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Frequently Asked Questions * * * * * * * Wet Pack Q. Why should I buy items at the wet-pack cannery instead of the grocery store or Costco? A. There are some good reasons to use our wet pack cannery... 1. The product is almost always cheaper than can be obtained at the store, even when on sale, particularly when we are canning meat items. 2. Store products typically sit in warehouses, often for very long periods of time, before we buy them from the store. Not so with the cannery. 3. The meats we can tend to come from church farms and are fresh, and generally not fed all the steroids and other stuff commercially-grown meats are fed. 4. The products contain no preservatives (other than some salt) or other such stuff. Q. Does the Bishop's Storehouse benefit from our wet pack canning assignments? A. Currently nearly all the product for those purposes now comes from the large canneries in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nothing we can in Kent ever goes to a Bishop's Storehouse, only to families who come and can. Q. What will happen if we don't have the required number of people per shift at the wet pack cannery? A. If there are not enough people to support a shift, it will not be scheduled and there will be only 2 sessions. If there is not enough interest to support at least 2 sessions, only 1 session will be scheduled. Q. I noticed that the quantity of people required for a Chili session was 18 and for pork & beans it was 15 people. Does the number required change depending on what we are canning? A. Yes the number does change depending on what is being canned. It changes based on how many steps are needed for each product. We want to encourage people to make use of the wet pack for their food storage needs, but we do not want to "pressure" anyone to use it. Hopefully people will accept the counsel they've been given to produce and store food, and make use of the wet pack to help them with their goals. If an insufficient number of members make use of the wet pack it will eventually go away. --Bro. Collins (Redmond Stake Cannery Specialist) * * * * * * * |
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