Ut Valley Gig Mtg - Did Anyone Go?

[Sweetfudge]

Just wondering if anyone was able to make it to the meeting. I got caught up in a marital issue, and it completely slipped my mind. If you could post a summary of the meeting, I would love it! I was very excited to figure out this food storage stuff...still trying to build my supply. Thx!!

[Mom to Many]

see the next post... oops, posted twice.

[Mom to Many]

Just wondering if anyone was able to make it to the meeting. I got caught up in a marital issue, and it completely slipped my mind. If you could post a summary of the meeting, I would love it! I was very excited to figure out this food storage stuff...still trying to build my supply. Thx!!

Hi

The food storage information that was shared at the GIG meeting got me thinking. I googled Gluten Free food storage and found your post to my surprise.

Yes! I was at the Ut County GIG meeting.

(Just to let you know Marianne is my internet name. So If you look for me as Marianne at GIG meetings or at the walk you won't find me. )

We discussed the Walk that is coming up. Do you know about the walk? Go to the Utah county GIG website for info. It is the end of April 2007.

I hope that you'll come. I will volunteer for an hour at the walk. How fun!

The lady (her name has escaped me) who owns Against the Grain in Taylorsville came and shared her food storage info and 72 hour kit info.

She puts together 72 hour kits and makes nominal profit on them. You can order them from the Against the grain pre-made! I love the idea!

She gave us her list if we want to put them together ourselves.

She gave us a handout for Food Storage also.

I tried to scan it in so that I could highlight and import it. No sucess.

I'll typ in the food storage list, but the 72 hour kit is long. I am happy to email it though.

Gluten-Free Basic Food Storage Plan for One Year

By Against the Grain in Taylorsville Utah

To replace the grain requirement of 400 pounds for adults, 200 (50%) for children 3 and under (nursing babies share in their mother's portion), 280 pounds (70%) for children 4-6, 360 ounds (90%) for children 7-10, and 400 pounds (same as adults) for children 11 and up, we suggest the following:

For 400 pounds of grain for an adult:

Long grain white Rice: 100 pounds

Gluten-Free Oats: 50 pounds (Make sure they are certified gluten free.)

Garbanzo beans: 50 pounds (can be ground into bean flour)

Long grain Brown Rice: 50 pounds (Can be fround into flour, but must be rotated(I reccomend freezing this and rotation it often)

Short grain white Rice: 25 pounds (can be ground to make sweet rice flour)

Popcorn: 25 pounds (can be ground into corn meal or corn flour)

Buckwheat Groats: 25 pounds, or Amaranth:25 pounds, or Millet: 25 Pounds

(each can be ground into flour for use in a flour blend)

gluten-free Pasta: 25 pounds

In addition to the above, you'll need:

Legumes (dry beans, peas, lentils) : 60 pounds

Powdered milk (or Darifree for non-dairy) : 16 pounds

Sugar/Honey : 60 pounds

cooking oil : 10 quarts

salt : 8 pounds

water : 14 gallons per person regardless of age

For each additional family memeber, the breakdown amount is included above any age.

As with wheat storage, you will need to grind your own flour to make flour. (Flours do not keep well. Thus it is better to grind your own.) I would also suggest that you store cornstarch, tapioca starch or potato starch that you keep rotated. Bugs do not seem to get into the starches like they get into flour products. The goal is to have those items in your food storage that will allow you to make your flour belnds. Please also store 2 pounds of xanthan gum or guar gum.

Food storage Gluten free flour blends:

Rice flour blend:

6 cups rice flour

2 cups potato STARCH

1 cup taopioca starch

Bean flour belnd:

2 cups bean flour (pinto, garbanzo, navy)

2 cups tapioca starch

2 cups rice flour

There you go.

I hope that helps you.

When storing starches and flours I gave some thought to my potato starch and tapioca starch. Depending upon which flour blend you prefer... I use a lot of Rice flour blend. So, I stored 2 parts potato starch to 1 part tapioca.

You may also consider your choice of bread recipes.

Best wishes-

Marianne

[Sweetfudge]

Thanks Marianne for posting! I'm printing this out

Did she talk about where the best places are to get the supplies? Or shelf life for products? I'd love a copy of all the info, if you want to email me. My addy is hope.dealer@gmail.com

I'm excited for the walk! I told my husband we're gonna go

Thanks again for filling me in on everything! Now it's time to get my food storage supply!

[Mom to Many]

Places to buy Food Storage items / Potato Starch, taopioca starch, rice flour, corn starch in Utah for Celiacs / Celiac sufferers.

Some great resources are; Against the Grain in Taylorsville, everything in the store is Gluten Free! What a great service to the Celiac community.

Blue Chip Group in SLC, they have flour blends, french bread mix, and many other gluten free items.

Google them for a price list.

Choa's Trading on University avenue in Provo, fine white rice flour (rotate often, does not keep a really long time. Or store rice and grind your own) Potato starch, Tapioca starch, gluten free rice or bean noodles. And if you watch the labels, crackers.

Harmon's in Orem, for more prepared foods.

Honeyville grain in SLC carries our flours too.

Or Good Earth will bring our flours in for you in bulk.

I am in the market for a second Kitchen mill. I have one that I grind rice with and need a second for grinding wheat for the rest of the family.

Cross contamination is very much on my mind.

Did she talk about where the best places are to get the supplies? Or shelf life for products? I'd love a copy of all the info, if you want to email me. to get my food storage supply!

[Sweetfudge]

awesome. where's the best place to buy a mill for grinding flour? which kind should i look for to make very fine flours?

is it too much work to invest in a hand grinder for real emergency situations? should i get an electric one and a manual one?....

[Mom to Many]

I have The Kitchen Mill and I am in the market for a second one, as I mentioned.

Open Original Shared Link Since you are local... Sometimes you can get a deal on a second. THey sell them as seconds for cosmetic reasons. Be sure to ask questions about the machine if it is a second.

It saves you about 20.00 to buy a second. It may or may not be worth it to you to drive there. (Orem, Utah.)

I have not invested in a manual grinder. I fear that you'd have to spend a mint to get one that would grind fine enough flour to be very palatable. Open Original Shared Link

And then you step into a whole new level of storage. I am not there. LOL...

You'd have to think about storing enough charcoal to cook for 1 hour per day... Then you'd need a box oven which you can get instructions to build out of an apple box and foil, or a good dutch oven... You'd need water storage... I am so not there yet. Lol!

I am still working on the very basics. Grains, water, legumes, oil...

Have you looked at www.providentliving.org There is some great stuff there. Don't overwhelm yourself. When I look at how big the elephant is it is easy to get discouraged.

Baby steps-

Marianne

p.s. have you ever considered going to the Lindon cannery? There are things that are gluten-free. The fruit drink mix, dehydrated refried beans, rice, dry mashed potatoes- which are REALLY good, they have shortening for a great price, and more. It is fun to go also. They sanitize the tables between products too to prevent cross contamination. It makes a great date. ) Call ahead and schedule if you are interested or contact your food storage person in your ward. It is really fun to can with people that you know also.

awesome. where's the best place to buy a mill for grinding flour? which kind should i look for to make very fine flours?

is it too much work to invest in a hand grinder for real emergency situations? should i get an electric one and a manual one?....

[Amyjo]

Marianne,

would you be willing to e-mail me the 72 hour kit list? I have some sisters in my Branch that would be interested and I'd like to pass that info along.

thanks,

Amy jo

Hi

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I'll type in the food storage list, but the 72 hour kit is long. I am happy to email it though.

[Mom to Many]

Open Original Shared Link

Whoops!

I seem to have lost the 72 hour kit list in the transfer between computers.

If you contact Against the grain they can send it to you.

If I can help you firther let me know. Arkansas is beautiful! I made a whirlwind quick trip to Greenwood with my preemie and flew into that tiny airport years ago. Wow, that was an expereince. But, my SIL told me to be sure to go and see the bathroom. Giggle. She was quite inmpressed by the automatic toilet seat convers. Giggle.

Best wishes to you-

Marianne

[Amyjo]

You must have flew into Fort Smith. I grew up there, and it is a tiny airport! I hate those toilet things.They scare my girls Thanks for the info.

Amy

Open Original Shared Link

Whoops!

I seem to have lost the 72 hour kit list in the transfer between computers.

If you contact Against the grain they can send it to you.

If I can help you firther let me know. Arkansas is beautiful! I made a whirlwind quick trip to Greenwood with my preemie and flew into that tiny airport years ago. Wow, that was an expereince. But, my SIL told me to be sure to go and see the bathroom. Giggle. She was quite inmpressed by the automatic toilet seat convers. Giggle.

Best wishes to you-

Marianne

[cruelshoes]

Thanks for posting the information on a gluten-free year's supply. I am working hard to build my food storage back up since being diagnosed 3.5 years ago. It was so much easier when I could just have a bunch of buckets of wheat!