LDS Food Storage Lists: An Primer of Spam

Emergency Preparedness - Survival Supplies ^ | 11/15/12 | Ted Heath

[Kartographer]

Herein, we share with to you three differing positions on Spam: those of the convenience fan, the scripture fan, and the health fan.

A LDS food storage list or your emergency essentials should contain edible ingredients that will keep for extremely long periods of time without refrigeration. Additionally, a LDS food storage should similarly provide a healthy diet, need no preparation, and have substantial calories.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

[combat_boots]

I like spam with cloves in it. And raisin sauce. Fancy spam.

[greeneyes]

I have been looking forward to reading this, since it was mentioned on a thread the other day. Good reading-Thanks for the post. We started gardening for real 3 years ago.

I have successfully canned a lot of stuff, and dehydrated lots of stuff too. Especially when we have too much produce to eat in the summer.

One winter, we grew our own wheat. Harvested it in June. Hand thrashed it and ground it up in a coffee grinder to make whole wheat bread.

Each year we have attained several new prepper skills. I am feeling more confident now that we will be able to be almost totally self sufficient as it pertains to food, as long as we can remain at home. A rural area populated by social conservatives.

[JRandomFreeper]

My articles are more pointed to poverty cooking, since lots of folks are out of work right now, but some of it works for prepping.

I lost a lot in the crash of 2008, and have gone months at a time without going to the grocery store. Part of that was having preps, and a lot of that was poverty cooking.

/johnny

[outofsalt]

Do not confound Spanish and Mexican as they are very different. Spanish has a Mediterenean feel and, as far as meats go, you forgot fish. Sofrito is often in a tomato basebut stands alone well as a dressing over pan fried meats. As to mirepoix, it is essential for good chicken and dumplings! I cheat on my dumplings by using small bits of poppin fresh dough. Blasphamy! (but I feel better for sharing)

[JRandomFreeper]

Several have mentioned pineapple, and you mentioned raisins.

People sometimes forget that fruit goes very, very well with pork.

Thank you for bringing that up.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

I know the diff between spanish and mexican and mexican and new mexican.

Fish, besides catfish, bass, and crappie aren't cheap or easy to get here, so I ignore things like paella (which I love, done right), since it's not reasonable for me to cook here, and the article is about poverty foods.

I don't buy biscuits, because they are expensive, and I can whip up a recipe for 2 biscuits about as fast as I can open tinned biscuits. I do sometimes use bisquick (if it's on hand) for dumplings.

Do what works, is affordable, and tastes good. I'm not a snob about food. ;)

/johnny

[SatinDoll]

Macaroni & Cheese (for preppers).

2 cups of elbow macaroni, 4 cups water, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. dried onion, 1 cup dry powdered milk, 2 tsp. oil, 2/3 cup cheese powder. (Can be purchased in #10 cans online or in stores.)

Bring water and salt to boil. Drop in macaroni and onion. Heat to boiling; stir and boil for 8 minutes. Turn heat down to simmer, stir in dry milk and oil. After it has reconstituted, stir in powdered chees. It is now ready to eat.

[Part of the oil can be replaced with butter powder.]

This recipe is from the cookbook, Dutch It!, by Archie and Linda Dixon; pg. 47.

Hope you enjoy it, Ben. And yes, I believe you can add diced Spam to it.

[SatinDoll]

I do not eat Spam, either. Instead, I buy canned ham by Dak. It comes in 16 oz. cans and can be found at Walmart.

It is expensive compared to Spam, but I am the only person here who will eat ham. Fresh pork we can barter for locally.

Barter for pork? Why else would I stock up on whiskey, since I don’t drink that stuff!

[outofsalt]

Rattlesnake! Not you, just maybe a meat source available in your neck of the woods.
I love poverty cooking and was responding appreciatively to mirepoix by pointing out its cousin. Keep the articles coming as this is an excellent prepper idea!

[saminfl]

Years ago we would fry Spam and when it was browned on both sides, we would pour barbecue sauce on it and cook it some more. We loved it that way.

[JRandomFreeper]

I can get squirrel and feral pigs (God has blessed us with plenty) easier. I've never actually seen a rattlesnake around here in over 50 years. Saw plenty in NM.

But yes, use what is available locally. That's the key to good food for cheap.

Local eating is another chapter. I can't get mudbugs here like I can in Louisiana or Houston. I wish I could. But I won't address that kind of stuff until the regional cooking section, which includes regional tastes.

I expect I'll solicit advice from freepers that live in other regions about that chapter, even though it may turn into flame wars over what constitues 'real' BBQ. ;)

/johnny

[P.O.E.]

Old Sicilian peasant food from my grandmother:

Escarole, beans & ditalini:

Steam escarole (you can boil it, too, but use the same water to boil the ditalini, so the vitamins absorb back into the pasta).

Cook from scratch or heat a can of beans (cannelini, pinto, kidney -red or black).

Strain pasta, toss with escarole and beans. A little parmesan on top.

Cheap- you can make a big pot of it for under $5

[outofsalt]

Politics, religion, Mac vs PC...all debatable...when you get into BBQ, you better have your flame suit on! Maybe we should start with jerky?

[Red in Blue PA]

I love Spam! Have it for breakfast every weekend.

Also bought shares of Hormel. Sold alot of my tech shares and bought stock in Hormel.....also guns, ammo, generators and oil.

[Red in Blue PA]

I love Spam! Have it for breakfast every weekend.

Also bought shares of Hormel. Sold alot of my tech shares and bought stock in Hormel.....also guns, ammo, generators and oil.

[Red in Blue PA]

Should have read stocks of guns, ammo and generators.

[JRandomFreeper]

MMMMM.

I made cabbage, beer, tomato, white bean, and pork bone soup yesterday. I call it soup, but there isn't a lot of juice.

It doesn't take a lot of money to have great food.

Thanks for the recipe. I can't get any kind of endive here cheaply, but I can sub for it. I can blanc chard (as in covering it so that it doesn't get sunlight) to get something similar.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

LOL! You have that right. I've eaten BBQ all over the states, and liked all of it, but my favorite is what I grew up with.

I'll live through it, I'm sure.

Grits is another very regional item. Some folks can't imagine breakfast without it, some can't imagine eating grits.

/johnny

[prairiebreeze]

Saw your post, thanks. I see lots of ideas for Spam posted here...is thereanything special one can do to cook up or flavor Vienna sausages? I have a case I bought at Sams....figured they’d go OK into pasta or rice.

I’m asking for all prepper items for Christmas this year.