MAKING LIFE SWEET

My mom always made homemade bread with honey instead of sugar.  It tasted so good all warm out of the oven.  We always smothered butter and honey all over the top of it and stuffed ourselves full before the bread cooled all the way down.  It was amazing.

This month, our long-term storage goal is sugar or honey.  60 lbs per person.  For my family, that is 570 lbs.

I have found that sugar does not like to be stored in air-tight containers.  It seems to clump and smell funny if it is packaged in air-tight mylar bags or cans.  The best luck I have had is to put it in 5-gallon buckets (available at WinCo).  The buckets seem to have a bit of air permeability that keeps the sugar happy.  I have always had great luck with Tupperware too.  Our family stores White Sugar, Powdered Sugar, and Brown Sugar.  The best prices I have found for these are Costco.  I typically buy my brown and powdered sugar at the Costco Business Center as they come in 25 lb bags.  The white sugar is available at either Costco Business or the regular Costco stores.  (And, if you are super fancy, Costco Business even carries Turbinado Sugar).

Honey is a great natural sweetener.  I like to buy mine from Cox's Honey.  They have about the best online prices for raw honey and usually give free shipping.  (Their creamed honey is oh so good, it is worth a try!).  Their store is in Shelley, ID, so if you are ever headed to Idaho Falls or Yellowstone, stop by and grab some.  You can buy it in 45 lb buckets at their store.

I challenge you to add to your long-term storage by adding sugar, honey, or other sweeteners of your choice.  Try to get the 60 lbs per person so you are ready in case of emergency!