I've got a GREAT powdered food recommendation. I just finished doing a review for our company and I LOVED what I found. I have been raised on powdered milk when I was young, but absolutely LOATHED it. The kitchen stunk everytime Mom made it.  Ugh! So I was very cautious about tasting a new one. But I did anyway knowing how important it was to my preparedness supplies. I'm happy to say that the Blue Chip company has done a GREAT job. Their regular milk, "Country Fresh" was divine. I just made some up tonight without even refrigerating it and drank it, and it was wonderful.  Their Morning Moo kinds are great too, with just a little more fat for children. The chocolate was a real treat as well. No indication to the tongue that it was powdered milk.  I loved it. Just FYI, Macey's has a GREAT relationship with Blue Chip. They offer their products there for even less than the Blue Chip outlet store, so keep your eye out. (I know the powdered milk is on sale in a #10 can for only $8.99)

It is instant. And it's even yummy immediately after mixing! Intersting to note is that Blue Chip originally manufactured some of the cannery items, particularly the Potato Pearls. In fact, if you see the "potato gems" at Macey's you'll see a notation on them that they taste the same as "cannery potatoes."

The instant milk mixes faster and easier.  You can drink it immediatly after mixing.  The milk from the LDS cannery is non-instant.  It must be mixed with hot/warm water, and sit in the frige overnight for the best flavor.  I think one of the biggest advantages is that you use half as much of the non-instant powder.  For example, to make instant milk you use 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup milk powder.  For non-instant you would use 1 cup water and 3 Tbs. of milk powder.  So the same #10 can of cannery powdered milk at $7.40 a can will last almost twice as long as the #10 can of instant milk from Maceys at about $10.00 a can.  I keep both in my storage, but I use the cannery milk alot more often simply because it is cheaper to use.  You can use the powdered milk in any recipe calling for milk.  So if your recipe calls for 1 cup of milk, just add 1 cup water and 3 Tbs. milk powder to the recipe.  It turns out great.  I use it all the time!  If you want more info on using powdered milk in your everyday cooking visit www.everydayfoodstorage.net.  This site is one of the best resources I have found if you want to start using the things you store!  There is also a new cookbook out called "I can't believe it's food storage" that will teach you how to use your food storage every day!  Also, watch out for the milk alternatives (Morning Moo), they tast great, but are made with a whey product and don't have the same nutrients as other powdered milk.