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Monday, December 28, 2009

Basic Food Storage

Whole wheat .........................................150 pounds per adult
Dry beans and legumes .......................... .60 pounds per adult
Rice ........................................................65 pounds per adult
Rolled oats .............................................30 pounds per adult
Corn-dried, cornmeal .............................30 pounds per adult
Pasta .................................................... 10 pounds per adult
White flour ............................................ 25 pounds per adult
Dry milk ................................................ 24 pounds per adult
Sugar .....................................................40 pounds per adult
Honey ....................................................20 pounds per adult
Vegetable oil ..........................................10 quarts per adult
Salt ..........................................................8 pounds per adult
Yeast ...................................................... 2 pounds per adult
Baking powder ........................................1 pound per adult
Baking soda ..........................................   1 pound per adult

These foods are considered the basic essentials and are the foods our leaders have counseled us to obtain. They are called essential foods because a person could survive on just these foods.

"Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own".
President Ezra Taft Benson

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