NOTE: the table will only look correct if you are configured for 80 col.
The Mormon 4 is usually the basis of most long term food storage plans.
The quantity and quality of the food storage plan of most survivalists depends
on what problems the survivalists expects to encounter in the future. An
economic survivalist expecting a several month period of turmoil might have
just a 1 or two month supply of canned goods that is rotated continously. A
social decline survivalist might have a mix of grains, freeze dried, air dried,
canned goods, and seeds to supplement available food supplies during times of
trouble. A nuclear war survivalist might have a five year supply of the
Morman 4 + nitrogen packed seeds, freeze dried, sophisticated water purifiers,
and other supplies.
The Mormon 4 was created by the Mormon church to provide one year of food
at low expense that would have a very long shelf life. Part of the Mormon
faith stipulates that all families should have at least one year of food in
storage. Here is a table of the Mormon 4. (80 col.)
FOOD #/PERSON(AVERAGE,RANGE) SHELF LIFE COMMENTS
Wheat 300, 200-365 INDEFINITE Hard Red packed in nitrogen
Powdered Milk 85,60-100 packaging varies 1-5 to indefinite years
Sugar or honey 60,35-100 INDEFINITE keep sugar dry and pest free
Salt 6,1-12 INDEFINITE More needed for preserving
By following books like Kearney's Nuclear War Survival Skills and Dickey's
Passport to Survival, techniques for sprouting, gluten making, and wheat grass
will supply vitamin C and a wide variety of dishes from these four items.
These four will NOT make a good diet but one that will keep you alive.
Minimum supplementation would be some vitamin and mineral pills and a source
of fats and oils.
Dickey recommends 40 additional foods that can be rotated or have a shelf
life of 1,3, to 5 years. The 40 + 4 yields a healty diet of over 100 dishs
that can be used for varied meals.
The Kearney diet is basically the Morman 4 plus cooking oil (about 50
pounds) and beans (around 100 pounds). This provides essential oils and a
much better amino acid balance.
The ideal diet in terms of amino acid balance is meat. You can get the
correct amino acid balance from grains the easiest by making "Cornell" bread.
In any bread recipe substitute this mixture for each cup of wheat flour. 1
tablespoon of soy flour, 1 tablespoon of nonfat dry milk, and 1 teaspoon of
wheat germ with the balance of the cup filled with wheat flour. For more
information on Cornell bread read THE CORNELL BREAD BOOK-McCAY from Dover, or
can be ordered from Jeanette B. McCay, 30 Lakeview Lane, Englewood,FL 33533.