Tag Food Storage

Food stored for everyday use and for emergencies.

Home canned butternut squash, frozen chopped green chiles, dehydrated sliced tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle halves

Preserve What Thou Hast

Doctrine and Covenants section 136 is a revelation given to Brigham Young as he was preparing the saints to emigrate from Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. It is full of instructions to him and to…

Four quart jars of dry packed stuffing mix

Dry Packing Stuffing Mix

The fall and winter holiday season is a great time to stock up on foods, such as stuffing mix, that don’t often go on sale at other times of the year. I like to have stuffing mix on hand for…

Dried onions in jars, one jar unsealed and the other stayed sealed

Dry Packing in Glass Jars

Dry packing in canning jars really works. The picture above is of 2 quart jars of dried onions both dry packed for 15 years. The jar on the right, and the oxygen absorber in it, have kept the dried onions…

Four areas of personal and famly preparedness represented in photographs

How Does Preparedness Help Build Zion?

“How does preparedness help establish Zion?” and “How does preparedness or self-reliance or provident living (different names for the same idea) help build the Kingdom of God on the earth?” I think we can find the answer when we look…

Cover of Store This, Not That!

Store This, Not That!

Store This, Not That! The Quick and Easy Food Storage Guide was written by Crystal Godfrey and Debbie Kent. This is a larger book (8-1/2 x 11) but it has a nice binding that allows the book to open fully…

A bishops storehouse in Colorado

Printing Presses and Storehouses

In the “Come, Follow Me” lesson “I will Lead You Along” (Doctrine and Covenants 77-80), the opening paragraph includes this sentence: “Ultimately, the purpose of a printing press or a storehouse—like everything else in God’s kingdom—is to prepare His children…

A canister of whole wheat flour

“Sturdy Shoes and a Waterproof Tent” – #4

“Sturdy Shoes and a Waterproof Tent” is one of my favorite preparedness articles from the Ensign magazine. It offers many preparedness lessons we can learn from Church history (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). It’s perfect for this…