Storing Rice for Long Term w/ Mylar Bags & Buckets (the ACTUAL right way)
Vložit
- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Today we're talking about very long term storage of dry foods. I've got 50 Lbs of white rice and I am sealing it up in some Mylar bags to store in my 5-gallon buckets. We'll talk about which oxygen absorbers to use, and how to store both large and small quantities of your dry goods. When done properly, your foods will be perfectly edible and tasty for years - if not decades!
*Note - You don't need to use food-grade buckets if you're putting Mylar bags in them. Any regular 5 gallon bucket with lid will be fine.
------------------------------
Materials used in this video:
Quart-sized Mylar Bags plus 200cc Oxygen Absorbers (pack of 50)
amzn.to/3Q5ADKP
2000cc Oxygen Absorbers (pack of 20)
amzn.to/3v4Tcqc
5-Gallon Mylar Bags (pack of 20)
amzn.to/3cCF5Cg
------------------------------
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - Freezing First
02:56 - Mylar Bag Sizes
05:38 - Storing 5 Gallons of Rice
06:51 - About Oxygen Absorbers
12:29 - Storing Quarts of Rice
15:49 - Wrap-UP
------------------------------
The Great Lakes Prepping and Great Lakes Kitchen Channel shares our knowledge and experiences relating to all things prepping, cooking, outdoors, and everything DIY. Be sure to check out our original weekly videos and other online content. Please note that we sometimes share links to products or services for which we may earn a small commission, though this does not affect any prices on your end.
Check out our website and social media:
Website: www.greatlakesprepping.com
Facebook: / greatlakesprepping
Instagram: / greatlakesprepping
Twitter: / greatprepping
Reddit: / greatlakesprepping
I'm 64, I've been prepping since I was 14, I've run into every issue you can imagine, dealt with every pest out there, there is absolutely no need at all to freeze or place any foods in a freezer before storing in Mylar, just use OA's & I've never had an issue & I've had every issue there is over time & solved them, but placing in a freezer is a waste of time.
Your video has shown me that smaller bags are the way to go for me thank you
Going back to the basics!! Never hurts to have a refresher. Thanks Great Lakes!
Very cool. I'd like to store 5 years of all my dry goods. Mainly for inflation beating. Wife thinks 6 months is enough. That's crazy!!
That is very good , where can one obtain those Mylar bags, I live in the philippines and I will not get them here, thanks for the video,
@@daphnestickells6975Amazon
My goal is 25 to 30 years at lease to store for any type of hard time
Best to fill all bags before opening any oxygen absorbers. I love your use of the vacuum cleaner! 😁
Very detailed & informative-Thank you😊
After seeing these options, I think I will go with the smaller bags. Thank you.
Really informative. Thank you
Good stuff as always brother 👍👍
Much appreciated!
We use a thick piece of wood that straddles the top of a 7 gallon bucket and iron on that. Works like a charm and the bag stays in.
Rose Red Homestead often uses dry ice for sublimation. 🤔
With high cost of food and shortages I find it a big help storing in Mylard Bags. Rice is a staple that's a must for daily foods. I'm already storing Pinto Beans, Oats and Brown Rice. Mylar bags are very helpful!
Brown rice has a higher oil content and turns rancid, long term. White rice lasts longer. At least, that is what I understand. I prefer brown rice, though.
I know we can do this with oats. But can I bag the cream of flavor oats?
I hate regular oatmeal. I get that it's the apocalypse, but can i do flavored stuff? I guess i can add freeze dried strawberry powder and sugar but I'd rather have some little one meal packets or whatever.
Use argon once your bucket of rice or beans are full then seal them up
Curious if this same process work for beans, flour...
Dessicant packs don't have Any shelf life.
They can be reused indefinitely. If they ever absorb moisture they can be dried out in a dehydrator, low oven, on your dashboard with your car parked in the sun.
Thank you, i had forgotten that. Now i don't feel so bad about how mich i payed for my oxygen absorber packs yesterday.
This might be a dumb question, but is there any reason you can’t seal the rice in the mylar bag, pop the lid on the bucket, THEN freeze it for 2 days? Then instead of waiting that extra day before packagings, you can just put it right into storage and it’ll come down to temperature while fully sealed.
Can I Mylar bag cheerios?
Can I do Honey Nut Cheerios or do cereals with sugar/honey not work?
Great Video. Liked, subbed, and commented 👍
What's the longest you've had food stored with this method before using it?
I think my personal longest is 5 years for mylar. But, most of my dry goods are sealed in mason jars. I've got some rice that is almost 10 years old, and it tastes just as good as the day I sealed it up.
Why not just put it in the freezer a couple days after you already sealed it in the bags?
You must be shadow banned because this is the first video in a long time that showed up in my subscription feed.
Oh really? That's definitely odd. I haven't seen or heard anything in the previous few weeks that seemed out of the ordinary on my end. I'm not quite sure why that happened with your feed.
Might as well stick some dessicant on the bottom of the bucket to absorb moisture and oxygen absorbers at the top.
Couldn't you go ahead and Mylar seal the rice, then freeze it for a few days before storing in a long-term container? That would keep the moisture content as it was prior to freezing and you wouldn't have to worry about condensation. Do you see any issues with that?
I can't really think of any reasons why that wouldn't work out fine. Seems like a good idea.
Could you have mostly sealed the bag and then put the O2 absorbers in before sucking out the air and finishing sealing it up? I'm wondering if you could also somehow balance the ironing board on the bucket so you could seal the mylar bag while it's still inside the bucket so you would get a nice bucket-shaped bag of rice.
No
If you use two buckets - or one bucket and something the same height, you can set the bag in one bucket and balance the ironing board on the other. Or, take a 2x4 and balance it across the top of the bucket; lay the bag over the board to iron it closed.
Wondering if i could store these in my garage( i live in northwestern wisconsin) or if the weather would be to much of an issue, im short on space in the house for storage.
In the cool months, it's surely fine. And even though temperature fluctuations won't affect dry goods like this as much as they wood "wet" goods, it's still not ideal to leave it sitting out in hot summer temperatures or freezing winter temperatures.
Is there a particular variety of rice that lasts the longest? Jasmine, Basmati etc. I think some have a bit more fat content if I am not mistaken and fats oxidize or go rancid.
Any of the white rices. Brown rice will not last very long.
Thanks man. With the eventual collapse upon us im going to start prepping.
Exactly why I’m here. I have a feeling the next covid they make kills livestock in attempt to kill 90% of us via starvation.
Do you tear off the top of the mylar bag or pull it apart from the ziplock? IT shows a perf on either side and I wasn't sure.. Please advise
If the bag has a re-sealable zip-lock strip on it, that can be handy for re-closing the bag after initially opening it. But when you first seal your food into it, using an iron or similar, you're sealing up the bag with heat above the zip-lock strip. When you go to open it back up for the first time, you would cut or tear off the area that you heat-sealed (leaving the zip-lock strip in place, so it can be used to re-close it if needed). I hope that answers your question.
Are the Mylar bags necessary? If the buckets are air tight would that not suffice?
The buckets by themselves are not great because they don't exactly stay airtight for long-term. The plastic is permeable over time, and the rubber gasket in the lid will eventually fail. And with these white buckets, light can get through them in a way it cannot with Mylar.
Mylar to protect the food, bucket to protect the Mylar.
I have saw ppl use 2 liter bottles with oxygen removers but what if I use a gamma lid on bucket?
When you freeze rice, flour, barley, etc, do you worry about it thawing and condensing and getting damp? Wouldn't it get moldy if that's the case? Also would you have to freeze sugar or salt before long term storage? New here and want to get as much info as possible before I start sorting dry goods. Thanks!
That's why I don't open up my buckets after freezing until they've come completely to room temp. I don't want moisture condensing on cold rice. As for sugar and salt, I don't freeze them. There could be an argument for freezing sugar, but salt I definitely wouldn't worry about.
@Great Lakes Prepping so would you freeze it in the bucket and just take it out and leave sealed for a day or so to come to room temp? Same way for the other dry goods? Barley and flour at least?
@@brianmudzinski251 Yes, exactly. Just leave the bucket somewhere, sealed, for 2-3 days.
@Great Lakes Prepping thanks for your help!!
Can you store water in Mylar bags?
It would technically work, but it's not the ideal storage vessel for water.
Removing oxygen in you Mylar will kill any bugs or larva in your rice.
Are you sure it kills the eggs? Or will they "wake up" when you open it 10 years later. Eww!!!
What about bay lievs
Good video but if you're using the right size oxygen absorbers there is no need to freeze food as the oxygen absorbers will kill anything unwanted. Also recommend not touching the inside of the bags with bare hands as the oils from your hand will introduce some moisture into the bags.
It seems to be a common topic of debate when storing dry goods with oxygen absorbers (or vacuum sealing). For me, I tend to take the extra step(s) if there's any likelihood it will mitigate risks, and it costs me nothing but a little time to freeze it all first.
@@GreatLakesPrepping You also add the risk of potentially introducing moisture to dry goods by freezing them. Which would lead to mold issues. Not worth the time or hassle if you ask me. Even if any pests survived in there, they'd die very quickly and wouldn't at all compromise the food supply.
@@730indoorsman That is true, which is why I seal the food in buckets and freeze the whole thing, not re-opening the bucket for a couple days until everything is completely back down to room temperature. Everyone can of course use whichever methods they prefer. In this video, I share how I prefer to do it.
@@GreatLakesPreppingI'm jealous of you people who actually have room in a freezer to do that!! My freezers are full up!
@@730indoorsman Can't you just freeze them, let them sit out for a week and then seal the mylar?
Eh
How long will your rice last?
A very long time. Years. Probably decades.
The first thing i like to do with my long term food storage is freeze it and immediately expose it to moisture then lock that moisture in.
I assume you're being facetious to try and criticize something I never actually did. If you paid attention to the video, you would understand why your comment is erroneous.
Can you just put the whole bag of rice in the freezer??
If you're confident that the bag is 100% air-tight (in my experience they never are). If you pull the bag out of the freezer and condensation can start forming on the million grains of freezing rice, that means you'll be vacuum sealing damp rice. I use the bucket because I know it's air-tight, and I don't open the lid until after the rice has come back down to room temperature.