Holly and Stan Deyo have some excellent preparedness information that is free as well as having an excellent encyclopedic reference manual. ___________________________________________________________
NOTE: THESE PAGES HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY UPDATED
IN DARE TO PREPARE 3rd EDITION
The Deyo Food Storage Planner program works in Excel for either Macintosh or Windows and is a straightforward, easy-to-use spreadsheet. You will also need the latest version of Unzip to decompress the program. Alternately, you can use OpenOffice's spreadsheet software. I have not tried this, but a user of the Deyo Food Storage Planner said it' completely compatible plus its FREEware. All you need to do is fill in the number of family members and how many weeks you want to store; the worksheet will calculate the quantities needed. We have also provided the Minimum Shelf Life listed for each item. Click US Measures for use in America. For people preferring metric click, Metric Measures version. These are copyrighted but freeware programs. Here's how to use the Deyo Food Storage Planner: METHOD 1 You can use the Select Amount for foods at the beginning of each category and plug in the amount of each food you want to fulfill the amounts suggested. To use this method, multiply the number of Adult Portions (B528) by the suggested amount of pounds or kilograms needed as in lines 5, 16, 29, 38, 59 and so on.
You can use the suggested amounts of Adults Shares found in Column L used to calculate the Target Amount in column C. SHELF LIFE For most products, Column H will list the recommended Minimum Shelf Life. Many food products mark the expiration date right on the package. For those that don't, you can keep track on this sheet when you purchase items by using Columns I, J or K. For products not marked with an expiration date, be sure to write on the product with a permanent marker the date of purchase. ADDING ITEMS Adding extra items to the Deyo Food Planner is very easy in Excel, but for your convenience, each category already has two lines provided where you can insert products. SPECIALTY ITEMS A few items like mouse and rat traps are not based on the Adult Share formula but on a per week use. Change these amounts to suit. For gender-dependent items like sanitary napkins, etc., you will need to fill in the amounts since this worksheet does not differentiate between male and female except in food requirements. EXTENDING SHELF LIFE Shelf life can be greatly increased by hermetically sealing foods. It's simple to do, with these simple-to-follow instructions. Storing goods away from light, at constant low temperatures, in low humidity and leaving packaging unopened from time of purchase to usage, also extends shelf life. Many foods can be safely consumed months after their expiration date as long as the container is intact and cans are not rusting or bulging. However, using foods by their expiration date will insure best nutritional quality and taste. PRINTING THESE SHEETS When you print out a hard copy, make sure to do so in the Landscape setting. If you want to save your color ink, before printing select the black ink option or save this page as a text file. However, color does make the sheet easier to read. This information may be used by you freely for private, noncommercial use only |
Well those are cool! I like to look these over just to see what I’m forgetting. And I always find something.
You are right about the humdrum of most survival food sites. If we can find the place we want to be, far from other people we’ll be eating a lot more variety just because of the odds and ends put up. All that standard fare will get ya through, but it sure will be a lot more pleasant with the extras.
Great resource, bump!