12 Food Storage Myths Debunked
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- Food storage myths are plentiful and frustrating if you are trying to start building your food supply against an uncertain future. We have been storing food for more years than we can count and we've learned some valuable lessons along the way.
In this video, we explore what we hear from our community and want to set the story straight. Our most important message is to build your pantry.
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My dad, was a farm kid, born in 1923. He used to marvel at how manufacturers determined “Best Buy” dates. He used to say honey that’s sh*+, and don’t believe a word of it! He simply said “IF it smells or looks bad, DON’T EAT IT! Lol Milk is a great example. He taught me to put a pinch of salt in ANY dairy product to preserve it wayyyyy past its “due date”!
Oh my goodness! Thank you for the milk tip!!!
@@shekinahdunamis8686 I put less than 1/4 tsp salt in a gallon of milk, and use it til it goes bad. I was still using milk in December that should have termed at Thanksgiving. Foods too expensive to waste a drop of. I add whey collected from my home made yogurt, and add 2 tablespoons to a pint size jar of homemade Mayo. Then I let it sit out X 6 hours to “ferment”. It too lasts a long time if you add it to your mayo. Good luck!
@@Bella-gj6wc Thank you so very much! You're the best, I'm definitely going to try this
Thank you for this information ! 😊
Seems dairy in plastic jugs and paper cartons may not keep as long as dairy stored in glass. Milk/cream/cottage cheese/yogurt stays fresh longer, stored in glass bottles with a tight fitting lid at our home. Quality brands of mason jars are fine, especially for small quantities. We use those repurposed half gallon milk jugs (Bottle Deposit is $2.50 to $3.00 now!!!) with their built-in handles, or brewery growler jugs, or the restaurant sized mayo jars for larger milk size storage when we transfer from plastic and paper, or formulate from dry powdered milk.
For many years, my husband worked for the same government contracting job. In 2020, this company lost the contract that my husband and I were working on. We, along with 30 other co-workers, were laid off in September of 2020. I was soooooo thankful that I had a freezer full of meat and a pantry full of canned goods. Also, I've grown a garden for about 15 years. We were able to survive on what we had on hand for over a year. The only thing we had to buy was milk, eggs, fresh fruit etc.
That's a great story! Thanks for sharing! It is amazing how many times our food storage has been a wonderful blessing!
Anyone with children would be in such a world of hurt during a crisis without food in the pantry. Thinking of a young child with nothing to eat should be enough to motivate anyone to stock up on a little food insurance.
@Carolyn Steele You would think so, wouldn't you? Gotta wonder about some of these parents, though. I'm concerned for my grand babies, but also other children.
There are many many children over the world who are starving and death
Agree
I did go hungry as a child. As a parent, I have plenty for my own and anyone I know in need.
@@rmason5477 My parents told me growing up to eat the food on my plate even if I didn't like it because " many children over the world who are starving and death". Fortunately we had enough to eat because my mother was very frugal and knew how to conserve from going through the "Great Depression" and WWII!😲😲
I find people have forgotten how to cook from scratch. I’m so thankful I’ve ALWAYS cooked from scratch, and never have enjoyed eating out. I can, preserve, make my own bread, and home baked items.
If we ever go through really rough times, most people won't be making bread due to stress and little time. Cowboys on cattle drives didn't make regular bread and I doubt that the Mormon Handcarters did much of that. The easiest breads to make are quickbreads. Fruit and beans with dumplings,and muffins, biscuits, and pancakes. I eat quickbreads every day. In the 70's I used to learn to make a sort of artificial meat from wheat. I found this in a book called "Passport to Survival", by Esther Dickey. And my wife and I tried a lot of ways to cook wheat berries. If you can, purchase a 4-quart stainless steel pressure cooker which makes cooking wheat or old beans possible and quick.
And I’m thankful I taught my kids to cook from scratch !
I find that a lot of people are just to lazy to cook, or even learn how!
They will be the first to perish or the first to steal your preps.
@@patrickbodine1300 Depend son where you live and whether you are part of a community. That's why it is a good idea to live in a rural area. People helping one another. If thugs are really dedicated and have lots of help, no one can keep their preps from being stolen from their home. Do you think could keep them from stealing your preps?
My goal is to have enough food in storage to provide for my entire family for one year. I’m still far from that.
I say prepping is like fight club. The first rule of prepping is you don’t tell ANYONE what you have for preps. Not even family members outside of your household.
Agreed 💯%
Remember > Do not forget water > which is more important than food .... without drinkable water > all of your food is pointless in 3-5 days.
Myth #12
@@bhmichigan8731 water is impossible to store in bulk. IMPOSSIBLE. So yep if the water is comprised your life is definitely over.
Encourage others
I find food storage hedges our bets against inflation. I bought many things when they were cheaper, vs now they’re more expensive, I’ve saved money overall.
Same here!
15 years or so ago I read that Ukraine was going to have a poor harvest because of a drought in the region so I bought more wheat--300 lbs, I think. I also bought some oatmeal. The price of grains rose rapidly within a few months because Ukraine is one of the breadbaskets of the world. Oatmeal went up from something like $12 for 25 lbs to $32 per 25 lbs. It took maybe two years for grain prices to go back down again.
We bought a 25 lb bag of rice at Costco during COVID. This year (2024) India has shut down all exports of rice so it's like money in the bank to have the rice in storage. You can't eat money!
If people keep up with current events they will be aware of events like these.
In 2020 I started stocking up and only spent $5.00 every week. Mostly beans and rice. I like lima beans and chickpeas and my husband likes pinto and navy beans. I like brown rice and he likes the white. So we have a variety. He likes spam and potted meats. I like chicken and tuna and salmon.
I cook from scratch as well.
I built up quite a pantry.
It served us well. In 2022 my husband had a stroke and lost his job. We couldn't get any help because he made too much the year before and in the first 3 months of 2022.
The freezer was full too.
We ate off of that for 8 months. I did buy fresh vegetables and bread each month.
That's rough. So glad you had a backup. I hope that your husband has recovered!
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you for your kind wish. He is still recovering. We are still in rough times. We have stocked back up on dry goods. Our freezer is not full yet.
We had an accident with it going unplugged and we lost all our meats.
But we still had the canned meats, that saved us, until we were able to restock our freezer.
Having both canned food and frozen is a blessing. Here in Texas we can still get frozen veggies for $1 or less for 2 people and canned veggies for $.58 cents or less. Rice for under a dollar and beans too. Lentils are even less.
I have been doing this for years and when I was vacc1ne injured I had no income and I lived off the food I had on hand
** So sorry to hear about your hubby … I hope he is as well as he can possibly be … Whey to have that food storage! 😁👍
Spam and those types of food are high in sodium which can cause strokes
You guys make my day! We don't watch the news. We don't listen to the 'stuff". Leave everything outside the door. I want to have 3 months of food...Just to have 3 months of food. We are used to prepping because of hurricane season. This year, rather than do the week of shopping for just in case. I'm shopping so there is no just in case...That is peace!
I had enough for a couple years until my sister moved in. She gave it to people without my knowledge, and has been cooking with it , for the past year. Now she's leaving it's definitely gonna cost $$$$ to restock. She just never understood. I've lost over 70 lbs. Prepping myself for when shft. Better health now in 20 years ago. But drop the users. They'll leave when you're starving 😢
That’s one thing I’ve been thinking about, who is valuable, and who is just going to be “dead weight”. If you have a skill of some sort, sewing, knitting, crochet, anything, you are much more useful than someone who does nothing but eat up your stock. Unfortunately, there are going to be a LOT of people, both family and friends, who are just expecting to eat without earning their keep. What you do with them is sadly up to you. You could try to teach them a skill, or offer up some task for them to do, but if they’re lazy or uncommitted, they just drag your group down in the long run. Even elderly people can pick up a skill or do some easy tasks like sharpening tools or cooking. It’s a touchy subject, but it’s one that will need discussed.
When I was raising my kids I had very limited funds so I found a store that gave me a discount if I bought cases. So I would save up and buy one case of something we ate a lot and did this as often as I could. It helped my budget a lot. Something to look into. A person could go in with another family and buy cases and divide them.
That’s what my Mom did, too. Once a year the co-op market had a sale on orders for canned goods by the case. It was a significant discount, too. This was long before Costco or Walmart were around.
Thank you ❤
I use to split the cost of 50 pound bags of potatoes with a neighbour.
Very cheap every fall.
If you get enough people you can get a food distributor to drop a load off at your house, and spilt it up. When I worked as a chef we would order cases of things and split it up. Great idea. A few of my neighbors and myself garden and trade food. Everybit helps. Canning season was good this year and the jars always stay the same size.
Safeway has a can sale every year, so does Save A Lot. Stock up even if you buy four extra cans every month. Use two and save the rest for emergencies. Stock up on bottled water too. Reuse the same water bottle for months, and buy a metal cup with a lid at Walmart for drinking out of, everyone has their own cup.
In Utah you're only a target if you _don't_ have food storage. A target of everyone else worrying about you!
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Aren’t you special
@@AreU4Real1 Yes, quite. Thank you!
🤣🤣🤣 Good to know they will look out for the unprepared... while making their rounds to sign up new members. 🤣🤣🤣
@@MargieM10nothing but another social media BS comment
The old myth that has now been proven true that I bought into: "Considering how fast inflation is increasing, food storage is a better investment than anything else." Color-coded Excel worksheets rock!! Good for you Jonathan! An interesting fact, we have completely changed the way we eat in recent years, so I'm not rotating that inventory but keep it for possible barter or desperation. Good bread is my favorite comfort food but chocolate is a close second. I do after Halloween and Easter sales like most people do Black Friday.
Valentine day and Christmas for chocolate for me
I love your approach to teaching, you don't scare people into running out and panic buying foods they probably will never rotate or eat.
I do have food/water, but need more. Many family members think I’m a nut.
I am really worried when electricity goes out.
People say get a solar generator find and dandy if I can afford it, but then with those what if have an EMP then it’s fried.
EMP’s just happen and quickly.
Things just get to over whelming.
I’m beginning to wonder if things get so bad is any of this stuff I’m getting is going to last long at all.
I can’t afford to do all these things to have.
I’m just in a moment where I’m obviously panicking some.
I’m not panicking about food, but I do get anxiety about no electricity 👍
@@donnaemslie5729 Protect electronics for comms and power generation in EMP safe Faraday cages.
@@donnaemslie5729 I worry about the grid down thing too, so I prep camping equipment, along with food, water, and a first aid kit. That's what I can afford right now so that's what I do.
@@donnaemslie5729 AZ...yup
I literally have a spare bedroom that I lovingly call "the grocery store." It has shelves and is stocjed like a grocery store with several cans of one item, in order of expiration. All separated by veggies, fruits, meats, condiments, snacks, beans, pastas & rice.
Whenever anything in my kitchen gets low I "go to the store" and get whatever I need from the "grocery store" and put it in the kitchen. Every so often I go into my "grocery store, see what's low, and go to the REAL grocery store to stock up on it.
Everything gets rotated out.
Also, I write the expiration date on the front of all items in large numbers with a sharpy cuz sometimes I can't read the can very well.
Also, if there are items that will expire soon, I bring those into the kitchen and plan my meLs around those items.
Keep in mind, I also have a veggie garden that's producing so..... I've got a LOT of food.
Not a good idea to trumpet about all your food storage. There are clever cons out there who can track down your real name/address, and then pay you a surprise visit.
That's what I was going to do to my smallest bedroom when all my kids moved out it turns out my son and his 2 daughters moved in after my daughter left home. Once again there's barely enough room for us. 🤦
Haha me too, I call the grocery store the provisioning place. Right now the garden is the most used food source. 😋
@@joanmayo3330You should hide your food storage, in the future there's going to be shortages and people are going to steal. It's no secret where our life is heading. Rethink your stock. Use Your imagination of hiding. I'm not kidding do your own research about the gov.plans. 😥 Look up preppers on YT very valuable information
We also go to the store in our basement
“Listen o the Spirit”, “we are going to go through hard times, but the best is yet to come”. I needed to hear that so badly today. I’ve been so stressed and overwhelmed trying to do everything I think I have to. THANK YOU!
Bless you! It really is going to be okay. You got this! God is in charge :)
Study the Bible, it will bring you joy, peace, wisdom, and direction. Do what you can do, and trust God for what you cannot do. ❤
Oh guys!you’re a breath of fresh air. Practical, reasonable instruction and advice. No judgement in buying commercial canned goods. No making us newbies or those of us on a budget, feel guilty that we aren’t ‘real’ preppers because we don’t/can’t home can
Holy W❤W this was helpful🙌🏼
I just canned some butter!
No pressure.. 😆
I'm kidding (but I did can butter. Canning relaxes me and I feel a joyful sense of accomplishment, looking at all those filled jars)..
If you lived close by, I would share with you! 🫙
Have a wonderful Christmas! ❄️
@@cookiemama4 I make my own butter, then freeze it. Yumm. ❤️ what part of the world are you in? I’m in central Kentucky, USA
Anniegetyrgun8741 We all started “somewhere” on this journey. Canned goods in the long run will last a very long time. But there’s something about looking at shelves with home made stuff on them that gives a sense of satisfaction. Unless you’ve got a garden, canning can get expensive to buy the stuff ~ unless it’s in season. It’s easy once you have the supply part of it, jars etc. It’s just time consuming. I love the rhythm of it, and learning new things. I always water bathed canned, but two years ago I bought a pressure canner, and headed down THAT road. Do not be intimidated! I pressure can French fries, chopped potatoes, veggie soup, and green beans. I blanch and freeze loads of veggies too. Chop up onions and green/hot peppers all summer long while they’re cheaper. Just chop, bag, and freeze. You can do the same thing with tomatoes for sauces. Wash them, remove the core and any blemishes, rough chop and into the freezer! What could be easier? Good luck, God Bless, and stay safe. ❤️
@@Bella-gj6wc
California :/
Jesus is coming
#2 drives me batty; people don't think for themselves anymore. I was raised to know how to fed my family from on year to the next; one harvest to the next; one hog killing to the next. It seems like so many of the younger generations have made it the be all and end all to make a lot of money and buy anything they need. I can't even begin to say how bad that idea is.
And maybe add... buy all they want.
When I started I bought lots of dry corn. Really don't eat much corn so it is rotated through the chickens. Used to buy through the LDS store in Columbia, SC and they were wonderful, helpful , giving people. NEVER pushed religion but would answer questions when asked in a respectful way. Thanks for all you do.
They are seriously the best! Thanks for sharing!
What website do you buy it through if you dont live close to columbia
One thing about corn, it needs to be soaked in calcium hydroxide before drying and grinding to release the B vitamins. Not soaking it could lead to pellagra over time. You could also use sodium hydroxide in a pinch, but calcium hydroxide is not as caustic.
You can invest in a tortilla press. Grind the corn and make tortillas in the absence of bread. You also need to process the corn first.
@@lindawolffkashmir2768 You're LYEing! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
I need to get some calcium lye.
steve
Being a diabetic can make food storage somewhat challenging. I know that everybody always says to buy what you normally eat, but many of the things that store the longest, for example rice, are things that a diabetic doesn't normally eat. I buy those items to store long-term, but I also do not rotate them. They are there as survival foods in the event that I have no other choice but to eat them to stay alive, but to eat them as part of a regular rotation would not be a healthy choice for me. Having special dietary needs of any kind can complicate food storage. For me, canning things from my garden is my real salvation because those items I can and do rotate and are healthy choices for me.
Hey Richard. Food storage on a diabetic diet is a little bit more challenging but it sounds like you got this. You can pressure can meats and bottle all kinds of garden fresh produce. Freeze drying is a wonderful option if you can afford it. You just freeze dry the foods that you normally eat. Freeze dried meat is amazing but pressure canned meat is also a great solution!
Adding vinegar to high glycemic foods lowers their glycemic index. Also look into other grains and pseudo grains like millets, especially sorghum, buckwheat
I am gluten intolerant. Massive issues. My husband is diabetic. So I understand. I have a dehydrator and have dehydrated a lot of vegetables and fruits. Have apple trees, so free. Better than starving. I also have a vacuum sealer.
I have also dehydrated scrambled eggs. Great sale. Ground beef cooked as taco meat. Dehydrated and put in freezer as well.
Nzm
That is why we have to do what is best for us
Canning in a pressure cooker is one of the best ways to save food. I have beef stew, jerky, all vegetables, salsa, apple butter,jams,etc. Canned and stored on shelf in the cellar.
My grandma started teaching me how to work a garden and harvest when I was 3 years old.
I make everything from scratch also most of the time. I recently made chopped BBQ with fixings and fed over 250 people in my community. I had less than $100 in it.
I think it is awesome you all fed 11 children on 1 income. It can be done. I extreme coupon and stock up on everything.
one thing i really cannot stress enough... (and yes i know you folks say this all the time)
the time to taste test, practice cooking, and investigate novel items for your food storage is *when you can get replacements*
find out if you have the arm strength for a manual grain mill, learn if you REALLY prefer one kind of bean over another (hubby hates black beans, so... sadly not much of that in my prep anymore) and learn how to cook that item you are storing (and how to use your off grid supplies) NOW.
(and practice)
Oh, and my other personal suggestion: no such thing as too many can openers. when i find a comfortable hand grip can opener i buy it.
Two is one and one is none.
hammer and nail works wonders also when one has run thru their can openers😁
OXO makes a great durable can opener. It’s not worth it to buy a cheap one that won’t work.
Can openers are a challenge! They aren't worth a darn! I wish I could find one that would actually work.
Buy a pack of military p-51 can openers. They aren’t the greatest, but they’re cheap and they work as a backup.
I tape one to the tin lid of every #10 can I have.
I bought a month supply from a big name company that came in a brown tote. Never again! What a huge waste of money. It was full of white rice and fake smelling strawberry cream of wheat, instant pancake batter and other gross stuff. I could have used that same amount of money and bought shelf stable real food and probably tripled my storage. Lesson learned.
That is exactly how I feel!
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You are very kind! Thank you :)
Doom and gloom channels were making me depressed and anxious so I decided to unsubscribe from all of them. My state of mind is so much healthier and positive now. If I feel like watching a tingly horror show I'll watch one or two episodes, but that's what I think of them now--as entertainment.
I bought a lot of freeze dried foods when I started to prep. I only bought #10 cans of single veggies, fruits and meat but not stuff that was already prepared in the can. Then I started buying cans of mostly Campbells chunky soups because they had so much meat in them. Pour one can over rice and feed more people. Then I started with flour, rice, oats, beans and packets of gravy mixes, spices,. I probably do have at least 2 years for one person, however I put stuff away with the idea of sharing. Of course with toilet paper I have really gone overboard!!
Toilet paper takes up room for food. Using a washcloth that can be rinsed and washed, in my opinion, is way more frugal. Simply my opinion. You, of course may have yours.
Check that use by date on that toilet paper 😮😅. Corn cobs make great toilet paper 😮😮😅😅. Might want to soak some of them. 😮😅😅
@@patrickbodine1300Bundles of cheapo washcloths at $ store. Diaper pail. All mat'ls for making deodorant blocks for the lid because was unable to find. (Are diapers obsolete now?) I have a ton of toilet paper that will be like gold for barter because most folks won't be prepped.
I started buying the small packs 0f kleenex at $tree 4 toilet paper . 2/3 sheets will work in a pinch & takes up little space to store & won't spoil & wouldn't be seen to steal by others. Aalso baby wipes .We have to think of the ones that don't prep stealing. Will be many out there. Don't forget A_ o.
I have gotten to a point now I have a stock and now if I use one and take from my stock I buy a new one. For example, say I have a stock of 10 ketchup bottles and I use one I buy one to always have a stock of 10 bottles rotating out of course
I started preparing in 2016. I was living with my daughter because of health reasons. I was learning, everything dry went into mylar bags and into buckets. I moved into my own place in 2019. My kids helped me moved❤️. My second bedroom in my tiny apartment became my prep room. My kids put my buckets in the walk-in closet per my request. My prep room is now packed and all the beginning buckets are buried in that closet lol. So, hopefully, if and when it's needed it will still be good.
Do you might benefit from starting to use what packet away and and find a way to put new food aside until the closet is emptied out. And rotated.
@@NonieK2267 food stuff packaged in Mylar and oxygen absorbers last a longggggggggg time. Tho its always a good idea to check those items periodically.
@@paulawinstead5660One thing I've learned over many years is that, especially outside the city, rodents can smell foods like seeds and grain, especially if they are in small containers. I keep all foods in hard, sealed containers. Any spills are wiped up immediately. Also, I use rodent poison, grain based, on the pantry floor. Keep pets and young children out of the pantry, keep Vitamin K2 on hand, and be prepared to treat your loved ones who ingested any. I was out of town for a weekend when a mouse pushed a new bag of cereal off the shelf. Damage was not confined to a single bag of Capn Crunch.
When I was a child my mother always kept a few cans and dry goods and those were the days when nothing had date stamps - if things didn't smell right they were binned -
Thank you for this great video! When I first started prepping, everything I read mentioned wheat berries. I was thinking, if I don't have time to grind wheat and bake bread now, I certainly won't be doing it during a disaster. So I ignored the wheat, and stored powdered "just add water" muffin mix instead. Needs to be rotated more often but that is ok!
I have done the same thing. Only I slit corner then put in vacum sealed bags.
@@SandyBrown-of7kb I store pouches of it in plastic tubs.
Great video! Love the sound advice and the humor. BTW, I just replenished my chocolate chip stash. Been rotating through it a little too quickly. 😂
LOL!
My most frequent rotations are the various stashes of chocolate! No chance of them going bad. 🙂
Yes, chocolate goes in my "short term storage" refrigerator. 😂
i feel yer pain,,, i stocked up on wine & stayed drunk for a year.
🤪 sorry couldn't resist 🤣
Last year I decided I wanted to learn to pressure can. I have kept that canner busy! I can 95 pounds of potatoes. That took a week. I won't do that much at one time again. However, I regularly go over board. I was stock piling over a period of time and freezing it. Bought a vacuum sealer and sealed all of it as I bought it. Then I canned it in big batches. Later on I made stews and soups with different veggies, beans, seasonings and canned those using the meat and potatoes. Now I have meals I am able to just warm up and enjoy. I also smoked some picante sauce and canned that for me and a few family members. I've done some chicken, pork, chili, breakfast sausage, and broth from my roasts. Next I am doing bacon. Busy, busy!
There is nothing better than home canning. Hard work but a lot of bang for the time.
@@jamesh.maloyjr.6940 Home canned fruit tastes so much better. I almost gag on commercially canned pears and peaches because they are overly sweet and unripe.
I only put 1 tablespoon of sugar in pints and the fruit I use for cobblers I put in 1 tablespoon per quart. I've also used Monk fruit sugar. Canning with plain water results in very blah tasting fruit. I don't put any sugar in the fruit juices I make with my steam juicer.
I'm almost 84 & bought a canner last yr & it was so hard to do. So I bought the can ones , drain em & season them upwith my favorite seasoning, like basil in can/ fresh tomatoes / soup ,sandwiches ,pasta, etc. ,can veggies drained & seasoning with bouillon,spices, olive / coconut oils etc.
@@happydays1336
samesies . We prefer nectarines which can go in with skin on from a upick and we know feral apples in the area and get them by the bushel for sauce, butter and dried. crab apple wine as well.
With potatoes keep some fresh. if SHTF put them where ever, the lawn, the flower bed , where ever. its for the long game .
One thing I can add as a Hippie is, there are many very nutrient dense foods that are also very easy to store or very small, that are great for prepping, but which few people mention. Some are super Dense Seeds, Honey, Nutritional Yeast, Dry Falafel Mix. One might also consider Herbal Teas and maybe a little Wine?
I appreciate you both. Thank you so much for the great information and the calm approach to prep without the scare tactics.
Hubby is Celiac. We found out after stockpiling several hundred pounds of wheat. Also many canned prepared foods have wheat as an ingredient. We donated all of it to the Intentional Community of which we are a member.
I have been stockpiling food for years. The challenge has always been rotating stored food. I try to stock only what we eat now for about a year and that has seemed to work best for us.
We use a label maker to put the dates on when it's "expired" that way it can be given to the animals or rotated through the kitchen.
You have some pretty good tips. I'm not really a prepper. I just live like many would call a prepper. This morning I had pancakes made from3-day old ground into flour from Kamut, non-GMO wheat, steel-cut oats, barley, millet, white rice, organic brown rice, soybeans, and blackbeans. To this mixture I add powdered (not instant) milk, baking powder, powdered eggs, quinoa, chia seed, and almond milk. I am a 78-year old widower and my water comes off my roof.
Yum!
One of the questions on my certification test was:
What are the four ways you can tell preserved food has gone bad?
My answers:
1) Bulging lid
2) Something green and fuzzy is growing inside the jar.
3) Off odor or off color.
I could never remember #4:
My answer was, “After dinner at your house 3 out of 4 of your friends go to the emergency room.”
Actually, off odor and off color were two separate answers.
Leaking cans, too. Tomato products, some fruit products, etc, because they are not processed as long as low-acid foods. I have had leaking tomato products in a can on my shelves before. Makes a mess, hard to clean up, waste of time. I dehydrate my tomato stuff now, pop into a jar, lid on, pretty on the shelf. Wont ever purchase factory-canned tomato products ever again. Do freeze some if I have room in the freezer
On dry goods, watch for insects. Also look at it closely for color changes, weird smells, mold, or funny taste. That’s why ramen noodles are not the best for long term storage. The noodles pick up a stale flavor, and the seasoning packet goes bad. They will keep in a dry place for around a year or so, but any longer you run the risk of them going bad. Same with a lot of the instant food packs, like Rice and Sauce or pasta. They may be convenient, but they just don’t last for years like rice and beans.
When it loses its vacume seal
My family is definitely believers in the freeze dried kits to use for emergencies only. We have a year supply for all members of our family that fit neatly in one tiny bedroom closet. We do have a well stocked pantry for our everyday needs, but emergency MRE's can save lives. We have a well and also a creek running through our land. Also have a good water filtration setup if you are planning on using MRE's or are prepping.
Good vid. Some No. 10 cans are made of different metal. I recently bought some beets from Walmart with the Great Value brand and it came in a pack of 6 and every one was dented. I noticed that the metal was whimpy. When I go to used an old can, I will remove the paper to check for damage. Paper seems to hide dents. I could go on with Great Value packaging, but you get it. ty
Edit: I have been without much food. Variety is still majorly important and so spices/seasonings are very helpful and easy and cheap to store.
This is an example of why I enjoy this channel so much. Right to the point and factual!!❤
I talk to God Almighty everyday
Your videos are what started me on “prepping” over a year ago. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome! Thanks for joining us!
I just came upon this channel and what a breath of fresh air!! In a sea of paranoid doom & gloom, you’re the Mister Rogers Neighborhood of the prepper space.
Need to step up my game; you and DIY Prepper tv are my favorites so far.
If you won’t eat it normally you will not eat it. Flour will keep longer if you get the grains that are not ground up. It’s not hard to grind your own flour and there are several several that are inexpensive. I tried it and the taste difference is amazing. Also save different beans that can be used a seeds to plant. Mylar bags are great. You also need a lot of salt.
My little hurricane pantry came in handy during lock down when i had no income
I love the tips. If I had the money I would buy as much of the freeze dried prepared stuff. Packaging items for long term storage is a pretty big job. Keeping your containers in a uniform size might make things easier too.
Look for alternatives. Theu aren't just expe sive. Theu do things to make them as cheap as theu can so most do t have meat. They're just a bunch of carbs. You can make your own meals like tjalt just take the ingredients like a jar of spaghetti sauce and put it with your noodles. Take a 5 gallon bucket and put many things like that which will make many different meals. Much cheaper and easier to control what you eat with less additives and fillers.
@@rusted5408 Excellent idea.
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Good that they don’t have much meat in them. The West eats way too much meat. Vegetarians are healthier/live longer.
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I buy extra spaghetti sauce and extra spaghetti every time I shop to a point. The pasta and the sauce can be used for so many other things besides spaghetti. I am not suggesting anyone does that. I look at the prepping as a supplement to what little I can grow and What I can grow as supplements to what I can store. You are so right about storing what you like. If you are eating from storage for a while it's already a bad situation and being forced to eat what you hate only makes it worse. Don't overlook things like barbeque sauce and ketchup and other condiments. You can cover bad tasting game with plenty of sauce. Great video!! Thanks for this.
Agreed! I store bbq sauce for meat, soy sauce for rice, and spaghetti sauce for pasta. Also seasoning salt, iodized salt, and sugar.
Buy sauce in glass jar,keep much longer
@@customer5032 I over-looked the soy sauce. Thanks for that.
@@katherineanderson6297 Great point Katherine.
As always, an excellent video! Great, thorough tips. I spent way, way, way too much money on “bougie name brand” freeze dried foods…before learning about other FD companies. I’m definitely not sorry I have them….and they’re certainly a blessing to have, but I could have purchased regular “tin” cans of meat and veggies, etc., that would last nearly as long and been a lot less expensive. Oh, well. However, I do highly recommend, as did you, purchasing from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as their selection of basics is well-rounded and super-cheap for what you get. ❤️
I’ve been rotating the quart sized containers of steel cut oats in my pantry, but I think I’m ready to buy some in #10 cans to stash in the back. Can’t say I’ve gotten into the molar bag thing. Anyway, a friend wants to go to the LDS warehouse place so the timing is right. Dealing with tight storage in a apt/condo, but I’ve got a spot for the cans.
In the note to self department, it’s safe for Kylene to move in down the street because I figured out how to store 100% coca powder. Bring your own sugar, though.
You might want to take large plastic trash bags, tape and a dolly when you go to the LDS store. Bag the cases of food (six cans to a case, unless you buy single cans) and use the dolly to get the boxes into your apartment. "old office files" you have to go through, should anyone ask.
@@derr2438 well, I’m going to the store at least 70 miles from here so I can pick up a friend who lives near it, but doesn’t drive. They have been measuring under their bed to figure out how many case boxes of #10 cans will fit. I suggested they use that case box as their standard size and use that for planning what else they want to stash under there.
@@karinhart489 That's great! I was thinking of discreetness - put the cases in the black trash bags so no one sees it while carrying it into the apartment. You are so kind to help. Humans can get pretty nasty when things get rough.
Buy enough to last until the next sale.
It doesn't need to be long term prepping. It can just be buying and preserving seasonally.
Always great advice. Wow, I needed to hear "The best is yet to come." Thank you Kylene and Jonathan, you and your family bring comfort to my life as I follow your teaching "Being part of the solution".
Thanks for being part of the solution!
We're in the end times. It's biblical. If Jesus is your Savior, you have no worries.
@@SHarrell530 But people were saying that same thing in 1970 when I lived in the Mormon corridor.
@@user-sk7zc1fc5u Things weren't lined up for the Tribulation back then. Now technology is such that a one world order is possible, tracking everyone is possible, a one world currency. We're definitely in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. Also, you fulfilled this one: 2 Peter 3:4. We are in the end times.
100%
We get to witness His return and ascension...
ALLELUIA!
I just opened a jar of applesauce with a use by date on 2009! It was not good but it was very obvious. The color was wrong and so was the color. I have no idea how I lost that jar in the back of the food storage room.
I don't keep my freezer full for long term storage because of outage's have thrown away to much food
Excellent video, practical and common sense.
I’m a sales consultant for thrive life and we have clean ingredients but are also a little bit pricer than augason farms
All great info! Beginning a food storage plan is not hard, and time and consistency will get you there. I’m not an apocalypse believer, but I like having food and clean water available in case of power outage, blizzards, and just plain old tough times.
Goodness, you have given me such peace of mind about food storage with this video. Thanks very much. Diane
love what you guys do you are one of the reasons I started stocking up and I am at about 1 year for my entire family which is all grown and moved away but you know they don't stock anything lol
Im so glad I've found you both! Best food storage videos I've found yet 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.
The rate things are going you will be eating your pantry stores long before 30 years. My guess is within a year or two. They are deliberately forcing farmers to not farm
I cant say ive bought into any myths esp since watching your channel. I watch that Flour video you mentioned. I think before that i would have bought into the myth that flour would last 30 years in a #10 can. I'm thankful for that video and others and both of you of course.
I wonder what the signs are of flour going bad.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 If you open the bag and it smells bad, it probably is. This is a sign that the fat in the flour has oxidized, usually resulting in a musty or sour smell. Physically, the flour could be clumpy or beginning to yellow, indicating moisture has gotten to it. Then of course, if you see pests like weevils, ditch the bag.
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Thanks I appreciate it… I didn’t really think about there being actually fat in flour? The other things you mentioned sound pretty obvious, but I don’t know that I would’ve thought about the fact that flour could smell funny.
By the way, have you ever witnessed flour going bad, personally? If so, do you remember about how long you had it before that happened?
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Ive had experienced the little black bugs in the flour if ive had it a while. But never noticed a smell of weird yellowish color. Provident Prepper did a deep dive on this very topic. Check it out. They are fun to watch also.
I found food storage overwhelming. So I started with a 3 months supply of meals in 12 letter/legal boxes. Everything I would need to make quick meals with recipe cards. Start with your canned meat, tuna, peanut butter or tomato sauce, or pasta sauce, oatmeal, dried eggs, condiments and spices you would normally use in small amounts for just this box of meals. Don't forget shortening or lard. One box should last 1-2 people 1-2 weeks. Then put just staples like flour, rice (not brown), milk (long term quarts), instant potatoes (not butter flavor), quick cooking oats, cereal, white sugar, honey, jelly, etc. and condiments and spices in a separate box. Include in each meal box a can opener, lighter/matches, utinsels, pot holder, scissors, reusable plate/bowl. Create another box with cooking pans, fire starters, camp stove, fuels. Once you get to this point, in an emergency, you grab as many boxes of the meals as you can take with you, grab a box of the staples, and don't forget the box of cooking implemements, etc. So you'll be taking a minimum of 4 boxes. Then gradually fill your pantry by buying duplicates over time. Don't forget to store water.
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Overwhelmed became organized big time. Good deal.
I like #13!😂 Seriously, the comfort food was the very last food item I thought about. And it isn't all sweets. My husband loves a soup that I make from all canned food! It is a comfort food for him, so I have made sure I have plenty. Another piece if advice I've heard several times now is that if you don’t normally buy something, but want to try it, JUST BUY ONE! I usually start with a recipe I read or heard and buy the item(s), but just one. Then if we don't like it, not big deal, because there was only one. However, if we like it, I try to get more ASAP, because it's only going to go up in price!
My OH likes curries I make from canned veg, extended with seasonal veg from the garden, or freezer. Sometimes canned (home of bought) are the go-to option.
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What is OH?
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 other half (partner/ husband/ boyfriend)
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Ah. Thanks. I’ve only ever seen people write “S/O” for “significant other.”
Great advice! The myth I bought into was that Mylar bags are the best food storage. I found out glass jars are better than Mylar bags. Mylar bags do not pack well. Food stored in Mylar bags are fat and bulky, and they need to be kept in a plastic containers like buckets to keep rodents out. Glass jars with oxygen absorbers pack really well in carboard boxes that can be place on top of one another. It takes less space in the basement or home. Also, glass jars can be reused with new lids.
The drawback though is glass is HEAVY compared to mylar. Pick your poison.
@@generic53 I only lift one jar out at a time.
Don’t stack on top of each other
I totally agree with you. As a long time prepper, I've learned the hard way to store in glass jars to keep things fresher.
I'm so happy to have found this channel. You're so positive and more importantly you're making sence without scaring me to death. ❤
I keep all my flours and grains in mylar in an extra freezer, works well for shelf life.
Hello
I just found your channel. I'm interested to hear more of your storage ideas. I agree with you on everything you said on this video, there is much nonsense spread about food storage. It could be easier than many YT content producers indicate and I am sure that can put people off from trying and also lead to high costs.
Coffee is my comfort food. I can make cold brewed coffee easily by letting it steep 24 hours im a glass jar.
Life doesn't need to be complicated.
I have a french press coffee pot that will be a life saver some day. Simply soak the coffee in the hot water, then pull press thru to strain grounds!
The problem I had was I prefer to eat fresh or the types of foods that don’t store well. I realized the typical rotation system didn’t work for me, except for a few key items. While I have a good pantry and freezer for a short-term emergency, stocking for long term didn’t work for my consumption. Living in earthquake territory, we’ve been told 3 - 6 months isn’t out of line. I decided to separate my long-term from my working pantry. This allowed me to tuck these items away in rarely accessed places. I have good records with expiration dates. I created a plan with long term storage foods and slowly stocked to meet this menu plan. Plus, my plan allows for power outage. My point is, emergency food storage has to work for your dietary needs and family size. My 30 year storage items are addressed in my will going to those who will value it, since many in my family wouldn’t appreciate the effort that went into the menu planning. What are the items shorter than 30 year that I’ve adapted to my current eating habits? Powdered milk (found a variety I liked), freeze dried eggs, and canned cheese (can’t live without my cheese!). I already used limited canned meats, tomatoes and dried grains and beans. I was able to work these into my current menu planning. Everything else is freeze dried in #10 cans or it’s a long-term food in mylar/bucket. So while I rarely eat white rice, white pasta and sugar, I store this. Compared to other food, these items are relatively inexpensive. If there’s a catastrophe, I won’t be so concerned with the healthiest food. I also have limited 30-year freeze-dried backpacker meals for a number of days of portability. Hope this helps those who eat a fresh diet.
That is awesome!!
Replacing your food that you have eaten cost 3 times as much to replace, this is what makes food storage expensive.
Tomato and other acidic foods are the hardest to keep. When I was growing up, we always had a decent stash of food. My mother used the swollen ends method of determining safety. The swollen cans went straight to the garbage.
Thank you for a balanced approach.
Always pleasant and informative to visit your channel. Thanks for being positive and for reminding us that we each can contribute to an overall plus for the world by taking care of ourselves.
You asked about myths and haven’t bought into any. Good information and thank you for sharing
I recently (Oct, 2023) had a can of kidney beans with a best by date of Sept 2005. It was fine with a slight metalized taste. High acid foods like tomatoes and pineapple can eat through a metal can, so keep an eye on those.
as an aside of "unexpected uses of storage/preparation"
: We recently helped friends to move to our state... and i was able to go into my food storage and get them enough soups, and dry goods, to get by until they got their refrigerator!
i also paid a friend for their help (labor) with a bucket of rice one time!
We may be bartering quite a bit after SHTF!
You guys are so knowledgable and so funny. I really enjoy your videos.
There’s a number of questions about storing popcorn, most have to do with Mylar bags; I hope our favorite Provident Preppers will address this further. I also stored some in 1/2 gallon mason jars, no oxygen absorbers but I did vacuum seal. Thanks so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge. ❣️
I have a call into an expert because we do need to address this and I want to make sure that I get it right.
Personally I just buy Jolly Time popcorn at Walmart, it comes in a large plastic jar with a screw-on lid. Since it is professionally packaged I don't have to worry....
The problem with food storage is when you run out of room. LOL Or you stack and the stack collapses…. Not good. Know your plan so this does not happen. Know what you need, make a plan and stick to it.
Being able to boil water/ heat food is a necessary prep.small propane stoves are great but eventually you may not have acess to fuel.little rocket stoves that eficiently burn kindling etc might just be a life saver.
God bless you and your family for your hard work in bringing us this information. When I examined our food storage commitment, I was at first discouraged. Most of what we eat is fresh (then frozen) meats, some canned fish, local seafood (we are lucky to live on the Gulf Coast), and fresh vegetables. We can't eat a lot of carbs anymore. My husband is ill with several conditions, and I'm not going down the road he chose for himself, to be blunt. So I've decided to prep for long term for up to 10 other family members. They don't know anything about this. If we have to eat it, we will, but pretty much all of our food storage is going to have to be packed for long term. I do use very small amounts of pasta, rice, etc in large dishes, to keep things balanced. Once again, thank you.
Thanks for your teaching this in a previous video about the Morman Dried Good Pantry. Last month I made it up to Richmond VA and acquired my first eighteen #10 cans. Thank you for putting out this information. Daren
They are awesome! Congrats on a great start!
Thank you for sharing what's good to get and not!
I will not sit here and have you disrespect Spam like that.
We do repackage 5-10 pound bags of rice into quart mason jars to keep it fresh longer. In our case we use between 5-10 of white rice er year and found that 9-12 months of open container rice tended to spoil somewhat. Now the mason jars are used n a few months or less and we open them as needed.
I truly love that even talking about potential disaster, you are so positive.
And of course your practicality really draws me.
Thank you for your kindness!
I already stored my popcorn in mylar with o2 absorbers. Do I need to worry about it if I'm going to microwave it anyway?
I do love soft drinks, but you simply cannot store them for even the mid-term. The cans corrode through and leak, the plastic bottles leach into the drinks and makes it taste awful and like chemicals - plus it goes flat fairly quickly in bottles. I've tried both and it just doesn't work. So in a long-term crisis I am just going to have to do without.
I did freeze dried cappuccino mix instead. Still has sugar and caffeine!
I tried storing Diet Pepsi and Dr. Pepper and yeah, it doesn't work well, at least in cans. It loses it's sweetness and just tastes chemical. I'm going to try some 2 liter bottles and see if it's better. I love my soda even though it's bad for me!
I don't mind it being flat but I hope it retains some flavor in the bottles.
@@mkkrafts9261 - I think it's the high-fructose corn syrup breaking down that is the problem. Makes it taste like, well, corn.
Yea, Pepsi is something I have to give up. Starting to wean myself off of it currently.
A couple years ago I was given a large amount of beets and large bags of carrots. I couldn't iagine how I could possibly use all of it. Well, thanks to google, I found a recipe for pasta sauce using beets and carrots. I decided to tey a small batch of sauce for one meal. I tweaked the recipe a bit by adding extra garlic, tons of sweet basil, and some bay leaves. It came out fantastic, so I made the remaing beets and carrots into sauce and canned it. I've made and canned this saucw now 4 times in the past two years. Now working on a fourth batch. The sauce gets used on pasta, pizzas, casseroles and more. The family LOVES it!
YUM!
I enjoyed this video. Very informative. Very well done. COMMON SENSE. Thank you.
Thank you I sure appreciate you guys
Thankyou for mentioning about whole wheat I store food and I feel like every video and guides to store food say have whole wheat and wheat berries I don't use them I don't store them.
Now and for awhile, lately, most things on the LDS food site have been out of stock or otherwise unavailable. They say "in stock" and let you load it into the cart, then you go to check out and they alert you to remove it because it's not available. Either high demand, served locally, or not producing this as much. Unfortunate, because it's a great product. I have purchased much over the past year.
Thank You for sharing your ideals with us it help.
@8:27 I'm with johnathan. I've actually got 4 spreadsheets, 1. for the freezer, 2. short term pantry, 3. long term pantry, 4. offsite food storage. Makes my pantry stockups so much quicker. When I see something on sale or when i'm making a trip to the home storage center (I have to take a vacation day to go so it's helpful to know exactly what I need), I can know how much I need within 10 seconds.
QOTD I have bought into all of these at some point or another. When I started this journey I was a poor college kid and literally thought I could never achieve a years supply. I also had a prepping budget of $10/month. I stuck with it. I also fell for myth #14 (It matters what other people think). I had friend's and family call me crazy. when doomsday preppers came on they would often rib me about it. If you've got the fire to do it, do it. Guaranteed something will happen that will make them find out you were right all along. That's where my Myth #11 story comes into play. A couple years ago I got a very sizeable and unexpected bonus from work. While I did do quite a bit of other things with it, I was very very strongly impressed that I needed to convert a significant portion into food storage. Couldn't even sleep because of it. I resisted, my pantry was overfull and my spreadsheets told me I was good for at least a year. I thought about and actually added other things to my cart like medical supplies and seeds, but I kept circling back to food. Figuring I was crazy but could donate it to a food pantry otherwise I finally bit the bullet so I could get it off my mind. About a month later, a very dear friend very suddenly became a single mother of 3. Her husband had a very small life insurance policy but she didn't work and hadn't since their oldest had been born. The life insurance was just enough to cover housing, but was also enough to make them ineligible for assistance programs. I was able to give her a year's supply for her family to give them time to heal and get back on their feet. (I also massively increased my own life insurance coverage). I'm not a very religious person these days, but I can't help but believe there is something interconnecting us.
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I KNOW for a fact that I can't survive on 1/4 to 1/2 cup serving per meal. NO WAY!!!
Thank you so much for this down to earth, practical, thought provoking and calming video. 🙏 I hit subscribe 1/2 way through and it’s only my first video exposure.
Thank you guys so much,this was very informative and pertinent.
God bless you and your family.
We missed a can of shredded pork and ate it recently. It was just fine tasted good