I am taking on somewhat of an experiment. I bought (pictures to come at a later date when I can find the USB cord) a 25lb bag of white beans, a 25 lb bag of powdered milk, two 25lb bags of wheat and flour. I plan on using these extensively for the next two months. It will hopefully give me an idea of how much I really need to store compared to what all the food storage calculators say.
Since I have already been making several of my own things from scratch using these products should not be too difficult. The only new product is the wheat and beans. I have a grinder now and I have used wheat flour before so that shouldn't be a problem. (As a note to all those who haven't used wheat flour or other wheat products and are storing the wheat. Please use your wheat now. Begin learning how to use it and getting you body used to it. )
The beans are the new thing. I bought the beans to make some Boston Baked Beans. We go through an extremely large amount of Busch's baked beans and frankly, we can't afford to buy them that often or buy the amount we use. So, this will be the only new item I have to learn about. As far as the milk goes....well, we stopped buying milk a few weeks or so ago so we don't have a problem with using it. I just think I should get a bigger picture.
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