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Emergency Preparedness – Add A Little Spice to Your Life
 

     Nothing has had a more profound effect on the world of commerce and history than mans quest for good taste.  Salt, pepper, and spices have been the driving force behind conquests and discoveries from the earliest times.  The Egyptians, Phoenicians, European Imperialists, etc., all began, searching for spice routes.  Even Columbus was sailing to find a new westerly route to the Far East spice sources when he discovered America.
     “We eat what we eat because we like it,’ and spices make the meal.  Next time you buy them, think quantity.  Large containers are a far better buy per ounce than the small ones.
      As dehydrated foods most spices have an indefinite shelf life.  Salt, of course, is a preservative with lasting power if stored cool, dark and dry.  Pepper, interestingly enough, is not digestible, and has no food value whatsoever.  However, as whole pepper corns, it stores well and is liked so much that we are willing to pay the most for it.  Everyone knows that at fine restaurants the size of the expected tip is directly proportional to the length of the pepper grinder.
     With enough spices, anything can be made to taste better . . . escargot has proven that.
     For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
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Emergency Preparedness – Location, Location, Location.
 

     In a real estate training course in Utah the instructor commented:  “when selling upscale bench property, throw the drapes open, look down and exclaim LOOK AT THAT VIEW!  When showing valley floor properties, walk out to the center of the back yard, look up and exclaim LOOK AT THAT VIEW!”

    “ It is also important to qualify your prospect to see if they want to have a garden or not.”
     We have lovely soil in the valley, or it can become so at the hand of a good gardener.  Gardening should be added to your list of useful hobbies.  There is always something you can do any time of the year, even if it is just growing a pot or two of herbs on your kitchen counter. 
     START NOW.  You never know when your location could abruptly change (read Isaiah 40:4-5) and your garden could be wiped out by upland game.  LOOK AT THAT VIEW! ! ! !
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     A runner will burn approximately 2,700 calories in a marathon.  A hummingbird will burn over 14,000 covering the same distance.  The runner will take about 35,000 strides.  The hummingbird, at 200 wing beats per second, will have to stop and refuel a number of times.

     Each has different dietary needs.  Diets differ, as do quantities each consumes.  Those who have purchased pre-packaged “year’s supply” units for set and forget convenience may not only find the unit’s quantity insufficient, but the selection of foods will probably not be to everyone’s liking.

     Take a good look at storing what you eat, and measuring quantities you consume over time.  Determine how much your family needs for a 1, 2, or more year’s supply.  Pay particular attention to needs items for your special needs family members.   Store what you eat, and eat what you store.

     Best Father’s Day gift I ever got was a case of Hershey’s chocolate chips for “our storage.”  Problem:  that’s only enough to run 3 marathons.  I’ll need more.

     For more information contact   (your emergency preparedness specialist).

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     Did you know that just one Typhoon class submarine carrying 20  SS-N-23’s each with 10 MIRV’s could destroy 200 U S cities in less than 30 minutes?  Did you know that 30 minutes preceding an attack computers, TV’s, cell phones, LED and LCD equipment, and most black box technology would cease to work because of EMP?  These munitions are used to “blind ones enemy” and destroy all communications.  Boyd Packer spoke of this in a general conference talk, as did the Apostle John in Rev. 8:1, preceding the destructions of chapters 9 and 10.  You may not understand much of Weapons of Mass Destruction, or NBC capabilities, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
     Did you know that the most devastating WMD of history has been food, or the lack of it?  Joseph of Egypt used it to save millions, while Joseph Stalin controlled it to kill tens of millions.  Nephi prepared his people (Hele. 11:4-5) before starving out the Gadiantons.  Problem:  his instructions to the faithful saints are missing.  Read the story and ask yourself if you are prepared to survive a year without a harvest.
     For more information contact (your emergency preparedness specialist).
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     During a recent trip to Brigham Young’s St. George home, I was reminded why the pioneer beds had such long tapered legs, and the beds were so high off the floor.  It wasn’t just so the “honey pot” would fit under the bed.  Decon and Rat be Gone hadn’t been invented yet and rats and mice were still common house guests, spreading their germs and diseases so uncommon in our modern homes today.

     After natural disasters rodent populations swell in Mother Nature’s rearranged landscapes.  But even without a disaster, stored foods like grains, TVP, pet foods, pasta, etc., attract critters.   Rodents will go through about anything to get to food –plastic buckets, fiber barrels and boxes, and even house siding materials.  Once inside, they leak all over everything, too, adding unwanted flavors, etc., to the food.

     Rats and mice can’t go through metal containers.  So, anything they like you must store in a way they can’t get at it.  IT’S IMPORTANT TO STORE, STORE RIGHT, AND STORE RIGHT NOW.

     For more information call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

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     The typical worker bee will fly a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the globe in its’ short life time as it gathers nectar.  The total production from that bee will make about 1/12 teaspoon of honey, of which the bee will consume about half to live.  That’s pretty good fuel mileage for any flying craft, especially one that is aerodynamically unstable and not suppose to be able to fly because of excess weight to lift ratio.

     The shelf life of honey is directly related to the container it is in.  Crystalized, it will store for centuries and will liquefy again if warmed.  Up to fifty percent water is added commercially to keep honey liquid to keep users happy, and to increase profits.  Smart users know that eating honey ameliorates allergies and eating sugar agitates them.  As one of nature’s most perfect foods, life can be sustained on honey alone.  The Old Testament does suggest expanding this modest diet to include locust for protein if you like.

     Grains, milk, honey, salt and water are the minimum storage basics.  Four of the five have super shelf life, and are really cheap.  Is there any reason why you can’t have food storage?  Can you beat a bee?

     For more information contact (your Emergency Preparedness Specialist).

     CATCH THE VISION, GET THE FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS AND BEE PREPARED.