Appetite Fatigue
In Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is a brief recounting of the Winter Quarters experience of those who fled Nauvoo. Some of the experiences of Brigham Young’s son John are…
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Can PETE Mayonnaise Jars be used for Dry Packing?
PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic containers are a good option for dry packing dry foods for food storage. The plastic blocks 99.9% of oxygen transfer thus protecting the food from oxidation once the oxygen in the container is removed. PETE containers…
Plastic, Humidity, and Air
Humidity (moisture) and air eventually move through most plastics. These Tang containers are made of HDPE (high density polyethylene) plastic, the same plastic that buckets are made of. The one on the left has been stored unopened but was stored…
The Symbolic Nature of Noah’s Ark – #2/3
God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1) and brought relief but not until 40 days and nights were over (it stopped raining) and then 150 days (waters started subsiding and the ark rested on a mountain top) and then 8 months (the…
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…
Using Food Storage Principles to Guide You
Ezra Taft Benson taught “For years we have been counseled to have on hand a year’s supply of food. Yet there are some today who would not start storing until the Church comes out with a detailed monthly home storage…
“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…
Self-Reliance Gift Ideas
Gift the gift of self-reliance and preparedness this Christmas. Here are some of many ideas for gifts: –Camp stove or butane stove –Solar oven –Rocket stove —Wonder oven –Water bath canner –Pressure canner —Ball Blue Book —So Easy to Preserve…
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…