Food Storage Made Fabulous Book Contents

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INTRODUCTION.. 1

1. HISTORICAL TIDBITS. 8

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment 8

The Gold Rush. 11

Food Is a Weapon. 14

Food Storage and Learning from History. 17

World War II—Oil and Honey. 21

Balkan War Observations and Preparing for Civil War II Here. 25

Another Episode of Food Storage and Learning from History. 26

“The First 100 Things to Disappear”. 28

COVID-19 Pandemic and Quarantine Observations. 30

2.  SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY FOOD STORAGE. 33

Two-Week Emergency Storage. 33

Bottled Water Storage. 36

Three-Month Food Storage. 37

3.  LONG-TERM FOOD STORAGE

. 39

Calories and Recommended Food Storage Amounts. 41

16 Food Storage Myths Busted. 45

How and Where to Store Long-Term Food Storage Items. 50

How to Package Long-Term Storage Foods. 53

Mylar Bags

. 53

Oxygen Absorbers

Are Mylar Bags and Oxygen Absorbers Really Necessary? . 56

Bucket Wrenches. 61

Gamma Lids. 61

Bucket Capacity and Storage. 62

How High Can Buckets Be Stacked?. 64

Different Kinds of Glass and Plastics for Food Storage. 67

Food Storage Temperatures. 69

Dry Canning. 71

4.  BASIC FOODS FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE. 74

Grains. 74

Corn 

     Cornbread Just Add Water Mix

     Nixtamalization and Making Masa  . 75

Flour

    Bagels   

     DIY Chinese Noodles  

     Magic mix 

     Navajo Fry Bread 

     Pop-Tarts   

. 84

Oats

     Instant oatmeal   

     Granola    

     Oatmeal Cake 

     Refrigerator Oatmeal 

. 105

Pasta. 117

Popcorn. 120

Rice. 125

Wheat 128

Milk. 165

Nutrition and Cost Analysis. 166

Improving the Taste of Dry Milk. 167

Storing Dry Milk. 168

Quick Mixing Chart 168

. 169

Emergency Baby Formula. 170

Magic Mix. 172

SOS Mix. 180

Yogurt 190

When Milk Goes Bad:  Several Uses for Spoiled Milk. 195

Salt 196

. 198

Beans. 198

Baking with Beans. 199

Bean Flour. 200

Brining Beans. 204

Canning Beans. 205

Dehydrating Beans. 207

Black Beans  

     Veggie Burger

. 210

Garbanzo Beans

     Hummus 

     DIY Cool Whip

Refried Beans 

. 212

Pinto Bean Fudge. 216

Beans That Refuse to Soften. 218

Sugars. 219

Granulated Sugar. 220

Brown Sugar. 221

Corn Syrup. 224

Honey. 227

Molasses. 230

Powdered Sugar. 232

. 234

Fats/Oils. 234

Storage of Oils. 236

Is This Oil Still Good?. 237

Bacon Grease. 238

Butter. 240

Coconut Oil 243

Lard. 246

Olive Oil 247

Peanut Butter. 252

Peanut Oil 255

Other Oils. 257

Salad Dressings. 257

How to Use Rancid Oil 258

Baking Essentials. 261

Baking Powder. 261

Baking Soda. 263

Cream of Tartar. 263

Cocoa. 263

Cornstarch. 267

Pasteurizing Eggs. 268

Scrambled Eggs from Egg Powder. 274

Yeast 278

Sourdough. 282

5.  ALTERING RECIPES. 289

How to Adjust Recipes for High Altitude Baking and Cooking. 290

. 290

Measuring Equivalents. 291

Substitutions. 291

Measurement Conversions for Reducing Recipes. 297

6.  LONG-TERM STORAGE FOODS WITH MEDICINAL USES. 299

Arrowroot 299

Baking Soda. 302

Cornstarch. 303

Cream of Tartar. 304

Coconut Oil 306

Honey. 309

Oats. 311

Sugar. 312

Sugardyne. 313

7. WHAT IS HOARDING?. 315

APPENDICES   323

 

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