Matzoh, long lasting bread.
Long lasting food is what we are all searching for when stocking up our pantries. As preppers, we have to think long-term and figure out which are the foods suited for us, but most importantly, how much will we be able to depend on them. Today we will look at Matzoh, a biblical food that stood the test of time.
“And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste: for they said, We be all dead men.
“And the people took their dough before it was leavened . . .” Exodus 12:33. 34.
“Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days, and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee . . .” Exodus 13:7.
The unleavened bread that kept the Hebrew nation alive thousands of years ago is still available and is still one of the most useful and practical survival foods you can get. Matzoh (which rhymes with “lotsa,” as in “lotsa luck”) is an unleavened bread that is prepared today much as it was thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt. It is used in Jewish holiday meals and as a snack by Jews and gentiles around many parts of the country.
Matzoh packs
Matzoh comes in corrigated cracker-like sheets, about 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches and about I/8-inch thick. It is packaged in wax-paper sealed boxes of one-pound and unlike the leavened bread we are all familiar with is compact, easily stored or transported, and unlike common crackers can be stored unchanged in quality or taste for years! My observations have been that these one-pound boxes are usually closer to 19 ounces in weight. They come with 15 matzohs of a bit more than an ounce each.
Bread and bread products are an important part of any nutritional plan. Bread is difficult to store as is, so many survivalists store its main ingredient, flour. The main problem with flour is that it cannot be eaten without mixing and cooking. For compactness and cost flour can’t be beaten, but if water is short or ovens are difficult to come by or imprudent to use at the moment, flour isn’t much help.
Homemade Matzoh
The following recipe makes 6 proper-sized matzohs, which should be the right amount for a small gathering. You’ll be able to mix, roll and bake your bread in 18 minutes.
Read the article to find out how to make it.
http://prepperswill.com/matzoh-a-survival-biblical-food-for-all-preppers/
