Food Storage

To begin I must explain what is "usually included" in a one-year food storage. These are the items that if you are trying to be prepared for hard times ahead you will want to have. From here on in if a recipe can be made using only these basic ingredients I will label it "Food Storage".

The following list is for one adult for one month. To get a full year just times it all by 12. (As recommended by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.)

-------- ---- #10 cans
Wheat --- 3
White Flour --- 1
White Rice --- 2
Quick Oats --- 1
Macaroni --- 1
Pinto Beans --- 1
White Sugar ---1
Powdered Milk ---1
Cooking Oil OR ---1 24 oz bottle
Shortening --- 1-3# can
Salt ---2 8 oz shakers

(Note that you may want a wheat grinder if you plan to store wheat, though not necessary, there are other ways to eat it.)

Now I am allergic to milk so we do not store powdered milk. We also do not store shortening because of the hydrogenated nature of it. It does keep longer than oil though.

The quantities are in number of #10 cans. This is how you will want to keep your food storage as it will keep it "fresh". This is also how it will come if you buy it directly from the LDS canneries.