October Canning - Apples and Oatmeal!

We will be canning on Saturday, October 25th at the Biehn Home. Money and Orders are due on October 17th.

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Apples
How much should I store?
There is not a lot of information to be able to give you a hard fast number. A healthy diet should include fruits and vegetables, and usually this is obtained from fresh produce. Food Storage can include fruits and vegetables that are canned, freeze dried or dehydrated. Apples from the Church Cannery are dehydrated and are the only fruit option that the Cannery offers.

Shelf Life: 30 years, in ideal temperatures and conditions




Oats – Quick or Regular
How much should I store? (Amounts taken from www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net food storage calculator)
1 adult for 1 year – 25 lbs, approximately 10 cans
1 child under age 7 – 12 lbs, approximately 5 cans

Shelf Life: 30 years, in ideal temperatures and conditions

The quick oats come prepackaged from the Cannery, we will be opening the prepackaged boxes and selling each can separately. The regular oats are available in bulk and we will be canning those. There isn’t much difference between quick and regular oats. They are exactly the same thing, except quick oats are cut smaller and therefore take less time to cook. Sometimes different recipes call for one over the other, but that is mostly for the texture aspect.

Grains Category: 300 lbs total (for 1 adult) or 148 lbs total (for 1 child under age 7) should be stored as a combined total from all the items in the Grains Category: White Wheat, Red Wheat, Flour, Corn Meal (Corn Kernels), Regular Oats, Quick Oats, Rice, Pasta. The amount of each could vary depending upon you/your family’s preferences.

This information is provided to serve as a guide. 1 year’s worth of food storage is something to strive towards. Don’t get overwhelmed! Do a little bit if you can. Something is better than nothing!