[RnMomof7]

Thank you for your tips..When I did the Y2K thing I filled and froze pop bottles (soda for the uninformed:>)If you lose your power those pop bottles will turn your freeze into a cooler for food storage for a few days..

[Utah Girl]

What a great idea to freeze pop bottles. I do have some extra room in my freezer, I think I'll do that on Monday.

[Utah Girl]

The most successful canning lesson we had was the one for chocolate storage. All the women in the ward went crazy ordering chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, cocoa powder, etc. Chocolate is an essential item in food storage. ;-)

My mom bought a case of chocolate chips several years ago when my youngest brother was in high school. She opened the case and made a batch of cookies and rotated through it like she should have. Only when she went to get them the fourth time, all the bags were empty. My brother was eating them as snacks, but very carefully blowing up the empty bags and taping them shut and putting them back in the box. He did end up contributing a case of chocolate chips to food storage that year.