Comments on: Friday Food Storage Quickie: Breakfast of Champions

By: J Hicks

J Hicks — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:21:13 +0000

LOL! nice points

By: zombieville usa

zombieville usa — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:24:37 +0000

I agree with your The Chatelaine's Keys » Blog Archive » Friday Food Storage Quickie: Breakfast of Champions, fantastic post.

By: Independence Days - Weeks 12 and 13 | MamaStories

Independence Days - Weeks 12 and 13 | MamaStories — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:44:08 +0000

[...] not. I am finding Sharon’s Food Storage Quickies very helpful, and this week on her recommendation I bought 5 lbs of rolled oats. Also bought 20 lbs [...]

By: Amelia

Amelia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:57 +0000

Oatmeal leads to autism.

Really.

Sharon, I’ve learned a lot here, and I thank you for your hospitality. Good luck to you and yours.

By: Lorrieena

Lorrieena — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:27:18 +0000

We just went this weekend to a local orchard; I have about 40 lbs of granny smiths that I will be dehydrating this week.

Oatmeal I’ll have to work on incorporating more of. We have some, I like it, and yet I never cook with it.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:32:58 +0000

I’m mildly lactose intolerant too, and what I find is that the goat’s milk is less sensitizing than cow’s (presumably because of the smaller proteins), but it still bothers me occasionally. I eat granola/muesli with yogurt, which doesn’t have the same issues for me, generally.

BTW, all grains are “high fat grains” – that is, when you disturb their hulls, the oils in them become available, and yet, oats can go rancid. But they don’t go rancid nearly as quickly as say, brown rice, and even rolled oats store for a couple of years on average (I spent a long time reading really boring USDA papers on storage lives of grains for Independence Days) if kept cool, and bought reasonably fresh.

Sharon

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:14:31 +0000

I soak oats overnight in water (or milk if we’re in luck) and a bit of yoghurt. The yoghurt does something to it (ask Sally Fallon!)- all I have to do is heat and the kids just eat it.

By: Laurie in MN

Laurie in MN — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:02:25 +0000

Not very fond of oats as oatmeal — I think it’s something about the texture. Or maybe the overwhelming blandness of it. However, I am truly enjoying it as muesli (apologies to scandinavian language speakers — don’t know how to put the umlaut-type thingie in properly). Raw rolled oats, chopped nuts, some brown sugar, wheat and oat germ, some corn flakes (makes it less “heavy” tasting, although I can and have eaten it plain), and dried fruit of some kind. I am terribly fond of cherries, which is probably not wise given that I live in Minnesota. Apples are good too, though, and raisins. Need to eat up the prunes I have on hand — not very fond of them, but don’t want to just throw them out, either. Maybe *with* apples.

However, the *milk* with the muesli does present some problems. I am very slightly lactose intolerant (like many adults). Doesn’t actually make me *sick*, just, um…..gassy. It does ensure the bowels keep moving though. Am considering switching milk type products, but again, given where I live, cow’s milk is going to be what’s readily available when the world goes to heck in a bucket. Unless we can convince the City Councils to allow urban goats. (Is goat’s milk less likely to upset adult systems than cow’s milk? I’m certainly willing to give it a try.) I’ve sprinkled it on top of yogurt with fruit, and it’s delightful that way, too.

Ditto on loving the food storage quickies — one or two things to focus on at a time is a Good Thing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:19:10 +0000

Mmmm…oatmeal. It’s getting nicely into oatmeal season. I’ve been trying to find some way to up the fat content with local ingredients, though. Just oatmeal will make me gnawing at the walls again by 10:30. (It doesn’t seem to be protein that I’m missing, either; oatmeal plus eggs isn’t any better.) I’m going to try making it with butter or something, and I have some farm-direct organic pecans that I’m working through, though they don’t exactly grow well up here.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:32:40 +0000

Everyone has their own dietary preferences and issues, and no general recommendations will apply to every single person. While we should all be eating a lot fewer sweets than the average americans, all cultures include traditions of sweet foods for special occasions, and when you are forced to shift to a food storage diet *is not* the time to initiate other new food policies. Obviously, with any general recommendation, YMMV. Still, what I would not suggest is anyone shifting their own or other people who may rely on their stored food’s diets radically in times of crisis – do it now if you are going to give up all sweeteners, grains, whatever.

Sharon