Yes, I've been bad. At least about posting. There really hasn't been a lot going on since the last post except to say I had a great visit with my brother and his family and my dad has a volunteer crop of citron melons. I came home with 5- they are still sitting in the kitchen going, "are ya gonna do sumfing wid us?" They're still good- I just have to get the kitchen back under control- this plumbing problem has taken a turn for the worse and even regular cooking has been a bit of an issue. I hesitate to take anything back to the tub to wash as I might create a plumbing problem there as well. So I guess I'm going to have to open tote the dishes on the stove and in the sinks and get the basins from the garage and wash them in the back yard and use the basin method, which I really should have done a while back. In the meantime we've been eating a lot of take-out and tv dinners which is probably why I am really feeling dragged out right now (although I can't say meals at Sushi Yumi aren't the best!).
OK to the point and the title of this blog- the food storage challenge.
As most of you are aware (and you will be aware once this is posted) I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So I am LDS, aka Mormon. One of our peculiarities (for lack of a better word- and this was one of mine even before I joined the church) is the church advises us to keep a year's supply of food on hand in case of unemployment, under employment, natural disaster, etc. So we hold classes, have written books, have booklets and handouts with all sorts of shelf life, ratio of item per adult, etc. Yes I am using etc. a lot as to list it all... well etc. works really well. Otherwise this blog post would be a novel.
Today in church, it was announced that the Stake Presidency (the church divides us as first branches, which are the smallest units, then wards, then stkes which is a group of wards, areas which is a group of stakes, regions which is a group of areas- well you get the picture) would like us to live on our food storage for a week. Starting today. Use up what perishables we have and live off the remainder- no grocery shopping, etc. This would end Saturday the 16th after dinner.
Lucky for us we bought meat yesterday but unfortunately ran out of milk and orange juice today.
I came home and told Derek (he's currently not attending due to health issues). Stone face.
"That does not include my Pepsi, right?"
I advised him it most certainly did and the 2 liter in the fridge was all he was getting until Saturday night.
You would have thought I'd told him his entire family was hit by a train.
Two hours of discussion later, he conceded he could do it but I'd have to buy Pepsi after dinner Saturday night. Lots of it. Forget the milk, forget cheese, forget O.J. but Heaven forbid I don't get Pepsi Saturday night.
As far as food goes, we are in a bit of luck. Last week my mom gave us the last of her Y2K food storage in #10 cans- 2 of whole wheat flour, 2 of lentils, 2 of long grain brown rice and 1 of cheese powder. Yesterday my friend Beth came over and gave us a large jar of Hellman's mayo and some celery (Derek has eaten most of it, thank goodness. I can't stand the stuff). I have quite a bit of powdered milk (bought it for the now not quite working bread maker) and a vintage quart jar from the '60's apparently from Carnation that is specifically for making instant milk- so I made some. We'll see how that turns out. I have 7 dozen eggs in the fridge (we go through A LOT) and tons of oatmeal, yeast, some lunch meat, tuna, lots of pasta and soup.
Sooooo, this is our challenge this week, and I am hoping to be on recording progress on it all week. I think we'll be ok. It will give us some time to rotate stock as well and use stuff we don't ordinarily use. And maybe try our hands at new and exciting recipes. Also, I have Friday off (UF Homecoming, I am avoiding downtown like the plague and really looking forward to next Sunday when it's all over) so I plan on, if it's not under control by then, getting the kitchen under control so I can experiment with crackers. I have a recipe for wheat thins I want to try...
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