How to Develop a Low-Cost Family Food-Storage System

By Anita Evangelista

Book Overview

This is probably the most important section in the while catalog. With the times a'changin' as they are, we all need to better prepared for the uncertain changes ahead. The books in this section will give you a head start.If you're weary of spending a large percentage of your income on your family's food needs, then you should follow this amazing book's numerous tips on food-storage techniques. Slash your food bill by over fifty percent, and increase your self-sufficiency at the same time through alternative ways of obtaining, processing and storing foodstuffs. Includes methods of freezing, canning, smoking, jerking, salting, pickling, krauting, drying, brandying and many other food-preservation procedures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559501308
• ISBN13: 9781559501309
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A useful book

My wife and I have read and used "How To Develop A Low-Cost Family Food-Storage System," and have found it to be a useful centering point for our stocking up activities. We both recommend this book.On a side note, one of the reviews of this book appearing on this site misrepresents one of Mrs. Evangelista's statements, definitely casting doubt on her credibility. The writer of the review states that the author advocates taking retreaved cooking oil from restaurants and turning it into "soups." I thought this was rather odd for anyone to suggest, so I looked up the reference. Evangelista says: "Used frying oils make excellent soaps [not soups], when strained ..." There is, I think, a big difference between soap and soups. I suggest the reviewer, who gave the book a one star rating, read the book for comprehension next time around. I give that reader's review a no-star rating.Anita Evangelista is a good writer, and reading this book, and her other farm-related books, will be useful to country dwellers and city-dwellers alike.

A useful, little book

Everyone needs a starting point when it comes to acquiring knowledge. This book is one of those points. This may not be the be-all and end-all of food storage books, but it tells you how to get started, and once you take that step, you are on your way. The information you then encounter either becomes self-evident, or you gain enough know-how in the process to "track down" additional facts. I found every page in "HOW TO DEVELOP A LOW- COST FAMILY FOOD STORAGE SYSTEM" useful. Anita Evangelista talks from a life of experience. Everyone should own this book. Highly recommended.

Excellent food storage resource

This book covers all the basics and more with very practical applications to your real life situation. Recommended for anyone preparing for Y2K. Very good starter book for folks who want to know about food storage on a tight budget.

Good, basic common sense, and lots of it.

God talks to some folks directly. To the more sane among us, he sends messages along more conventional routes. This book is one of those gentle proddings. HOW TO DEVELOP A LOW-COST FAMILY FOOD-STORAGE SYSTEM is a direct appeal to common sense. Whether you believe the world is coming to an end or not, one day you might encounter a snow storm, a trucker strike, or a short period of unemployment that could disrupt your ability to come by food easily. Having some goodies stored up, then, is nothing more than a buffer against that eventual rainy day that comes to all of us. And Ms. Evangelista tells us how to accomplish this simple, but generally overlooked, form of personal insurance with a straightforward, no nonsense delivery. Read the book and find out how to develop a food supply that will see you happily through any tough days that might come along. Then, in the event you find yourself house bound by an icy road, or being threatened by an impending hurricane, you won't look at an empty kitchen and curse yourself for being so short sighted. Take that old Boy Scout motto to heart, and "Be prepared."