08:00 – More science kit stuff today.
Most of my time this week was devoted to working on science kit stuff, but here’s what I did to prep this week:
- I ordered half a dozen #10 cans of Augason Farms Morning Moos Low-Fat Milk Alternative from Walmart. At 3.5 pounds per can, that’s 21 pounds (~10 kilos) total, or enough to reconstitute about 35 gallons (132 liters) of whole milk equivalent. We already have 42 pounds of non-fat dry milk powder from the LDS Home Storage Center, but that stuff is intended mainly for cooking and baking. You wouldn’t want to drink it straight or use it for hot cocoa or over cereal. We also have 48 12-ounce cans of evaporated milk, each of which reconstitutes to a quart of whole milk, for another 12 gallons of milk equivalent, and several #10 cans each of cheese powder and butter powder and of course lots of vegetable and olive oil for the lipid component. All in all, we’re now in pretty good shape on long-term dairy storage.
- I spent a fair amount of time researching stuff for our move up to Jefferson/West Jefferson area in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Incidentally, Walmart usually has the best prices on Augason Farms stuff, even at their regular prices, but their sale (rollback) prices are better still. For example, in April they were selling the #10 cans of Augason powdered eggs at $17/can. They’re now back up to $21/can, which is still better than other vendors. If you’re stocking up, it makes sense to wait for them to put the items you want on sale. You can find which Augason Farms products are on sale at any given time at this link.
So, what precisely did you do to prepare this week? Tell me about it in the comments.
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