March Newsletter

Next Meeting

Tuesday, March 1

6:30 pm

Topics:

Get organized – ways to plan your food storage system.

A shelf-stable dish by Susie McGrath

Save money by making your laundry detergent! Anna Combs will show us how.

Bring your menus and/or shopping list so we can discuss where we may want to trim our budget.

BRING A FRIEND OR TWO!!!

Quotes from the Prophets

“Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church ... a famine in this land of one year's duration could wipe out a large percentage of sloughful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned.”

Ezra Taft Benson (General Conference, April 1965)

“On the average, about 30 percent of the church has a two-month supply of food. The remainder have little or none...become self-sufficient as possible to prepare against the days to come.”

Bishop H. Burke Peterson (General Conference October 1975)

“I stand before the Church this day and raise the warning voice. It is a prophetic voice, for I shall say only what the apostles and the prophets have spoken concerning our day. ...It is a voice calling upon the Lord's people to prepare for the troubles and desolations which are about to be poured upon the world without measure. For the moment, we live in a day of peace and prosperity but it shall not ever be thus. Great trials lie ahead. All of the sorrows and perils of the past are but a foretaste of what is yet to be. And we must prepare ourselves temporally and spiritually.”

Bruce R. McConkie (General Conference April 1979

Dehydrated Egg Sale

This 100% whole egg powder is ideal for baking and for use in recipes. Each can has approx. 96 extra large eggs.

Minimum total order: 12 cans

Price each: $14.00


ORDER NOW! I must place the order by February 28th.

Calendar Change!

The meeting for March 1st has been changed to the home of Susie McGrath. Anna Combs will be demonstrating how to make home-made laundry detergent.

Don't miss out!

We will have a shelf-stable (i.e. food storage) dish for everyone to eat.

See you there!

THE MEETING FOR MARCH 15 HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Items from Auction

Janet received the following at auction, she will tell us the prices soon, she is still sorting - but she assures me it will very cheap. If you think you may be interested in any of the following drop her an email (her email is to the side).

28 boxes of wonderful smelling parsley (22 lbs each)

7 bags of fine potato flour each weighing 50 lbs

6 bags of stuffing mix (50# ea)

35-7lb. containers of" everything" bagel mix seasoning( this is a topping mix and would work to garnish breads or crackers on top or could be mixed into the dough for bread, or crackers. think pita bread, italian, french, artisan old world breads,or foccacia breads

6-50lb bags of batter mix( this is a seasoned flour mixture similar to the mix used in delis) this would work for any thing that needed a seasoned breading

shortening flakes this is ZERO TRANS FATS shortening (50# boxes) --use in anything you would use shortening in

hydrolyzed veg,(corn)(soy) protein.....tastes like lipton onion soup mix..it was to be used as an addition to other mixes created in bulk...it makes the base for alot of boxed ready-made things like HAMBURGER HELPER.

You can split items among friends, so don't be afraid to try something new. She will get back with us on prices asap.

Consider This: Ranch Dressing

Dry Hidden Valley Ranch:
Maltodextrin, Buttermilk, Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate, Citric Acid, Spices, Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Calcium Stearate, Carboxymethylcellulose, Guar Gum.

Homemade Dry Ranch Mix:
buttermilk powder, parsley, dill, onion, salt, garlic, salt, pepper

The Recipe:
1/2 cup dry buttermilk powder
1 tablespoon dried parsley, crushed
1 teaspoon dried dill weed
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon dried minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Combine all ingredients in the container of a food processor or
blender and process on high speed until well blended and powdery
smooth.

To use mix: Combine 1 tablespoon dry mix with 1 cup milk and 1 cup
mayonnaise. Mix well.
Makes 2 cups salad dressing

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Ingredients Ranch Dressing
Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil and/or Soybean Oil), Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Cultured Nonfat Buttermilk, Natural Flavor, Spices, less than 1% of Garlic (Dried), Onion, Vinegar, Phosphoric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Modified Food Starch, Monosodium Glutamate, Artificial Flavors, Disodium Phosphate, Sorbic Acid and Calcium Disodium Edta As Preservatives, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate.

Ingredients Homemade Ranch Dressing
buttermilk, sour cream, chives, parsley, dill, garlic, onion, salt, pepper


Ranch Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 teaspoon dried chives 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Mix and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Buttermilk Dressing

3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp parsley flakes
1/2 tsp dried minced onion
1/2 tsp salt
dash of freshly ground pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed

Mix and refrigerate for at least two hours.

The "Bread"

We had a pretty good turnout tonight - you need to let those know who didn't come how much food you ate and make them insanely jealous. Really. Go for it.

Since I was busy with my hands in dough and chatting (what, me?) - I am going to link you to the following site and site for detailed instructions on tonight's recipe. My sister is much more organized when it comes to posting detailed instructions. I tend to skip over stuff.

Don't forget we will have another session using sweet breads for yummy desserts.

Did you get enough to eat?? I know I did, I feel so full I really need to get some sleep.

Also.......the Emergency Essential and Food Storage Center orders have been placed. Doors closed. Finatta. Until the next order that is.

However, I do have 3 cans of Strawberries that need to be sold.....$13.00/ea. Let me know. It is first come, first serve.

I have had some requests for meetings to come - I will try my best to accommodate.

How are we doing on buying can goods when they are on sale? That is the easiest way to build your food storage. Just remember.....

ROTATE

ROTATE

ROTATE

:-)

Tuesday

Just a reminder about Tuesday night - 6:30.

If you want to make some dough to take home, bring 6 1/2 cups of white flour in a baggie (enriched or unenriched, bread flour or all-purpose). Also, bring a big container with a lid, for example, an empty ice cream bucket.

See you Tuesday!