This Month’s Food Storage Guidelines:
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This Month’s FOOD STORAGE 52 Week Acquisition Plan to Acquire One Year’s
Storage:
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 (14 gal. per person is 1 week supply.)
Shelf Life for This Month's storage items:
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Pasta – 2 to 3 years - http://www.louisville.com/khf/ease4.shtml
Pudding Mixes – 1 year
Gelatin Mixes – 18 months - http://www.lis.ab.ca/walton/grain/faqs/vc.html
Rice/Pasta Mixes – 6 months
Rice-a-Roni & Pasta-Roni – Exp. Date - http://www.glitchproof.com/glitchproof/storlifofgro.html
(More shelf life information: http://www.mycpc.com/shelflife.html or
http://www.nursehealer.com/ShelfLife.htm )
This Month’s LDS Monthly Plan to Acquire Food Storage and 72-Hour Kit
in One Year
(with Monthly Goals)
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"We will see the day when we live on what we produce." Pres. Marion
G. Romney
Spiritual Goal---Prepare at least one family name for Temple
work.
Provident Living Goal---Make a goal to have 6 months wages in
savings for emergencies. Write out a realistic plan to make it happen.
Storage Goal: First aid kit--should include scissors, knife,
thermometer, measuring cup, medicine dropper, hot water bottle, triangular
bandages, soap, matches, razor blades, needles, safety pins, adhesive tape,
elastic bandages, paper bags, gauze bandages, bicarbonate of soda, Ipecac
syrup (induces vomiting), ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, calamine lotion (insect
bites and sunburn), rubbing alcohol, diarrhea remedy, antibiotic ointment,
first aid instruction book, prescription medication, waterproof matches.
72 hour kit: Container for holding kit. Large garbage
cans with wheels OR a back pack for each family member recommended.
Find a place in your home that is easily accessible for storing the kit.
You need to be able to grab it at a moment's notice to leave your home.
Note: Your first aid kit is also part of the 72 hour kit. Note:
your 72 hour kit is also part of your general storage, but your general
storage CANNOT be part of your 72 hour kit. When you need it there
may not be time to gather it together for transport. - http://www.nursehealer.com/Storage.htm
This Month’s Cooking with Food Storage Ideas:
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Trading Post Pasta Skillet Dinner (Dried Foods)
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1 dehydrated beef patty OR 1 cup ground beef gluten OR 1 cup mock hamburger
(TVP)
1 ½ cup elbow macaroni
2 Tbs. Dehydrated green peppers
1 cup tomato powder OR 2 cans tomato sauce
¼ cup dehydrated celery
2 Tbs. Dehydrated sweet corn
¼ cup dehydrated onions
Chili powder to taste
Italian seasoning to taste
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Reconstitute beef and vegetables. Boil
macaroni until tender. Drain. Break beef into pieces.
Saute with onions, green pepper, and celery. Add tomato sauce, corn
and seasonings and water as needed. Simmer 5 – 10 minutes.
Add cooked macaroni and mix well. - from "Cookin' With Home
Storage" by Peggy Layton and Vicki Tate - http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html
Hamburger Helper – Home-Style
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Brown in a skillet: ¾ lb. Ground beef, 1 tsp. Salt, ½
tsp. Pepper
Add: 1 Tbs. Finely chopped onion, 1 stalk chopped celery,
¼ cup frozen or canned peas, 2/3 cup fresh or canned tomatoes, chopped
While beef is browning, cook in salted water: 1 cup crinkly noodles
Drain noodles and spread over meat mixture. Sprinkle over all:
½ - ¾ cup shredded cheese OR 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Simmer uncovered 15 minutes to blend flavors. Serve from skillet.
- Serves 4
- from “More-with-Less Cookbook” by Doris Janzen Longacre ISBN
0-8361-1786-7
Hawaiin Jell-O Dessert
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1 can (1 lb, 4 1/2 oz) crushed pineapple
1 package (3 oz) Jell-O lime or lemon gelatin
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup crushed ice
Drain pineapple, reserving 3/4 cup syrup.
Bring syrup to a boil; add Jell-O Gelatin, stirring until gelatin dissolves.
Combine pineapple and milk in an electric blender; blend well. Add gelatin
mixture, extract, and ice. Mix thoroughly in blender. Pour into dessert
dishes. Chill until set, about 1 hour. Makes about 3 cups, or 6 servings.
- from http://www.lr.k12.nj.us/site/lenape/contest/Boer/tempbm.html
Lemon Jell-O Cake #2
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1 - Yellow Cake Mix
1 - small pkg. lemon jello (dry)
Mix above together.
Add:
3/4 cup oil
4 eggs
1 1/3 c water.
Bake in 9 x 13 pan - 350 degrees - 45 minutes.
Glaze: Grate 2 lemons - juice of 2 lemons and 2 c. powdered sugar.
When cake is done, poke holes in it, with wooden spoon or fork, and
pour glaze over. Cool and EAT. Enjoy!
- from http://hazel.ddb.com/Jello/jello4a.html
Quick Fried Rice
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1 Tbs. Vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1 pkg. (6.1 oz) RICE-A-RONI With 1/3 Less Salt Fried Rice
½ tsp. Ground ginger
2 cups cooked pork or ham, cut into short thin strips
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 green onions, cut into ½-inch slices
In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add
eggs. Cook without stirring, 2 minutes or until eggs are set.
Loosen eggs from pan with spatula; slide onto plate. Cut egg mixture
into short thin strips. Set aside; keep warm. In same
skillet, prepare Rice-A-Roni Mix as package directs, adding ginger with
water and contents of seasoning packet. Bring to a boil over high
heat. Cover; reduce heat. Simmer 15 minutes. Stir egg
mixture, pork, mushrooms and onions into rice during last 5 minutes of
cooking – 4 servings. - from “RICE-A-RONI? & NOODLE RONI? Recipes
for Busy Cooks” ISBN 0-7853-1196-3
(More Food Storage Recipes: http://www.nursehealer.com/Recipes.htm
)
This Month’s Suggested Books:
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"How To Start Your Emergency Preparations Even If You Only Have a Dollar
To Spare"
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CMC Publications, P.O, Box 1049, Gardiner, MT 59030 - http://www.y2kmanual.com/index.html
“Stocking Up” by Carol Hupping and the Staff of the Rodale Food Center
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ISBN 0-671-69395-6 A Fireside Book Published by Simon & Schuster
“Cookin’ with Powdered Milk” by Peggy Layton
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http://www.ut-biz.com/homestoragecookin'/ OR http://www1.icserv.net/D100001/X100043/books.html
(More Food Storage ideas are at http://www.nursehealer.com/Storage.htm
)
This Month’s Date Code Info:
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Jello 24mo. Kraft Foods 1-800-543-5335 - http://www.nursehealer.com/ShelfLife.htm
Pasta, American Beauty – Hershey YMMDDxxx (12 – 36 months, unopened)
Rice & Sauce – Lipton YMDxx (Month: A-H=Jan-Aug, X=Sept, J-L=Oct-Dec)
10 – 15 months (Cheddar Broccoli – 10 months/Alfredo, beef flavor,
Asian style, chicken broccoli, chicken flavor, mushroom, Spanish, tereyaki
– 12 months/butter & herb, Asian style rice & bean – 15 months.)
Noodles & Sauce – Lipton YMDDxx (Months same as above) 12 – 24
months (alfredo w/broccoli, butter & herb, chicken & broccoli,
creamy chicken, parmesan, sour cream & chives, stroganoff – 12 months/alfredo
– 15 months/beef flavor, butter – 18 months/ chicken flavor – 24 months)
Pasta & Sauce – Lipton YMMDDxx (Months same as above) 9 – 12 months
(mild cheddar – 9 months/all other flavors – 12 months)
Y=Year Packaged, MM-Month Packaged, DD=Day Packaged, xxx=not significant
to shelflife
- http://www.glitchproof.com/glitchproof/storlifofgro.html
(More date codes: http://www.waltonfeed.com/sett/lid.html )
This Month’s Frugal Living Tips:
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Ideas for lunchables from Frugal Tip of The Week:
“I like homemade muffins for lunchboxes. You
can make them nutritious by using wholesome ingredients like fruit and
oatmeal, or a few nuts for protein. Most recently we have also made them
low-fat by substituting applesauce for oil or butter. They are also a great
way to use up aging bananas. You can freeze them individually, pop them
in a lunchbox frozen and they will be thawed by noon.”
“My daughter, Renée, is about
to complete her first year at school. When school started last September
I didn't like the idea of buying a milk box every day. I place in the freezer
the night before a cup with milk only filled half way. In the morning I
fill the cup with fresh milk and it thaws out by lunch time and the milk
is cold with no fear of it spoiling during the morning. Also, this "fresh
milk" is dry skim milk which also saves approximately half my milk costs
in a month as the milk in our area is quite expensive.”
“Bake brownies in a mini muffin pan to include
in the lunchable. They are less "crumby" than brownies cut from a pan,
can freeze easily, and are cute. “ - from http://www.brightok.net/~neilmayo/prev3.htm
Kitchen Gadget Ideas from Frugal/Mindful Living Resources:
/* Written 9:04 PM Dec 27, 1995 in igc:misc.cons.frug */
To my dying day I will maintain that all any kitchen needs is listed
below:
1 large knife, 1 small knife, 1 cutting board, 1 manual (crank) can
opener, 3 pots (small, medium, large), 2 frying pans (small, large), 1
colander, 1 casserole dish, 3 mixing bowls (small, medium, large)
That's all I have and all I care to have.
I have been given just about every gadget known by well meaning friends
and relatives and all of them have ended up going to some charity.
- from http://www.igc.apc.org/frugal/tips/coookinggen.html
Make a Solar Oven -- Materials: large cooking pot with clear glass lid;
smaller black pot with glass lid; rack; reflectors; brownie mix; pot holders.
This works best if you do your cooking at noon.
Make two reflectors on stiff cardboard with
foil and white glue. (See Make a Reflector activity below) Set large pot
in front of reflectors. Angle the reflectors so they focus the sun’s rays
on the large pot. Put rack in large pot.
Mix the brownies according to the instructions.
Put them into the small cooking pot. Set the small pot on the rack inside
the large pot. Put the lid on the small pot and then the lid on the large
pot. Cook the brownies one and one-half times the cooking time listed
on the package.
Try making nachos by melting cheese on tortilla
chips this way. Remember to use pot holders and start with food that is
as close to room temperature as possible. It will take less time to cook.
Make a Reflector Activity -- Materials: a piece of notebook paper;
a piece of aluminum foil; scissors; white glue
Cut a piece of notebook paper and a piece of aluminum foil the same
size. Brush white glue onto the back of the foil. Smooth it carefully over
the paper. Let it dry. Point the reflector at the sun.
- from Texas Solar Energy Society http://www.txses.org/
http://www.infinitepower.com/fs5.html HTML document http://www.infinitepower.com/fs5.pdf
325 K pdf file
(More Frugal Living resources: http://www.nursehealer.com/Frugal.htm
)
This Month’s Additional Buying & Storage Tips:
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For those in the Hurst, TX Stake, Peggy Giroux is organizing a Pasta
Group Order from OB Macaroni in Fort Worth.
Coleman Electronic Ignition 2-Burner Propane
Stove - Equipped with two 10,000 BTU burners - Boils a quart of water in
4.5 minutes. One cylinder of Coleman propane (16.4 oz.) will
last up to 4.5 hours. Can be operated from bulk cylinders with proper accessories
- from Wal-Mart http://www.wal-mart.com/
Coleman 424 Dual-Fuel 2 Burner Stove - Versatile
2-burner stove runs on white gas or unleaded auto gas. Side windscreens
fold down for compact carrying. 11.5 lbs. Compact size stores and travels
well. Burns up to 2 hours on a full tank of fuel - from REI
http://www.rei.com/
(More food storage ideas and resources http://www.nursehealer.com/Storage.htm
)
HELP! Ideas needed!
I am working on a presentation on Emergency Meals, as a follow-up to
my presentation on Emergency Preparedness, which is available online at
http://www.nursehealer.com/Safety.htm underneath “Presentations”.
Please send me any ideas you may have. I am looking for ideas for
emergency meals that could be prepared with alternative cooking sources,
without electricity, or without water. Meals should be as nutritious
as possible, using as little energy as possible, and easily stored.
These are more along the lines of what you might prepare from your 72-Hour
Emergency Kit or backpack while hiking. I’m looking for meals that
could sustain you for the days following a flood, hurricane, tornado, etc.
when resources are minimal, and you may be temporarily relocated to a shelter,
woods, neighbor’s home, cabin, barn, or tent. These are meals for
one that could be expanded for the family. This presentation will
also be added to the above webpage when completed.
Here are some examples:
Emergency Meal #1: Tuna Salad (tuna, pickles diced or relish,
mayonnaise packet)/Crackers (saltines, wheat crackers, etc. in zip-lock
bag)/Fruit Cocktail (small can with pop-top opening – no can opener needed)
Emergency Meal #2: Canned Soup (heat with solar heat or votive
candle)/Crackers (saltines in zip-lock bag)/Sliced Peaches (small can with
pop-top opening)
Emergency Meal #3: Potato Soup (Instant potatoes, butter powder,
salt - heated with solar or candle)/Melba Toast (in zip-lock bag)/Granola
Bar
Many blessings,
Mary Catherine ("Cathy") Miller,
Hurst, Texas LDS First Ward Food Storage Specialist
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