Back In The Saddle

Woa. Time just FLEW by.

Durn kids. Keeping me so busy. *wink* *wink*

Let's give this another shot. I've been thinking some more about food storage. I actually heard somebody recently say, "Don't eat that, it's food storage!"

*facepalm*

It's food. And it's stored so we can eat it. I really don't see the purpose in spending all that money and time gathering all the good things your family enjoys and all the food that will keep you alive in emergency conditions, just to keep it for 10 years and let it go to waste.

And then again, nobody wants to eat powdered eggs for days on end either.

The trick is to use it a little at a time and work it into your daily life and schedule. My Mom went to see a presentation by the author Leslie Probert who wrote "Emergency Food In a Nutshell" and was excited to tell me all about it. Apparently the author did some calculations and if you use food storage for at least 2 meals a week, then you'd cycle through your whole year supply of food storage in about 2 years.

I just love that idea. I love that you learn to use the food you store and you can slowly replenish it as you use it up. That way it won't go bad and you'd be getting your money's worth. Plus you can see the strengths and weaknesses of your supply.

We are getting to do that right now as my husband is out of work and we are eating through our supply, partly due to a small budget and partly due to the fact that we need to downsize for a possible move for a new job. Hopefully.

So, stay tuned. I have some more to tell you about how we're making it work and I have some recipes I'd like to share that we've come to love from our food storage.