For the 30th week (July 26 - August 1, 2009)
Week # 30: 3 lbs Flavored Gelatin
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Well, I’ll be honest I feel like I can pass on this food storage item. Gelatin for food storage? You have got [...]

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For the 30th week (July 26 - August 1, 2009)
Week # 30: 50 lbs of Flour
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Flour:
Flour is made up of carbohydrates (or starch) & proteins. Of these two nutrients, protein matters most to the baker. A [...]

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So this month’s Stake focus topic is Pandemic Flu. We’ve found and created several documents which will help in getting yourselves and your wards prepared. As we all should now know, “On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled that a global pandemic of novel influenza A (H1N1) was underway by [...]

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For the 29th week of July (19-25)
Week # 29: 8 lbs Peanut Butter
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
8 lbs Peanut Butter:
Peanut butter is a food paste made from ground roasted peanuts. It is popular throughout the world and used mainly as a [...]

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For the 29th week of July (19-25)
Week # 29: 3 quarts Mayonnaise
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
3 quarts Mayonnaise:
Mayo is a thick condiment. Made primarily from vegetable oil and egg yolks. Whitish-yellow in color, it is a stable emulsion formed from the [...]

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Have no fear, in an emergency if your oven doesn’t work you can still use your CAR AS AN OVEN! I found these step-by-step instructions to bake some Chocolate Chip cookies in your car from BakingBites.com which came from an idea found on MSNBC. Sandi Fontaine from BEDFORD, N.H. says we need is the outside [...]

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For the 28th week of July (12-18)
Week # 28: 25 lbs of Sugar (yep again.)
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Sugar:
In addition to basic staples, sugar is recommended as part of a balanced diet and to provide carbohydrates. During depressed times, treats made [...]

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For the 27th week July 5 -11
Week # 27: 50 lbs of Powdered Milk (yes, again!)
(If you can’t accomplish this in 1 week, don’t worry, just take your time and do it in steps.)
Powdered Milk:
Is a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to dryness. One purpose of drying milk is to preserve it; milk [...]

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