Hello James,
The Blog just keeps getting better and better. Kudos!
I'm in the "luxury" stage of my pantry building and recently calculated
the cost/benefit of storing butter. I figure butter would not only provide
a psychological boost during bleak times, but would make a great barter item
as well.
I looked at three different methods:
1, Canned Butter Powder - Storage life of 6 to 8 years. Requires reconstituting.
Cost per pound of table ready product - $8.45
2. Canned Butter - Storage life of 3 to 5 years. Requires no reconstitution.
Cost per pound of table ready product - $5.26
3. Can your own. (www.endtimesreport.com/canning_butter.html) Storage life
of 3 to 5 years. Cost per pound (buying butter at a shoppers club) - $1.69,
plus cost of jars.
So... if I'm willing to provide the labor, I can stock up on real butter for
less than half the cost of the butter powder, even factoring in a 50 percent
shorter shelf life with the home-processed product. I've found that's a pretty
typical spread between rolling your own or paying for someone else to spice and
dice. - Dutch in Wyoming