Stake Food Storage Notes (by Marie Adams)

APRIL 2009

FOOD STORAGE NOTES

A Newsletter for Food Storage Specialists of

American Fork West Stake

A poignant note from a member our stake: “Well, Marie, it happened.....we got laid-off. But what I find amazing is 2 months before I felt such a pressure to actively work on my food supply. I began to buy cleaning supplies at the dollar store…deodorants, many feminine hygiene items, expensive shampoo, toothpaste…peaches, tomatoes, milk, dried bananas, etc.

Well as you can imagine, 2 months of trying to update a sadly stocked food supply wasn't enough. But what I found is that many items that would have been bought from our meager savings and severance were already paid for!! Some big ticket items like mentioned above.  I also had just paid off extra debt and was grateful that our bonus was used for that without prior knowledge of any job change!!

We are not exactly in the clear and my food supply won't last long but I am grateful for the peace of mind it has given us and the strengthen(ed) testimony of food supply.”

Watch for sales in April on dry milk, pasta, canned vegetables, equipment including grinders, rollers, bread mixers, bulk wheat sales in some kitchen stores the first week of April.

Lindon Home Storage Center News
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Dry Pack
The Lindon Family Home Storage Center is open Tuesdays and Thursdays for walk in use. Hours are from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Patrons are served on a first come first served basis. There are no limits on product other than availability. Children 8+ years old may accompany adults to the processing room. Payment is made by personal check after you have canned your product. Updated price sheets are available online at www.providentliving.org. Choose “Family Home Storage” from the left menu, then select “Home Storage Order Form” on the right menu, then select “Home Storage Order Form, United States.” To reduce wait time at the cannery, patrons may fill out this order form in advance, print it and take it with them to the cannery.

Stake Dry Pack Canner
The stake owns a dry pack canner that can be checked out by ward specialists or members of our stake. Contact Marie Adams at 763-9739 to reserve the canner for check out.

Stake Home Storage and Preparedness Committee

Recipes and notes from our January workshop “Stretching Food Dollars” are posted on www.foodstoragenotes.blogspot.com

NEXT STAKE WORKSHOP
April 23, 2009: “Pantry Secrets” by the Bread Ladies of Pleasant Grove. 10th Ward building Cultural Hall beginning at 7:00 p.m. Homemade bread from start to finish in about one hour. One simple recipe and 50 ways to use it. Don’t miss this workshop!

FUTURE 2009 WORKSHOPS

June 18th: Breakfast Meals From Storage/Creative Lunches -- Lisa Sumsion (SSH 3 Ward) coordinating this workshop.
August 27th: “Emergency Preparedness” – Alawna Carroll (PD 1 Ward) and Lisa Birkeland (SSH 2 Ward) planning this workshop.
October 29th: “Dinner Meals and Tortilla Making” – Still need specialist/s to lead this workshop (if you volunteered at the meeting and I spaced writing it down, please call me – it was a very long day and I don’t trust my own notes or memory)


Did you know these facts about dry beans?
Michigan State University researchers found the following benefits to eating dry beans: (1) Countries with the greatest consumption of beans had the lowest death rates due to breast, prostate and colon cancers. (2) People who ate legumes at least four times per week were found to have a 22% lower risk of heart disease than individuals consuming beans less than once a week. (3) Beans help individuals curb caloric intake and maintain a healthy weight because their high fiber content and their low glycemic index promotes satiety and provides sustained energy. (4) Beans help people with diabetes maintain healthy blood glucose levels due to their high fiber and low glycemic index. Eating beans often helps the body adjust to the complex carbohydrates in beans. Begin with small amounts and eat them at least three times a week while increasing portion size.

Reduce the flatulence associated with dry beans
Soak the beans. Drain soaking water. Rinse. Cook with fresh water.
You might also want to add
Kombu, a dried black seaweed, is high in glutamic acid, an amino acid. When beans are soaked and cooked with kombu many report a reduction in flatulence. Use a two inch strip in each pot of beans. Place the kombu under the beans so it stays submerged in the soaking water. It will expand as it hydrates. Drain the soaking water and cook the beans with the now hydrated kombu. The kombu nearly disintegrates when beans are pressure cooked and because of the nutritional value of the kombu I just stir it into the beans after they are cooked. Kombu is available at Many Lands Grocery in Provo.
or
Epazote is an herb. It is also reported to help reduce flatulence. It is widely available in Latin and Hispanic markets. Many Lands Grocery also stocks this herb. Epazote has a distinct flavor. Use 2 teaspoons dry or 6 fresh leaves in each pot of beans.