I REALLY need a source for bulk beans other than pintos, have no trouble finding those. Want Navy and Black beans. Also bulk farina.<<<
I bought all my beans, flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, salt, cornmeal, and buy some of the cans, as it is my daily source as well as emergency, from :
I am totally satisfied with the products and the company.
Your beans, flour etc, come in the U.S. milling companies own bags and it is far cheaper to buy the bag over the cans.
For me the shock of oatmeal that smelled good in the bag, made me realize how old the stuff in the store is, it had been years since I was tempted to eat raw oatmeal, simply because it smelled good.
I have several types of beans from Waltons and find that after setting here for 5 years, they still do not look as old and ugly as what they sell in the markets.
I figured my costs down to the penny and could order FRESH food bags, have UPS deliver it to my living room, cheaper than I could buy stale products in the local supermarkets.
Do take time to read the ‘labels’ as they call them on the catalog page there will be a link, you will be surprised, Lentils came out high on the vitamins/minerals that I wanted and so I
ordered a bag, never had been on my food ‘like list’, but discovered that I loved them, cooked the same as I do pinto beans, bacon and lots of spices.
LOL, they had a special on dry peas, big green ones and the 20 or 25 # bag was real cheap, so I ordered it, first batch, I remembered that I did not like them, the same as the ugly ‘pea’ that comes in the can, not the fresh green pea.
Smile, “I shared” the peas with a lady who did like them.
I remain terrified that I will find another jar of them, as the lady has moved away.
I also use the SAF yeast, dried buttermilk, dried onions, mushrooms, celery and other products in the storage cans.
When you get into the heavy sacks, the UPS rate goes down, and isn’t that bad.
There are other companies, I found the Walton link by accident and then checked the LDS sites to see if they used them and they do, so check the LDS link that you have and see if they list a company closer to you.
LOL, But I like Walton’s, when they understood that I was unable to drive and their food was my daily supply, I have had my orders come before my check had time to clear, they understood and I can guess there are others like me, who cannot get to stores easily.
I ordered the bag of dried potato slices, and they sent the 25# pounds in cans, 25 of them, at the low cost of the bag.
Once they missed a can of tomato powder, I sent the papers back, showing it had not been shipped and they sent a case of a dozen cans.
Now that is the way I like doing business.
Yes, you need comfort foods and spices and herbs, for dried foods can be pretty tasteless with just salt on them.
Years ago, I bought canned bacon for my camping trips and it was very good, came from Canada, as I recall.
Jello, fruits, honey, baking powder and baking soda also needed.
Walton’s box of raisins are good. I kept them in the freezer.
When I ran the calculator, I was pleased to see I already had enough salt, baking soda, baking powder and almost enough yeast. Actually have LOTS of salt, figure it will be good for trading later.
Have flour and lard, so can make tortillas OR bread. Yum! Have masa for change-up tortillas, too.
Working on canned meats - found some canned hams that don’t require refrigeration. Daughter suggested canning ham hocks. Figure I’ll buy a boat load and cook them off the bone then can them into quart jars. Need to work on chickens, too.
Sent an email to Walton’s to see where “local delivery” might be - whether that was pick up from them or they ship to somewhere in the state.
They have a 50 lb bag of farina for $20! Only have 4 lbs of it right now, need to REALLY beef that up. That and the oatmeal, only have 10 lbs of that.
On another positive note - just used my new dehydrator for the first time - took 13 cups of chopped carrots (4 lbs) down to just under 3 cups. Bell peppers next! Since I work out of the house, can only run batches on weekends, so will have to concentrate on 3 batches of something each weekend. Going to try potatoes and onions after the peppers. Need to buy a chopper, cutting up 4 lbs of carrots cured me of the knife work.
So much to do, so little time! I’m really feeling time pressure, I don’t think it’s going to hold together much longer.