Tag Food Storage

Food stored for everyday use and for emergencies.

Pantry shelves of canned food

Canned Food – A Convenient Nutritious Option

There are many who are concerned about storing a supply of canned goods thinking that they are storing a nutritionally inadequate supply of food.  Several respected universities have researched this issue.  A study conducted by the University of California –…

A collage of four Home Storage Center products - black beans, freeze dried strawberries, regular rolled oats, powdered milk

A Home Storage Center Monthly Plan

This post needs some background so that you know where it’s coming from. The text below is from a 2 January 2020 post so it’s before COVID, before Home Storage Centers either shut down or were short on products, and…

Letter from the First Presidency in Family Home Storage

With Careful Planning

In the pamphlet All is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tells us “With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial…

Teton Dam in Idaho failing

“The Only Way to Have Peace and Security”

“I hope,….,that no one ever reads one word about the terrible [Teton Dam] flood and the sadness that it has brought—the loss of life, the loss of livestock, the destruction of farms, the suffering that has come to those good…

Survivalism vs Self-Reliance overlaid on a drawing of an ark on rough seas

Looking Beyond the Mark

The following quote is by Elder Quentin L. Cook.  It was given in the October 2016 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “While there are many examples of looking beyond the mark, a significant one…

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ as the Foundation

Bishop W. Christopher Waddell taught “…all things are spiritual to the Lord, ‘and not at any time’ has He given us ‘a law which was temporal.’ Everything, then, points to Jesus Christ as the foundation upon which we must build…

PETE plastic applesauce jar with lid

Dry Packing in Applesauce Jars

Many applesauce jars are PETE plastic and have a leak-proof lid. The lid is often like a 2-piece canning lid with a lid and ring but locked together. Both the PETE plastic and the leak-proof lid should make these jars…