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Category Archives: Grains/Legumes/Seeds
Where to Buy Whole Grains, Beans, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and Flour
I’m mainly listing stores in the San Francisco Bay Area – if you want me to list stores in your town, comment here and if I get a lot of feedback I’ll create a section by state of towns, stores, … Continue reading
Meet the grains: a mix for home-milled multi-grain flour
Why you should mill many grains, not just flour Every type of grain has it’s own nutritional strengths. Below I list what each has more of than wheat. Remember, each grain is like a tiny vitamin pill. Together, a multi-grain … Continue reading
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Oxygen Absorbers to store food a long time
These aren’t nearly as effective as dry ice because it’s hard to remove 100% of the oxygen. Here are links to how to use oxygen absorbers USA Emergency Types of absorbers and how many to use USA Emergency How to … Continue reading
How to store food with dry ice
I’ve borrowed most of this from Walton Feed and the USA Emergency Supply websites. If sealing buckets is too much trouble and you can afford it, order food from emergency supply stores, but watch out — unless you live nearby … Continue reading
Vacuum Seal
Food that needs to be refrigerated still needs to be refrigerated if you seal it with a vacuum sealing device. I have an electric Tilia Food Saver and a manual Pump-N-Seal, but rarely use the latter (though after an earthquake … Continue reading
Storing a year of food at home
First you need to figure out what to store and how much to store per person. Try to store your food in a place as dark, dry, cold, and as little fluctuating temperature as possible. 1 year of food: 7 … Continue reading
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What food to store and how much of it
The basic amount needed per adult per year is 300 pounds of grain and 60 pounds of beans & legumes. That sounds pretty tiresome, so The Food Guys & Emergency Preparedness Center have a more palatable list of food to … Continue reading
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Why you should mill your own flour and flakes
I’ll help you get started step by step. First you need to buy some whole grain flour to see if you like the taste and texture before investing in your own grain mill. My Dad is a Wonder Bread man … Continue reading
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Should we be eating a Paleolithic diet?
Here’s what the University of California, Berkeley, March 2011 Wellness Letter had to say about the Paleolithic diet: Evidence about early diets is very fragmentary The Paleolithic era lasted many millennia, and early humans lived in ecological niches with widely … Continue reading
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