Posted on 07/10/2012 3:49:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
Here are 52 stock-ups – one for each week!
15 packs of Ramen Noodles 6 cans of mixed vegetables 5 cans of fruit 6 cans of tuna 4 cans of spaghetti sauce 5 cans of diced tomatoes 4 pounds of rice 3 pounds of kidney beans 5 cans of kidney beans 10 cans of baked beans 3 cans of chilli 12 cans of generic condensed cream of mushroom soup 12 cans of condensed tomato soup 4 pounds of white sugar 10 boxes of iodized salt 6 bags of dry pasta 2 jumbo boxes of raisins 1 pound jar of honey 2 cartons of molasses 15 boxes of baking soda 5 jars of spices 48 bottles of water 5 cans of apple juice 2 jars of peanut butter 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese 3 cans of flaked ham 3 cans of flaked turkey 4 cans of flaked chicken 1 canned ham 3 bottles of barbecue sauce 500 tea bags 120 herbal tea bags 1 large canister of iced tea mix 50 packs of generic cool-aid mix 10 boxes of instant pudding 20 boxes of gelatin mix 10 cans of corn 3 cans of beef stew 5 bags of dehydrated onion flakes 5 bags of garlic powder 10 packets of gravy mix 2 cans of spam 10 cans of Vienna sausages 2 bags of beef jerky 5 pound bag of flour 3 pound bag of cornmeal 4 pounds of dried black-eyed peas 3 jars of sauerkraut 3 pounds of steel cut oats 2 pounds of powdered milk 3 pounds of brown sugar 30 bouillon cubes
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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.
I’ve checked them out before as well. Very good stuff. And they know their stuff.
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.
“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.”
Sounds delicious...layer it, like Lasagna?
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.
May have been true in the 1960's, but the plastic internal coating on todays cans lasts MUCH longer than those old cans.
True that any bulging can must be destroyed in fire. No-one has seen one in recent memory around here, I just took a poll.
Things have improved since the 60's.
/johnny
for later
Rinse a can of sauerkraut and rough chop it. Dump it into a dark chocolate cake batter. Bake as usual but add a couple minutes due to the excess amount of the kraut in the pan. You'll never turn your nose up at sauerkraut again. Moist and dense, yummmmm.
Later, laquer coatings were used inside to make that not happen so much.
Today, the plastic, flexible coatings mean that even dented cans don't expose the contents to direct contact with steel, except in severe conditions.
You wouldn't think that technology of cans had changed much in the last 40 years, but it has.
One piece bottoms, double rolled lids, plastic linings.
Better living through technology.
/johnny
/johnny
Sounds like the diet of a college student cooking on a one-burner hot-plate.
There may well come a point where a “one-burner hot-plate” would seem very high tech.
I think more along the lines of cooking on a 2-burner Coleman stove or in cast iron over a wood fire ... but to each his own.
I make my own kraut too, except we call it kapusta. I also call it natures brillo pad. Think about it.
/johnny
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!
2 chicken thighs, baked and shredded. I scored a whole chicken last week, and it will last the week.
Bow tie pasta from the storage pantry. Canned sweet relish, mayo made from the neighbor's chicken's eggs, spices grown here, onions grown here, tomatoes grown here, and one of the neighbors kicked in some store-bought green grapes.
It's too hot and expensive to fire up the oven. Total cost to me was about 12 cents of 'lektrikity. And my time.
/johnny
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