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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
9:13 am	Different ways to create food storage How to Create Your Own Food Storage Area There are various ways to create your own food storage at home. You will have to consider which way will work best for your needs. You will just have to think ahead at what you may need if something were to happen and you could not go to a store to buy your food. You also have to decide how many days of food items you want to have stored. If you are planning for a short term emergency supply of food storage items, then you will not need as many things. You also will not need as much space to store them in. Most food items that do not have to be refrigerated keep better at a certain room temperature. You will want to make sure that the area in your home you choose for food storage has a dry and comfortable room temperature. Things that will need to be refrigerated, you will want to make sure that you have some type of generator to keep the refrigerator and freezer going in case the power should go out. A lot of people have a pantry in their home which is an excellent place for food storage. If you have plenty of shelves, you can put a lot of cans in there and they will usually keep for a relatively long time. If you do not have a pantry, then you can use things like storage containers and stack them up in a closet or somewhere out of the way. It is a good idea to have a vacuum sealer which can help to preserve food to last longer when you have already opened it. You can also use a food dehydrator to help preserve fruits and vegetables for your food storage which will help these to last longer because it is extremely hard to prepare food storage for these unless you buy what is already cooked and is in cans. It is always a good idea to be prepared with plenty of food and water in your food storage area. You never know when there may be some type of emergency that will not allow you to go to a grocery store to buy your food every week. You will have to develop your own food storage plan to fit your needs by deciding what you and your family normally eats every week. (Comment on this)
9:11 am	Different ways to create food storage Creating a One Year Supply Food Storage without Fears! Creating a food storage in your home can be a daunting task when you think of stocking up on one year's worth of food. Don't let the idea scare you. Begin to think about taking baby steps as you gently begin to stock up on the food storage in your home. Here are some reasons that creating a food storage can be quite intimidating. First of all, people think that they will stock up on a lot of food and then turn around and throw the food in the trash. This would rarely happen, because you will purposely rearrange your food so that you will use the oldest foods first and store the newest foods. It is also daunting to think about planning what food you might want for a year. But remember you are only preparing for one week at a time. In a food crisis or shortage, you won't care if your foods are picture perfect. Just take the steps necessary to start stocking up on foods that your family enjoys and that will store for long periods of time. Wheat is an excellent item to use as food storage, but many people are not sure how to use it. Begin to look around on the Internet for ways to use your wheat. If there is a disaster, there may not be an Internet to look up recipes quickly. However, do not allow the usage of wheat to keep you from creating a food storage. Just begin to utilize the wheat while times are optimal and you will ultimately be ready in a time of crisis. Are you living paycheck to paycheck? You might be thinking how in the world am I going to afford a year's supply of food. Remember you are only purchasing a few extra items each week. You are not purchasing a whole year's worth of food right now, unless you have a large sum of money sittting around. Be encouraged that it only takes one week at a time of buying foods that you love, and you will soon have created a food storage. By the end, of the month you should have a week long's supply of food. After a few months, you will have a month's supply of food storage. It may take several years to create your food storage effectively, but if you continue to consistently purchase foods weekly, you will have a plentiful supply of food in case of a disaster, loss of a job, or an illness in the family. (Comment on this)