I know the posts usually say posted by Kristi but I hope you guys all realize that I post other people's ideas too. Here another GREAT one from Patty W (Country view) and our stalwart Stake RS president. I just love this lady, I think I'll take her some wheat berry cookies - can you make wheat berry cookies? I actually kind of liked the things - my husband on the other hand has not so found memories of "rubber wheat balls" that his Mom made when he was a kid.
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I'm sure the reason more of
you have not sent us your experience living off your food storage is
because you are graciously waiting for me to be first, so I will.
I
knew we could go for a week without having to go to the store and
wondered if I would get any insights from the experience. I did.
One
not terribly important one was I needed a 100 watt light bulb for a
bathroom and only had the efficiency kind that don't give off as much
light as I like. I will be buying light bulbs the next time I go to the
store.
The
second thing I learned was I couldn't make my food sample for the
preparedness fair because I had signed up to make the Sausage Wheat
Berry Casserole but didn't have any sausage. We don't usually eat
sausage so I had to go buy some. For the future I have looked into
freeze dried sausage and this is what I found. It lasts 25 years
unopened and 1 year after opening. It is expensive. One company sells
it for a little over $40.00 for 1.81 lbs in a #10 can. A pantry size
can sells for a little over $20.00 with a quantity of .64 lbs. Another
company has 34 oz. in a #10 can for a little under $40.00--the better
deal. I'll think about this one for a while, but will probably buy some
real sausage, vacuum seal it for a longer freezer life and store it in
the freezer.
The
third thing I learned, and probably the most important for me, was I
don't like wheat berries that much. Oh sure, I could learn to like them
when I run out of everything else, but when stressed with the
emergency, I want something closer to comfort food or at least something
familiar. I won't be serving wheat berry recipes to Wally any time
soon, but I am glad I have them. I am also glad I now know how to fix
wheat berries and think they will be great to add (probably in small
quantities) to just about anything (my daughter found a recipe for, and
made, wheat berry pudding).
Fourth,
I have decided I am low on some of the canned goods I use all the time
and will start buying double what I usually buy at the next case lot
sale. With my luck, the big emergency will come just days before the
much awaited case lot sale. If that happens, I guess I will boil some
wheat berries.
