What food to store and a word on food calculators.

by Dnurkle | | Preparation

One of the things I am always asked is “What should we stock up on and store for our longer term pantry?”  The answer to that is simple: What you’ll eat. DISCLAIMER – there are a few things I’ve found wrong with almost ALL food storage...

Locating your Food Storage: Criteria 3 – Creative Choices Small Spaces

by Dnurkle | | Preparation

This is the third criteria for choosing where to locate your food storage.  There are a wide variety of options, but they differ greatly from home to home and from lifestyle to lifestyle.  For some people, having all the food in the same area such as a downstairs...

Locating your Food Storage: Criteria 1 – Best Conditions

by Dnurkle | | Uncategorized

The first criteria we need to address when looking for where to locate our food storage is what conditions are best. What exactly are the best conditions for the space you plan to use for long term food storage? There are several, and likely these is not a complete...

Learning to cook in case of emergency

by Dnurkle | | whole Wheat

This site is about storage and grain stocking, but if you store all that you need, when the time comes to use it, if you’ve not learned how to use it – it’s still worthless.  So before just storing up in case of emergency, get familiar with those...

Overwhelmed by long term food pantry? Relax and take steps.

by Dnurkle | | whole Wheat

I know how you feel. Just take a deep breathe and compartmentalize…..it can be very overwhelming at first.  That’s one reason I found these buckets – people were telling me that for a year’s supply I had to vacuum pack and re-vacuum pack etc…drove me nuts! It’s like I...