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11 day food supply for four people in a 6 gallon bucket!
Stores for 8 to 10 years.
The recipes I used for my jars came from Chef Tess and Honeyville.
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I love Lawry's garlic salt so I always add a teaspoon to my jars. Also, I add a Tablespoon of Tony Chachere's original creole seasoning to the Minestrone soup. Yummy!
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My husband took on a job in Texas in the oil fields so we are living part time in our fifth wheel. I have two buckets in the under carriage of our toy hauler. I do like the comfort of home but I am still able to prep in a fifth wheel also! :)
I forgot this isn't facebook. I was trying to put a heart symbol under this post!!! You are awesome!!!!!!!!
Do you live around Houston? That’s where I live! I have been prepping for years anyhow New Sub! :)
Food for thought.....Place 2 WIDE rubber bands around jars. This will keep'em from banging or breaking against each other.
Great video.
you can also stick the jars into old, clean socks! :D
Bob Clippinger, the rubber bands and socks are great ideas. the socks could also be used for water filtration
Keep the box and separators the jars were packaged in and keep the prepped jars in that
@@SerenityBeautifulSerenity great idea
Great ideas for storage
I would add TWO lighters, bearing in mind the basic lighter can easily fail. And an extra one can be useful
This stuff was a household staple for people pre 1970. I wonder what they would think of being labeled "preppers"? I'll bet they'd laugh at us.
We lost a lot of knowledge in living this comfortable lifestyle -__-;
@@vickyjohnson1121 thanks for the reply. My dad was born in 1913 and mom in 28. Dad made it to 90 and mom to 83.my German grandparents moved to the US in about 64. I witnessed and even learned about preserving all kinds of food.
You’re right, that’s just the way it was if you wanted to survive. Nothing useful was thrown out.
Thank you
Mylar would be lighter and more compact, but I also like seeing what's inside. Also many uses for the jars once the food is used. Left overs, a drinking cup, heat beverages in them, store water, keep something dry, etc. Nice video thanks for posting. A lot of critics on the web these days, so you are braver than me. :)
viopsadmin, that would be alot of weight to have to tote around.
WoW! If you have a Man in your life. I hope he truly appreciates what a Gem he has been gifted with and what a lucky man he is. If you have any friends in the Atlanta area, I would feel privileged for an introduction... I may suggest rolling up your Mylar bags in individual gallon freezer zlip locks and rolling them into tubes and placing them in crevices between the jars. maybe your plates will fit on top then. Also I would have to fill other crevices with tightly rolled TP between the jars. ZIp locks and TP are always useful. Also,I may put more fire starters in if they would fit. Can't go wrong that way. Lawry's garlic salt is wonderful. My Mother tells me that my Grandfather used to work for that company. It has always been a staple in my life. There is nothing quite like it. Thank you so, SO much for your videos. You are inspiring!
I would change a few things and these are just my suggestions. You don't need all those packs of silverware, just put in enough real silverware for everyone that will be eating those meals. Second suggestion is those jars need something between and around them, or they might break. Bubble wrap around each jar, and cardboard circle on the bottom, between jar layers, and more card board and bubble wrap on top. Remember, you might be running into the woods with that bucket in the end. You can't eat glass, so if it breaks then you lost those meals.
I would just vacuum seal everything if it where me, and add silverware a pot to cook in, and some plastic or metal bowls to eat in.
My husband and I go bush in Northern Australia for around 3 months a year. Just hunting, fishing and exploring the massive empty spaces here. We are fairly experienced outdoors people. We would never use disposable plates or cups and cutlery.... One stainless steel cup, plate and bowl each and a set of real silverware each. It's easy to clean and never wears out and can be used directly on the fire. The only real comfort I like to carry is aluminium foil for cooking fish in the coals :)
I'm from a fishing background and my husband is a hunter. We get a lot of satisfaction from being capable of feeding ourselves in the wilderness.
Our golden rule with equipment is to buy the best you can afford. Most stuff can last you a lifetime if it's well looked after.
FullSpectrum Survivalist, great tips. I will have to check out you page too. Thanks
@@jazzyfizzle7975 good advice, I have been all the way around Australia. Your hunting and fishing lifestyle is very much how many of us in Alaska live.
Jake, you have a good point. But, the government suggests we have emergency supplies to get us thru emergency situations. The government realizes they cannot get to everyone to help them. I have lived thru situations where we would not have survived had we not prepared. I always had more than enough to share with others. :-)
Shiral Boone You are exactly correct. Hurricanes and snowstorms leave thousands of people without power, sometimes for long periods - weeks, months.
I couldn't imagine if things were to ever get that bad that we would have things like mice and rats freely running around! That makes me squirm! That being said...if there is food, they will find it! I like the jars for that reason. I do put a lot of food in Mylar bags and buckets. I just like having a back up plan for a back up plan! Have a blessed day!
I wonder what about metal containers such as galvanized feed storage containers? Rats wouldn't be able to graze through, but of course we would have to put food into something food grade first. They are more expensive, especially if we have to go with smaller ones such as 6 gallon to make it easier to carry.
Cats kill rats & mice. If SHTF scenario, a lot of people will drump peats. God bless.
Great video and good idea. I like the variety that you have available.
I'd add a roll of TP to each bucket.
i would love to see the process... of the jaring that is, that is what i am trying to learn.
Dereka Heath, me too. thanks
I am sure she has videos in her video library that show that
Basically a better approach for cooking would possible be a metal sauce pan the right size to cook one meal in. Then the space could be used for comfort items such as hot cocoa, coffee or tea and related items. My experience with disasters in the past are if you are prepared then boredom is more of an issue than being worried. So the things to make yourself comfortable such as tea and a deck of cards is up there.
You might just pour the bucket full of loose rice or beans or both. To complement the meals. It would help stabilize the jars in the bucket and would not stick to anything else when you pull out a meal. Everytrhjing is clean when you seal the 6 gal.container so no cross contamination. As you finished the meals you might fix the dry filler as a side providing even more food.
Smart idea.
Philip Ballman, beans and rice are great, but variety helps the heart, the mind and the stomach.
+Rural Homesteader - he meant put the spices and veggies in the jars but the rice and beans outside
@@ruralhomesteader6650 There are hundred of different meals that you can make with rice and/or beans, so variety would NOT be even remotely a problem. Try the CZcams search and put rice and beans meal to see what I mean.
Glad you enjoyed my video! I used the recipes by Chef Tess refer to the link noted on the description of the video.
I always add my own seasoning to these recipes. I am a big fan of Lawry's garlic salt and so I always add a teaspoon to my jars. On the Minestrone soup recipe I also add garlic salt but I also add a tablespoon of Tony Chacheres Creole seasoning to it! Yummy! Enjoy!
What a wonderful idea for donation to a food bank or church. A casual friend, a writer/horticulturalist who has been homeless in our town for about two years, says that accumulation of food is difficult for the members of his river tribe. These are people who sustain by food stamps, sleeping in SUVs, and eating at the local missions. Food storage is almost impossible, he says. Everyone shares stored food with the tribe-- or you get shunned.
Know what would make that kit exceptional? Finding a pot that would neatly fit in the bottom or top of that bucket and use it to boil or cook the food. You may need to remove the handles. What do you think?
Danger Close good idea
Try to get pot with short side handles. God bless.
I love this method of food storage! Great idea having utensils and things in the buckets too.
I have been using the jars for regular meals for when we are short on time but I also store some long term in mylars the same time I'm preparing the jars. I love the way the full jars look in the pantry and now rather than displaying dishes in the hutch I have my meals in jars. We don't have the waste we used to. I now use several freeze dried and dehydrated ingredients daily like celery, onions, peppers and chili peppers, garlic.
Those #10 cans take up a lot more space than mylars. I can fit 24 (3 serving) meals in a 3-1/2 gallon Walmart bakery bucket and they stack nicely in our limited space. All meals we like to eat including some breakfasts like oatmeal and berries; omelets; scrambled egg sausage and cheese.
I make my own bullion now with nutritional yeast, herbs and spices and add the powder in the bottom of #10 meat cans. Perfect for soup and no crappy ingredients. Food storage has become a normal part of life.
I would take a solar oven and only use the fuel source if there is no sunlight to cook. Fire is very visible and others would find you too easily. I love how you packed the meals. That is a lot of food and it looks satisfying. That's an awesome thing to have in an SHTF event. Thanks so much for showing this video.
Cindy, I agree completely! I love my Sun Oven! A Mason jar and a Wapi will work out great to purify the water.
A Dakota hole works well too.
I must investigate the mason jar and Wapi. Never hear of it.
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Great idea...thank you! I made a number of meals in a jar about a month ago. My solution for carrying them(if necessary) is a product called a JarBox. It's like Tupperware for 1 quart canning jars. The jars can't touch each other, so breakage is greatly reduced. The only drawback...they are rather pricey. Don't you just love how pretty the jars look when they're finished? I left mine on my kitchen island for a couple of day...just to admire them.:) Looking forward to watching your other videos.
Another item I never see people packing are seeds and books for identifying edible plants in the wild. the food will only last so long. What then?
Knowledge weights nothing, and inexperience in farming is it's own fool errand. Basically, seeds alone wont cut it. I've been fighting my lands for years using primitive techniques and other then tomatoes and cucumbers, I'm screwed. I get what you are saying though completely. Think long term... I just wish I had better results with out using a tractor, chemicals, or fertilizers. Please for give my pessimism.
Great idea, one suggestion makes sure your lighter is right side up when you pack it in, looked like it was upside down, also wrap a rubber band around the top of it under the the button you push down to light it, this will ensure that it doesn't accidentally get depressed and the the fuel gets evaporated out, maybe put some matches in for a back up or a ferro rod and steel. i would put some emergency water packs in too just in case you don't have any water with you. Blessings and Take Care
Bush Girl Karen, great idea
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Just an FYI, the lighter fluid leaks over time. Wrap a twist tie around the lighter top to avoid the fluid from leaking. Place tied lighter in a sealed bag and then place flame side up to avoid fluid leakage while in storage.
Good job and great information. I was thinking that you should eliminate just one meal and fill the "11th" jar with spices and spoons, etc. Each bucket would have an even 10 meals and the spare jar contains condiments and/or support stuff for the other 10 meals. Just a thought.
That is how I grew up! My mom and dad in every vehicle had a self sustained unit just like you mentioned. I today follow what I learned from my parents. The purpose for the buckets was to have units for anyone to grab Like my children and grandchildren. Funny when you think about it that is just a way of life for you and I. But, younger generations not so much! I grew up with c rations, p-38 can openers and military trioxide stoves in our cars! :)
I like this idea but glass is heavy and it breaks. I would vacuum seal each quart soup in Mylar bags, and then double vacuum seal with food saver bags. This will allow you to put a light weight pot and maybe more meals.
I just love your meals in a bucket idea. It's less expensive then the mountain house bags. Also add oxygen/ moisture absorbers to the bags and bucket. It will extend the life of the food.
add a lighter down every crevice. they often break/fail and can never have enough for light, heat and cooking, plus lots of water purify tablets ...plenty of crevices to fill in that bucket
Folks, don't forget you can forage for a lot of food and it's a renewable resource.. There are tons of food growing in our woods and fields.. Search out places that have springs or artesian wells..
Please be extremely careful when foraging/consuming foods in a forest.. Knowledge in this area takes some time.
All it would take is one instance to wrongly identify some thing, consume it and now you become ill.
Drinking water from unknown sources, is also not a smart thing to do unless you have the ability to treat that water safely and protect yourself from things like Giardia..ALWAYS CARRY some water treatment drops with you.
Darker Skys Good advice.. I should have mentioned that myself.. I don't think most people will consider foraging.. It takes some serious reeducation for folks to consider foraging.. I've been trying to educate local folks and I'll answer questions for anyone cares to ask.. There is a lot of info (with pictures) on the net. Most areas have knowledge foragers willing to teach others.. They can be found online..
Darker Skys
My brother and I came down with Giardia as we thought we were getting water straight from a spring that bubbled up out of the ground. Little did we know the spring was actually derived from a bog where beavers made their home. ALWAYS treat your water.
MrOldclunker That's tough.. It pays to know the source of a spring.. Your case is rare, most springs are safe..
I don't suggest you count on this for much. There will be large numbers of totally unprepared people foraging for any edible thing. Totally denuded fields will not be sustainable, they'll be destroyed. If you're one of the folks who say you'll hunt and fish when the SHTF, don't come knocking on my door.
Well prepared and organized. If I ever get as prepped as you, I'd keep one of these buckets in the back of my car. There are natural disasters that could happen to you while already on the road. I carry blankets and gallons of water in my car and have used them for various reasons while on the road so it stands to reason, I could keep some food MRI's whatnot, stored there too and rotate them out if I need to during the year. Thanks for your video!
I think I would take out the Spanish rice and put in the Sternos and throw in a bunch of meal replacement bar instead. Do you really need the jars? I would vacuum out storage bag meals if I was going to cook in the mylar anyway, decrease the weight maybe the size and put in a couple gallons of water. I'm not criticizing, this idea excellent, got me think of ideas.
there is room in your bucket for tooth brushes and tooth paste and wash clothes, maybe use handi wipes and zip lock a few medical supplies. any thing to fill up the nooks and crannies....toilet paper wound on a pencil to desired thickness in sandwich baggies stuffed between jars to cushion them...you can remove pencils...matches lighter and knife are possibilities...a small flashlight or u-hu sticks... the choices for small items can be endless....
Very nice system that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Well laid out and comprehensive. Might be a good idea to vacuum seal the fuel and the disinfectant wipes as well. Commercial packaging of those things isn't a guarantee they'll retain their moisture for years.
I have not had the chance to show every thing I do for prepping! As I stated in my video I have many ways I store food. I have the meals also in mylar bags. I will make a video on that. I store all my products different ways. Meals in a jar, in Mylar, in food saver bags and then in Mylar bags. I also put a lot of food in sealed # 10 cans. Jars my break, but animals can chew thru Mylar. So, that is why I do different things. :) you ar right on with the toothbrush and paste!
This is a great idea but I would be so terrified that they would break from rough handling. Have you done any testing in that regard? I can just see panicked preppers with these 5 gallon pales throwing them around only to get to their sanctuary and find their food mixed with broken glass.
What about adding rice into the bucket? With some food grade oxy absorbers if might go a little yellow but it would also A) act as an insulator between the jars and B) add more carbohydrates to your bucket.
Scott Covington, great idea. thanks
Or wrap those napkins around the jars or in between. Insulates jars and frees up the napkin space.
I would put rubber bands or cut cardboard to put between the jars so there is a less chance of them cracking or breaking in the pail as they are being moved around.
thanks
Don't forget to put an old fashioned bottle opener in the bucket so you can pop the lids off of your canning jars :)
Go to the paint store(s) and get those paint can openers! have as many as you can!
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Lauren Atkins, you can use a penny or just you hands. I use my fingernails all the times to open jars.
since you have room to put things between the jars...you could use s/p packets, cremora or coffee mate (for the oatmeal) you can use butter powder also in your oatmeal. You can also make up instant pancake mixes and take a fry pan and put your paper plates in it right in your bag...you can pick 'em up at yardsalesand store them with your buckets. Chewing gum to clean your teeth and stave off hunger between meals. not mint gum !! the taste will transfer to all your food that isnt in a jar!
I really like this video. But to put all that in one bucket I would put half in 2 buckets with equal amount of water for cooking. I would also put a lightweight pot in there
to cook with.
Thanks for the info.
Just a word of suggestion to you, if you are of the mind to do it. A person, adult anyhow, can Fast 30 days safely so long as they have water. I've done it.
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love the idea of using doing the meals in mason jars instead of the more expensive Mylar bags, but due to the weight I would just vacuum seal the meals if they had to be
transported. Great video. I like that you are putting other things in the bucket too. Never thought of putting in wipes, cutlery a fuel source.
You could make a really good fire starter with Para wax mixed with, that fuzz that comes out of your dryer after a large load, and just pour it into a "Paper" (very important) egg carton. cut up the individual egg carton cubbies and there good to use when ever you cant get a fire started.
You could add a cheap pot that a jar would nest in, along with a penny alcohol stove made from a soda can and a bottle of alcohol to burn in it. Very low cost and light weight. I agree with other posters that vacuum sealed mylar bags would be better if this is for travelling, as glass could break. The pot would also allow you to purify water. A 1 liter collapsible water bottle would be good as well. Good idea with the bucket. Thanks.
the extra weight of the jars make this less than practical when on the move. also you could just pack 1 mess kit per person and save the waste of all that plastic silverware. individual servings of instant oatmeal in zip lock bags could be put in your bucket in place of where the plastic silverware is, just add boiling water to the baggy and let it set for a few min, eat right from the baggy. can get that in a variety of flavors....
Add a selection of vitamins and omega oil capsules....for the number of people served. Light and health preserving.
Give me a couple days and I will post the recipes. My daughter is having surgery tomorrow so I will be tied up for a couple of days! Blessings
Cook, then dehydrate beans for added calories in those meals. (Quinoa is also a complete protein.) Also dehydrated meats, separately bagged due to shorter shelf life. Add Citrus! Throw in some multivitamins in the gaps. Add a LifeStraw (or 2 or 3) or other water purifier to the bucket, and [strike-anywhere matches individually wrapped with (Mop)-cotton-thread dipped in wax] firestarter, 1 set of good real utensils, a pot, and finally use vacuum-seal bags instead of jars (lighter) and you can store more!
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Great idea packing the jars and extras into the buckets! Grab and go!
I lined my buckets with a thin layer of bubble wrap as well....used wide band rubber bans @2 per jar. Drop or knock over bucket, they would have better chance of survival. Great video.
Would meal size mylar bags work as well? then you could run with them and not worry about breakage.
Zippo lighter not disposable, use cardboard as layer packing material between jars, also can use small rolls of toilet paper ie don't let toilet paper roll get to the end.
I made a stack of small mylar bags with quick oats sugar and cinnamon. Add1c boiling water and wait few. They would cushion your jars. Put some in for each day.
I have been storing my vacuum seal meals in totes .
So if we need to leave it's easy to move ! Made dividers out of foam boards to protect the jars .
The meals in a jar are all freeze dried products. I used freeze dried because it reconstitutes immediately unlike dehydrated. I love Honeyville's products and so that is what I use. I also dehydrate my own vegetables and things. You just have to understand the difference between the two. Freeze dried in more expensive but reconstitutes immediately where dehydrated takes more time and more fuel. Hope that answers your question! OPAZ :)
In SHTF, you're going to realize just how heavy (and fragile) glass jars are.
Great prep idea and I would suggest using newspaper or paper towels to pack between all the jars if you intend on using your canning method. It would be much easier to use Mylar bags and really get more use out of packing those buckets.
Thanks for sharing
How about putting the jars into plastic 1 gallon bags? It would keep them from rubbing and banging together. The bags would come in handy too.
Doris, absolutely! Garbage or to tote something around like twigs and tinder for a fire! Blessings
Like your idea of packing premade meals along with extras in the 5 gal. buckets. I only see a problem with glass jars breaking from tumbling around from a disaster situation., vehicle accident, earthquake, rough road or clumsy actions. By placing food inside baggies would weigh way less and solve your problem. Plus you would fit more inside a bucket. Be safe>
Tim there is a gentleman is Australia that does videos of storing food in paint cans. Funny thing is, he does not use oxygen absorbers but candles to remove the oxygen. It works great for him! Answer to your question is anything you feel comfortable with! I think a gallon size Mylar or ziplock Baggie. As cheap as O2 absorbers are i would put one in the bag zip it or seal it up and then one in the can before sealing. The gentleman s name on CZcams is Aussysurvival. I will PM with his link! :)
a good soup base is : 3 bouillon cubes (your fave), 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning, 1 tsp Adobo, 1 Tbsp dehydrated onion, 1/2 tsp Red Pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste, and Yum in a bean soup!
I would only use glass jars for home pantry storage, and vacuum storage bags in Travel Buckets. But if you are going to store your prepared meals in jars, you could wrap them or pad them with Paper towels &/or toilet paper to cushion them from each other. Otherwise you may end up with glass shards in your food should any of these jars break on you. Maybe you can swap out every other glass jar with a plastic one, like a repurposed Mayonnaise/Peanut Butter jar if you are not planning to "Can" these food items. That should keep the jars from impacting each other and keep them from cracking or breaking outright. That's my 2 cents worth, but overall I like the idea!
You could throw in some flash drives with copies of your important documents.
Renee Zamora, Wow that is a great idea too. Thanks.
or copies
I did that a few years back.
Love this idea, even for a gift. You could still add jerky and other small things.
I really like how you did this, having those comfort meals would really be a boost in a tough situation.. But you might also consider storing ramen in one container.. break up the ramen as fine as you can and add the powder and stir well.. you can store a lot more servings, it's very lightweight, and you can add a few packages of beef jerky for it.
Exactly! I did a video on water storage and purification. In that video I showed aquamiras frontier straw and that is what I ended up putting in the bucket along with a bottle of pills. Have a great day!
The jars are certainly cute and having extra containers for water or whatever at a bug out location would come in handy but in my opinion not at the expense of meals ready to go. You could nearly triple your food with using mylar bags instead of jars. I know you know that but i thought others watching might not realize
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for the oatmeal when you pack it like that if you want something for flavor-add dry fruit, some shakes of cinnamon, or even cocoa powder (cocoa powder has a lot of nutrition).
My only concern is that the glass jars can break if the pail is dropped from a few feet in the air or possibly knocked over durning handling of the buckets. I would tape onto the side of each bucket a "fragile glass inside" warning to help prevent breakage of any of the bottles. All that effort will not be wasted and you would not have to destroy the food.
Gregory Faith wrapping rubber bands around the jars will keep them from clinking and give them a little buffer
Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea.Most people wouldn’t think to do the bucket idea grab and go.Please share recipes for the jar meals not sure what to put in them that would store safe.Thanks again and God Bless
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
I am unsure if you are still looking for a solution to connect the bag of plates to the buckets, but if you sew create a simple bag with a snap loop to put over the handle of the bucket or a carabiner to connect the fabric bag.
Great idea. I can sew but by all means not an expert! 😂🤣😂
Fun project to try. Thank you!
Take old cotton pillow case. Add tie off. Place to store & cloth to filter water if needed. Also water filter to 6 gallon bucket good idea. God bless.
Love the idea of the candy. With a house full of sweet tooths, I know they would appreciate it as well.
Things would get real old real quit if all we had was cans of spam, chili and Vienna sausages! 🤣😂
@@Obsessiveprepperaz that's for sure! And to be honest, who wants a life without a title sweetness? Not us! Ha!
And if you make homemade candy, ground Vit C tablets are a great way to add tartness
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I love this concept even if the world is happily ever after they are a good idea for when you might not be feeeling well enough to go to the store and it’s easy prepaeredcfood
Go to Home Depot or Lowes and get the rubber flooring to use as a in between the jars and a buffer along the edges. Still a good idea.
Excellent idea to put your meals in jars in your 6 gallon buckets!!! Bravo, using your noggin!!
The bits & pieces in the video are fine but nothing in this video works together for prepping. Paper plates for soup, whats that about? and what is the Mylar for again? Its a poorly thought out prep/video and wastes money & materials! Poor people make much better preppers. I also have doubts that the daily nutritional needs of 4 people would be met by the dehydrated contents of one of those jars esp for multiples of 11 days straight. Give up on the glass, does someone in your family work for Ball or Mason? this isn't the first video you waste canning jars. your using a small heavy stationary storage container inside a large bulk storage container. Also, a lot more than air would have to be between those glass jars. when your slinging these buckets around into the trunk or back seat the slightest bump will knock glass together. The bouncing of the car going over a curb to detour or to avoid something hazardous will destroy most of those contents and who wants to eat glass shards and risking needing medical attention during a SHTF event? Also, all these meals need to soak and cook for long periods of time. where are you going to do this preparation & cooking and with what fuel, stove, or cookware? Is this camp out going to be on the side of the road next to your car or are you going to lug these buckets off into the woods to cook. This is not a well thought out prep, its dangerous, and it looks like your just showing off some pretty soups you made in glass jars and calling it a prep. You want to carry around heavy glass jars so you can see your pretty soup but they are in your cool new sealed buckets that you can't open unless you break the seal? Most of us wouldn't waste money on these buckets unless we filled it with rice, beans, or something in bulk the way they were designed. What goes in the bucket when the jars are half used? the glass jars with water in them? an empty 1 qt Ball Jar & lid is 15 3/4 ounces so each bucket basically has 11 pounds of glass in it. how heavy will that be now with water weighing 8.35lbs per gallon? Ergonomically you have to carry a balanced weight with each arm and these buckets are not designed to be carried with 2 hands...or long distance. This prep needs to sit on a shelf in a cellar someplace where it belongs but then its not using space very well, it's misleading people to think they should try to be portable with glass containers. Ounces count when your bugging out & moving stuff around, even in a car. If any of a million things happen that make your journey transition to foot rather than auto, you will have to abandon everything. this concept to be mobile needs to be in a backpack or something to make it easy to carry, everything packed in lightweight containers or bags, a light rocket stove and light pot/pan in each backpack along with the assortment of other things you want to make it into this all in one complete 11 day thing (if that's possible). I picture you stranded on a highway like I-75 with thousands of other cars and 5 times more people and you break out one of these buckets and a container of fresh water on the side of the road and try to make a fire to cook this stuff in something yet to be explained. I don't see you living long enough for the beans to soften up. best case scenario you abandon the car (and water buckets) and each family member is lumbering down the road with a couple buckets with paper plates taped to the side giving the hint there may be food inside them, not that the soup would even be very easy to eat off a paper plate! and people just take the buckets from you without killing you. People need to stop giving thumbs up to these poorly thought out preps and really think them through. I'm not trying to be mean but this misinformation is going to get people killed trying to follow them. Even if this is a prep to be portable to move to a secondary location its packed wrong for that. the title of the video is also wrong, its a waste of space for storage, its not practical for preppers, and what the heck is a hunter going to do with this bucket? but maybe it could be used for motor home style camping in a NON-SHTF situation, but then i would rather eat something fresh or enjoy a BBQ since there is no emergency and I'm not bugging out.
truth, I'd just kill them for there food less for me to carry...
Love it! Great idea. I am thinking of doing this with no glass, then you could literally throw the bucket around! Sometime we humans tend to panic a little...!
I do mylars for the long term buckets. I fit 24 three serving meals in a 3-1/2 gallon bucket. Very light. Could easily carry a few out the door. One bucket can be used for essentials of any kind.
u can pour rice n beans thru the cracks n wipes n a sm trash bag. the plates on top n tape them down with duck tape.
This is Genius❤ Thank you for sharing. Im going to try this.
Prepping is short for 'preparing' for Natural disasters, depending on where you live, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, and other things Mother Nature can throw at you. And man made disasters, gas leaks, chemical spills, a lack of food delivery to stores, and anything else that "could" happen when you are least expecting it.
A good boy scout is always "Prepared" for anything.
If you are prepared you don't have to be 'lucky', you don't have to depend on others, and a million other quips and quotes.
I love the food in jars! It was a fun way to ditch all the prepackaged yucky stuff. Yours look pretty too
Here in new Zealand, we call this, 'Bottling'. (Canning! Where the hell are the cans?). Mind you, this has (almost) become a dying art. We became a Pre-packed and Disposable Lazy civilization. I remember Mum doing bottling, Feijoas, apples, apple sauce, lots of stuff. Then, she stopped. 'But the memory remains', to quote Metallica.
I think I would prefer Mylar meals for a bug out bag just due to the risk of breakage. Plus you can add the hot water directly to the Mylar bag and close it. But the jars look nice
That's the beauty of it! We all can make it the way we need it. My reason for the mason jars is so I can also use them to store and purify water with my solar sun oven.
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Good job! i’m Doing similar, but precooking foods, dehydrating, putting into Mylar bags which weigh less than
A jar and no cooking required, just water poured over to dehydrate. Also no jars breaking.
Chris, that is great! My initial thought on the bucket was a grab-and-go grab the bucket which has everything and grabbed the Solar Sun Oven. My thoughts for the jars we're in a shtf situation you can use the jars and the woppy that I have in my Sun Oven to pasteurize water and to collect water. I have done the same thing in mylar bags for like bug out bags. Happy prepping! Lori
I am not sure what you are prepping for exactly. But, for cooking a cast iron dutch oven, you can put it directly on/in a fire and cook just about anything in it.
I never thought about that...thank you so very much to delivery this wonderful tricks
Excellent idea !! Thank you !!
A big pot of everything tossed in meal can last for ages we used to be poor students and would on pay day shop for as many vegetables as we could get often on the throw out it’s starting to wilt pile but put it all into a large pot with water a bit of miso which we got when ever we could afford it then we would go to the butchers and now I’m showing my age here because back then if you asked your butcher nicely and you were a regular customer and ask if he has any bones for the dog he would often give you a big juicy marrow bone for free that’s how long ago it was when I was a student we would ad the bone and if by the end of the week you would be fairly sick of this stew and adding rice and water regularly would have made it rather wartery so we would take the ax and clean the blade it was only used to chop wood if we killed chickens we used a knife not the axe and we would split the marrow bone to get out all the marrow and we would add curry powder to try and add some more taste to the meal but we could make the original stew last a week like this but then as a student you will eat anything one of us had a job as a waitress at the local Indian restaurant and the chef there would make her a butter chicken dish and give her any uneaten rice or nahn bread to bring home so we loved the nights she worked because we ate so well that night both in quantity and in quality
When you were a student did they teach you to use periods in sentence structure? Omg
Chef Tess has a blog where she has posted 52 jar recipes but you have to go through her links on her blog. It takes a little time but you can get them.
cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2012/04/money-saving-flavorful-gravy-mix-soup.html
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use packing tape or duct tape and place the plates on the lid.
then put the mylar bags into a ziplock bag around the outside and tape them there. Altogether.
Or put stainless steel camping plates plus silver ware, into a plastic tub and keep them in the vehicle. We keep those and a one burner propane stove in the van all the time along with some quick meals. Just for when we are out in the bush and they take up little room under the seat.
In the bucket there really isn't that kind of room to bump around! They fir tight! But it is a neat idea for transporting for sure!
Very important information for June 2020. Thank you!!
In all honesty every ingredient has a different shelf life. The ingredients I used for my jars I figure they will last up to 9 years probably even longer! I am going to send you a private message so that I can send you a video I did on companies false claims of shelf life. Hope you enjoy!
In the oatmeal, I add 1T or so of Cremora. Takes the place of no milk flavor wise.
Great ideas! I love the recipe link. Will be using this but in the mylar. Thanks!!
what a great idea. thanks. did you vacuum seal the jars?
The complete meal in a jar is a cool concept. Thank you for sharing
It's an MRE bucket! What a great idea this is. Easy to grab if you need to hit the road in a hurry. Thanks for sharing!
P.S. An idea to fit your 'everything you need to eat' bucket, you could throw in an Esbit pocket stove with each bucket. They would have enough fuel for what's inside and every bucket would have a way to cook independently.
I would like for you to post your ingredients list for each meal. Thanks
just google "meals in a jar". You will get a lot more.
Too bad you decided to quit making videos -- especially now with all the problems we are having in the world. We all need a review of how to get out stuff together...SHTF is definitely coming!
I'm saving this tutorial so I can be a copycat. Love your ideas and comments are also valuable. Thank you and God bless!
All these meals you prepared over the years did you use them up. Great channel and super ideas. New follower here. HUGS and GOD bless us ALL
Skywatchers Sandra, I am a firm believer in rotating my food storage. Although there is a lot of freeze dried foods that I keep strictly for an SHTF situation. Here is a video of my meals in a jar that I cooked and ate several years later out while we were Jeepin. Enjoy!
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duct tape the bags to the side of the bucket. Use paper plates as a cushion between layers of jars! jmo CZcams zip ties.