When talking about food storage, most people will roll their eyes or just shut down! Why? Usually because they think about those hundreds of lbs of wheat that people say they should store!
Real Food storage is "food you eat on a regular basis!"
The key to a successful food storage is rotating what you buy. You can start buy buying a couple of each of the items you buy when you go grocery shopping. Buy extra meat and freeze it, buy extra sauces, canned veggies, canned soups and so on!
Food storage doesn't just involve storing food. It involves teaching yourself how to do inventory, how to rotate, how to cook, organize and plan your supplies!
Here are a few tips:
1. Just start and continue with each pay check.
2. Add new things once the stuff you are buying starts to add up! Change to different items such as learning how to store flour, sugar and wheat.
3. Teach yourself how to use these bulk items to your advantage! Instead of buying frozen rolls, learn to make them! Instead of buying cinnamon rolls, learn to make them. Learn to make pie crusts and such. And learn to use your wheat!
4. Remember it all takes time, it is a change in lifestyle!
5. Don't become overwhelmed, do a little at a time!
Here are some other tips for storing food!
* Temperatures need to be below 70 degrees year round, but not freezing.
* Store where rodents and insects will not become a problem or get into and contaminate your foods.
* Rotate, Rotate, Rotate, you must rotate your food, use what you store!
* Learn, Learn, Learn to use what you buy, buy what you use!
* Keep in a dry dark place! Food stores better away from sun and light. The sun and light will also aid in moisture build up which can ruin and contaminate your food.
* If you don't know how to store something, ask someone, or go online and Google it! You can learn so very much from the internet!
Here are a few sights that have helpful information on them!
* How to store food for long term survival.
* The 7 mistakes people make when storing food.
* The National Center for Home Food Preservation.
* Food Storage Guide.
For more helpful links, please go to this page!