1. What did we store:
- 3 month supply of foods we normally eat. I buy alot when it's on sale and this is what we use in the kitchen, so it is rotated. I include the things I can (bottle) myself: applesauce, peaches, jam; in this category.
- 6 month supply: our ward put together packages of food that equaled 3 month supply, so we bought 2. It had long term stuff: rice, wheat, macaroni, oatmeal, beans, etc, and some things that we need to rotate through that won't last as long: crisco, oil, yeast.
- The last 3 months I wanted just basic rice and beans. But there were some sales, so we got some wheat too. I went to www.providentliving.org to see that we would need 25lbs of grains/person/month and 5 lbs of beans/legumes/person/month. This website tells how long the long-term storage stuff is good for too. Since this stuff is good for 30 years, I'm not planning on touching it (unless we need it because of unemployment, lack of food, etc) until 2035.
- As you can see if we had to live solely on our foodstorage, we would be eating the best at the beginning and eating blandly or creatively towards the end.
- 50 lb white wheat (I heard it digests better than red) $12
- 20 lb long grain white rice $9
- 25 lb flour $7
- 25 lb sugar $10
4. Tips: Buy a little at a time when things are on sale. Start by getting one weeks worth of food, then two, then build up to a month, then three months. Then buy your other nine month stuff a bag at a time, when you can.
5. Stuff I still want to get: baking soda and vinegar for cleaning &/or cooking...since it is so useful and cheap, I want to get alot. And spices...I need to restock that. I guess we are never really done, are we.
