Food Storage Survival Foods & Needs... #2

April 14, 2010

Food Storage Survival Foods & Needs... #2

Now that you have read the basics in food storage on my previous blog post, you now need to take in consideration in making a list of all the foods your family needs and likes. In your food storage store only what your family eats...do not store items no one is going to eat. Remember to buy essential and sustaining items like the one I have posted below. Here is a list of the essential items all food storages must have.

1. Survival Food

water

beans

salt

wheat

flour

shelf or powdered milk

honey

sugar & rice

These items are not only essential but they are also long lasting and some of them have an extensive amount of shelf life. Some of these dried foods could last up to 30 years when properly packaged..

1. Protein

Can meat, powdered eggs, hash, sausage, weiners...etc...

peanut butter, tuna & dried beans

3. Fruit Products

canned pineapple

peaches

pears

applesauce

apple pie filling

fruit juice

4. Vegetable Products

canned tomatoes

green beans

corn

sauerkraut

tomato juice

tomato sauce

canned soups or soup mix

5. Carbohydrates

Rice

pasta/noodles

instant potaoes

hot cereal

cold cereal

oatmeal

6. Baking

shortening

cooking oil

vanilla

chocolate chips

cocoa

7. Househould Items

toilet paper

kleenex

napkins

face soap

shampoo

dish washing fluid or granules

laundry soap

tooth paste

household desinfectants...bleach & lysol

8. Miscellaneous

black pepper

catsup

mustard

oregano

bay leaf

parsley

sage

dried onions

cinnamon

jelly

Essential items like these can sustain your family through an emergency like an illness, company strike, hard financial times, loss of work or an accident. These emergencies do not warn us ahead of time, they just come unexpectedtly. By being prepared we are being self reliant and responsible adults.

My food storage has all of these essential items and every month I try to continuously replenish the items that are low on my shelves. I make a list of all my grocery needs but additional to that list I make another list of the items I want to stock up that month or are on sale that week. Take advantage of sales, food coupons, rebates & store price matches. Most stores will try to match another stores sale price for that week in order for them not to loose a customer. Just ask...they may consider it. Until next week...start stockn'.

I have a lot of sugar in my food storage.