How Much Food Fits in a Container? Estimated Gallons Per Pound

I found a very useful table for packaging foods in buckets here.

Enjoy!

How Much Food Fits in a Container

Estimated Gallons Per Pound
		1 Gallon	1.5 Gallons	2 Gallons	5 Gallons	6 Gallons
This table includes estimates only, your application may vary
WHOLE GRAINS: (lbs.)
Cracked Red Wheat		5.83	8.75	11.66	29.15	35.00
Hard Red Wheat		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Hard White Wheat		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Pearled Barley		7.33	11.00	14.66	36.67	44.00
Whole Corn		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Hulled Buckwheat		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Flax		6.33	9.50	12.66	31.67	38.00
Long Grain White Rice		7.33	11.00	14.66	36.67	44.00
Long Grain Brown Rice		7.17	10.75	14.34	35.83	43.00
Par Boiled Rice		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Rolled Oats		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Oat Groats		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Oat Bran (Fine)		5.00	7.50	10.00	25.00	30.00
Rye		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
9-Grain Cereal		6.33	9.50	12.66	31.67	38.00
Hulled Millet		7.17	10.75	14.34	35.83	43.00
FLOUR: (lbs.)
Wheat Bran		2.50	3.75	5.00	12.50	15.00
All Purpose Flour		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
Cornmeal		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
BEANS: (lbs.)
Beans		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Anasazi		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
Black Turtle		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Black Eye		6.33	9.50	12.66	31.67	38.00
Garbanzo		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
Great Northern		7.00	10.50	14.00	35.00	42.00
Green		1.67	2.50	3.33	8.33	10.00
Green Peas		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
Kidney		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
Lentils		7.17	10.75	14.34	35.83	43.00
Lima		7.17	10.75	14.34	35.83	43.00
Mung		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Pink		6.83	10.25	13.66	34.17	41.00
Pinto		6.83	10.25	13.66	34.17	41.00
Refried		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Small Red		6.83	10.25	13.66	34.17	41.00
Small White Navy		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Soy		6.67	10.00	13.34	33.33	40.00
PASTA: (lbs.)
Pasta - Macaroni		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Pasta - Egg Noodles		2.67	4.00	5.34	13.33	16.00
Pasta - Spaghetti		5.83	8.75	11.66	29.17	35.00
SPROUTING SEEDS: (lbs.)
Alfalfa Sprouting Seeds		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES: (lbs.)
Diced Carrots		3.33	5.00	6.66	16.67	20.00
Cross-Cut Celery		1.33	2.00	2.66	6.67	8.00
Chopped Onions		3.00	4.50	6.00	15.00	18.00
Potato Dices		2.67	4.00	5.34	13.33	16.00
Potato Flakes		2.50	3.75	5.00	12.50	15.00
Potato Granules		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Potato Slices		1.67	2.50	3.34	8.33	10.00
Split Green Peas		7.50	11.25	15.00	37.50	45.00
Tomato Powder		5.83	8.75	11.66	29.17	35.00
DEHYDRATED FRUIT: (lbs.)
Applesauce		3.33	5.00	6.66	16.67	20.00
Apple Slices		1.67	2.50	3.34	8.33	10.00
Banana		2.33	3.50	4.66	11.67	14.00
DEHYDRATED MILK/DAIRY: (lbs.)
Butter Powder		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Margarine		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Cheese Blend		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Non-Fat Milk		5.83	8.75	11.66	29.17	35.00
Morning Moo White		5.83	8.75	11.66	29.17	35.00
POWDERED EGGS: (lbs.)
Powdered Eggs		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00
Powdered Whole Eggs		4.17	6.25	8.34	20.83	25.00

tired of red delicious?

There are some beautiful old fruit trees planted in CC. Sadly, many are overgrown, neglected, and underutilized. Because tastes have changed, some don't like the fruit of the old trees. Sometimes the variety planted doesn't suit the climate and rarely produces fruit. Whatever the reason you don't like your fruit trees, there is a solution besides cutting it down. Graft new varieties onto your mature rootstock.

Helmets are Cooler Than Coffins

The time between July 18 and September 11 is quite difficult for me each year. I've relived the last months of my daughter's life for the past several years. Although the sadness has lessened somewhat, I miss her. Even though I know she is with God and that families are forever, I miss her dreadfully.

Katie turned 9 on July 18, 1997. Budding into young womanhood, she began to cross her long legs and fix her long brown hair. She was growing out her bangs. I began to feel that this girl needed extra time with mom, so we went shopping or driving, just the two of us. It was delightful. Ever since her birth, she seemed to be a gift from God directly to me (Of course, I love all my children, but each is unique as is my relationship with each one.) To see her stomp her little foot and say, "Leave my mommy alone," when the big girls were back-talking, would make anyone smile. It melted my heart.

No, she wasn't perfect, but to me she was my little punkin. A math genius, voracious reader, poet, artist, budding piano prodigy and a bubbly, smiley, happy girl, she left our home too soon, leaving an unfilled void. On one of our shopping trips, we bought her a new bike helmet with a pony tail port. She loved to braid her long hair in one braid hanging down her back, making helmet wearing difficult. The ponytail port was a great answer. Where we lived in the Pacific NW, helmets were required by law for every rider. If our children wanted to own a bike, they were required to wear helmets. They complied, but what I didn't know is that they didn't buckle the things, rendering them useless.

That terrible morning September 5, 1997, my friend rang the doorbell at 8:30 in the morning. She looked really funny. I quickly found out why. She had witnessed a terrible tragedy. Our Katie was lying in the street after being bumped by a truck. It didn't hit her but glanced her rear tire. She slid into the curb, hitting her temple. On impact her unbuckled helmet flew off her head.

Airlifted to the closest trauma center, she underwent brain surgery to stop the hemorrhage in her brain. They shaved off her beautiful hair, leaving a huge C-shaped incision. Her sweet little brain swelled and swelled. Little by little daily MRIs showed her brain dying. She never woke-up. She lived 6 days in the ICU, before we removed her off life support.

 Her coffin was sweetly lined with white satin. She was dressed in white with a white veil covering her huge, bald head. Delicate white roses draped the coffin. The funeral was lovely, but these things should have been for her wedding. When rain clouds burst just as we left the cemetery, I knew that Katie, my gift from God, cried for our family.

 In this ward most remember a dear young man, who had a similar accident on a skateboard. He lived, but struggled mightily for a very long time. The week of his accident a group of young men from our ward including his little brother came to ask my son to join them for nightgames. Not one of them was wearing a helmet. When I inquired why, they told me that it was safe around our neighborhood. They didn't need helmets. Yet my the young man in our ward was only a couple blocks from home in our neighborhood, when he suffered his injury. My little Katie was in view of our front door. The fact is that 75 percent of deaths among children could be prevented with a bicycle helmet.

Please, while you're buying school binders, paper, pencils, markers, and books or new Christmas bicycles and skates, buy helmets as well. Parents, require your children to wear a helmet every time he or she rides a bike, skateboard, scooter or skates! Whenever they "wheel" around, they should be safe. Tell your children the story of our beautiful Katie. When they talk about helmets being sweaty or stupid, remind them that helmets are cooler than coffins.

successful sprouting

Cooking With Grains

See PDF for recipes.

1. Measure out quantity of grain to soak into a non-metal container.

2. Rinse grain by filling container with water, allowing any debris to float off.

3. Strain off rinse water, and refill bowl with clean water to soak.

4.Set bowl on counter-top loosely covered for 8- 12 hours.

5. Strain off soaking water and rinse.

6. Place rinsed grain back in container and set out on counter-top, loosely covered, to sprout for 8-12 hours. Your grain is ready to use!

7. Low-heating works with any grain except long-grain rice.

8. Place grain in a heavy pot and cover with an equal volume of water.

9. Bring water to a full boil, cover tightly, and turn off heat.

10. Put in thermal pot, hay-box cooker, sun oven, or wrapped in a blanket for 40-60 minutes or up to 8 hours. Strain off any excess water and season as desired.

11.This keeps well in the refrigerator for several days, so make a large batch.

12. Reheating Instructions: Bring a couple tablespoons of water to a simmer in the bottom of a saucepan. Add grain and cover tightly. Simmer covered for one minute; shut off heat and let steam for 5 more minutes. Strain off excess water and season.

I forgot to give credit for 2 quotes in the video. The first quote was by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. The second by http://www.sproutnet.com/Press/sprouts_for_optimum_nutrition.htm. Also, the smaller grains, quinoa, millet, and amaranth take less than 60 min.

Peasant King Bean Cuisine

The Perfect Pot of Beans

• Measure 1-4 cups dried beans into a bowl. 1 c. dry yields approximately 3 c. cooked.
• Sort for debris and rinse.
• Cover with water and lid.
• Soak for 24-48 hours or longer to sprout. Change soaking water after 24 hours. Soak in fridge in hot or humid weather. Longer soaking shorter cooking.
• Drain and rinse beans. (Possibly, use water to water plants.)
• Put in slow cooker over low heat for 6-8 hours. Do not add salt or acidic ingredients until beans are soft. Old beans may never soften and might be best ground into flour or fertilizer.
• Season with all sorts of aromatic vegetables, spices, and herbs.