food storage

So, being LDS, we have been told (for as long as I can remember) to have a year supply of food for your family at all times. In recent years, the prophet has even been so bold as to tell us to up that supply to three years. I would like to say that we are an obedient family, but geez...three years is A LOT of food! Anyway, we are very proud of the fact that we have a complete year supply of food for the seven of us now. The only thing we need to work on is storing water. Because we are on a well, if our electricity ever goes out, we would be without water as well. That brings me to the next item we are working on...it would probably be wise for us to get a generator! :) We have also started filling up empty laundry soap containers with water and storing them. That way we will have soapy water! Smart, eh?

Because I need to know HOW to cook all this food, I also purchased a cookbook that really takes you "back to basics"...we will rotate the food accordingly, and restock whatever is needed so that we continue to maintain a year supply. We have many grains, beans, flour, sugar, oats, spices, honey, etc...

If anyone is interested, here is a link to more about food storage:

http://lds.about.com/od/preparednessfoodstorage/p/foodstorage.htm