When taking on a project like food storage, it is incredibly helpful to have an idea of what you would like to store. It is easy to get overwhelmed and by planning out beforehand what and how much you want to store, the task doesn't seem so great. Some of those items will be obvious, things you already use everyday. Others may seem a bit of a stretch, but keep an open mind, we hope to give some tips over the coming months that will help some of those "foreign" items become not so foreign.
Keep in mind the shelf life of different food items and what you will need to do to keep things rotated.
- Wheat, Sugar, Salt, Beans, White Rice, Corn, Oats, Pasta can remain nutritious and very edible for 30+ years.
- Non-fat Powdered Milk, some Dehydrated Veggies...20 years
Starting Monday we will be getting into the "meat" of food storage. Each Tuesday will be
"Tips from the Coop" a special series written by my good friend and fellow food storage junkie Joey Cooper. Every Friday will be devoted to
adding to your 3-month supply. All of the days in between will all be about our monthly focus and include helpful information, recipes, fun products, etc.
Just a tip...if you like to take advantage of case lot sales and live in Utah, Macey's will be holding theirs starting March 4th. There were a few things I thought might be worth looking into.
- 45 lbs. White Wheat in a bucket-$18.99
- Canned butter-$4.99
- Processed Cheese- $3.99
- Country Cream Instant Non-fat Powdered Milk #10 can- $9.99
- 55 Gallon Water Barrel-$39
There are many others that are worth considering, just look at their ad online next week, unless you are lucky enough to get one in the mail!
3 comments:
Wow, that month went fast. Can't wait for Tips from the Coop!
I definitely want to pick up some powdered milk. Is Macey's price better than Bosch's (at their sale, of course)? Can't wait for next month!!
The price of Country Cream Powdered Milk is $18.99 at Bosch. Now that is not the sale price, but you can bet it won't be $9.99! What a deal!
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