Week 12 & 13

Week 12: RICE Secure 10, 15, 20 lbs. White stores best but is not as nutritious. I find brown gets bugs. Counts towards grain total.

Brown and white rices store very differently. Brown rice is only expected to store for 6 months under average conditions. This is because of the essential fatty acids in brown rice. These oils quickly go rancid as they oxidize. It will store much longer if refrigerated. White rice has the outer shell removed along with those fats. Because of this, white rice isn't nearly as good for you, but will store longer. Hermetically sealed in the absence of oxygen, plan on a storage life for white rice of 8-10 years at a stable temperature of 70 degrees F. It should keep proportionately longer if stored at cooler temperatures. Stored in the absence of oxygen, brown rice will last longer than if it was stored in air. Plan on 1 to 2 years. It is very important to store brown rice as cool as possible, for if you can get the temperature down another ten degrees, it will double the storage life again.

Brown Rice

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed French onion soup
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a 2 quart casserole dish combine rice, broth, soup, butter, Worcestershire sauce and basil.
3. Bake covered for 1 hour, stirring once after 30 minutes.

This is way yummie - you can add cooked chicken that has been chopped.  Makes a great main dish.

Week 13: FIRST AID Gauze patches, swabs, cotton balls, first aid tape etc. Old fashioned Kotex is good for wounds. Sanitary napkins with adhesive do not store well.

1

Take the large or medium sized plastic container with the locking lid and remove the lid. This is going to be your first aid kit container.

2

Next, put a strip of tape on the small tupperware containers and take a marker and write on the tape which first aid items that are going to be in that certain container.

3

Next, take one of the small square tupperware containers and fill it up with band aids and place it inside of the first aid kit container.

4

Next, take another container and fill it up with bandages, gauze, gauze pads and tape and place it in the first aid kit container.

5

Next, take another small plastic container and fill it up with antibiotic ointment and antibiotic wipes and place it in the first aid kit container.

6

Next, fill another small container with OTC medicines such as advil, asprin and tylenol and place it inside of the first aid kit container.

7

Take another small container and put the heat wraps and cold packs inside of the container and place it inside of the first aid kit container.

8

Next, put any other first aid items that you can think of in more of the small containers and place them inside of the first aid kit container.

9

Lastly, make sure that all of the small first aid containers are neatly set into the bigger first aid container. Put the locking lid on the first aid container and store it where you want it. You now have a fully stocked homemade first aid kit

Have a great week and enjoy the sun!