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To: nw_arizona_granny
No, it was this,

GRAINS:
Rolled oats - 20 lbs
Pasta (spaghetti/macaroni) - 15 lbs
Wholegrain (wheat, rice, pearled barley) - 112 lbs
Flour/cornmeal - 23 lbs

The first part of the post. It's 170LBS of dry food.
As saturated, it's 7x that much weight. = 1190 lbs of food.

It's enough food for one person for two years. I was commenting that the numbers were
wrong on the data. I know it's not your data Grandma, I Love ya.

HUG..

3,871 posted on 03/06/2009 5:40:16 AM PST by MaxMax (RINO=RAT!)
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To: MaxMax; nw_arizona_granny

>>>The first part of the post. It’s 170LBS of dry food.
As saturated, it’s 7x that much weight. = 1190 lbs of food.<<<

Yuk... I think I will skip your ‘saturated’ soggy bread...

With 182.625 days in 6 months (including leap year), that figures out to 14.894 ounces per day or 4.965 ounces of dry grain per meal.

Stored grain is not at zero moisture, but usually between 6 and 8% and a loaf of bread is not fully saturated, but contains about 20% moisture by weight.

Sorry it it looks like I am pouncing on you - Just that the engineer in me can’t resist doing the basic calculations...

As one who actively stores enough for a family of 3 + extended family, I would strongly suggest erring on the abundant side. Hunger is not an option and food is an excellent barter item - IMO. So the more well managed stored food you have the better off you are.

LOL That said, Welcome to the thread and please don’t be dissuaded from participating...


3,872 posted on 03/06/2009 7:16:31 AM PST by DelaWhere ("Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe)
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To: MaxMax

It’s enough food for one person for two years. I was commenting that the numbers were
wrong on the data. I know it’s not your data Grandma, I Love ya.

HUG.. <<<

I love you too and have missed you, returning your hug and raising you 2.

LOL, you know me, I doubt if a ton of it would be enough to make me feel secure.

As for all that oatmeal, breakfast of course, in bread, choc. chip / oatmeal cookies and fried patties, with onions and spices, BBQ sauce and you have a hamburger [on your oatmeal buns of course.]

Keep us posted on the garden, spring is coming.


3,891 posted on 03/06/2009 1:48:19 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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