Stake Food Storage Goal items for March

It's March.  It came in with rain and the beautiful dedication of the new Gilbert Temple.  What an amazing experience it was to attend the 1st dedicatory session.  Whether it is preparing to go to the Temple or preparing for unexpected events, it's time to start preparing.  Here is what we are working on for the month of March.


March food storage items:
Unbleached flour: 25 lb. per person/one year.. Flour stores in a cool, dry place about 5 years. It is healthy to use flour that is not bleached, because white flour is bleached with a dry chemical that leaves a residue of the chemical in the white flour.....and if using white flour, you are eating that.   I'm not promoting Gold Medal flour, just using the picture.  If you are going to store flour, get a quality brand.  I personally do not store flour because all the nutrients are gone and I love to grind my whole hard white winter wheat fresh.  Always use a good storage method with flour.  Store it in #10 cans or food grade buckets in a mylar bag and use one 300cc oxypack per gallon.  Using the mylar bag in the bucket will keep the smell of the bucked from leaching into your flour.

Pasta: 20 to 50 lb. per person/one year...keeps for ten years or more. If buying at the LDS cannery, macaroni will store longer than spaghetti; plan accordingly. A serving of cooked pasta is 1 to 2 cups, depending upon your size and appetite.  Store it in #10 cans or mylar bags in a food grade bucket.  Be sure to include one 300cc oxypack per gallon of your storage container or use nitrogen.

Baking soda: 1 lb. per person/one year.  I am storing this in one gallon good grade plastic buckets in mylar bags.  Storing it in a #10 can might cause a reaction that you don't want to have happen.  No oxypack needed.

Rumford's baking powder: 1 lb. per person/one year. I highly recommend Rumford's because it does not contain any alum (aluminum, not good for you).  Most health food and big chain stores have it.  Be sure to store this in either the package it comes in or in a food grade plastic bucket in a mylar bag.  This will react with the metal can, expand and could cause the can to explode.  Can you say white baking powder EVERYWHERE?  I have purchased Aluminum Free baking powder from Honeyville Farms in a 50 pound bag.  It wasn't Rumford but it had no alum.  No oxypack needed.

NOTE: Think sparingly for flour and pastas; and eat with foods that contain fiber, such as dry beans or vegetables. Eating a minimum of refined food is wise, as it enters the blood stream quickly, causing the pancreas to release extra insulin to do it's work.

OK, now it's time to get going. 

Have fun with your food storage.
Bob and LouAnn Singer