Thursday, July 1, 2010

Do you food storage?

I happen to love food storage lately. It's all due to my friend, Shauna, because she was the first person my age that had a sizable store of food in her house. Up until then, it had kind of been an abstract concept that I'd get to someday. She even gave me the idea of using tax return money to fund it! I started a year and a half ago. It loiters in the corners of my basement.


My favorite finds have been canned butter and canned cheese. I just think it seems awesome that butter can be canned. I have a recipe to bottle it at home with a pressure or water bath canner but haven't tried it yet. I want to try that and chicken!!


Food storage is like a huge insurance policy for me. I feel like saying, "Bring on the apocalypse!! I've got like beans and stuff!!" We use the beans, oatmeal and dehydrated onions pretty regularly. Wheat and apple slices less often.

Happy 4th of July weekend!!

6 comments:

shaunita said...

I would love to try bottling chicken and/or butter. Name the date.

Anonymous said...

nice food storage! how do you store you water to keep it from going bad over time? i need tips. we just flush ours out every few months, but that seems like a waste of water.

Jamie said...

You can go to http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7534-1-4065-1,00.html to see where I get my water storage guidelines. Usually you should flush it annually as long as your bottles have been cleaned properly before hand.

jjjensenfamily said...

I go through wheat because we have a wheat grinder. I like to grind wheat and then make bread. If only I grew my own wheat then I would totally feel like the Little Red Hen.

Jo Anna said...

I tried bottling venison a couple of weeks ago, and it actually turned out pretty good. I'll do more if Boyd gets another deer this year. My storage needs updating, time for a case lot sale!

Anonymous said...

It sounds great wish we had the storage space in England to do such. with 4 kids this would be soooo handy, especially during term breaks