We were talking about milk tonight...for those of you who don't want to drink the powdered milk, you can always purchase shelf-stable milk. It's actual milk and has a shelf life of 2 years. I have friends who don't even buy store milk anymore; they just use this all the time. I don't know what the best brand might be, but you can google shelf stable milk and get many options, and you can also look at the RU Getting Prepared blog. It is run by a woman in Queen Creek; she's not a member, but knows more about food storage than anyone I actually know. Her husband was recently reactivated, and even though she's not a member, she does all the food storage stuff in her ward. On the side she and a friend have this blog site running, with great information about everything.
Now Eggs...great idea from Wendy DeWitt. Instead of egg substitute, why not use unflavored gelatin? 3 tsp = 1 egg, and apparently it's good for you. "Since unflavored gelatin is 85 percent protein and low in calories, it is an excellent choice for dieters and diabetics." from about.com. It has an indefinite shelf life, as long as properly stored. Seriously a great idea, especially if anyone has egg allergies.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Did You Know on Sugar?
Did you know sugar doesn't actually need to be canned? I didn't, but Wendy DeWitt sure does! Apparently the only things that eat sugar are people, and mostly kids at that. Bugs apparently won't touch the stuff, so sugars can stay in their original packaging.
Rotating Your Food
The DVD I watched from Wendy DeWitt had a lot of great advice, and I'm going to be putting some of it up here, and then pass out the materials next month. She's from Gilbert, AZ, and has been doing food storage seminars all throughout the country as part of her church calling to get people motivated and inspired to do food storage.
But I wanted to share her tip for rotating her food storage. She doesn't use her food storage everyday, which I'm sure I won't either. So every New Year's Day, she goes through her food storage. She figures out what is going to go bad that year, and pulls it out for use. Then she purchases new food to replace those items she's using. For example, she'll get out 12 cans of flour that might be ready to expire, put it in her pantry, and make sure it's used before it goes bad. This way she is consistently rotating her food storage.
Now as for replacing the items from food storage, she has what she calls a "slush" fund. After your food storage is created, each month put $10 or so away into your "slush" fund. Then when it's time to restock your food storage, you already have the money there, and it's not a financial burden or hardship.
Of course, you don't need to do it every New Year's Day (which is our day for taking down Christmas Decorations) but pick one day a year to make sure you do it consistently. Also, remember all the foods you buy this year of one kind (like all sugars for instance) will expire together, so you'll want to start this process the first or second year, to make sure you're able to rotate it, and aren't just stuck with it all at once. An idea might be to eat a meal from your food storage once a week, or twice a month, just to get the hang of it.
Hope this information helps!
But I wanted to share her tip for rotating her food storage. She doesn't use her food storage everyday, which I'm sure I won't either. So every New Year's Day, she goes through her food storage. She figures out what is going to go bad that year, and pulls it out for use. Then she purchases new food to replace those items she's using. For example, she'll get out 12 cans of flour that might be ready to expire, put it in her pantry, and make sure it's used before it goes bad. This way she is consistently rotating her food storage.
Now as for replacing the items from food storage, she has what she calls a "slush" fund. After your food storage is created, each month put $10 or so away into your "slush" fund. Then when it's time to restock your food storage, you already have the money there, and it's not a financial burden or hardship.
Of course, you don't need to do it every New Year's Day (which is our day for taking down Christmas Decorations) but pick one day a year to make sure you do it consistently. Also, remember all the foods you buy this year of one kind (like all sugars for instance) will expire together, so you'll want to start this process the first or second year, to make sure you're able to rotate it, and aren't just stuck with it all at once. An idea might be to eat a meal from your food storage once a week, or twice a month, just to get the hang of it.
Hope this information helps!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Next Week
Thank you for all of your willingness to move FHE last night. There would have been a lot of people gone, so next week should work much better.
We'll still plan on Next Monday at 630 pm at Dave and Michelle Johnson's home, with the same assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about your assignments, or if you've had any trouble finding any of the items for the first month!
We'll still plan on Next Monday at 630 pm at Dave and Michelle Johnson's home, with the same assignments. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about your assignments, or if you've had any trouble finding any of the items for the first month!
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