CARDBOARD CAN ORGANIZERS at CanOrganizer.comCost about $3 to $4 each in packs of four depending on size (plus shipping of course)
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Additionally I received the following information from FReeper GGpaX4DumpedTea, which might be helpful. It seems that not all LDS Wards have the same conditions for access to there Food Storage Cannery. I myself manage to get a one time invitation a couple years ago and it was a great experience.
Provident Living – Self-Reliance & Welfare Rersources
http://www.providentliving.org/
Home Storage Center Order Form
A home storage order form is available to download to assist you in planning your next purchase from a home storage center. The prices are effective as of the date printed in the lower-left corner of the form. Copies of the form are also available at all home storage centers.
The home storage order form can be filled out using your personal computer if you choose. As you enter desired quantities, the form automatically updates your total cost. The form can then be printed, saved for future reference, or even e-mailed to a friend.
You may want to bring the form with you when you visit the home storage center. Versions of the form are available for centers in the United States and in Canada. The pdf version of the form requires Adobe Reader – data cannot be entered or saved in this form. The xls version of the form requires Excel 97 or newer – data can be entered and saved in this form. Please select the version of the form that meets your needs.
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7977-1-4352-1,00.html
It is good raw material to put a decrement list together from. I guess ultimately it depends on what type of emergency one anticipates, but I’d guess rice, tuna and salt would go on the top, Ramen near the bottom.
Thanks Karty. I appreciate your contributions.
Sounds like the diet of a college student cooking on a one-burner hot-plate.
This is a fantastic list. Thanks for sharing. Also some great links on that site.
You can’t survive a Zombie apocalypse without at least 3 jars of sauerkraut.
I use a marker to indicate the expiration month and year [eq., 5-13 for May 2013]. This helps identify products that need to be rotated out [that is, used].
Some canned/packaged items are more prone to being expiration sensitive than others.
For example, canned tomato products, saurcraut, etc., may develop a metallic taste or bad smell after long periods.
Packaged products, such as biscuit flour, may become flat as the baking power loses its rising capability over time.
Also, any can that develops bulges on the ends MUST be disposed of, as it could be contaminated due to tiny holes developing in the can.
The local Dollar Tree has become one of my regular stops just to check on what they are currently stocking. Latest find was New Orleans style Red Beans and Rice mix in a box from Chef Karlin, company in Illinois. Feeds 4 (or least 3 adults) for $1.00. Bought one box, brought it home and fixed it. Really good. Went back and bought their last remaining 5 boxes. Should also be good with some chicken or sausage.
Pkg of 5 Ramen Noodles are also $1.00 but they do have trouble keeping them in stock. Now have a year’s supply!
Check later. Thanks.
Seems like a good thread to pimp my tag line.
Get your corn and grain items now before prices really go up later this year.
Just a reminder- you need to prep according to how/what you eat. I don’t think I’ve used a can of mushroom soup in a decade. In a pinch, I might eat it, but planning for the future, it’s more reasonable to buy things I and my family do and will eat.
5 cans of apple juice
10 boxes of macaroni and cheese
1 large canister of iced tea mix
50 packs of generic cool-aid mix
10 boxes of instant pudding
20 boxes of gelatin mix
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The only item on this list that has graced my doorstep is gelatin in the even someone got sick. Waste of prep money crap. Missing from this prep list is medical items- how about some Gartorade powder, Hydrogen peroxide...it’s not all about food, and it’s not about “feel good” food. It’s keep you alive items and you can eat it food.
That list is useless.
No Coffee!
No Wine
No Tabac
And a partridge in a pear tree!
Great post. People need to realize a few things:
1) Rice and pasta get you the most calories for the least amount of money. Roughly $1.00 will get a person the 2,000 calories that they need for a day.
2) No, you don’t just eat rice and pasta - you do eat other stuff, but the rice and pasta keeps you from vaporizing over time - it is the bulk of your calories. The key is that, if you have a lot of rice and pasta, you’ll only be fighting for the extras, while the others are fighting just to get their basic calories.
3) While many people (including my wife) will tell you that they’ll get tired of eating the same thing every day (from the rice/pasta standpoint), we’re talking about a survival situation. Ask the people of North Korea if they’d be ok eating rice every day, instead of tree bark.
4) Finally, rice and pasta need to be cooked, so have a means for that. A solar oven might be good, depending on your situation. What I have are two Coleman stoves that can run on unleaded gas (and backup spare parts for them). It doesn’t take much gas to boil water, but it does take a decent amount of propane, so you have to be careful with how you plan this out. I keep decent amount of gasoline handy in gas cans, and also have a number of cars. I can go months before exhausting that supply (I figured it out once, it was a long time).
The key is to think it through, and even practice if you can. After one of the hurricanes in Houston, we came home and had power - but we chose to go a week without opening our refrigerator or using tap water (for drinking). Instead, I went into the garage and took water that I’d stored before we left - in 30 gallon trash cans, with thick bags as liners. It worked great.
CARDBOARD CAN ORGANIZERS at CanOrganizer.comCost about $3 to $4 each in packs of four depending on size (plus shipping of course)
They come as a precut sheet of cardboard - you just fold into shape.Click for Can Organizer.com Assembly Video
Bulk Corn For Corn Meal, Corn Bread?
Does anyone here have any experience buying and storing bulk dried corn and grinding it up for corn meal to make corn bread or other corn products?
I would like to learn what to do and how to do it.
Things like:
Where to find the bulk corn?
What kind to buy?
How long can it be stored?
How to use it once it is ground up, etc.
I find a lot of info on long term storage for wheat but haven’t found much on corn.
Any advice or info shared will be appreciated.
All but the ramen noodles look good - ramen will eventually go rancid.
