Week 42 (for 2 people)

October 16, 2016

Food Storage: 

Four #10 cans of eggs, or dehydrate your own! 
Instructions:

Step 1: Whip up 6 eggs per sheet using a blender. Pour the egg slurry into the fruit-roll sheet and set the temperature to 135 -145 degrees Fahrenheit. Any hotter and you'll cook them instead of dry them!

Step 2: Let dry for around 14 hours until completely brittle throughout.

Step 3: Place dried chunks in a blender or food processor until it has a fine powdery constancy. Put the powder BACK on the tray and dry for another 1.5 hours. These need to become completely dry for safety reasons.

Step 4: Put it in a quart mason jar with a 100cc oxy pack and new lid and store it in a cool, dark place. It should store for at least 3 years.

USES OF POWDERED EGGS

Powdered eggs can be used in the same exact manner as regular eggs. The only thing you’ll not be able to do is create things like poached eggs, or sunny-side-up eggs etc. But for all other needs like baking, french toast, scrambled eggs and so on, you’ll have the same results — but in a much more compact and storage-friendly form.

HOW TO RECONSTITUTE POWDERED EGGS

Reconstituting powdered eggs is a simple process. To make the equivalent of one average sized egg mix 1 tablespoon of egg powder together with 1 tablespoon of water. Stir it up, let it sit for 5 min and use as you would normal eggs. When using powdered eggs to bake, you do NOT have to reconstitute it first! Simply add the egg powder and water.

CONCLUSION

Since each #10 can of powdered eggs that you can buy at the store will contain approx. 7.5 dozen eggs, buying a can from Honeyville (for example) would cost about $43 with tax, which means that you would be spending approximately $5.75 per dozen of eggs. Since you can spend that much at Costco on FIVE DOZEN EGGS, dehydrating them yourself may be the way to go. Remember to add in the cost of jars (or maybe just new lids/rings) as well as the electricity that you'll be using and see if you feel it's worth it to do it yourself, or buy it pre-powdered.

*NOTE

Eggs that are dehydrated below 160° run the risk of containing salmonella. I never worry about this because I don't typically eat my powdered eggs straight from the jar! Any bacteria will be destroyed during the baking or cooking process, and eggs drying above 145° will cook, not dry.

Extra Item: 
10 - 20 boxes of macaroni and cheese

Family Preparedness: 

To prevent fires, clean out storage areas. Do not let trash such as newspaper and magazines accumulate. Do yard clean up as well, getting rid of dead branches, leaves and other debris.

Spiritual Preparedness: 

"I have a sense and a feeling as we have watched some of these disasters in the world, that this is a time for us to learn and to prepare from these experiences. ...The preparation happens in our own homes. There are not enough tents in the world to furnish every person with a tent, unless the members of the Church have a tent in their own homes--a simple thing like that. And then the store house is pressed down, heaped over and running over in our own homes... How prepared are you? If an earthquake or an economic disaster happened, would you have enough water to drink for 24 hours? Would you be able to get by until help could come to you? Those are the kinds of things we need to be thinking about in our day and time. The Lord expects us to do our little part. Then He can bring on the miracles. Then we don't need to fear," (Julie B. Beck, Relief Society Training Broadcast, 2010).