either evacuating to somewhere else, or sheltering in place.
Prepare to have every necessity of life, especially water. Plan to do no cooking or minimal cooking. These would be the same types of food my sons take on a backpacking or camping trip. These are convenience foods, so they will cost some money, but you don’t want to be messing with lots of ingredients and preparations when dealing with a disaster.
This is not necessarily a balanced diet, just to keep you alive. A lot of it is similar to food for a school sack lunch, and would keep for about 6 months. Lots of people rotate their 72-hour kit food every General Conference.
I have lots of lemonade and koolaid and chocolate milk to make the stored water or powdered milk taste better.
3 month shelf stable food. Everything for every meal for 13 weeks.
“We can begin ever so modestly. We can begin with a one week’s food supply and gradually build it to a month, and then to three months.”
Gordon B. Hinckley, “To Men of the Priesthood,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2002, 58.October 2002
I will describe Wendy Dewitt’s method. She thought about food storage, and she decided she wanted good food, food that she already liked to eat. She wrote down 14 dinners that her family liked, wrote down all the ingredients right down to the teaspoon of salt, multiplied it by 26 times, and bought that amount of food, so she could eat that meal every other week. Then she knew she had all the ingredients to eat dinner for a whole year.
She also did the same with breakfasts, and ingredients for one loaf of bread a day. This plan is all described in her booklet.
But I don't want to overwhelm you, so consider doing her method and basing it on Three Months. Just plan out everything for 13 weeks or three months instead of a year like she did.
Store what you eat. Eat what you store. Rotate, rotate, rotate.
The ladies on FoodStorageMadeEasy feel that it is okay to keep meat in the freezer for their 3 month supply. Wendy Dewitt doesn’t keep her meat in the freezer, she cans it. She doesn't want to rely on the power grid.
Ask yourself, How often can I stand to eat this dish? If you can eat it every other week, buy 6 or 7 meals of it.
If you can eat it once a week, buy 13 meals of it.
Canned goods can easily last 1-3 years, no problem.
Boxes can get bugs in them, rotate them quickly.
My family's plan: Here are some of the things in my three-month supply.
Taco Soup. We can easily eat it twice a month. Twice a month for 3 months = 6 times. So I bought 6 bags of Fritos at Sam's, and all the cans of beans, corn, and tomato sauce, bought a big jar of Taco Seasoning Powder, and canned some ground beef. Now I have all the ingredients except lettuce, and we could eat it without lettuce if we had to. (If you don't want to can the beef, just keep it in your freezer.)
Spaghetti. Twice a month. Spaghetti noodles, spaghetti sauce, powdered Parmesan cheese, oil. Buy enough for 6 meals.
Canned Soup- I buy it on sale. We have lots and lots of this.
Hamburger Helper, Asian Helper. One can of chicken for 2 boxes. Oil. Powdered milk.
Snacks and desserts, not just main dishes. Cake mix, can of frosting, oil, powdered eggs.
Jellos and puddings- two per week for 3 months. Remember to store ALL the ingredients. Jello just needs water. I store evaporated milk or powdered milk to make the pudding.
Eat cold cereal half the days for 3 months-11 boxes for our family. I have the powdered milk stored just in case, but for now I'll buy the milk at the store.
(Remember to store food inside the temperature controlled house, not in attic or garage.)
WHEAT GRINDERS
I wanted to mention wheat grinders. If you don't have a wheat grinder, you could use your blender to make Blender pancakes. (I'll put that recipe up in a few days.)
No grinder? Why don't you ask your visiting teachers or the women you visit teach. If they have a wheat grinder, start bringing 8 cups of wheat with you every time you visit, and grind it for wheat flour and start using it throughout the month. Grinding 8 cups of wheat makes about 14 cups of wheat flour, and you can make 4 loaves of whole wheat bread with that.
Also, you need to store everything else you need for three months. Make a goal to be totally self-sufficient in your home, imagine you can't go to the store for three months. Start listing all the things you need on a daily basis and store the right amount. Remember: Baby formula, diapers, feminine hygiene, toilet paper (one person approximately 1 roll per week, 13 rolls for one person for 3 months), charcoal, propane, cleaning supplies.
Tomorrow' subject: Long term food storage
Thursday, September 2, 2010
#4 Presentation at MV Ward- 3 Sources for Information
Part 4- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
We’re going to look at 3 internet sites about food storage and explain what is on each one.
www.providentliving.org
ProvidentLiving.org is the official church site about food storage and family preparedness.
It contains the bare bones instruction from the church today.
Contains word for word quotes from this brochure: “All is Safely Gathered In”
Describes the conditions for best storage of food
what foods go rancid during long term storage
List of products which can store for 30 years or longer.
Describes the safe way to store water.
It has the price list of the cannery. Actually, the name Cannery is incorrect- Family Home Storage Center is the correct name.
FoodStorageMadeEasy.net
FoodStoragMadeEasy.net is for those of you who want to have food storage, but you have no idea where to start.
Two years ago these two LDS women, Jodi and Julie, both young mothers, said, “We don’t know anything about food storage. We’re going to describe every step of our learning process on a blog.” And in two years they have become experts on food storage. They have great videos and how-to instructions. If you want all their information at once, you can pay to get a printed notebook. But you can get it for free just by reading their blog and printing out all their lists. And they have an excel spreadsheet that you can plug in all your food and find out how much more you need. Very detail oriented.
WENDY DEWITT
Wendy Dewitt is a member of the church who did a 2 hour food storage seminar at the Daniels Park Ward, and they put it on their website as 9 separate videos. (I'm sure she must be famous but I personally know nothing more about her.)
Here is the link to the first video:
http://www.danielsparkward.com/fsv1.aspx">http://www.danielsparkward.com/
(I have actually been linking to these videos one at a time on this blog, there is only one video left, her last video that contains questions from the audience and her answers, that I still need to post. I will post it at the end of this series of presentation posts.)
http://EverythingUnderTheSunBlog.blogspot.com/ the text of the video is on here
She is not in it for the money, she distributes all her information for free, and her blog doesn't have much on it.
She has a very indepth, very detailed way of planning out your food storage, and she has written a step-by-step instruction booklet, which she sends out for free.
I asked her for a copy, and to save her some time, if you want a copy, email me and I will email you the document. (I am speaking to members of my ward here. My email address is not listed on this blog.)
We’re going to look at 3 internet sites about food storage and explain what is on each one.
www.providentliving.org
ProvidentLiving.org is the official church site about food storage and family preparedness.
It contains the bare bones instruction from the church today.
Contains word for word quotes from this brochure: “All is Safely Gathered In”
Describes the conditions for best storage of food
what foods go rancid during long term storage
List of products which can store for 30 years or longer.
Describes the safe way to store water.
It has the price list of the cannery. Actually, the name Cannery is incorrect- Family Home Storage Center is the correct name.
FoodStorageMadeEasy.net
FoodStoragMadeEasy.net is for those of you who want to have food storage, but you have no idea where to start.
Two years ago these two LDS women, Jodi and Julie, both young mothers, said, “We don’t know anything about food storage. We’re going to describe every step of our learning process on a blog.” And in two years they have become experts on food storage. They have great videos and how-to instructions. If you want all their information at once, you can pay to get a printed notebook. But you can get it for free just by reading their blog and printing out all their lists. And they have an excel spreadsheet that you can plug in all your food and find out how much more you need. Very detail oriented.
WENDY DEWITT
Wendy Dewitt is a member of the church who did a 2 hour food storage seminar at the Daniels Park Ward, and they put it on their website as 9 separate videos. (I'm sure she must be famous but I personally know nothing more about her.)
Here is the link to the first video:
http://www.danielsparkward.com/fsv1.aspx">http://www.danielsparkward.com/
(I have actually been linking to these videos one at a time on this blog, there is only one video left, her last video that contains questions from the audience and her answers, that I still need to post. I will post it at the end of this series of presentation posts.)
http://EverythingUnderTheSunBlog.blogspot.com/ the text of the video is on here
She is not in it for the money, she distributes all her information for free, and her blog doesn't have much on it.
She has a very indepth, very detailed way of planning out your food storage, and she has written a step-by-step instruction booklet, which she sends out for free.
I asked her for a copy, and to save her some time, if you want a copy, email me and I will email you the document. (I am speaking to members of my ward here. My email address is not listed on this blog.)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
#3 Presentation at MV Ward- One Year's Supply Pictures
Part 3- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
Note from Amy: I showed these photos in my powerpoint presentation. I received the photos and the following text from my sister who got them from someone in a ward or stake somewhere that did a food storage display. I have no idea who to give the credit to.
My opinion, which I stated in my presentation, is that this photo IS NOT YOUR FIRST GOAL. This shows LONG TERM STORAGE. Only do this type storage AFTER you get the first three steps done (see yesterday's post for all four steps listed in the pamphlet "All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage".
Exactly What Does a Basic 1 Year Food Storage for 1 Person Look Like?
These are the MINIMUM Basic Amounts of Food Needed for Survival for ONE PERSON for ONE YEAR: (Click on photos to make them bigger.)
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE READY TO LIVE ON THESE SURVIVAL RATIONS?
BARE-MINIMUM LDS Church Food storage requirements for
1 adult male for 1 year Appx. 2,300 calories per day. (only 695lbs total)
This will keep you fed, but leave you hungry.
TOTAL FOOD PER DAY = 24.65 Ounces
It seems like we beg, plead, and even offer to help anyone that will listen in an attempt to get others to get their food storage. We try to explain why they need it, and it feels like we are beating a dead horse. Some people try to rationalize that we "really" don't need to store everything that we have been asked to store. As I'm sure most of you have experienced, we hear every excuse for reasons why we can't store. The regular excuses of no money, no room, no time, don't know how to use wheat, or don't eat wheat, etc. But lately, I've heard "that is so much to store", that "our family would never use 400 pounds of grains per person in an entire year". Also, "we don't use that much salt or oil", therefore they don't feel they need to store it.
As what felt like my last feeble attempt to try to help, the thought came to actually create a display to show 1) what does that one year basic survival food for one person look like (the amounts the First Presidency has recommended), and 2) how much does that really work out to be per day?
This display has been amazingly successful in our Stake.
We purposely bought food that they could get at a grocery store, rather than overwhelming them with seeing tons of dry-pack cans or buckets. We broke out each item and gave them the prices of what this would cost locally. We even gave them the price of a shelve to store it on.
When I measured out the amounts to show what you would get per day, per person it was impressive. We took all those ingredients and by adding yeast (which we know is not on the basic list – but hopefully we have stored), we were able to make one loaf of bread and 1/3 cup of beans. That would be your food for the entire day. Not much. You would survive, but it won't be pretty.
Grains (400lbs)
Unless your family already eats 100% whole wheat homemade bread, white flour should be used in the transition process to whole wheat.
Adding rye flour (10%) helps make wheat bread a more
complete protein. Dent corn is used to make tortillas.
Beans & Legumes (90lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 60lbs in 2002}
Black beans cook quickly, make a good salad complement with a vinaigrette dressing over them.
Soybeans can be used to make soy milk and tofu, a protein food you should be prepared to make.
Familiarize yourself with sprouting techniques.
Learn how to make wheat grass juice - the best vitamin supplement you can use.
Milk-Dair products (75lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 16lbs in 2002}
Milk powder can be used to make cottage cheese, cream cheese and hard cheeses.
Ideally your milk should be fortified with Vitamins A & D.
When reconstituting aerate to improve flavor (special mixing pitchers can accomplish this). Whole eggs are the best all-purpose egg product.
Powdered sour cream has a limited shelf life unless frozen.
Meats / Meat substitute (20lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 0lbs in 2002}
Use meat in soups, stews and beans for flavor. Freeze dried is the best option for real meat. Textured Vegetable protein is the main alternative to freeze dried meats.
Fats / Oils (20lbs)
This group can boost the calories one is getting from food storage products, and supply essential fatty acids.
Sugars (60lbs)
Store your honey in 5 gallon pails.
Candy and other sweets can help with appetite fatigue.
Fruits / Vegetables (90lbs)
{minimum reduced to only zero lbs in 2002}
Some fruits and vegetables are best dehydrated, others freeze dried (strawberries & blueberries).
Fruits are a nice addition to hot cereal, muffins, pancakes and breads.
Auxiliary foods (weight varies)
Vanilla extract improves the flavor of powdered milk. T
he production of tofu requires a precipitator such as nigari, epsom salt, calcium chloride or calcium sulfide (good calcium source).
Learn how to make and use wheat gluten (liquid smoke adds good flavor).
Chocolate syrup and powdered drink mixes help with appetite fatigue.
Vitamins and protein powders will boost the nutrition levels of foods that may have suffered losses during processing.
Note
For an average adult Female - multiply the weight by 0.75
For children ages 1-3 multiply by 0.3, 4-6 multiply by 0.5, 7-9 multiply by 0.75
For adults engaged in manual labor multiply by 1.25-1.50
(Note from Amy: My sister forwarded these photos and this text to me. I emailed a note back to the originating person to get her permission to post this. When I find out who that is, I will credit her or take this off my blog and direct you to hers, if she has one.)
Note from Amy: I showed these photos in my powerpoint presentation. I received the photos and the following text from my sister who got them from someone in a ward or stake somewhere that did a food storage display. I have no idea who to give the credit to.
My opinion, which I stated in my presentation, is that this photo IS NOT YOUR FIRST GOAL. This shows LONG TERM STORAGE. Only do this type storage AFTER you get the first three steps done (see yesterday's post for all four steps listed in the pamphlet "All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage".
Exactly What Does a Basic 1 Year Food Storage for 1 Person Look Like?
These are the MINIMUM Basic Amounts of Food Needed for Survival for ONE PERSON for ONE YEAR: (Click on photos to make them bigger.)
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE READY TO LIVE ON THESE SURVIVAL RATIONS?
BARE-MINIMUM LDS Church Food storage requirements for
1 adult male for 1 year Appx. 2,300 calories per day. (only 695lbs total)
This will keep you fed, but leave you hungry.
TOTAL FOOD PER DAY = 24.65 Ounces
It seems like we beg, plead, and even offer to help anyone that will listen in an attempt to get others to get their food storage. We try to explain why they need it, and it feels like we are beating a dead horse. Some people try to rationalize that we "really" don't need to store everything that we have been asked to store. As I'm sure most of you have experienced, we hear every excuse for reasons why we can't store. The regular excuses of no money, no room, no time, don't know how to use wheat, or don't eat wheat, etc. But lately, I've heard "that is so much to store", that "our family would never use 400 pounds of grains per person in an entire year". Also, "we don't use that much salt or oil", therefore they don't feel they need to store it.
As what felt like my last feeble attempt to try to help, the thought came to actually create a display to show 1) what does that one year basic survival food for one person look like (the amounts the First Presidency has recommended), and 2) how much does that really work out to be per day?
This display has been amazingly successful in our Stake.
We purposely bought food that they could get at a grocery store, rather than overwhelming them with seeing tons of dry-pack cans or buckets. We broke out each item and gave them the prices of what this would cost locally. We even gave them the price of a shelve to store it on.
When I measured out the amounts to show what you would get per day, per person it was impressive. We took all those ingredients and by adding yeast (which we know is not on the basic list – but hopefully we have stored), we were able to make one loaf of bread and 1/3 cup of beans. That would be your food for the entire day. Not much. You would survive, but it won't be pretty.
Grains (400lbs)
Unless your family already eats 100% whole wheat homemade bread, white flour should be used in the transition process to whole wheat.
Adding rye flour (10%) helps make wheat bread a more
complete protein. Dent corn is used to make tortillas.
Beans & Legumes (90lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 60lbs in 2002}
Black beans cook quickly, make a good salad complement with a vinaigrette dressing over them.
Soybeans can be used to make soy milk and tofu, a protein food you should be prepared to make.
Familiarize yourself with sprouting techniques.
Learn how to make wheat grass juice - the best vitamin supplement you can use.
Milk-Dair products (75lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 16lbs in 2002}
Milk powder can be used to make cottage cheese, cream cheese and hard cheeses.
Ideally your milk should be fortified with Vitamins A & D.
When reconstituting aerate to improve flavor (special mixing pitchers can accomplish this). Whole eggs are the best all-purpose egg product.
Powdered sour cream has a limited shelf life unless frozen.
Meats / Meat substitute (20lbs)
{minimum reduced to only 0lbs in 2002}
Use meat in soups, stews and beans for flavor. Freeze dried is the best option for real meat. Textured Vegetable protein is the main alternative to freeze dried meats.
Fats / Oils (20lbs)
This group can boost the calories one is getting from food storage products, and supply essential fatty acids.
Sugars (60lbs)
Store your honey in 5 gallon pails.
Candy and other sweets can help with appetite fatigue.
Fruits / Vegetables (90lbs)
{minimum reduced to only zero lbs in 2002}
Some fruits and vegetables are best dehydrated, others freeze dried (strawberries & blueberries).
Fruits are a nice addition to hot cereal, muffins, pancakes and breads.
Auxiliary foods (weight varies)
Vanilla extract improves the flavor of powdered milk. T
he production of tofu requires a precipitator such as nigari, epsom salt, calcium chloride or calcium sulfide (good calcium source).
Learn how to make and use wheat gluten (liquid smoke adds good flavor).
Chocolate syrup and powdered drink mixes help with appetite fatigue.
Vitamins and protein powders will boost the nutrition levels of foods that may have suffered losses during processing.
Note
For an average adult Female - multiply the weight by 0.75
For children ages 1-3 multiply by 0.3, 4-6 multiply by 0.5, 7-9 multiply by 0.75
For adults engaged in manual labor multiply by 1.25-1.50
(Note from Amy: My sister forwarded these photos and this text to me. I emailed a note back to the originating person to get her permission to post this. When I find out who that is, I will credit her or take this off my blog and direct you to hers, if she has one.)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
#2 Presentation at MV Ward- Old Way and New Way
Part 2- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
THE OLD WAY
I grew up in the church, and my mother bought SamAndy #10 cans of dehydrated food, and buckets of wheat, and hid them in all the closets in our house. I don’t remember her ever using any of those cans of food. She didn’t even own a wheat grinder.
I’m sure most of you think of food storage that looks like this (showed picture of lots of big buckets of grain), and you don’t know where to put it and you also don’t know how to eat it.
I can remember in the 1980’s, we were told it was crucial to store these 5 things: wheat, honey, powdered milk, salt, water. We were told these were the bare necessities, they would sustain life. They are the most compact foods, (Photo of one year supply will be on tomorrow's post) But if you have this amount of food, this is how much food you could eat each day (Photo of one loaf of bread and one bowl of beans will be on tomorrow's post). And appetite fatigue would set in very quickly. So we are going to look at some other food storage plans and see if they look more appetizing.
Quote: "Check the expiration date on your ideas about home storage. You may need to throw some of them out." “Family Home Storage: A New Message,” Ensign, Mar 2009, 56–60
The New Approach
Notice that it says ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED the first three objectives, THEN you should get the long-term basics such as grains, etc. So be sure and do the first three things FIRST.
(Presentation to be continued in later posts.)
THE OLD WAY
I grew up in the church, and my mother bought SamAndy #10 cans of dehydrated food, and buckets of wheat, and hid them in all the closets in our house. I don’t remember her ever using any of those cans of food. She didn’t even own a wheat grinder.
I’m sure most of you think of food storage that looks like this (showed picture of lots of big buckets of grain), and you don’t know where to put it and you also don’t know how to eat it.
I can remember in the 1980’s, we were told it was crucial to store these 5 things: wheat, honey, powdered milk, salt, water. We were told these were the bare necessities, they would sustain life. They are the most compact foods, (Photo of one year supply will be on tomorrow's post) But if you have this amount of food, this is how much food you could eat each day (Photo of one loaf of bread and one bowl of beans will be on tomorrow's post). And appetite fatigue would set in very quickly. So we are going to look at some other food storage plans and see if they look more appetizing.
Quote: "Check the expiration date on your ideas about home storage. You may need to throw some of them out." “Family Home Storage: A New Message,” Ensign, Mar 2009, 56–60
The New Approach
...The Church published the pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, outlining new guidelines for home preparedness that gives Church members a simplified, four-step approach to building their home storage.
They are as follows:
1. Gradually build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet until it is sufficient for three months.
2. Store drinking water.
3. Establish a financial reserve by setting aside a little money each week, and gradually increase it to a reasonable amount.
4. Once families have achieved the first three objectives, they are counseled to expand their efforts, as circumstances allow, into a supply of long-term basic foods such as grains, legumes, and other staples.
Of the new guidelines, Presiding Bishop H. David Burton says, “Our objective was to establish a simple, inexpensive, and achievable program that would help people become self-reliant. We are confident that by introducing these few, simple steps we can, over time, have more success.”
“Family Home Storage: A New Message,” Ensign, Mar 2009, 56–60
Notice that it says ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED the first three objectives, THEN you should get the long-term basics such as grains, etc. So be sure and do the first three things FIRST.
(Presentation to be continued in later posts.)
Monday, August 30, 2010
#1- Presentation at MV Ward- Starts here
Part 1- Presentation given by Amy at the Morrisville Ward, North Carolina, combined RS/Priesthood, Aug. 29, 2010. I will post the rest of the presentation in the next few days.
I’m so thankful for my new calling as RS Provident Living specialist. I feel very blessed for the way the Lord has led me and guided me over the past two years. Two years ago I started feeling very concerned about food storage. I started studying the subject and reading websites and blogs, getting mine up to date.
Coincidentally, at the same time I started writing a personal blog for my friends and family, where I put lots of random subjects, including a lot of emergency prep stuff.
When I got released from teaching seminary and called to be the Provident Living specialist, I immediately felt excited about starting a blog for the ward. I took all the blog posts on the subject of emergency preparedness that I had been doing for 2 years, and transferred them over to the new blog.
I was thinking about what to name the new blog, and decided to take the song from the Bojangle’s commercial (GottaWannaNeedaGetta Hava Bojangle’s) and changed it a little. So the name of this blog is
GottaWannaNeedaGettaPrepared.blogspot.com Thats on your handout.
I know you are all tech savvy, you probably all read websites and blogs every day. So I am using my blog to give you all the info I can, so I don’t have to give you handouts and papers all the time.
You’re getting a one-page handout today so you’ll have the highlights of what is in my presentation today, and to remind you of all the blogs and websites that I will be mentioning. (Note to people in my ward: I will pass those papers out again next Sunday. Otherwise, that handout will be in a later post.)
Disclaimer- I am quite a scavenger, most of my blog is made up of links to other people’s websites. I came up with very little of this on my own. Anything I am telling you here today, will have a link on my blog to where I got it from. And my blog is searchable.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
I did a powerpoint presentation on Hurricane Preparedness for the RS on Aug. 5, and Bishop B. wanted me to do a shortened version of that today before starting on food storage, but I’m just going to give you the link. I put the whole thing on my blog, Aug. 6-9, 2010.
I think by the end of that presentation, the one thing the women were most convinced of was the need to buy a $20 inverter, which plugs into the car’s power port, and then you can plug in electrical things like a tv or computer. So, read the blog posts, thats all the time I have for Hurricanes today.
I wanted to give you this announcement, we have a great RS class coming up.
(Presentation to be continued in later posts)
I’m so thankful for my new calling as RS Provident Living specialist. I feel very blessed for the way the Lord has led me and guided me over the past two years. Two years ago I started feeling very concerned about food storage. I started studying the subject and reading websites and blogs, getting mine up to date.
Coincidentally, at the same time I started writing a personal blog for my friends and family, where I put lots of random subjects, including a lot of emergency prep stuff.
When I got released from teaching seminary and called to be the Provident Living specialist, I immediately felt excited about starting a blog for the ward. I took all the blog posts on the subject of emergency preparedness that I had been doing for 2 years, and transferred them over to the new blog.
I was thinking about what to name the new blog, and decided to take the song from the Bojangle’s commercial (GottaWannaNeedaGetta Hava Bojangle’s) and changed it a little. So the name of this blog is
GottaWannaNeedaGettaPrepared.blogspot.com Thats on your handout.
I know you are all tech savvy, you probably all read websites and blogs every day. So I am using my blog to give you all the info I can, so I don’t have to give you handouts and papers all the time.
You’re getting a one-page handout today so you’ll have the highlights of what is in my presentation today, and to remind you of all the blogs and websites that I will be mentioning. (Note to people in my ward: I will pass those papers out again next Sunday. Otherwise, that handout will be in a later post.)
Disclaimer- I am quite a scavenger, most of my blog is made up of links to other people’s websites. I came up with very little of this on my own. Anything I am telling you here today, will have a link on my blog to where I got it from. And my blog is searchable.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
I did a powerpoint presentation on Hurricane Preparedness for the RS on Aug. 5, and Bishop B. wanted me to do a shortened version of that today before starting on food storage, but I’m just going to give you the link. I put the whole thing on my blog, Aug. 6-9, 2010.
I think by the end of that presentation, the one thing the women were most convinced of was the need to buy a $20 inverter, which plugs into the car’s power port, and then you can plug in electrical things like a tv or computer. So, read the blog posts, thats all the time I have for Hurricanes today.
I wanted to give you this announcement, we have a great RS class coming up.
Family Communication Plan: Have One Before Disaster Strikes!,
Taught by Phyllis B.
In a disaster will you know how to contact your family? Will they know where you are? Will they know your plans? Will your cell phone work?...
Relief Society evening meeting, Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, 7 pm. in the Morrisville building RS room. Guests, and members of the Green Level ward are also invited.
Description:
Your immediate family might not be together when disaster strikes, or may become separated by the event. Your concerned loved ones outside the affected area will want to know of your safety and whereabouts. This class will discuss emergency communication options, including the Red Cross Safe and Well Website, that should be part of every family’s emergency preparedness plan.
(Presentation to be continued in later posts)
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