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Letter Re: Advice on Food Storage and Preparation
Hi James:
Thanks for publishing my past essay and thanks again for what you do on your
SurvivalBlog. Your web site and the consequent path I've traveled since I began
reading here has put me in contact with many folks who are pursuing similar
courses of action; to take personal action to be prepared, and when possible
to discuss and work with others to secure a survivable future.
Please advise me on some of the best and up to date books you've found on food
storage. Being new to this line of endeavor, I feel our family needs some better
ideas on organizing food and storage methods.
My apologies if you've already covered this topic or already made such recommendations
on your site. All Our Best, - Jon F. in New York
JWR Replies: Don't worry about redundancy, Joe. The importance
of food storage cannot be overemphasized. Most
of
what
you'll
need
to
know
about
food
storage
is available in Alan
T. Hagan's Food Storage FAQ, which
available for free download. I may be biased, but I also recommend my own "Rawles
Gets You Ready" preparedness course, available from Arbogast Publishing.
It is geared toward stocking up with little more than what you can find at
your local "Big Box" store or supermarket. It includes some extensive
tables
on the shelf lives of various foods.
One often overlooked aspect of food storage is how to cook and bake
with the foods that you've stored. Three books on this subject that
I strongly recommend buying are:
Cookin'
With Home Storage
and,
Making
the Best of Basics. OBTW, if you use this
link to Lehmans.com,
we will get a credit from Lehman's when you place an order for any of their
products.
and,
The
Encyclopedia of Country Living.
(I've heard
that the new 10th Edition of Carla Emery's book has just been
released. Reader Jeff F., mentioned that his local Costco
(in Woodinville,Washington)
had the latest edition on sale
for $17.99.
(The list price $29.95). So check your local Costco.
