Food Storage

The 3 Kinds of Salt You Need in your Food Storage

8 April 2011

All food storage plans have salt in them. Salt is a vital nutrient, so important that it is one of only 4 things we can taste. The others sweet (indicating a source of calories), bitter (a warning for poison) and sour (an indicator for certain certain vitamins, like vitamin C). Salt is in fact the [...]

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Required Secondary Equipment For Food Storage

7 April 2011

There is just something about doing food storage that requires some extra equipment to do right. That you are just going to miss when doing a panic buy so we do all this beforehand so you are actually ready.
Most superheros have all kinds of secondary powers that aren’t really talked about just so they can [...]

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Oil for Food Storage

4 March 2011

We’ve been dipping into our food storage lately and one thing we’ve noticed is that the typical recommendation for oils and fats, usually about 1 quart per person per month, are way too low. It’s enough if you are just lubing up the pan with a tablespoon or two. Pan frying a chicken will use [...]

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Debt Repayment vs Saving Smackdown

28 February 2011

There is a big debate out there of whether it is better to save first or pay down your debts first.
Pay Debt
Your highest priority should be paying down your debt especially your credit cards and other adjustable rate debt. It should be obvious to everyone that inflation is here, even if it isn’t reflected in [...]

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Food Storage Ranked by Shelf Life

25 February 2011

There are different shelf life  levels of food storage. Not all food can sit on the shelf and some that can last a lot shorter time then others.
Refrigerated:
These are foods like meat, fish, and dairy that will begin to spoil after only an hour without refrigeration. Ideally, you even want a cold cooler in the [...]

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Easy Food Storage Recipes Your Family Will Actually Like

23 February 2011

What’s for dinner? Probably the second hardest question the kids ask and the average box of food storage foods may not have what they might like, dehydrated carrot sticks will get you a look even if they’ve been soaking for a while.
There has to be an easier way and there is.
The 2 Week Food Storage [...]

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Stocking the Staples: Grains

18 February 2011

Sometimes you have to wonder what it is you want to store when you are thinking about food storage. Most of thinking goes into regular canned goods or wheat, rice and beans.
And finding out how much to store can be daunting as well, there are lots of calculators out there, all slightly different.
A Months [...]

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Micro Survival

17 February 2011

Some things that would be nice to store just in case for a grid-down situation would be biological organisms: yeast for breadmaking and brewing, cultures for yogurt and buttermilk and a vinegar mother.
Yeast is very useful for making bread and rolls and lots of other bread like things. It is easy enough to capture wild [...]

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Milk for Cooking and Food Storage

15 February 2011

The ability to drink and process cow milk is a significant evolutionary advantage. You are able to get significant calories from another source. You can also preserve it to an extent by turning it into cheese or yogurt.
Sometimes it is hard to know what you have even when you can look at the label so [...]

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Food Storage Salt

28 January 2011

Salt is an essential nutrient, and putting some on the shelf is a very good idea.
How important is salt in our diet? Well, let’s put it this way, one of only 4 things we can taste is salt. That’s how important it is. Some of the first trade routes in history were for trading salt.
Some [...]

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