There are two options when it comes to food storage. You can choose to store food that you eat, and rotate through it on a regular basis. The other option is to have food storage (also known as siege storage) in which you store only the items essential to life. This includes storing large quantities of wheat, honey, flour and freeze dried foods. While these foods can sustain you during an emergency situation you may run into problems by choosing this type of food storage.
One problem with siege storage is that you don’t use the food on a regular basis. You can end up spending a lot of money on obtaining this food and then you end up throwing it away when it expires. This can be very expensive.
Another problem is that your family is not used to eating these types of foods. They may not be able to handle the types of food that you have stored. When you begin eating a lot of wheat it can give you an upset stomach. If you are under a lot of stress it can become more difficult to eat food that doesn’t appeal to you.
The final problem is disposing of the unused food. I know people who have buckets of wheat, which are thirty years old. They are probably okay to eat, but a lot of the nutritional value has begun to disappear. As your children grow up and move out, you will not need as much food. What are you going to do with the extra?
If you have chosen to store food using the siege method, I suggest that you begin incorporating your stored food into your diet. You can make homemade bread, or add cooked wheat to your soups and stews. If you can begin to incorporate your siege foods into your daily diet, you will be helping your family be able to adjust to eating the food storage.