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Walton Feed delivery day crew – this is
the A Team!
Reporter for sale
info from any of the health food
stores for our Grocery Specials.
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This last
month went by so fast! The Walton Feed order
filled more quickly than we could have imagined.
Whew! Thankfully, it looks like April may slow
down enough to allow me to catch my breath.
In our
efforts to provide well-rounded information for living a
provident lifestyle, I am pleased to introduce a new
feature in our monthly newsletter. Beginning this
month, we will have a short article on financial
planning. Please let us know if you find this
helpful.
Kathryn
Vander Meulen
Director
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Please block
out May 13th on your calendar for delivery day. If
you want to be on the "A Team" by volunteering to help
that day, please send a note to
Rosaliamc@aol.com.
The group in
northern CO will be ordering in April. They
typically have some extra room on their truck, & they
have graciously agreed to let us use that space.
Information about their order should be available in the
next few days. If you didn't make it onto our
truck, you may order with their group as space allows.
Please be aware that the pick-up will be about three
hours away from Colorado Springs.
We are still receiving
responses to the letter about the possibility of a fall
order. If you haven't yet replied, we would love
to hear from you.
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Upcoming
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Tour the
LDS Home Storage Center to learn about dry pack canning.
April 8th at
9:00am
4090 Centre
Park Dr (E on Fountain off Academy and S on Academy Park
Loop, east on Centre Park Dr)
Free
After the
tour any who would like to participate in doing canning
to help fill the shelves at the facility are invited
stay and can with us. There are items available for
purchase at the facility to those who
participate
in the canning. If you are interested contact
Phyllis@providentpeople.net.
The Seven Mistakes of
Food Storage
April 22 at 9:00am
RSVP to
Phyllis@ProvidentPeople.Net & the address will be
sent to you
Free
PPN is sponsoring this class on the hows,
whys, and why nots, of food storage. Kathryn
Oliphant will be hosting the class in her home and
sharing with us some of her knowledge. Class
participants will get the opportunity to taste
refreshments made from food storage and to use the
portable canner and sealer to process a product to take
home!
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Tip of the Month
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Honey Use in Recipes
Honey is sweeter than granulated sugar. You
can use it to partially replace sugar in
some baked desserts. However, because honey
is an acid it will not fit in every recipe.
The following guidelines are for
substituting honey in recipes.
If a recipe calls for 1/2-cup sugar or less,
omit the sugar and use the same amount of
honey instead.
One-cup honey contains 1/4-cup water. As a
rule, when you replace sugar with honey, cut
the liquid by 1/4 cup. If a recipe calls for
one cup of sugar, use one-cup honey and
reduce the liquid by 1/4 cup.
When you use honey in cake and cookie
recipes, prevent over browning by lowering
your oven temperature by 25 degrees.
When you use honey to sweeten fruits, use
light-flavored honey so it does not mask the
fruit flavor.
To freeze sliced or crushed fruits, use one
part strained honey to 4 to 5 parts fruit.
For whole fruits, add one-cup water to each
2 cups honey. Use just enough diluted honey
to cover fruit.
When you make jelly with added pectin, use
up to 2 cups honey to replace sugar. For
example, if a recipe calls for 7 cups sugar,
use 5 cups sugar and 2 cups honey. For jelly
with no pectin added, honey may replace 1/2
the sugar.
To use honey syrup to can fruits, use
proportions of one-cup sugar and one cup
honey. For sweet fruits, like dark sweet
cherries or pears, add 4 cups water to the
sugar and honey combination.
For slightly acid fruits, like peaches, add
3 cups water; for acid fruits, use 2 cups of
water. If canning highly acid fruits like
apples or rhubarb, use one-cup water to the
one-cup sugar and one-cup honey combination.
Boil sugar, honey and water together for 5
minutes.
CAUTION--avoid the use of honey in any form,
for infants younger than one year. This
includes honey that has been baked into a
cookie or bread or used in any other type of
food. There is a concern that infants'
gastro intestinal tract can't handle the
botulism toxins that are sometimes found in
honey.
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Recipe of
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Dariel's Millet Custard
Pudding
2
large eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp sea salt
2
cups milk
2
cups cooked millet (from 1 cup raw millet
seed)
1/2 cup raisins
nutmeg
Beat eggs, sugar and salt slightly to
mix. Add millet and raisins for egg mixture.
Scald milk in saucepan (bubbles start to
appear at the edge), and while stirring egg
mixture, slowly pour in the milk. Pour into
a 1-quart casserole (6-1/2 in deep), and set
in a pan of water (1-in deep).
Sprinkle with nutmeg as desired. Bake in
a 350-degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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Retiring on
Social Security?
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Are you counting on Social Security to support you in
retirement?
If you
are, you’ll probably find that your Social Security
payments fall far short of meeting your entire
retirement income needs. You see, the federal government
never intended for Social Security to provide an
individual’s only income source during retirement.
Social Security’s main purpose is to provide enough
income to keep an individual out of poverty.
When
planning for retirement, look to three sources of income
for a balanced retirement plan – Social Security,
personal pension plan and personal savings. The only
source that you can completely control is personal
savings.
Three
ways to supplement your personal savings for retirement
are life insurance, annuities and investment products.
While the main purpose of life insurance is to provide a
death benefit protection, some life insurance plans
allow a cash value to build in the contract. Some people
use these cash values to supplement retirement income.
With
annuities and other investment products, you can begin
setting aside money today for your retirement. Money
placed in an annuity grows on a tax-deferred basis under
current tax laws, offering shelter for your hard-earned
dollars. Investment products can be appropriate for all
types of investors and may enhance your personal savings
plan by providing diversification, balance and superior
potential returns.
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