Emergency Essentials November Specials

Emergency Essential November Specials (order and $ due to Cheryl Hall by November 22!)

Group Specials
MRE Plus Emergency Kit
Filled with a variety of items to help sustain one person for 3 days in an emergency. It includes food, water, utensils, shelter, light, communication, and other survival gear. This kit packs away in a medium sized backpack for easy transporting. Makes a great beginning kit or use as an add-on for additional family members.
Contents: 9 Water Pouches, 9 Accessory Packs, 9 MRE Entrees, 9 MRE Side Dishes, 5-in-1 Whistle, 3 AAA Batteries, Headlamp, Box of Matches, Medium Backpack, Emergency Poncho, Emergency Bag, 3 Hand Warmers, and a Tube Tent. Group cost $50 (Regular Price $95.09- 6 kits must be ordered for group price)

Cheese Blend
A versatile and an important part of a food storage plan. Cheese Blend can be used in casseroles, soups, and dips. You can even use it to make homemade macaroni and cheese as well as cheese covered popcorn. Each can makes about 128 two-tbsp servings. Does not contain Gluten. Group cost $16 (At least 12 cans must be ordered for group price- Regular price $22.95)

5 in 1 Survival Whistle
Add to your average-everyday whistle the components on this emergency whistle, and you've got a fantastic item for your camping and emergency needs. Each whistle contains: waterproof match box (matches not included), liquid filled luminous dial compass, shrill signal whistle, signal mirror and flint firestart. Group Cost $1 (At least 30 whistles must be ordered for group price. Regular price $2.95)

Evriday™ Dehydrated Hash Brown Potatoes 6 lb. Bag
Have delicious and filling hash browns in your storage for your favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner entrées. Can be stored up to 7 years in ideal conditions. Makes approx. 144 2/3-cup servings (¼ cup dry). Group Price: $12.00 (At least 6 bags must be ordered for group price. Value $32.00)

Mountain House® Pasta Primavera
A delicious assortment of zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, red and yellow peppers, and green peas, mixed in with spiral macaroni and covered in a parmesan cheese sauce. Makes approx. 9 one-cup servings. Group Price: $20.00 (At least 6 cans must be ordered for group price- Value $31.20)

Other Specials for November- on sale in the catalog, but no minimum order must be met.
Freeze-dried Neapolitan Ice Cream slices
#10 can (16 slices) $19.95 each (reg $31.20)

Freeze-dried Ice cream sandwiches
#10 can (16 sandwiches) $21.95 each (reg $31.20)

Freeze-dried pineapple dices
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $28.95 each (reg $36.95)

Freeze-dried asparagus pieces
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $15.99 (reg $19.95)

Freeze-dried cauliflower
#10 can (24 ½ C servings) $13.99 (reg $17.95)

Dehydrated peanut butter powder
#10 can (96 @ 2T servings) $11.99 each (reg $14.95)

Potato slices
#10 can (24 ½ cup servings) $5.99 each (reg $7.50)

Soft case 352-piece first aid kit.
$29.99 each (a $65.00 value) exceeds OSHA and ANSI guidelines and has been evaluated and recommended by doctors and EMTs.

Also, remember that once we meet the minimum order on just one group item, anything else can be ordered from their catalog/ website and shipped with our group order with FREE shipping!

Walton Feed Group Order

Okay, we are ready to begin the Walton Feed order process. The order form is very lengthy (about 7 pages, printed). So if you are interested, I would prefer being able to email it to you. The money for this will be due to me on November 8. The items available range from emergency supplies to bulk foods such as sugar, oats, beans of all types, and grains of almost everything you can imagine. Also, random items such as fructose, whipped honey (Cox brand- something our family has really missed since moving from Utah!), lots of dried items, Ezekiel mix (email me if you want more info on this), and various spices. And LOTS more!

This can be a good way to save money on groceries. Even if you only pick one item that your family uses, buy it at these bulk rates, put aside the money you would've spent on that item during the next 6 months and when we do the order again next year (twice yearly) then you can use that money to purchase more of the bulk foods again and keep rolling it forward. Not only can you save money on groceries, but you can be building up your food storage, and using it, as we've been encouraged to do.

Please call or email me if you have any questions, or if you would like an order form emailed to you.

One more thing, although we collect the money on November 8, the order will not arrive here until sometimes in Jan. or Feb. It comes to the area on a semi truck and then is distributed to the various drop points during that time. This helps save on shipping costs. You may be asked to help unload the semi truck when it comes.

Apple Information from Stake Preparedness Specialist, Lisa Vish

Hi everyone!

It’s apple season! We are blessed to live near wonderful orchards that offer plenty of fresh, delicious and inexpensive choices. If you are a novice canner, applesauce is a good product to get your feet wet with. Also, you can freeze or dry apple slices for long term storage.

Where to go get apples – and fried pies and boiled peanuts! (and for those who have asked me, I like BJ Reece’s place for variety and price, and it’s always good to check Hudson’s for grade-outs)

Ellijay apple houses

http://www.pickyourown.org/gaapples.php

http://www.allaboutapples.com/orchard/ga01.htm

Atlanta Farmer’s Market

http://www.pickyourown.org/gafpfm.php

How to do it

http://www.freshpreserving.com/pages/home/1.php

http://www.caes.uga.edu/Extension/

http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/

Frankly, one of the best places to research canning supplies in terms of price and selection

http://www.canningpantry.com/

Also, you can check hardware stores or Walmart or eBay for supplies. For applesauce, you only need a water bath canner; if you decide to can other things and procure a pressure canner, be sure and have the gauge checked before you use it (especially if you bought it used)

Call this lady and have your pressure canning equipment checked out (by appointment):

Michele S. Melton

UGA Cooperative Extension

Forsyth Co. Extension Agent/FACS

101 E. Maple St. - Suite 200

Cumming, GA 30040

Phone: 770-887-2418

Fax: 770-887-2403

Email: msmelton@uga.edu

Website: www.ugaextension.com/forsyth

OTHER RESOURCE INFO:

Also, I found a GREAT mail-order spice supply company (www.penzeys.com) that specializes in hand-blends and offers an amazing variety of product. I asked them to send me a couple dozen catalogs to pass out to you all and I only got 7, so go online and check out their catalog there; it’s chock full of fantastic general information about kinds of spices, their uses, storage recommendations (hello! They recommend storing a year’s worth!) that will broaden your palate for variety in your food storage.

AND, I stumbled across a restaurant and kitchen supply place when I was in Pittsburgh that is the real deal, hurray! I got killer commercial quality spatulas (the sturdy rubber ones that look like shallow spoons, you know?) for $ 0.88 each (they retail – at a lower quality – for $6-7) and all kinds of goodies like that. I’m telling you about this place specifically because they also carry those aluminum disposable lasagna pans (like when you take a casserole to someone and don’t want to hassle with getting the pan back?) for $ 0.37 each (about $2.00 retail) and the foil lid to match for $ 0.23 each; the ¼ sheet aluminum disposable cake pans are $ 0.36 each, and the big ol’ disposable turkey roaster pans are about $1.35 or so (instead of $5, yay!). Because you have to ship it here instead of buying it at the store, you have to buy the pans and lids by the case (of 100), but if you go in with friends you could divide and conquer! It’s a great thing if you are involved with a meal-swap group.

The website doesn’t list a fraction of what they carry – neither does the catalog- but if you call them and describe what you’re looking for, chances are they are going to have it (and believe me, I was asking for obscure, specialized kitchen tools). This is a great place to get stuff (like great big pots and pans and slotted spoons) to help you do batch processing of meals or even just provide you with good, sturdy kitchenware FOR UBERCHEAP as you cook your food storage! ;) Dean’s Supply (www.shopatdean.com).

Top 10 Reasons why people don't get food storage

Humorous, but does give pause for thought. In the past year we've really seen reasons why being prepared can be so important. From washed out roads that trap people in their homes, and possibilities of pandemics, to gas shortages and extended power outages. Please take the time to evaluate your family's level of "preparedness" and start making steps towards being even more prepared. If you need help because you don't know what to store or how to store it or even how to get prepared, please contact Cheryl. She can put in touch with the right information. Also, watch for more information to be available soon.

Top 10 Reasons why people don't get food storage (Author unknown)

10. My neighbors have a TWO year supply!
No, they don't. They don't have any food. Did you know that 85% of the members of the church don't have any food storage at all? If your idea of food storage is to eat someone else's food...........this is a really bad plan.

9. I've paid tithing for 20 years...the church can give me a little food.
Many members believe that when the times get hard, the church is going to come through like Joseph in Egypt. Absolutely not true. All the church storehouses and welfare farms across the country would only feed 4% of the members of the church. The church has been asking YOU to store food for 75 years. They're NOT storing food for you. Thus, another bad plan.

8. I'm moving in with my children / parents!
Really....that's just a bad plan all by itself. But it points out that most members don't have a year's supply because they're PLANNING on eating someone else's food! Of course, since no one HAS any food, we have yet another bad plan.

7. I have a year's supply...and the bullets to go with it!
I've heard time and again, "How dumb is that to go to all the time and expense of getting food...just to have some guy with a gun come and shoot my family to take it away?" Here's a better question. Are you afraid of the guy with the gun? Or are you more afraid of BECOMING the guy with the gun? What would you do if your children were starving to death? Would you lie? Cheat? Steal? Would you shoot your neighbor for his food? I guarantee....if you were watching your child starving to death, you would do anything you had to to keep them alive. If you don't have your year's supply, you are putting yourself in danger of losing not only
your temporal salvation, but your spiritual salvation as well.

So far, all the reasons we don't have our food storage involve eating someone else's food. Please, don't put your family's temporal salvation in other people's hands. No one is storing food for you. Not your neighbors, not the government...not even the church.

#6. The boat and the 4 wheelers are taking up all my storage space!
(priorities!)

#5. 3 letters....Y2K.
Ok, that's 2 letters and a number....but they're always making way too much out of everything! This is never going to happen!" (Every prophecy that has ever been given WILL happen.)

#4. If anything DOES happen, the government will be here within hours!
(insert laughter) Did you know the government has been telling us that we need to have food storage? They're actually CALLING it food storage! We now have the government telling us to store food, water, medicines...whatever we will need to be able to stay in our homes for several months.

#3. I can't afford scrap booking AND food storage.
The average food storage can cost as little as a dollar a day. We live in the richest society in the history of the world, and while there are cases where money may be a problem, most of the time it is a matter of priorities. We have chosen bigger homes, nicer cars, more tv's, computers, vacations...everything is more important than our food storage. If I asked, "Who has a cell phone?" most of you would say yes. You pay at least $30 a month to have a cell phone....that's about a dollar a day...the cost of
one year's supply of food for your child. Is your cell phone really more important than your child's temporal salvation?
You have to make food storage a priority.

2. I'm waiting for the cannery to sell Papa John's dehydrated pizza!
Food storage has always had a stigma attached to it. If it's not wheat, beans and powdered milk, it's not food storage. With the system I use, food storage can be sweet and sour chicken, tamale pie, chile and cornbread, beef stew, shepherd's pie, minestrone...even chocolate chip cookies! Your imagination (and your pocketbook) are the only limitations you have.

And the #1 reason why I don't have my year's supply of food?
A year?? I thought it was 72 hours!!