A Famine Menu NOTE: I am not the author of this article and havent been able to track down the

a uthors name, but thought it was one of the simplest food storage plans Ive ever se en and wanted to share it. If you happen to know the original author or publicati on its from, please let me know. This is a basic famine menu that will keep you alive. Variety of taste will come from supplementation from a vegetable garden, fruit trees, raising animals, bar tering, spices and additional items you store. Each family must be creative to v ary the taste of the foods and to add additional items that will make the basic foods most appetizing for you. Adding small farm animals will enhance your diet tremendously such as hens for e ggs or chickens for meat, meat rabbits, cows or goats for milk, yogurt, cheese, pigs for meat, and a fish pond stocked for meat. Also storing sprouting seeds wi ll give you needed enzymes through the winter from your kitchen counter. Keep a store of garden seeds to renew the vegetables each season and gain seed saving s kills. Using lacto fermentation techniques will bring healthy enzymes and varian ce in flavors as well as being a means to preserve your harvest without heating your containers (just store extra salt). This is only one example of a famine menu, modify it to meet your particular nee ds or share yours with all of us. We welcome all information that will help us i n hard times. Someone looking over my Famine Menu once asked me if the title werent an oxymoron -Famine Menu-like you have a choice of eating foods when there is a famine. I resp onded that I was planning to eat during a famine, and eat as well as I can prepa re for. God bless us all. Basic Famine Menu Per Day for One Person 3 slices of whole wheat bread (lunch and dinner) 1 pot of oatmeal (breakfast, vary with spices and fruit from the orchard or dehy drated or nuts) 1 pot of rice (dinner) 1 pot of beans (dinner, vary with spices and vegetables from the garden) 1 glass of milk In Addition Per Week 1 pint of jam 1 jar of peanut butter 1 spaghetti dinner with hamburger 4 pots of soup (From leftovers and Soup for A Year) 7 jar sprouting seeds rotation In Addition Per Month 1/2 -#10 can popcorn 1 can potato flakes 1 can refried Beans 1 can white flour Amounts to Store for One Person, Two Persons, Three Persons, Four Persons Wheat: 90 lbs, 168 lbs, 252 lbs, 366 lbs Rolled Oats: 24 lbs, 48 lbs, 72 lbs, 96 lbs Rice: 60 lbs, 120 lbs, 180 lbs, 240 lbs Dry Beans: 60 lbs, 120 lbs, 180 lbs, 240 lbs Spaghetti Pasta; 60 lbs, 120 lbs, 180 lbs, 240 lbs

Powdered Milk: 16 lbs (kids 32 lbs), 32 lbs, 48 lbs, 64 lbs Potato Flakes: 18 lbs, 36 lbs, 54 lbs, 72 lbs Refried Beans: 24 lbs, 48 lbs, 72 lbs, 96 lbs White Flour: 48 lbs, 96 lbs, 144 lbs, 192 lbs Honey: 18 lbs (see Bread for a Year), 36 lbs, 57 lbs, 57 lbs Granulated Sugar: 40 lbs, 80 lbs, 120 lbs, 160 lbs Oil: 9 Qts (See Bread for a Year), 18 Qts, 18 Qts, 18 Qts Yeast: (See Bread for a Year) 2 lbs, 4 lbs, 8 lbs, 8 lbs Salt: 8 lbs (See Bread for a Year) Peanut Butter: 17 lbs,34 lbs, 52-16 oz, 52-16 oz jars Fruit Jam: 52 Pints Spaghetti Sauce: 52 Quarts Canned Hamburger or meat: 52 pints Popcorn: #10 cans, 6 Multi-Vitamins: 365, 730, 1095, 1460 Spices Sprouting Seeds (Wheat, beans, seeds), 40 lbs, 80 lbs, 120 lbs, 160 lbs