Long term food storage

Most people don't have more than a few days supply of food and snacks in their home. There may be a random box of pasta, some corn nuts, and a can of something they don't remember buying. They couldn't put together a decent meal with what ever odds and ends are in the pantry without going to the grocery store. What will they do when the grocery store becomes unavailable? Severe snow storm, gas/diesel shortage, economic collapse, and so on, can all make it difficult to obtain food. Where will you go? You should have a reliable food store in your own home to avoid the anxiety and stress of a difficult situation.

There are a couple of different levels of food preps to organize in your own home. Short term and long term storage. For the short term you can buy in bulk, items that you normally eat available like you would buy at Costco, and rotate through those things. Instead of buying a couple of cans of tomato sauce have 10-20 available. These things would be items you normally eat in a week and could probably fit in your own pantry or cupboards. Long term storage items are staples that can be safely stored for a year or more. You would rely on these things to make basic meals when the comfort foods just might not be available or safely stored in a prolonged period of time. Canned goods usually can be stored for at least a year or more and dry goods such as rice, sugar, and grains can be stored for many years.

You must educate yourself in the use of grains, whole wheat being the main one. Wheat can store almost indefinitely in airtight containers such as a #10 can sealed with an oxygen absorber in it. That is more info than you need if you are a beginner, but I will tell you where you can obtain freeze dried and dry packed goods for storage. Augason farms has a lot of foods including freeze dried fruits and soup mixes that you can purchase and some Walmarts carry their brand or they sell it online. The LDS church also packs and sells food staples at a local storehouse if you live near one, or you can order it online as well. Click HERE for storage center locations, or here, LDS Online ordering to purchase directly. It is cheap and shipping is very reasonable.

Before you order you might want to learn how to utilize some of the more raw foods and we will discuss that in the future. For now begin with buying a few extra items at the store like two jars of peanut butter instead of one and next time we will discuss flavoring your food. Nobody will be comforted eating a bowl of beans day after day with out any help to boost flavor. Later!