I'm having a hell of a time getting anything. 32oz jars are unavailable at walmart. my frys and safeway dont carry them. I've read everywhere to ask baking depts for frosting pails but have had no luck...
I've been looking at getting some 5 gallon pails but those suckers are expensive shipped. I go through beans and rice like crazy so I wouldn't mind having a couple hundred pounds of them around
Anyone have any frugal tips?
Thanks Frens
WOW. I will have to do some reading on this dry ice method. Just the other day I was looking up local LDS canneries to talk to some people about prepping. I only recently downloaded the LDS food supply handbook. What a wealth of information.
By big chain bakeries, do you mean used from a grocery store bakery (kroger, WM) or like an Einstein bagels location?
Thank you so much for this info!!!
I worked for a year in the Denver LDS Cannery when ti first opened up.
The dry ice method was how they all did it 20+ years ago before all the oxygen eater tabs they have now.. I remember the first time I placed that chunk of dry ice on top of my grains [ some Mormons place it at the bottom of the bucket and others placed it on top of folded wax paper] I was afraid I would pop the lid and find a chunk of grain near the top that was all moldy - never happened.
Yes...I mean I have never been turned away for buying buckets from any big chain grocer bakery and the last bucket I purchased was a month ago [Walmart]. If you ask nice they will do it. I once went to a store where someone had asked them to hold buckets and then never came to get them. It pissed off the bakery manager a bit. Make sure you let them know you want the lids that go with the buckets.
Thank you Fren! I will keep up the hunt on my regular grocery trips.
I bought a bunch of O2 absorbers from Amazon. I hate to buy from them, but it's 200X300CC packs for $27. The best deal I could find.
LDS powdered milk is non-instant, but it is the best powdered milk out there. Reconstituted and cold you almost can't tell. The only reason I could is because it tastes like a 2% milk and I was used to drinking whole milk.
Non members can buy from the church [the last time I checked].