Week 21

FOOD STORAGE TIP OF THE WEEK

Food Storage:  8 Cans of Fruit

Extra Item:  8 Rolls of Toilet Paper

Some Local Bargains:

Lin's

Western Family Assorted Canned Fruit - 15 oz. @ $0.88 (5.9 cents/oz.)

Western Family Applesauce - 46 oz. @ $2.79 (6.1 cents/oz.)

Seneca Applesauce - 47 oz. @ $2.69 (5.7 cents/oz.)

Cottonelle Toilet Paper - 12 Double Rolls @ $5.99

Angel Soft Toilet Paper - 24 Regular Rolls @ $5.99

Western Family Toilet Paper - 24 Reg. Rolls or 12 Big Rolls @ $4.99

Dollar Tree

Island Choice Pineapple - 20 oz. @ $1.00 (5.0 cents/oz.)

Anne Elise Pineapple - 20 oz. @ $1.00 (5.0 cents/oz.)

Smith's

Kroger Applesauce - 47 oz. @ $1.85 (3.9 cents/oz.) ***Best Value***

Angel Soft Toilet Paper - 16 Big Rolls @ $4.99 ***Best Value***

Family Dollar

Family Pantry Pear Halves - 29 oz. @ $1.50 (5.2 cents/oz.)

Family Pantry Mandarins - 11 oz. @ $0.65 (5.9 cents/oz.)

Family Dollar Bath Tissue - 24 Double Rolls @ $7.50

Big Lots

Del Monte Mandarin Oranges - 15 oz. @ $1.00 (6.7 cents/oz.)

Del Monte Peaches (artificially sweetened) - 19 oz. @ $0.80 (4.2 cents/oz.)

Del Monte Peaches (in syrup or juice) - 15 oz. @ $0.80 (5.3 cents/oz.)

Green Acres Pineapple - 24.5 oz. @ $1.50 (6.1 cents/oz.)

Libby's Pineapple - 20 oz. @ $1.00 (5.0 cents/oz.) ***Favorite Find***

Wal Mart

Great Values Peaches, Pears or Fruit Cocktail - 15 oz. @ $0.98 (6.5 cents/oz.)

Great Values Peaches, Pears or Fruit Cocktail - 29 oz. @ $1.68 (5.8 cents/oz.)

White Cloud Toilet Paper - 24 Double Rolls @ $10.98

Car Kits:  Duct tape, electrical tape, tow strap and a couple of bungee cords.

Family Preparation:  Start a savings program or review your existing savings plan.  No matter how much you make or how much you have in savings already, you can save something for the future.  Pay tithing and then pay yourself - even if it is just a little.

Spiritual Preparation:  President Harold B. Lee gave some wonderful counsel that applies today.  He said, "Take some time ... each day to have a quiet hour ... an hour of prayerful meditations where you can tune in with God and discuss with him problems that are too much for human understanding, too great for human strength."

Food For Thought:

I was at the library this week picking up a few mysteries for my mom to read when I ran across a book by Susan Wittig Albert called "An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries" - a treasury of stories, herbal lore, recipes and crafts from Pecan Springs.  She has some fun recipes mixed in with her mildly amusing crime solving, one of them being the following using canned fruit:

Ruby's Applesauce Mint Bread

2 Cups Flour
3 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 Cup Slivered Almonds, Chopped
1 Egg Beaten
1 Cup Applesauce
3/4 Cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
1/4 Cup Chopped Fresh Mint (best with fresh, but if you must substitute, use 1 Tbsp dried)

Preheat oven to 350 Deg. F.
Sift the first five ingredients together, add almonds, and blend well.
In a separate bowl, combine egg, applesauce, brown sugar, and oil and stir to mix.
Add mint.
Add wet ingredients to dry, and stir just until blended (do not over mix).
Pour batter into two small greased loaf pans and bake for about 45 minutes.
Cool on rack.

Another interesting recipe comes from a lady named Kathy in Maine who gives us both the original recipe and her food storage version of the same thing both of which she says taste exactly the same:

Southern Fruit Cobbler (original recipe)

1 Cube of Butter or Margarine Melted
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Milk
1-1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1-1/2 Cups Chopped Fresh Fruit
1/2 Cup Water

1.  Mix together melted butter and sugar.
2.  Add milk and stir well.
3.  Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir until well incorporated.
4.  Pour into a greased 8x8 in. pan.
5.  Spread chopped fresh fruit evenly over batter.
6.  Evenly pour 1/2 cup water over top.
7.  Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes.

Southern Fruit Cobbler (food storage version)

8 Tbsp Butter Powder
1 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Powdered Milk
1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Ground Whole White Wheat (white wheat has a lighter appearance and a milder taste than red wheat because the genes for bran color have been eliminated.  It also has the same nutritional composition as red wheat but is better for cakes and pastries.  1/2 cup of hard white wheat equals just under 1 cup of freshly ground flour.  It is also available at our Cannery).
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Cup Plus 2 Tbsp Water
1 - 30 oz. Can of Fruit, Drained.

1.  Mix together all of the dry ingredients.
2.  Mix in the water, stirring until all ingredients are well incorporated.
3.  Pour into a greased 8x8 in. pan.
4.  Spread fruit evenly over batter.
5.  Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes.

One of the extra items on our list this week is duct tape.  Now, while I generally think of this as an item my husband would like to have in his toolbox, I have actually come across an application that we ladies might be interested in.  When you are sewing for yourself, altering your clothes or mending them, have you ever wished you could have a custom-made dress form that was your exact measurements to work on?  Well thanks to duct tape, believe it or not, now you can!  Click on the following link to go to an excellent site on how to make your own dress form for just a few dollars.  You can also go to Google, type in "duct tape dress form" and this site as well as several other good ones plus You Tube demos will come up to choose from.  You can even make these for your kids if you sew for them.  Apparently, unbeknownst to me, they even have duct tape with colorful designs that you can use to make them pretty - wow, pretty duct tape, who knew?

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3659/clone-yourself-a-fitting-assistant

Week 20

FOOD STORAGE TIP OF THE WEEK

Food Storage:  30 Lbs. of Wheat or Flour

Extra Item:  11 lbs. of Macaroni or Spaghetti

Cedar City LDS Cannery:

Hopefully you will be able to visit the Cannery on a regular basis to get some of the bulk items such as the ones above.  You can't beat the prices and most of the items will store for 30 years or more because of the way they are packaged.  Plus, it's a lot of fun and a great way to meet people!  Our ward meets at the Cannery on the second Thursday of each month at 5:00 pm. (they like us to be there at 4:45 pm to get prepared, turn in orders, etc.)  Our next scheduled Cannery date will be Thursday, June 9th - put it on your calendar and plan to be there!

Here are the Cannery prices for this week's items:

Wheat, Hard Red - #10 Can (5.8 lbs.) @ $2.80 (48.3 cents/lb.)

Wheat, White - #10 Can (5.8 lbs.) @ $2.80 (48.3 cents/lb.)

Flour, White - #10 Can (4.8 lbs.) @ $3.00 (62.5 cents/lb.)

Macaroni - #10 Can (3.4 lbs.) @ $3.85 ($1.13/lb.)

Spaghetti - #10 Can (4.3 lbs.) @ $4.50 ($1.05/lb.)

Car Kits:  Sand or Kitty Litter, Ground Cloth - Carpet or Visqueen

Family Preparation:  Prepare to plant a garden.

Spiritual Preparation:  Read Alma 34:32-34.  Re-evaluate your life.  If there is something that you need to repent of or do better at, resolve to take care of this matter.

Food For Thought:

The following information is taken from the website http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/.  As previously mentioned, I personally use my blender to grind wheat, however for those of you who want an actual wheat grinder, they have interesting information on that.  They also have a lot of other great information on all topics concerning emergency preparedness.
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Whole Wheat Bread – From Start to Finish

Types of wheat

• Spring or winter: Winter red wheat tends to have a slightly higher protein content and is a bit harder than than spring wheat. Winter red is better for baking bread. There is not a significant difference in hard or soft white wheat.
• Hard or soft: Hard wheat varieties have higher gluten (protein) and are better for making breads. Soft varieties have lower protein and nutrients and are better for pastries, pastas, and breakfast cereals.
• Red or white: Red wheat tends to have a stronger wheat flavor than white wheat. Most red wheat varieties are hard, and most white wheat varieties are soft, but you can find soft red and hard white if you really prefer one over the other.

Storage

• If unopened, the optimum shelf life of wheat is 12 years or more. It is edible for a lot longer than that, but won’t necessarily keep the same flavor or nutrient levels.
• If opened, wheat will stay good for about 3 years.
• Once it is ground into flour, wheat loses most of its nutrients within a few days unless you store it in the freezer.
• You can add oxygen absorbers or dry ice to help keep critters out of your wheat.

A lot of people are intimidated by grinding wheat, or wonder how you grind wheat. It’s actually really simple and wheat grinders are available in a wide range of prices. The main thing you need to decide is if you are planning to use your wheat stores on a regular basis and rotate through them, or if you only want to use your wheat in an emergency situation.
If you plan to use your wheat frequently it is worth investing in a quality electric grinder. We recommend the Wondermill Grain Mill as it seems to be the fastest, cleanest, most convenient of electric grinders and only $239! (In fact, we liked this mill so much that we decided to apply to become an official dealer for them!) For emergency-only usage, a hand grinder will be sufficient, but make sure you get one that can still grind into a flour fine enough for bread. The Back to Basics grinder is the cheapest one we found that would still grind flour.
For a simple demonstration on how you actually grind wheat, please view our How to Use a Wheat Grinder video on YouTube.

After searching long and hard for the BEST whole wheat bread recipe, we finally found one that was darn near perfect. It was fluffy, delicious, good for sandwiches, and even the kids would eat it! Modified slightly from the One Happy Homemaker Blog, here it is:

You can half this recipe and make one delicious large loaf

• 3 c. very warm water (but not too hot)
• 1 T. instant or quick rise yeast
• 1/3 c. vegetable or canola oil
• 1/3 c. honey
• 1 T. salt
• 6 cups whole wheat flour (hard white wheat is best)
• 1/2 c. whole oats
• 1/4 c. gluten w/ vitamin C

Combine the first 5 ingredients and mix. Add 5 cups flour, oats, and gluten flour. Mix well. Continue to add the other 1 c. flour slowly until the dough forms a ball and scrapes the excess dough off the sides of the bowl. Mix for 5-10 minutes. While mixing, preheat your oven to 100-125 degrees.
Oil the counter surface & your hands (Use oil, NOT flour). Put your dough on the oiled surface & slice WITH A KNIFE into 2 large or 3 small even loaves. Pat down and roll into loaf shape, then put into greased bread pan.
Turn OFF your oven, cover loaves LOOSELY with saran wrap, and put in warmed oven to rise till double (about 45-60 minutes, depending on humidity in the air).
Remove loaves from oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Bake loaves for 25-30 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and place on a wire cooling rack.

Week 19

FOOD STORAGE TIP OF THE WEEK


Food Storage: Non-fat Dry Milk, 8-1/2 lbs.

Extra Item: 1 lb of Yeast, Baking Powder, Baking Soda

Some local bargains:

Cedar City LDS Cannery
Non-fat Dry Milk (#10 can) - 4.1 lbs. @ $7.90 (12.0 cents/oz.) ***FAVORITE FIND & BEST VALUE***

Our next Cannery date is tomorrow, Thursday, May 12 at 5:00 pm. We'll see you there!

NOTE: Looking ahead to next week, the Food Storage item of the week will be 30 lbs. of Wheat or Flour and the Extra Item will be 11 lbs. of Macaroni or Spaghetti - all available at the Cannery. Plan ahead for next week and get them during this month's visit!

Lin's
Western Family Non-fat Dry Milk - 25.6 oz. @ $7.99 (30.9 cents/oz.)
Fleichman's Yeast - 2 lb. @ $7.59 (23.7 cents/oz.)
Western Family Baking Powder - 10 oz. @ $1.69 (16.9 cents/oz.)
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda - 4 lbs. @ $3.19 (5.0 cents/oz.)

Dollar Tree
Pure Baking Soda - 16 oz. @ $0.59 (3.7 cents/oz.)

Smith's
Kroger Non-fat Dry Milk - 4 lbs. @ $15.99 (25.0 cents/oz.)
Fleichman's Yeast - 2 lb. @ $6.99 (21.8 cents/oz.) ***BEST VALUE***
Clabber Girl Baking Powder - 8.1 oz. @ $1.99 (24.6 cents/oz.)
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda - 4 lbs. @ $3.19 (5.0 cents/oz.)

Family Dollar
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda - 8 oz. @ $0.50 (6.3 cents/oz.)

Wal Mart
Great Values Non-fat Dry Milk - 4 lbs. @ $17.12 (26.8 cents/oz.)
Clabber Girl Baking Powder - 22 oz. @ $2.78 (12.6 cents/oz.) ***BEST VALUE***
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda - 2 lbs. @ $1.00 (3.3 cents/oz.) ***BEST VALUE***


Car Kits: Flashlight with extra batteries, spot light, chemical light stick, reflective hazard sigh, road flares.

Family Preparation: Have on hand enough cash to solve emergency situations. Start with $20.00 in $1.00 bills. Keep it safe and dedicated to emergencies. It could save your life. Gradually add to it, keeping savings in small bills to be able to make change. This should grow to at least $500.00. Some suggest a month's pay on hand in cash.

Spiritual Preparation: "Motherhood is the greatest potential influence for either good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kids, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world." David O. McKay

Food For Thought:

The first breads cooked by the ancients were undoubtedly unleavened bread. To this day, in Baghdad you can still see bakers put great sheets of thin dough into huge cylindrical ovens. Un-yeasted bread (flour and water only), is very dense and heavy, like a brick - especially when formed into loaves. This was compensated for by rolling the dough out very thin and cooking it that way.

The discovery of leavening probably occured by accident when a baker mixed up his dough one day then left it in a warm spot, not cooking it immediately, and it started to ferment. Wild airborne yeast would have gotten into it and started converting the sugar (in the flour) into alcohol and carbonic acid gas. The alcohol would then evaporate but the carbon dioxide would fill up the glutenous mass with bubbles, lifting or "raising" it, causing a lighter texture that would stay palatable longer than unleavened bread, which is best eaten fresh.

Only in modern times have there been local bakeries where you can buy fresh yeast or local grocery stores where the dried package variety is readily available. But back in the old West, pioneers were called "Sourdoughs" because that is how they made their bread. In hard times it will be important for every woman to know that if you run out of or have no access to fresh or packaged yeast you can either make your own starter if you prefer leavened bread or you can do as the ancients did and roll out a thin dough of only flour and water (and perhaps salt) and still have something edible and nutritious. I myself enjoy the dense hardiness of what I call "heavy bread" although I no longer am able to eat wheat because of my allergies.

Click on the following link to go to a great site to learn about making your own sourdough starter and bread:

http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm

A different, wonderful, moist, rich unleavened bread can be made just from sprouting wheat berries and then grinding them up and adding fun yummy things like carrots, apples, sweet potatoes, raisins and cinnamon. It is seriously healthy and delicious. I learned to make this when I read Steve Meyerowitz's book "Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook". I highly recommend his book and website if you have any interest in sprouting. It's easy and fun and a great skill to teach your kids. He even has a recipe for a cookie made entirely of sprouted white wheat with no flour, sugar or oil. Click below for his website:

http://sproutman.com/

If you are using the dried yeast in packets, they do not keep well indefinitely. It is a good idea to test dried yeast if you've had it around for a long time. You can do this by dropping a few grains into a little warm liquid dough mix. If it is still "live", it will froth in under 10 minutes. Here is a recipe for a yeasted bread that even makes use of your Cannery Potato Flakes and Flour that you might like to try:

Soft and Delicious Two Hour Whole Wheat Bread

(Makes 4 loaves)
5 cups warm water
2 tbl yeast
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
1/3 cup potato flakes
6 cups whole wheat flour
1 tbl salt
4-5 cups unbleached flour

Dissolve yeast as per packaged instructions.
Make a sponge using all ingredients down to and including salt.
Use bread mixer or hand-held electric beaters.
Let rest about 10 minutes.
Add remaining flour gradually as needed to make a soft dough.
Knead on floured board; cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double.
Punch down; shape into four loaves; place in greased in bread pans.
Cover and let rise again until double.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes
Put hot bread on a towel to cool for a soft crust.

Here are some great uses for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (or the brand of your choice):

• Clean a microwave oven. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub & rinse.
  


• Remove tarnish from silver. Mix a thick paste of Baking Soda with water, apply to the silver with a damp sponge, rub, rinse and buff dry.
  


• Clean a stainless steel sink. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub the sink and rinse clean.
  


• Boost the strength of liquid laundry detergent. Add one-half cup with the usual amount of detergent to your regular wash cycle.
  


• Clean a fiberglass bathtub or shower. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub and rinse clean.
  


• Clean bathroom tile. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub and rinse clean.
  


• Neutralize vomit odor. Sprinkle generously to cover the stained area, let sit for an hour then vacuum up.
  


• Soothe tired feet. Add three tablespoons to a basin of warm water and soak feet in the solution.
  


• Use as a deodorant. Dust Baking Soda under arms.
  


• Clean dirt, grime and scuff marks from doors, stoves, laminated tabletops, linoleum floors and tile. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, wipe clean and dry.
  


• Remove coffee or tea stains from china. Dip a damp cloth in Baking Soda, gently rub the china and rinse clean.
  


• Minimize the smell of dirty laundry. Sprinkle into your hamper or laundry bag.
  


• Deodorize a closet. Place an open box of Baking Soda on the shelf.
  


• Deodorize garment storage bags. Sprinkle into the bottom of the bags.
  


• Deodorize shoes or sneakers. In the evening, sprinkle inside shoes to eliminate odors. Shake out in the morning.
  


• Remove crayon marks from walls or wallpaper. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub gently to avoid mussing the paint or wallpaper then wipe clean.
  


• Clean dirt and grime from hands. Sprinkle onto wet hands with liquid soap, rub vigorously, rinse and dry.
  


• Remove conditioner and styling gel buildup from hair. Wash hair once a week with a tablespoon of Baking Soda mixed with your regular shampoo; rinse thoroughly then condition or style as usual.
  


• Refresh stuffed animals. Sprinkle on the stuffed animals, let sit for fifteen minutes then brush off.
  


• Clean high chairs, car seats, strollers and plastic mattress protectors. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, wipe clean and dry.
  


• Clean baby bottles, nipples and bottle brushes. Soak in a solution of warm water and Baking Soda then sterilize before use.
  


• Make baby clothes smell even fresher. Add one-half cup to baby's laundry.
  


• Boost bleach. Use one-half cup with your normal liquid bleach to boost the bleaching action and freshen the wash.
  


• Whiten socks and dirty clothes. Add one-half cup to regular laundry detergent.
  


• Clean up pet accidents. Apply Canada Dry Club Soda to the stain, rub it in, wait a few minutes, sponge it up, let dry thoroughly, then sprinkle on Baking Soda, allow to sit for fifteen minutes then vacuum up.
  


• Clean chrome bumpers and hubcaps. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, rub surface and wipe clean with a dry cloth.
  


• Remove dead insects from a car or truck windshield. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, clean glass and wipe clean with a dry cloth.
  


• Deodorize carpeting in a car. Sprinkle on the carpet, let sit for fifteen minutes then vacuum up.
  


• Degrease and clean barbecue grills. Make a paste by mixing equal parts Baking Soda and Water, apply with a wire brush, wipe clean and dry with a cloth.
  


• Maintain your septic tank. Flush one cup down the toilet once a week. Baking Soda helps maintain proper pH and alkalinity, controlling sulfide odors.
  


• Deodorize cloth diapers. Mix one-half cup in two cups water and soak diapers in the solution.
  


• Deodorize a disposable diaper pail. Sprinkle liberally with Baking Soda.
  


• Deodorize garbage disposals and sink drains. Instead of throwing out that old box of Baking Soda that's been sitting in the refrigerator or freezer, gradually pour it down the drain and flush with water. Or better yet, pour two tablespoons down the garbage disposal every week.
  


• Clean a refrigerator. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, scrub and rinse clean.
  


• Deodorize a dishwasher. Sprinkle one-half cup on the bottom of the dishwasher between loads.
  


• Boost the strength of dish washing liquid. Add two full tablespoons to the usual amount of detergent you use.
  


• Remove burned-on food from cookware. Dampen area, sprinkle with Baking Soda, let soak overnight, then scrub with a sponge, rinse and dry.
  


• Clean and deodorize a cutting board. Sprinkle on a damp sponge, rub the cutting board and rinse clean.
  


• Deodorize food containers. Mix one-quarter cup with one quart water, swish food containers in the solution, let soak overnight then rinse clean.



• Clean coffee pots and teapots. Wash in a solution of one-quarter cup Baking Soda and one quart warm water then rinse clean.

Week 18

FOOD STORAGE TIP OF THE WEEK


Food Storage: 8 Cans of Soup

Extra Item: 2 Months of Laundry Soap


Some Local Bargains:

Lin's
Western Family Vegetable Soup with Beef Stock - 26 oz. @ $1.50 (5.8 cents/oz.)
ShurSaving Assorted Soup - 10.75 oz. @ $0.59 (5.5 cents/oz.)
Swanson Beef Broth - 10.75 oz. @ $0.59 (5.5 cents/oz.)
Western Family Basics Laundry Detergent - 30 lb. @ $9.69 (32.3 cents/lb.)
Western Family Basics 20 lb. Sack (refill) - 20 lb. @ $5.89 (29.5 cents/lb.)













Dollar Tree
Campbell's Assorted Soups - 14.8 oz. @ $1.00 (6.8 cents/oz.)
LA's Totally Awesome Laundry Detergent - 64 oz. @ $1.00 (25 cents/lb.) ***Best Value***

Smith's
Campbell's Assortet Soups - 10.75 oz. @ $0.69 (6.6 cents/oz.)
Sun Laundry Detergent - 117 oz. @ $3.99 (54.6 cents/lb.)
Xtra Laundry Detergent - 62.5 oz. @ $2.50 (63.9 cents/lb.)













Family Dollar
Campbell's Assorted Soups - 14.75 oz. @ $1.00 (6.8 cents/oz.)
Family Gourmet Assorted Soups - 10.5 oz. @ $0.50 (4.8 cents/oz.) ***Best Value***
Sun Laundry Detergent - 75 oz. @ $2.75 (58.6 cents/lb.)
Sun Laundry Detergent - 188 oz. @ $6.00 (51.1 cents/lb.)

Big Lots
Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup - 14.75 oz. @ $0.90 (6.1 cents/oz.)
Campbell's Assorted Soups - 10.75 oz. @ $1.00 (9.3 cents/oz.)
Select Harvest Assorted Soups - 18.6 oz. @ $1.10 (5.9 cents/oz.) ***Favorite Find because of the good natural ingredients***
Sun Laundry Detergent - 188 oz. @ $5.65 (48.1 cents/lb.)

Wal Mart
Great Values Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup - 10.5 oz. @ $0.57 (5.4 cents/oz.)
Sun Laundry Detergent - 188 oz. @ $4.77 (40.6 cents/lb.)


Car Kits: Fire Extinguisher, jumper cables, tow strap, 1 qt. of motor oil, container of HEET.

Family Preparation: Give every family member specific safety tasks to do in an emergency. For example, designate one person to be in charge of turning off electricity, one to collect the emergency container, one to take charge of any pets, etc.

Spiritual Preparation: In the closing session of the Spring 2007 General Conference, President Gordon B. Hinckley said, "We hope that you will use the May edition of the Church magazines as a text for your family home evenings, to review that which has been spoken in this conference."

This counsel can be followed today by referencing the May 2011 Ensign.

For additional help in following this counsel, see the General Conference and Family Home Evening pages at http://www.lds.org/.

Food For Thought

Refer to Week 10 for some great soup ideas and information on some dry soup mixes. Also on that week we mentioned that a good soup could be made out of dry pack cannery items such as refried beans, carrots and onions. You can also use the cannery's potato flakes for the base of a good homemade soup (carrots and onions would be good in this also) and the oatmeal makes a great thickener for a rich, hearty soup or stew.