Week Nineteen

This week the purchase is for 100 lbs. of wheat. I have only purchased my wheat from the church storehouse. I know there are other sources out there but this is what I am familiar with. As I have posted before I do not need more wheat so this week I am going to work again on 72 hours kits. Also, I want to catch up on a few weeks that I skipped because I did not do my regular shopping.

I did find a source that shows for 12 months (six people) you need:

906 lbs. of wheat, 170 lbs. of corn meal, 230 lbs. of rolled oats, 92 lbs. of enriched white flour, 404 lbs. of enriched white rice, 20 lbs., of pearled barley and 200 lbs. of spaghetti or macaroni.

These are just from the grain group. I am asking - tell me what do we do with barley? I know how to use the other grains but that one is new to me. These amounts seem overwhelming when you look at it as a whole - but broken up into bits it is manageable. I am thinking more towards the three month supply and going to divide it into that measurement. For example, for the wheat 906 divided by 12 is 75.5 times three equals 226.5 lbs for three months. I can do that already almost if I had purchased wheat during week 7 and this week. For me dividing it up like that helps me not to get to stressed about it.

Next week I have a great new recipe to share - happy storing!