ordered some Red Wheat Berries from Copes

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Copes has #10 cans (6/#10) red wheat berries on sale $52 IIRC - 15 year shelf life. Decided to order a case to add to the prepps.

Anybody know how to cook this? Like barley? Or do you need to mill it for flour?

[Schuetzenman]

http://www.wholegraingourmet.com/recipes/46-salad/33-red-wheat-berry-salad.html
Follow links.

http://vegetarian.lovetoknow.com/Hard_Red_Wheat_Berries two types, spring and winter link.

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/cooked_wheat_berries.html Boil and eat.

http://www.doctorgrandmas.com/recipes/wheat-berry-recipes/ All kinds of ways to cook and eat em.

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Thanks - no wonder they are recommended for long term storage/prepps

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Got back today - box was waiting. Copes gave me an extra pair of woodland camo knee pads - ordered one pair to go with the wheat berries.

Thanks Copes!!

I did mention gunsnet and thanked them for being a sponsor...

The wheat berries are packed very well - I don't plan on opening them unless needed - but it's good to know that they are easy to cook and versitile to boot.

[L1A1Rocker]

Interesting thread. Could these be milled down for flower too? The package ordered from copes - how many will it feed and for how long?

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Yeah definately can be ground for flour. But it can be cooked like barley too - like an ingredient in soups or stews. Would be fine just cooked and eaten like rolled oats too I think.

As to the number of people one case will feed... I'm not sure - it's 6, #10 cans - 5 lb.s each so 30 pounds of the stuff.

Here's a pic:

http://www.copesdistributing.net/images/HardRedWheat.jpg
http://www.copesdistributing.net/product_info.php?products_id=3505

OK did a google and found:

1/4 cup is considered one starch serving -

Per 1/2 cup: 151 calories; 1 g fat ( 0 g sat , 0 g mono ); 0 mg cholesterol; 29 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 6 g protein; 4 g fiber; 265 mg sodium; 2 mg potassium

Each #10 can holds 12 cups of wheat, so 48 servings per can X 6 cans = 288 servings

Hope that helps!

[L1A1Rocker]

Hope that helps!

It sure does. That's a lot of food there. Nothing you can live on by itself but a great staple to have on hand.

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Yeah - have rice, noodles and some instant potatoes too - barley and oats as well.... variety is the spice of life!

[Schuetzenman]

They also have soy protein faux meat and real canned meat. But man o man is the real meat expensive!

[L1A1Rocker]

Yeah - have rice, noodles and some instant potatoes too - barley and oats as well.... variety is the spice of life!

They do have a pretty good varity. The price is also not too bad that you can buy a bit here now and then with them. I didn't see any pre-selected varity deals for "food for one for three months" like Costoc was running. Does anyone know if Costco is still doing that?

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A 25lb bag of Red Wheat Berrys from Bob's Red Mill is about $25 and a food grade bucket to hold it all is about $5-$8...just sayin'

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True. And I don't have this brand of rice, etc. - I just have dry rice in bags - normal containers of Quaker oats.

And for meat, really, a dehydrator and vacume sealer used with oxygen absorber packets would be the way to go - far less expensive to put-up a bunch of meat.

I bought the above because it was a handy way to get another 3 month's supply for the family unit. :)

My wife has been canning tomatoes too - we are getting a bunch of them out of our 12 plants. Her Dad has been canning for a very long time and recommended an easy method - just parboil them, peel (they skins just slide off) - stuff into the jars with 1/2 teaspoon salt - put the lids on and into the oven at 215 degrees for one hour.

A guy on another board was warning about bocholism with this method but I would think that the lid would pop and give the problem away immediately. We don't screw the rings down - the tops seal down on the jars and if everything is good, the vacume is retained. A popped lid jar gets discarded.

Pressure canning is the best though.