Please join us on Thursday March 26 @7pm for 1hr of your time, you will learn about six important factors concerning your food storage investment.
We will demonstrate how to make an apple box oven. “Simple” is all I can say about that.
Come and enjoy some taste testing and recipes from our food storage. For more info and to R.S.V.P please contact Brandy @ 503-278-7025 brandymohammad@verizon.net
Since Leigh Anne is out of town our Rocket Stove order deadline is extended until Sunday, March 29th Orders MUST be prepaid! Checks for $30.00 a stove can be made out to Leigh Anne Wilkes.
Thanks!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
How Will You Cook It?
Brandy Mohammad will be holding a class on Thursday, March, 26 at 7:00 .m. at the church. She will demonstrate how to make an apple box oven and actually cook in one using food storage items! If you have any questions please email Brandy at brandymohammad@verizon.net or call her at 503-278-7025
Don't forget about the rocket stove order we are putting together - questions on this contact Leigh Anne Wilkes at leighanne.wilkes@gmail.com or 503-629-5950
Just a few thoughts on Preparedness by Leigh Anne....
Food Storage is just not about food. You need to have a way to cook your food.
In an emergency situation it is quite possible that you may have no electricity or natural gas. How would you cook your food?
If you have a barbecue grill be sure that you have stored extra charcoal or propane. We have two propane tanks for our grill and always keep the extra one filled.
If you have a Coleman propane camping stove be sure that you have extra canisters of propane stored.
If you have a rocket stove be sure that you have wood (you may not want to cut down a tree :) or charcoal stored.
We also have a Volcano stove and it burns charcoal - note to self - buy more charcoal!
300 pounds of charcoal will last a family of 6 for 12 months.
In a survival situation, 25# of briquettes will cook 2 meals a day for 2 weeks in a 12" (6 quart) Dutch oven for up to 12 people.
You may also want to consider purchasing a dutch oven or two if you don't have one. You can cook over a wood burning fire or with charcoal and it is a great way cook or bake when you have no oven.
Do you have matches in your storage? You will be going through a lot of matches if you are cooking with wood or charcoal
If you have any other ideas on cooking without power or items that we should be including in our storage please leave a comment below
Don't forget about the rocket stove order we are putting together - questions on this contact Leigh Anne Wilkes at leighanne.wilkes@gmail.com or 503-629-5950
Just a few thoughts on Preparedness by Leigh Anne....
Food Storage is just not about food. You need to have a way to cook your food.
In an emergency situation it is quite possible that you may have no electricity or natural gas. How would you cook your food?
If you have a barbecue grill be sure that you have stored extra charcoal or propane. We have two propane tanks for our grill and always keep the extra one filled.
If you have a Coleman propane camping stove be sure that you have extra canisters of propane stored.
If you have a rocket stove be sure that you have wood (you may not want to cut down a tree :) or charcoal stored.
We also have a Volcano stove and it burns charcoal - note to self - buy more charcoal!
300 pounds of charcoal will last a family of 6 for 12 months.
In a survival situation, 25# of briquettes will cook 2 meals a day for 2 weeks in a 12" (6 quart) Dutch oven for up to 12 people.
You may also want to consider purchasing a dutch oven or two if you don't have one. You can cook over a wood burning fire or with charcoal and it is a great way cook or bake when you have no oven.
Do you have matches in your storage? You will be going through a lot of matches if you are cooking with wood or charcoal
If you have any other ideas on cooking without power or items that we should be including in our storage please leave a comment below
Friday, March 13, 2009
Rocket Stove Group Order
We have an opportunity as a ward to place a group order for Rocket Stoves.
Rockets stoves are a great addition to your food storage/preparedness as they can be used with charcoal but can also burn wood You can check out their website here for more info:
http://stovetec.net/mambo/
They are also inexpensive. The price is $30.00 which includes shipping. A group of Young Men will be driving down to pick them up and bringing them to Portland - $5.00 of the price will go to them as they are earning money for their missions.
If you are interested in ordering one please get your check to Leigh Anne Wilkes by March 22nd.
If you have a large family you might want to consider purchasing more than one - especially since they are so reasonably priced.
Rockets stoves are a great addition to your food storage/preparedness as they can be used with charcoal but can also burn wood You can check out their website here for more info:
http://stovetec.net/mambo/
They are also inexpensive. The price is $30.00 which includes shipping. A group of Young Men will be driving down to pick them up and bringing them to Portland - $5.00 of the price will go to them as they are earning money for their missions.
If you are interested in ordering one please get your check to Leigh Anne Wilkes by March 22nd.
If you have a large family you might want to consider purchasing more than one - especially since they are so reasonably priced.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Getting Started with Food Storage
Welcome to the Oak Hills Ward food storage blog. The purpose of this blog to assist members with information, ideas and motivation for working on their food storage. We hope it will also be a forum for members to share ideas, tips and good deals that they come across. We'd would also love to post your favorite recipes that feature items from your food storage - got a great bread recipe? Please share!
To submit information to the blog just email Leigh Anne Wilkes at leighanne.wilkes@gmail.com and she will post the information.
The best place to start with building your food storage is with the church's own website - www.providentliving.org Click on the food storage link on the left hand side Lots of information on recommendations for amounts of various food/water etc. Check it out!
The March 2009 Ensign has a great article on Food Storage with 4 simple recommendations:
"In the spirit of President Hinckley’s remarks, Church leaders decided to closely reexamine their approach to self-reliance, looking for ways to reinforce the concepts of home storage and financial preparedness. As a result, the Church published the pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, outlining new guidelines for home preparedness that give Church members a simplified, four-step approach to building their home storage.
They are as follows:
1. Gradually build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet until it is sufficient for three months.
2. Store drinking water.
3. Establish a financial reserve by setting aside a little money each week, and gradually increase it to a reasonable amount.
4. Once families have achieved the first three objectives, they are counseled to expand their efforts, as circumstances allow, into a supply of long-term basic foods such as grains, legumes, and other staples.
Of the new guidelines, Presiding Bishop H. David Burton says, “Our objective was to establish a simple, inexpensive, and achievable program that would help people become self-reliant. We are confident that by introducing these few, simple steps we can, over time, have more success.”
Please read the rest of the article online at www.lds.org or from your Ensign.
To submit information to the blog just email Leigh Anne Wilkes at leighanne.wilkes@gmail.com and she will post the information.
The best place to start with building your food storage is with the church's own website - www.providentliving.org Click on the food storage link on the left hand side Lots of information on recommendations for amounts of various food/water etc. Check it out!
The March 2009 Ensign has a great article on Food Storage with 4 simple recommendations:
"In the spirit of President Hinckley’s remarks, Church leaders decided to closely reexamine their approach to self-reliance, looking for ways to reinforce the concepts of home storage and financial preparedness. As a result, the Church published the pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, outlining new guidelines for home preparedness that give Church members a simplified, four-step approach to building their home storage.
They are as follows:
1. Gradually build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet until it is sufficient for three months.
2. Store drinking water.
3. Establish a financial reserve by setting aside a little money each week, and gradually increase it to a reasonable amount.
4. Once families have achieved the first three objectives, they are counseled to expand their efforts, as circumstances allow, into a supply of long-term basic foods such as grains, legumes, and other staples.
Of the new guidelines, Presiding Bishop H. David Burton says, “Our objective was to establish a simple, inexpensive, and achievable program that would help people become self-reliant. We are confident that by introducing these few, simple steps we can, over time, have more success.”
Please read the rest of the article online at www.lds.org or from your Ensign.
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