Food item: Grains & Grain Products

Including Breads,Cereals, Flour. Includes specific grains like Rice,Wheat & Oats.
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Grain Products-Recommended Amts. to Store

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Product Recommendations
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/03/random-sampler/food-storage-for-one-year?lang=eng

One Adult Portion

Grains—400 pounds (181 kg); includes wheat, flour, rice, corn, oatmeal, and pasta
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Grains-General Information

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GRAINS
http://www.simplyprepared.com/grains.htm

GRAINS should have 10% or less moisture to store well.

WHEAT, sometimes called “wheat berries,” should be #1 grade (not less than 60 lbs. per bushel) hard winter wheat or hard spring wheat of 12-16% protein. It should be cleaned for human consumption (usually triple cleaned) and free from foreign particles or materials.

Testing “old” WHEAT (try both before considering discarding the wheat)
1. Sprout 100 kernels of wheat. If 50 or more sprout, the wheat is still good.
2. Grind the wheat into flour and make bread. If the bread rises and bakes well, the wheat is still good.

1 cup whole grain wheat = ---- continued at link, above ---

Including information on:

BREAD FLOUR
HARD WHEAT
SOFT WHEAT
DURUM WHEAT
WHITE WHEAT
BULGUR

GLUTEN

LONG GRAIN RICE
CONVERTED RICE
INSTANT RICE
BROWN RICE
WILD RICE
PEARL BARLEY
HULLED BARLEY (Scotch or Pot barley)
HULLESS BARLEY
DENT CORN
INDIAN CORN
POPCORN
OAT GROATS
STEEL-CUT OATS (Irish or Scotch oats)
ROLLED OATS (Old-fashioned oats)
QUICK OATS
OAT FLAKES
AMARANTH
BUCKWHEAT
JOB'S TEARS
KAMUT
MILLET
QUINOA (KEEN-wah)
RYE
SPELT
TEFF
TRITICALE
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Granola & other Cereal/grains-Storage and/or Recipes to Make Your Own

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Putting the Foods You Love Into Food Storage
http://everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-2.html

CEREALS
You will need to add the separate serving of ½ c water + 1/8 c dry milk and 1 Tb sugar to your totals.

Granola makes 5 cups or 3 pint jars.
3 c oats, 1/3 c honey, 1 c sliced almonds, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ c shortening, ½ tsp salt, ½ c raisins.
Melt the shortening. Place all the ingredients (except raisins) in a large bowl and mix well. Spread onto a shallow pan (or put into 3 uncovered pint jars) and bake until browned (60 minutes or longer). It shouldn’t have to be stirred but you can turn the jars half way through. Watch it closely so it doesn’t burn. For jars, add the raisins and place a lid and ring on the jar as soon as you remove it from the oven. The jar will seal and keep the granola fresh for weeks. For pans, let it cool, add the raisins and store in airtight containers.

Grape Nuts makes 4 cups.
6 c whole wheat flour (4 c wheat), 1 c brown sugar, 2 c buttermilk (2 c water + 2/3 c powdered milk + 2 Tb vinegar or lemon juice.) 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt
Mix everything in a bowl, press onto 2 cookie sheets and bake until dry (1-2 hours) Grind with a meat grinder to the size of grape nuts and bake again until golden brown. Cool and store in airtight container.

Oatmeal makes 1 cup.
½ c rolled oats (or quick), 1 c water, pinch of salt.
Place salted water and oats in separate canning jars or covered pots and heat. When heated, add warmed oats to hot water and cook to desired consistency. Serve with milk and sugar. Add raisins or dried apples.

Rice Cereal or Rice Pudding makes 4 cups.
1 ½ c rice, 4 c water, 1 tsp salt, 3 Tb sugar. Pudding: 2 “eggs” ½ c raisins, ¼ tsp nutmeg, ¼ tsp vanilla.
Place salted water and rice in canning jars or covered pots and place in solar oven. When water is hot, add warmed rice and cook for 40 to 50 minutes or until rice is done. Add milk and sugar. For rice pudding, add 2 or more “eggs”, sugar, raisins and nutmeg to the hot rice. Stir well and return to the oven, repeating the process until rice is thick like pudding. Add vanilla and stir. Add ½ c milk if desired.

Wheat Cereal makes 1 ¼ cups.
½ c wheat + 1 c water.
Soak overnight. (1 or 2 more c of water will be needed to cook). Place water, soaked wheat and pinch of salt in a jar or pot with tight fitting lid. Cook 2 hours. Add water as needed.
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Storing Grains Long Term

This is a multi-part guide to storage of grains:

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The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 1
https://hubpages.com/food/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-1

Grains are extremely nutritious and if they are paired with sources of animal protein, can go a long way towards forming a properly balanced diet. At times of no refrigeration it is imperative that animal protein be secured fresh on an ongoing basis, and it is not my intention to delve into a fishing and hunting guide Hub. There are more than enough sources of that information readily available. ---CONTINUED ---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 2
https://hubpages.com/food/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-2

Let's look at the different types of grains to consider storing, and how each one stacks up against the others:

Hard Grains
  • Kamut
    Dry Corn
    Buckwheat
    Flax
    Durum Wheat
    Millet
    Hard White Wheat
    Hard Red Wheat
    Soft Wheat
    Triticale
    Spelt
Hard grains are the longest lasting of all the food products, as their outer shell acts as a natural hermetically sealed container. Under optimal oxygen free conditions at a stable, constant, cool room temperature expect up to twenty-five years of storage.

Soft Grains
  • Groats
    Hulled or Pearled Oat
    Barley
    Quinoa
    Rolled Oats
These have relatively soft outer shells which fail to protect the delicate and fragile seed interior to the same degree as the seeds which have harder shells. These soft grains will not store for as long a period as the hard grains. Under optimal oxygen free conditions at a stable, constant, cool room temperature expect up to fifteen years of storage. ---CONTINUED---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 3
http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-3#

Naturally, you're going to need somewhere to store all this food, and large plastic containers that can be hermetically sealed are the best. However, you don't have to order these plastic containers by the hundred from your local supplier and pay thousands of dollars. If you need access to free plastic containers ---CONTINUED ---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 5
http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-6

If the seed has been dried well and stored in air-tight containers with silica gel or another desiccant in them, there should be zero effect on either food nutritional or germination quality.

When foods are packed in air they cannot keep as well as when they are packed in oxygen free gases. The reason for this is because ---CONTINUED---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 6
https://hubpages.com/food/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-6

If the seed has been dried well and stored in air-tight containers with silica gel or another desiccant in them, there should be zero effect on either food nutritional or germination quality. ---CONTINUED---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 7
http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-7

Whether or not you are interested in harvesting bugs from your wet grain, or if you want to try to eliminate them, these are three main points: ---CONTINUED---

The Survival Guide To Long Term Food Storage: Part 8
http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/The-Survival-Guide-To-Long-Term-Food-Storage-Part-8

Another way to treat grains that are intended for extended storage periods is to add Diatomaceous earth ---CONTINUED---
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Grains: Descriptions of Types of Grains

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From Alans Stuff, Prudent Food Storage
http://captaindaves.com/foodfaq/the-food-storage-faq-version-4-0/chapter-2-common-storage-foods/grains/

ABOUT GLUTEN: As you read through the grain descriptions below you will come across frequent mention of "gluten". Gluten is a combination of proteins found in some grains which enables the dough made from them to rise by trapping the gasses produced by yeast fermentation or chemical reaction of baking powder or soda. The amount of these proteins varies depending on the species of grain and varieties within a species. Some grains such as rice have virtually no gluten at all and will not produce a raised loaf by itself while others like hard winter wheat have a great deal and make excellent raised bread. As a general rule yeast raised breads need a fair amount of gluten to attain good dough volumes while non-yeast raised breads may need little or none at all. Whether gluten content is of importance to you will depend upon the end uses you intend for your grain.

Some of the common and relatively uncommon types of grains are . . . . . CONTINUED at LINK, above (copyrighted)
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The Top 10 Cereal Grains You Need

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The Top 10 Cereal Grains You Need To Have in a Crisis
https://www.askaprepper.com/the-top-10-cereal-grains-you-need-to-have-in-a-crisis/

A cereal is basically a grass which is cultivated for its “grain.” Most grains undergo a refining process to some extent which extracts the edible portion. While protein is definitely a priority in any survival situation, the body will not function fully unless it has carbohydrates too. Carbohydrates are the body’s favorite type of fuel, easily utilized, used by all the tissues, necessary for the central nervous system, kidneys, brain, muscles, and vital for intestinal health and waste elimination. --- CONTINUED at LINK, above ---
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Grains-Long Term Storage Ideas

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How to Keep Grains Edible and Fresh for Over 40 Years With Nitrogen
http://www.askaprepper.com/keep-grains-edible-fresh-40-years-nitrogen/

. . .The use of Nitrogen to displace Oxygen in food containers is very easy. When a food container is filled with the food it has AIR all around and if any bugs are on any of the particles of food they will live because they can breathe. If we eliminate the AIR by displacing it with Nitrogen gas, via a tube put to the bottom of the container and slowly start the nitrogen filling from the bottom, it will displace the Oxygen because it is heavier than the AIR . . . ---CONTINUED at LINK, above ---
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Beyond Standard Wheat : Top Grains To Put Back For A Long Emergency
https://www.backdoorsurvival.com/beyond-standard-wheat-top-grains-to-put-back-for-a-long-emergency/

(SNIP) ... Just having one or two flours or grains put back is committing to a lot of the same thing for you and your family. Variety can help out during an extended emergency or SHTF. Beans and rice are great foods, but beans made chili style with a cake of cornbread sounds good too!

Having a variety of grains also means that you can cook for people in your family that have food sensitivities that may seek you out for help. If you are planning on helping out family or friends, it can be helpful to find out if they are sensitive to any particular grains. ---CONTINUED---
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Prepper's Guide to hoarding grains
https://www.happypreppers.com/Grains.html

Grain is the key to long-term survival. To paraphrase Kissinger,
"He who controls the grain, controls the world."

Get started stockpiling grains! Here's what you need to know
about prepping with grains...

Start stockpiling grains! To get started you will need... ---CONTINUED---
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Tips for storing whole grains
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/tips_for_storing_whole_grains

(SNIP) ... There are some things to keep in mind when storing whole grains, whether they are intact grains, flour or meal. The germ of the grain contains oils and the oils may cause the grain to turn rancid. The Whole Grains Council suggests that whole intact grains, such as barley, wild rice, and wheat berries, be stored in airtight containers. These grains can be kept for up to six months when stored in a cool, dry place. If kept in the freezer the grains should last for up to a year. ---CONTINUED---
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Organically Grown Sustainably Produced

DIY Bucket Thresher for Backyard Wheat Growers
https://winwinfarm.com/2013/06/diy-bucket-thresher-for-backyard-wheat-growers/

(SNIP) ... Wheat is harvested in three steps: reaping, threshing, and winnowing. Reaping is cutting the wheat, threshing involves removing the grain from the head, and winnowing is separating the grain from the chaff. Threshing was by far the most labor-intensive and tedious step.

Last year, we threshed everything by hand by pounding the wheat heads free with a rubber mallet.

(SNIP) ... We harvested our second crop of Sonora wheat last month and did not want to repeat the fun of threshing by hand so we built a simple machine. We are happy to report that it works very well. It’s also inexpensive, easy to make, easy to store, and saved us a TON of time! ---CONTINUED---
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