This recipe is a great way to use your food storage to make something worth celebrating.
1 C water
2 C raisins
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 C brown sugar
1/3 C shortening
1/4 tsp. salt
2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Place water, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar, shortening, nutmeg and salt in a saucepan and mix. Place on heat and bring to a boil. Cook 3 minutes. Allow to cool, then sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir into cooked mixture. Place in a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for one hour.
Experts suggest that it is important that each family work on acquiring a full year food storage supply. The task can seemdaunting! How do you know how much food storage your family will need, where to store it, and what to buy. All of the factors seem so overwhelming at times, that many people ignore food storage altogether.
If building your food storage supply happens to be on your list of things to do this year, I thought I would point you to some useful resources.
There are many ways to build your family’s food storage ranging from buying regular food in bulk to buying the pre-configured units all at once. The web provides several great resources for tackling your food storage needs. To start off, you can use one of the many food storage calculators available on the net. Once you have a general estimate of how much your family will need, you can choose a plan that fits your need. Food Storage Made Easy and Safely Gathered In are both sites that offer great suggestions for how to build your food storage a little at a time, as well as ways to prepare, store, and rotate your food storage.
There are also many commercial sites that offer different food storage plans. You can buy anything from a 1 month supply for one person to an 8 person one year supply. Most of the sites offer traditional food storage packages which feature items like hard wheat, tvp, and powdered dairy products. There are also freeze dried meals available which only require you to add water. Food Storage Depot is one commercial site that offers both. The freeze dried meals are great for the ease. They keep their nutritional value for around 25 years, and you don’t have to worry about knowing how to use a wheat grinder.
My suggestion is that if you don’t have enough money to go buy food storage in bulk, just start small. Make a plan, and just chisel away at it a little at a time!
I would love to hear your input!