POPCORN. Hungry bellies don't care about organic. Popcorn is a high density filler food. Stock up on it. You can pop anywhere. Dry pop over open fire. Skillet with olive oil or coconut. I grew up in Missouri and popcorn always came to the rescue for growing teens that were bottomless pits!
It is tasty but Gmo corn kills the probiotics in your gut. Which damages your ability to absorb nutrients. I rather eat edible weeds like dandelions or stock up on something else.
Ruth, you and I are on the same page, as I have come across a good deal on two pound bags of Jollytime for one dollar apiece. I'm going to get more if they are still available at the wholesale store. And best of all, I got a really nice air corn popper at the Goodwill.
Thanks Stacy always great advice❤ Heres our old Mennonite trick for making flour go further.... we make zucchini flour, by dehydrating zucchini, grinding it down, then you can replace it for 1/3 of what the recipe calls for in flour:) Can't taste would never know the difference. Healthy too. Many Blessings🌻
Hi,I tried to google how to dry zucchini but did not get any result...how do u dry it? Does it have to be sliced and put out in the sun to dry? Appreciate much a response...🙂
This will be a great thing to know this summer when the zucchini is growing like crazy 🤪. Recently used my new dehydrator and started making bread for the first time. Learning some helpful and healthy new ideas!
I've stored food my entire life. One of the things I've learned is if we don't normally eat it we still don't want it when we need to use the product. Store what you eat!
Yeah I asked my hubby would he eat sardines again...he had them all during his youth and young adulthood...he doesn't want to eat that so I will be sticking to the other items...but I have to have almond butter....can't do the peanuts....will only be getting that for the hubby.
Hi. May I make a friendly suggestion? I noticed that you have home canned items. I used the same type of metal shelving that you have shown. Build your shelves lip side up. The lip will help keep bottles from falling off if there is an earthquake. Also, fill your empty canning jars with water (I use boiling water). It makes for water storage and your jars are clean and ready for use.
People from earthquake areas ALWAYS say that. But may I make a friendly suggestion right back? Did you know that there are a lot of areas that are NOT earthquake prone? Imagine that, areas that DO NOT HAVE EARTHQUAKES! Therefore, we never need to worry about our jars falling off. So quit the anxiety and saying these comments.
@@SirenaSpades Come on now, she gave an excellent idea! If it doesn't apply to you, then it doesn't. No need to be rude. I live in California and they're always warning of earthquakes, and we do get quakes that shake my house and the things in it. So her idea applies to all earthquake areas. It's a good idea even without earthquakes. We all need to practice showing grace toward each other, and not getting offended or rude. Enjoy this beautiful weekend! 🌻
I'm in California, so I go the extra mile for prevention, like putting my metal shelf lipside, up. I also anchor my bookshelves to the wall. EXCELLENT idea on the extra jars!! I heard that "empty jars take up as much room as full jars, so fill them"! I've decided to can pinto beans. But this time, I'll precook them a bit before canning. Two canning tries with resulting hard beans made me learn my lesson! Do you put your jars of water through the canning process, for sterile water? Thank you, and have a beautiful weekend! ✝️
YES Stacy !!! You exactly told about my basic stocking list. Salt, vinegar and sprouts are so underrated. Fermenting is so important. I want to tell what happens actually in Germany: when you go into a supermarket, there is no more flour, not even the expensive produkts. No more plant oil, no noodles, no vinegar, little salt. (No toillet paper, of course, like in the beginning of corona.) And nowbody knows, when it will be delivered again. News tell us about a maybe coming food shortage. Ukraine war hits us. We live in a rich country and people are anxious. Im lucky my grandma and my mom teached me all this gardening, fermenting and other ways to preserve food and get own supplies That's why it is so important, what you are teaching on your channel. Love and blesses from germany.
Thankyou for your warning! Those are major effects after only two weeks of a fairly small conflict. Could be partly from people stocking up. May God bless you.
@@granmabern5283 Thanks for you answer. You are right: it is partly from people stocking up. Only partly: here we depend(ed?) on supplies from Russia and Ukraine. About 50% of our wheat came from there. Sunflower and canola oil, raw materials for industrie from there. Cut off immidiatly. It causes a high explosion on prices here. Fuel price of course, transporting becomes more expensive, production too... it's a whole circle. Over here it's not a fairly small conflict: we are not so far away (there's nuclear thread by Putin. This is why Nato doesn't send soldiers to Ukraine, even if Ukraine President Selensky begs for it and blames Nato and USA for not doing. Nobody wants escalation in this situation. But there is very, very big military upgrade at the eastern borders of Nato...we are now in a very hot phase of cold war). Another example: millions of refugees from Ukraine in Europe. I work in an authorothy beside my homestead. Government is asking my supervisor to delegate employees to do all the registration and delegation to housing for refugees. This Ukraine-war hits us here, changes live and makes us so worried, a lot of major effects. This is my story from germany. Every day I pray to God. Im so thankfull I got my stocking and my little homestead for my family. May God bless us all.
Dagmar ratatosk yes, praying is the best thing to do. Thankyou for helping the refugees. We each have to do the best we can each day and get ready for Heaven. This world is rotten and it has been polluted by sin since Adam and Eve. All humans will certainly die one day. Peace and health and prosperity are Eternal in Heaven only. Meanwhile suffering is painful. But war gives us opportunities to be generous to our neighbours, and to pray better. Sad but true. May God bless you and comfort you and give you more courage every day. Xxx
Im glad you have things stored up. I hope you stay safe. The world is getting crazy. Thanks for your comment. I have been trying to warn people here in the US of the shortages coming. Many have been too spoiled n cant believe it could ever happen here. I tell them , the great depression was not so long ago.
I used to attend Stacey’s exercise classes at the Y. She is just as wonderful in person as she is here online...friendly, encouraging, and knowledgeable. 🙂
When I transfer dried things like dried beans into storage containers, I add a tablespoon of food grade diatomaceous earth and shake it around. Just in case there's any critter eggs that decide to hatch while in storage.
I burned myself so badly on my arm one time that I could hardly stand the pain. I went to sleep just to get away from how badly it hurt. But before I did I stuck my arm in a load of honey and wrapped it up and put a plastic bag over it. When I went to sleep it was a swollen blistered mess. I woke up a couple of hours later and it was gone. Absolutely gone. I think I had Manuka honey at the time. It was like a little miracle.
WOW!!! Thank you for sharing that; great info. I've started a notebook for myself with common ailments and their remedies so that it is handy for me to look up and I'm not searching in my books trying to decide and getting confused as to which remedy I want to try at the moment. I'm going to write your's down. I've heard it in the past and you reminded me of that. Thx, Be Blessed🤠
Recently I went through foods that I had stored and checked dates. I pulled all the ones nearing end dates and made a list of meals to use them up. I rotate through things but it is good to keep an eye on dates. I have started to write the expiration dates on the top of the lid so I can see it at a glance. Sometimes the dates are so hard to see and writing it on top helps a lot.
We write the dates on everything and keep an updated spreadsheet with all items and their expiration date groceries get logged and used items are removed.
I'm really happy with the production of my peach trees. Have 2 peach trees that crank out about 200-300 peaches every year. They don't take up a lot of space in the yard either. Will be trying to dry out as much fruit/produce as possible this year. For the price of a couple of trips to the supermarket, I just order some more trees that will help me become more self sufficient. Got an avocado tree, a mango tree, 2 banana trees, and goji berries arriving soon. Self-fertile trees are awesome!!!
I totally agree, here in UK we have rhubarb, strawberries & raspberries, sweet chestnut, walnut & hazel trees, apple, pear, plum in our orchard. We have just bought 2 peach & 1 apricot tree. I plan to dry, can & preserve as much as we can. I am cutting down on growing flowers this year & using the space for potatoes, carrots, onions, cauli & the usual salad crops as I am getting increasingly concerned about food shortages. I just hope others who can are doing the same.
@@michelleelsom6827 Agriculture is destroying the planet!!! It is very frustrating how much miss information there is on this topic. Grazing can actually sequester far more carbon than forests at a much, much faster rate. If we grazed animals on a large enough scale, we could actually mitigate all human emissions. Growing plants can not do this. Plant agriculture uses massive amounts of fossil fuels and unlike grazing cattle, it doesn't mitigate its own emissions. The soil microbiome is killed with chemicals and that dead soil is lost rapidly, causing complete land infertility and desertification. Grazing animals is the fastest way to replenish these lands, bring the microbes back, give nutrients back, rehydrate, break up impaction, and build soil faster than any other process. It would take nature decades to build the amount of soil made in a couple of yrs of Grazing.
@@JamminClemmons Yes, I agree that chemicals used in modern agriculture are very harmful to the ecosystem, grazing animal are good as long as they are able to roam or be moved onto new pasture every 2 weeks or so as they would in the wild. intensive animal farming purely to provide food is the problem here, where cattle etc are raised in lots usually with no grazing where they don't experience pasture grazing as we know it, to produce m eat as quickly & economically as possible to meet the demands of meat eaters. If animals were raised in more natural environments & in smaller quantities the cost would be higher to the consumer & they would naturally eat less. It is crazy that you can buy a whole chicken for £3 - If it is available at such a cheap cost, of course people will eat more & more of it.. no wonder the world is in such a mess .
Excellent list, Stacy! I would add coffee and tea to the list. While best if used fresh, they make great bartering items and will definitely go up in price.
Tea & instant coffee store extremely well in mylar bags and oxygen absorbers... currently drinking a cup of tea with tea bags from 2011 it's now 01/04/22 - 11 years later tastes as fresh as anything 🙂
A prepper posted to get small bottles of liquor and pouches of tobacco for bartering. When I go get wine, I pick up mini bottles of whiskey, rum, vodka, ect.
Wonderful list! Vinegar is also great for disinfecting surfaces and laundry; coconut oil is also fantastic for oral health (oil pulling, homemade toothpaste). I'd add water to the list just because many are so used to just turning on the tap, they don't even think about it! Stored water or a nearby spring/well and water filters ☺️
@@poollife777 yes at the moment I do and I have some stored in case of emergency. Life's pretty good here , but after being through a couple of emergency situations and watching the floods East I think our water from the tap is much better than no water clean at all x Rainwater beautiful if you can of course ♥
Dried peas are cheap and you can sprout/grow them on the window sill as a fresh shoot for steaming or winter salad and also mixed salad leaves grow well indoors in winter.
I've had trouble sprouting anything stored with oxygen pkt. Yes they were over 10 yrs stored, anyone else experience this. I'm wondering if it" kills" any good in it, w oxygen absorber
Thanks Stacey for the Great video. My boyfriend has been stockpiling food for at least 3 years. I thought he was a food “hoarder”. Unbeknownst to me, he has been storing a lot of his food with oxygen absorbers. After watching your video, I realize, he’s a Great prepper!
WHITE RICE ~ CA Jasmine & Basmati - 5 gallon buckets … mylar sealed … O2 no more than 3 buckets high, put on bricks 30-60 lbs each Organic oats Wheat berries - Flour making - More nutrients in wheat berries Organic Peanut Butter ~ Trader Joe’s - Valencia peanut butter
I have quite a bit of salt stored because I like pink Himalayan salt and Hawaiian red alaea salt, but I have learned to make my own white salt. We live close to the shore and can go out away from the shipping lanes and get fresh sea water, boil it down to almost no water and then spread the salt out on glass or ceramic baking dishes to finish evaporating the rest of the water out. The salt is amazing. A couple gallons of sea water makes quite a bit of salt. Not great for landlocked people, but an option for us coastal ones. We can use a canoe if we are mindful of the tides, but usually when we go out fishing on a friend's boat is when we get our sea water to evaporate. I'm going to attempt to grow my own black pepper this year, too, if I can get ahold of the right type of seeds.
Wow amazing. I know they do this in Portugal the salt flats but to do it as a family great! I live near the sea but the thought of sewarage is a little off putting!
Excellent Prep Video! Grew up in a mostly German farming community in Southeast Missouri. Couple hundred miles from you. We have had earthquakes a few times since we are close to the New Madrid fault line. My parents secured their jars and other breakables on the shelves. They nailed some smaller boards horizontally just above each shelf so the jars would not fall of and break during an earthquake. You could probably stretch some bailing wire or straps in a similar fashion. Thanks!
I like how you waste no time talking nonsense. Good straight information. I know a lot of this stuff, just haven’t practiced it in many years. Time to get back to basics. Will have to muster up courage to try pressure canning.
I literally just ordered my first fermentation kit today. Same one you have and LG bulk bags of organic seeds. Now I just need jars, lids, a dump truck full of good soil, couple of bales of hay, big water tanks, a hand pump, chickens, fencing.... And a grateful heart..... 🙋🏼♀️🌹
I use Coconut oil for so many things including hair and face masks and moisturizer. In a pinch I have used olive or coconut oil as an eye makeup remover as well.
Great knowledge!! Been watching you and Doug since 2018, gleaned your knowledge and followed through. Thanks to you Im stocked and equipped with all that I need to go through this era we're in. Keep up the good work. May God continue to bless you more and more!
I must share that the Coconut Oil is a good anti-bacteria fighter to oil the nose, ears, and yes use for skin, (not on face (clogs pores) hair, and for cooking. It's a great female moisturizer for perineum, surrounding areas as well as inside. 🙏
This sounds like lots of great advice - especially the storage specifics. Just surprised to not find dried bean/legumes on the list. Seems like all that protein & fiber in one package would make it a "must" food for emergency prep.
Just a thought - everything listed here can be used at once. Dried beans need to be soaked and cooked and that takes time and energy. I know too many people who have no idea!. I pressure can my own dried beans to make them into 'convenience food' on my prep shelf. People who store dried beans and rice (the uninformed prepper choice it seems) are going to find it difficult to make these items into anything edible at a moment's notice. Also consider that you can't eat beans and rice every day for every meal. I store basmati rice but I also have a few boxes of Minute Rice. No joke! There will be times ahead where you need to have something hot in your tummy and Minute Rice is great for that along with a protein or some cheese and tomato sauce = Cheesy Rice! It isn't all about nutrition - it is about keeping body and soul together so that you can stay alive and keep being productive.
Love these types of videos. If I was going to call you, (LOL) I would ask for lots more info on sprouting and how to use the sprouts. I AM A NEWBEE at trying to be self-sustained. You two are so encouraging!!!
Did you ever try letting your radishes and other greens like broccoli go to seed? It makes very large quantities of seeds in little pods that would be good for sprouting. The blossoms also draw pollinators to your garden.
All fantastic suggestions! I’d add 100 proof alcohol for tinctures and disinfectant. Seeds, seeds, seeds is my top suggestion. And both are great barter items. And honestly anything that you don’t or can’t grow on a regular basis. If a grid down were to happen, you’ll likely need to wait at least a year before you can produce those items since the odds are not great something would happen at the perfect planting time.
I loved your "catch of the day", lol! Great advice, Stacy. I'm in such a dilemma right now. I've been trying to use up a lot of our frozen food and canned "stuff" so we won't have so much to move this summer when we get onto our homestead. It's about an hour away from the city. But now I'm thinking it might be worth it to transport all that food because it's security. AND, it's costing less now than it will in a few months. There's nothing like food security. I guess, now that I say it out loud, it's not a bad problem to have!
When we moved 8 years ago I found it convenient to move our stored food that was in cans and jars in the small moving boxes from a big box store. If they get heavy you can put one layer on the bottom and then put lightweight kitchen utensils, lighter boxes foods, etc. also, kitchen and bath towels can be used to cushion. Good luck on the move and the new homestead!
I transported mine in coolers 3 hours away. Still frozen. If you have multiple frizzers move one at the time. The food was the last thing we moved. An hour away is not far at all for the food to thaw out. Pack your coolers tight.
One item vital to consider is an indefinate supply of potable water once you get there. I hope you do. We do not if the power is turned off. Our well uses power from the utilities, and if it was not available, we would be in serious trouble. I am thinking of getting a hand pump that can be used by removing the well head and internals leaving only the lined hole and sand filter, then install the hand pump if power was going to be a long lasting problem. Another possible way is to store rain water in tanks, but that gets very expensive for us. Best wishes on your wise move! A big city with potential big problems when things get shut down would be a nightmare.
Hi Stacy, can you please do more food prepping videos? Your info about what to prep and why was so awesome! We just vacuum sealed a bunch of brown rice and had no idea that it didn’t store well. I’ve learned so much from you! Thanks!
Beautiful well stocked panty. I had wondered how the gamma lids worked, thanks for showing us. I love when you fished the sardines out of your pond. You are such a wealth of knowledge, it’s amazing how much you have learned in ten years.
This was the 1st of ya'lls videos that just came up one day and ever since I have been hooked on ya'lls advice and helpful information. At 64, never to old to learn. Thank you both for all you do
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’ve prepped pretty much in the exact same way. I would also add molasses for the minerals, and also for making your own fertilizer, since the price of even organic fertilizers will probably rise.
My mom died at 73 and had a pet cow 🐄 ntil the last year...she didn't use gee on her face but the cream off the top..her skin was beautiful..really kept wrinkles away also great for sunburn...she had that cow named Penny for 30 years
Hello Stacy, i have stayed up with all things imaginable for preparedness but you give a whole new meaning to bringing good things to the table. I so want to thank You & Doug for what you do getting everyone that you can educated on days coming. Oh just one more thing.... i recently found that salt in your food buckets work well also against moisture. Anyway love you both (From Oregon)
Just found ya'll on UA-cam. We live in RI and after 40 years we moved from Providence area out to the northwestern woods if Burrillville. Got enough land to grow veggies and want to prep and ferment and get back to low carb diet. We have a lot to learn from you and after 2 days watching ya'll, I just love ya to pieces. Subscribed and getting notifications. 🙂
Please watch dates on items that can go rancid: nuts, nut butters, powdered milks, brown rice, ground flours, oils- generally anything that has naturally occurring oil in them. Even with those dates- you can use past those dates. Just do the sniff test. Date the can, jar or container with sharpie and rotate. First in- is first out. My last bit of nugget- store only what you eat or will barter with. God bless each one of you!
Sharing your Videos on my Face book I hope people will listen and wake up to what and could happen. Better to be safe than sorry! We live in an apartment so trying to work that out we do have balcony's! Hugs love you guys!
@@elleoconner8345 exactly what they said above.. and the good thing about thatbis the temp in the ground is constant at a temp of around 50 degrees so it will never freeze in there at night in the colder seasons
It's official! Thank you, D and S! From another D and S (Dan and Susi) from the Eastern Plains of Colorado. We've been watching your vids for a couple months now, under our personal account. Thanks to all your knowledge, value and amazing encouragement, we're goin' "all in" and naming ourselves. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from Dancing Phoenix Farm. Excited to be a part of your journey and grateful for your wisdom.
Great list Stacy! Also would like to add coffee/tea, beans, lentils, tomato sauce/paste, pasta, spices, your favorite juices/gatorade/water, yeast, olives for their superb nutritious value, vinegars white for canning and cleaning and red for cooking/salads. I also like to gave sone mustard/mayo on hand, olive oil and vegetable oil, granola and done cans of pie filling fir when you crave something sweet Also some canned goods for extra security, meats etc. Basically don’t buy anything that you normally wont eat on a regular basis. And don’t gorget toiletries, toothpaste, toilet paper, medicine for pain/flu/ antibiotics etc. Make sure you fill your first aid kit as well.
@@granmabern5283 I've read that if it turns brown on top, it could be oxidation from being exposed to air at the top. If it's brown throughout, it could be that it wasn't cooked looking enough in processing to stop the enzymes.
Patricia Moran Thankyou. These were canned goods from the store, Hunts brand, in metal cans. I was thinking maybe tomato and metal don’t make for a long shelf life...
This was a great video although I have been stocking foods for years now, it’s always great to hear what others feel are important to stock. Thanks Stacy…
STACY---I JUST LOVE YOU! Your sense of humor is soooo endearing to me! The fishing for the canned sardines??? HILAREOUS! BTW: I have a very corny sense of humor! THANKS FOR THE LAUGH, GIRL! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN : )
Regular food tip: If you get air out of milk container and a slight vacuum your milk lasts longer. Fold the carton like a grocery bag creases on the side and squash the plastic jugs and while still under a bit of pressure screw the lid on and you will have a bit of a vacuum in the jug same for screw top cartons be careful of spills.
great info - I needed to see this. I am a "prepper" but never thought about the salt, honey, etc. due to not knowing the shelf life or how to store. I have 100# of non-GMO wheat berries, but did not know about the milar bags. danggg. I vacuumed sealed - hope that will work. The sprouts? GREAT idea especially here in Alaska. I haven't used sprouts for many years. Not sure why.
Salt lasts forever.I store in glass jars in dry cool place. Honey will last indefinetly too. It may crystalize but put container in warm water and it will melt. I use heavy duty plastic or glass jars with wide mouth that holds at least a quart. Stock pile iodized and non iodized salt(none for food preservation).
That was a super cute intro & ending, well done Ladies! I like how Christian from the Ice Age Farmer puts it. Worry about calories 1st, then nutritional value, & taste last. You've definitely covered those bases. Though I admit I can't do sardines. Though I imagine I could if I was starving. Hopefully it won't get to that point for any of us. 🙏
@@MountainRangeFarms honestly it's the smell. One of my sister's & my Dad loves sardines. So from a very young age the smell would make me literally gage. Which is weird for me. I have 4 children & have smelled a lot of knarly smells & I'm ok. But sardines just get me every time. My mouth is literally filling with saliva just typing about it. It's crazy! 🤣
Thank you Stacy! I have preps but by choice am low on cooking oil. Because I know it won't keep long. Now I know what to get! Thank you very much for sharing.
Menfolk need zinc. Oysters provide the most bio-available zinc and I have 100 tins of smoked oysters in my pantry PLUS about half as many cans of canned whole oysters! PLUS I vacuum seal dry goods in mason jars using a special vacuum lid attachment I got from Amazon plus a hand-operated brake vacuum from Harbor Freight & Tool.
Great advice!!! I have to try and get organized because I am a special needs Mom !!! Will check your site for websites for rice & salt!! Thank you!!!! Denise
FYI, Valencia Peanuts and Jungle Peanuts are the only varieties that have extremely low mold levels. All other varieties are very high in mold due to the way they are grown. If you're mold toxic, be aware of this. 💛
thank you for sharing your journey and knowledge with us ... I ordered the redmand salt and made sure to do it through your link and told them also you were the reason I came to their store ... YHVH bless and keep you both in His loving arms ... Camille from West Virginia
Stacy, we get a lot of Almond butter! I can't eat peanut butter as it brings my blood sugars up very high, and I love peanut butter. What good information! Thank you
One thing about flour. Mills offer "bleached" or "nonbleached" flour which confuses people. "Bleached" flour actually boosts leavening activity in bread dough. Aging=oxidation=bleaching. There are two methods by which flours might be "bleached": the first and oldest is simply by aging the flour--generally 30-45 days; during which time it oxidizes, which is what is meant by "bleached". However, commercial flour mills cannot afford to store flour because storage costs money, so when they sell a "bleached" flour it is a flour that has been bleached chemically with potassium bromate-something which has been banned in most countries in Europe, and China, but oddly, not in the U.S. Therefore, some natural aging is beneficial for bread baking, the idea is not to allow it to age so long that it goes rancid. We mill all of our flour at home and because we want the benefit of additional leavening for bread, we mill it so that it has 45 days to age before we need it.
@@sjmonroe06 Yes. I proactively try to stay ahead of baking needs by calculating average usage and how soon I might require the flour to allow that 45 day aging. I only mill 5 pounds of flour at a time which is sufficient for my needs. A large family would have to calculate how much flour they go through in that period of time and mill a larger quantity. Just calculate how much you use on average and then work backwards for how soon you must mill the flour to hit that 45 day sweet spot.
While I love the list of foods, I would like to add that peanut butter is made from the moldy, rotted peanuts that didn't make the grade to be sold as peanuts. If you want healthy peanut butter you should be making your own. ALL vegetable oils are carcinogenic and should be avoided. You should only use Lard and butter. They actually add healthiness to your food. "They" LIE to us about salt. We are not high in our sodium, we are LOW. If you haven't already figured it out, if the gov't says it, it is a LIE. We've been deceived in order to destroy our health. Ask someone from Europe about the ingredients in our baby formula. They are sickened by what is in it. High fructose corn syrup isn't in theirs. Nothing is what it seems and most importantly it is BY DESIGN meant to harm you and your children. The pharmaceutical industry OWNS our gov't. They run the world. Look at the "vaccinations" we give children now. In 83 there were 11. Today? What is it...100? THAT IS CRUELTY. And it is harming them. The rest of the world thinks (knows) that Americans are nuts. We're the fattest and least healthy society. To those who've been smart enough to homeschool, I salute you. I wouldn't send a child to the public schools for all the money in America. Many make excuses about working. That's ignorant. If five women got together, each one could take a single day. This would give them plenty of time to hold their jobs. Working TOGETHER is the ONLY way we get out of this mess. Lastly, for those caught up in the division of Left and Right, know this: there are no Democrats or Republicans. It is the Haves vs the Have Nots and they run a private club and we are NOT invited to join. They play sides in front of cameras and behind closed doors are laughing at our stupidity. How many wanted to deny OUR small businesses in order to send all that money to Ukraine to buy weapons vs keeping our businesses open? To a country that our politicians use as a personal honeypot. To a country that has never given the US a dime. Why is it that the US citizens are berated for wanting to keep our tax dollars at home, supporting America? We are debt slaves and will always be that until we wake up and STOP COMPLYING. I fear we are doomed. The Dumbing Down has been a wild success. Aside from that minor critique, THANK YOU for this. I have a lot but you mentioned some I had not thought of.
The corrupt US government is complicit in a big money laundering scheme and they pay the corrupt government in Ukraine(that the US govt fraudulently set the players in place by a coup in 2014 so they could use that country not giving a damn about the people) billions of dollars so they can maintain their immense wealth. That is why the US taxpayers are to flip the bill so to speak as we are 30T in debt and our grandchild’s children will never be able to pay it back. The honest working man and woman in America are pissed off about what is happening to our government. I’ll just say IF they keep causing False Flag shootings in America thus using it for an unconstitutional gun grab, they won’t be happy! You know what I mean? 😊
Actually peanuts naturally contain 20 something types of mold. Peanuts are a legume not a nut and it destroys people's liver. Also pork is a playground for many types of parasites including tape worms.
fantastic job Stacy - such a great wealth of knowledge - thanks for sharing - I'm gonna be sure to go over what I have in the pantry room and make sure I have everything topped off and add a few things from you list to what's already stored
My favorite long shelf foods to keep in my storage beyond 10 years are dried beans, legumes, lentils, rice, corn starch, raw honey, salt, sugar, and powdered milk. 😁🏕️🍙🇺🇲
Hi Doug and Stacy. I just found your channel and I am loving you guys. I live in Western Australia. I love your little cottage and how you are growing things and living off grid. I am on my own but if I had a partner I would suggest we do the same as you. I am now a young 70 years of age and if I am to have a partner, he may feel too old to be starting this huge project. Let's just see what comes in the future. I have watched many of your videos and thoroughly enjoyed every one.Thank you so much for your videos.💜💖🙏☺🙏💖💜
Thank you Stacy for all of the information that you and Doug share. It can be overwhelming trying to figure out the best and most practical way to be prepared. You offer many great tips. I can share one thing about coconut oil that I recently found out. Unrefined coconut oil has the coconut fragrance and is great for baking and for lower temperature cooking. Refined coconut oil is apparently better for high temp cooking such as frying and goes through a few more processing steps (which always makes me think twice). I prefer the unrefined organic extra virgin which looks like the one you also use and has the wonderful coconut fragrance. Thank you again for all that you do.
The interesting point about heavy metals in meats/fish is that they accumulate as we move up the food chain. Therefore, sardines, being low in the food chain, would have less accumulation. Just a bit too stinky for me….!
Not true. We provide 3 types of heavy metal testing and people who eat fish, especially predator or larger fish have mercury in their hair, tissue, and fat (including brain). Even eating fish once per week can push people over the edge, especially if they have mercury fillings too
What about all the stuff in the water, like what in Japan 10+ yrs ago. It's been on USA shore for several yes now. Ice been staying away from fish mostly. Any ideas??
Stacy, thanks so much for the very useful information, both the product and why we should have them. Azure sure has been good for us for bulk buying a lot of these items. Liz
@@jmlr2011 actually, if you look at the recycle code on the Home Depot bucket, that too is food safe. It just doesn’t state it in words. However, for long term storage, it is best to use Mylar bags and O2 absorbers.
I bought enough organic thick oats 3 years ago to get through these crazy times and I'm just now using our last 1/2 gallon jar. So nice to have all this time and still tastes fresh. I seal my jars by hand with a break bleeder that I bought new for the purpose of sealing my jars - never use it on anything else.
Thank you for all the great tips. It's also important to patronize those companies that are aligned with your values. Trader Joe is NOT one of them with their extreme pandemic behavior. Azure Standard is TERRIFIC! I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible and patronize other places that are either local or value-aligned.
What size oxygen absorbers do you use in food for storage? I'm new to your channel, but learning so much! Thank you so much for all your hard work, and helpful information! May God continue to bless you, and your family.
POPCORN. Hungry bellies don't care about organic. Popcorn is a high density filler food. Stock up on it. You can pop anywhere. Dry pop over open fire. Skillet with olive oil or coconut. I grew up in Missouri and popcorn always came to the rescue for growing teens that were bottomless pits!
also heavy preservatives and extra calories are a bonus during a famine event.
It is tasty but Gmo corn kills the probiotics in your gut. Which damages your ability to absorb nutrients. I rather eat edible weeds like dandelions or stock up on something else.
@@sappysamurai5170 Yes that portion is true.
Right. organic and other luxuries will be forgotten
Ruth, you and I are on the same page, as I have come across a good deal on two pound bags of Jollytime for one dollar apiece. I'm going to get more if they are still available at the wholesale store. And best of all, I got a really nice air corn popper at the Goodwill.
Thanks Stacy always great advice❤ Heres our old Mennonite trick for making flour go further.... we make zucchini flour, by dehydrating zucchini, grinding it down, then you can replace it for 1/3 of what the recipe calls for in flour:) Can't taste would never know the difference. Healthy too. Many Blessings🌻
What a great idea! Never thought of it! Thanks for the tip.
Hi,I tried to google how to dry zucchini but did not get any result...how do u dry it? Does it have to be sliced and put out in the sun to dry? Appreciate much a response...🙂
This will be a great thing to know this summer when the zucchini is growing like crazy 🤪. Recently used my new dehydrator and started making bread for the first time. Learning some helpful and healthy new ideas!
hey Tamarah, we need information about how to dry zucchini!
What about freeze drying? I can’t have flour at all so is there a way to make 1 to 1 flour this way?
1. Rice
2. Grains
3. Oats Organic
4. Wheat Berries
5. Peanut Butter
6. Sardines,in olive oil or water
7. Dried Fruits Raison's
8. Sprouts
9. Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
10. Oils. Saturated Fats , Ghee, Virgin Coconut Oil
11. Real Salt by Redman
12. Honey
I'm surprised she didn't mention beans
Don't they eat meat?
Dried mushrooms are great too
@@aliceh5289 gaseous
Add Yeast !! Keeps years in a freezer!!
I've stored food my entire life. One of the things I've learned is if we don't normally eat it we still don't want it when we need to use the product. Store what you eat!
95 percent of my diet is raw fresh veggies and fresh farm eggs. It's impossible to store those :/
I eat fresh. I STORE what I'm willing to eat, if I have to. As in eating with family and friends. Works just fine.
Yeah I asked my hubby would he eat sardines again...he had them all during his youth and young adulthood...he doesn't want to eat that so I will be sticking to the other items...but I have to have almond butter....can't do the peanuts....will only be getting that for the hubby.
@@annatullison1482 put the sardines in the garden. Great fertilizer
@@Pluscelamemechose oh thank you for that.....didn't even think to put Sardine in our beds!!!!
Hi. May I make a friendly suggestion? I noticed that you have home canned items. I used the same type of metal shelving that you have shown. Build your shelves lip side up. The lip will help keep bottles from falling off if there is an earthquake.
Also, fill your empty canning jars with water (I use boiling water). It makes for water storage and your jars are clean and ready for use.
Excellent ideas
Amazing ideas 💡☺️ love this so much!!
People from earthquake areas ALWAYS say that. But may I make a friendly suggestion right back? Did you know that there are a lot of areas that are NOT earthquake prone? Imagine that, areas that DO NOT HAVE EARTHQUAKES! Therefore, we never need to worry about our jars falling off. So quit the anxiety and saying these comments.
@@SirenaSpades
Come on now, she gave an excellent idea! If it doesn't apply to you, then it doesn't. No need to be rude. I live in California and they're always warning of earthquakes, and we do get quakes that shake my house and the things in it. So her idea applies to all earthquake areas. It's a good idea even without earthquakes.
We all need to practice showing grace toward each other, and not getting offended or rude.
Enjoy this beautiful weekend! 🌻
I'm in California, so I go the extra mile for prevention, like putting my metal shelf lipside, up. I also anchor my bookshelves to the wall. EXCELLENT idea on the extra jars!! I heard that "empty jars take up as much room as full jars, so fill them"! I've decided to can pinto beans. But this time, I'll precook them a bit before canning. Two canning tries with resulting hard beans made me learn my lesson!
Do you put your jars of water through the canning process, for sterile water?
Thank you, and have a beautiful weekend! ✝️
YES Stacy !!! You exactly told about my basic stocking list. Salt, vinegar and sprouts are so underrated. Fermenting is so important.
I want to tell what happens actually in Germany: when you go into a supermarket, there is no more flour, not even the expensive produkts. No more plant oil, no noodles, no vinegar, little salt. (No toillet paper, of course, like in the beginning of corona.) And nowbody knows, when it will be delivered again. News tell us about a maybe coming food shortage. Ukraine war hits us. We live in a rich country and people are anxious.
Im lucky my grandma and my mom teached me all this gardening, fermenting and other ways to preserve food and get own supplies
That's why it is so important, what you are teaching on your channel.
Love and blesses from germany.
Thankyou for your warning! Those are major effects after only two weeks of a fairly small conflict. Could be partly from people stocking up. May God bless you.
@@granmabern5283 Thanks for you answer. You are right: it is partly from people stocking up. Only partly: here we depend(ed?) on supplies from Russia and Ukraine. About 50% of our wheat came from there. Sunflower and canola oil, raw materials for industrie from there. Cut off immidiatly. It causes a high explosion on prices here. Fuel price of course, transporting becomes more expensive, production too... it's a whole circle.
Over here it's not a fairly small conflict: we are not so far away (there's nuclear thread by Putin. This is why Nato doesn't send soldiers to Ukraine, even if Ukraine President Selensky begs for it and blames Nato and USA for not doing. Nobody wants escalation in this situation. But there is very, very big military upgrade at the eastern borders of Nato...we are now in a very hot phase of cold war).
Another example: millions of refugees from Ukraine in Europe. I work in an authorothy beside my homestead. Government is asking my supervisor to delegate employees to do all the registration and delegation to housing for refugees. This Ukraine-war hits us here, changes live and makes us so worried, a lot of major effects. This is my story from germany.
Every day I pray to God.
Im so thankfull I got my stocking and my little homestead for my family. May God bless us all.
Dagmar ratatosk yes, praying is the best thing to do. Thankyou for helping the refugees. We each have to do the best we can each day and get ready for Heaven. This world is rotten and it has been polluted by sin since Adam and Eve. All humans will certainly die one day. Peace and health and prosperity are Eternal in Heaven only. Meanwhile suffering is painful. But war gives us opportunities to be generous to our neighbours, and to pray better. Sad but true. May God bless you and comfort you and give you more courage every day. Xxx
All my prayers to you as you go forward in this trying times dear- love from Nevada
Im glad you have things stored up. I hope you stay safe. The world is getting crazy. Thanks for your comment. I have been trying to warn people here in the US of the shortages coming. Many have been too spoiled n cant believe it could ever happen here. I tell them , the great depression was not so long ago.
My dream would be to sit down and have a cup of tea and learn all your wisdom! ☺️ love everything you teach us Stacy!!! Thank you!
What a nice idea…so much wisdom!
I used to attend Stacey’s exercise classes at the Y. She is just as wonderful in person as she is here online...friendly, encouraging, and knowledgeable. 🙂
@@kimeeegngarden4887 oh you’re so lucky you got to know her 😍
Nah, it would be to be her Apprentice! Epic!
@@lesleyoliver3310 haha yeah that totally beats a tea date lol 😉
When I transfer dried things like dried beans into storage containers, I add a tablespoon of food grade diatomaceous earth and shake it around. Just in case there's any critter eggs that decide to hatch while in storage.
Do you wash it out..it is sharp enough to cut the shell of cockroaches?
@@jennymay4720 It is quite normal to rinse pulses, or soak them so it should go in those processes. And if not then consider it a worming dose!
@@jennymay4720 it kills all types of bugs; even roaches... Yuck! 😣
Great idea never thought of this!
Some people eat diatomaceous earth by the tablespoon - I did it myself with no problem.
rice
oats
wheat berries
peanut butter
sardines
raisins,
sprouts
raw apple cider vinegar
salt
shelf stable oil
honey
Thank you Stacy!!!!!!
I burned myself so badly on my arm one time that I could hardly stand the pain. I went to sleep just to get away from how badly it hurt. But before I did I stuck my arm in a load of honey and wrapped it up and put a plastic bag over it. When I went to sleep it was a swollen blistered mess. I woke up a couple of hours later and it was gone. Absolutely gone. I think I had Manuka honey at the time. It was like a little miracle.
WOW!!! Thank you for sharing that; great info. I've started a notebook for myself with common ailments and their remedies so that it is handy for me to look up and I'm not searching in my books trying to decide and getting confused as to which remedy I want to try at the moment. I'm going to write your's down. I've heard it in the past and you reminded me of that. Thx, Be Blessed🤠
YES ! Manuka Honey is most definitely a Miracle …. for burns you can also use Lavender Oil with awesome results 🌿
Did you mean Manuka honey! Very expensive honey!
@@l.plzsavethebeez485 yes thank you.
Wonderful! St. John's wort oil does miracles for burns as well.
Recently I went through foods that I had stored and checked dates. I pulled all the ones nearing end dates and made a list of meals to use them up. I rotate through things but it is good to keep an eye on dates. I have started to write the expiration dates on the top of the lid so I can see it at a glance. Sometimes the dates are so hard to see and writing it on top helps a lot.
We write the dates on everything and keep an updated spreadsheet with all items and their expiration date groceries get logged and used items are removed.
@@sallysummerfield9952 Good idea! I hope you have a physical copy though, or a way to generate power if the power goes out.
@@aliceh5289 physical copy weekly plus solar backup
@@sallysummerfield9952 Nice!
I'm really happy with the production of my peach trees. Have 2 peach trees that crank out about 200-300 peaches every year. They don't take up a lot of space in the yard either. Will be trying to dry out as much fruit/produce as possible this year. For the price of a couple of trips to the supermarket, I just order some more trees that will help me become more self sufficient. Got an avocado tree, a mango tree, 2 banana trees, and goji berries arriving soon. Self-fertile trees are awesome!!!
I totally agree, here in UK we have rhubarb, strawberries & raspberries, sweet chestnut, walnut & hazel trees, apple, pear, plum in our orchard. We have just bought 2 peach & 1 apricot tree. I plan to dry, can & preserve as much as we can. I am cutting down on growing flowers this year & using the space for potatoes, carrots, onions, cauli & the usual salad crops as I am getting increasingly concerned about food shortages. I just hope others who can are doing the same.
Where do you live that these tree grow so well
@@michelleelsom6827 Agriculture is destroying the planet!!! It is very frustrating how much miss information there is on this topic. Grazing can actually sequester far more carbon than forests at a much, much faster rate. If we grazed animals on a large enough scale, we could actually mitigate all human emissions. Growing plants can not do this. Plant agriculture uses massive amounts of fossil fuels and unlike grazing cattle, it doesn't mitigate its own emissions. The soil microbiome is killed with chemicals and that dead soil is lost rapidly, causing complete land infertility and desertification. Grazing animals is the fastest way to replenish these lands, bring the microbes back, give nutrients back, rehydrate, break up impaction, and build soil faster than any other process. It would take nature decades to build the amount of soil made in a couple of yrs of Grazing.
@@JamminClemmons Yes, I agree that chemicals used in modern agriculture are very harmful to the ecosystem, grazing animal are good as long as they are able to roam or be moved onto new pasture every 2 weeks or so as they would in the wild. intensive animal farming purely to provide food is the problem here, where cattle etc are raised in lots usually with no grazing where they don't experience pasture grazing as we know it, to produce m eat as quickly & economically as possible to meet the demands of meat eaters. If animals were raised in more natural environments & in smaller quantities the cost would be higher to the consumer & they would naturally eat less. It is crazy that you can buy a whole chicken for £3 - If it is available at such a cheap cost, of course people will eat more & more of it.. no wonder the world is in such a mess
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Could you please tell me where you purchased your trees
Excellent list, Stacy! I would add coffee and tea to the list. While best if used fresh, they make great bartering items and will definitely go up in price.
Yea
Not to mention the morale boost from having coffee and tea to drink!
Take the opportunity to have a tea garden. Easy to grow and dry plants and you will have a permanent supply
Tea & instant coffee store extremely well in mylar bags and oxygen absorbers... currently drinking a cup of tea with tea bags from 2011 it's now 01/04/22 - 11 years later tastes as fresh as anything 🙂
A prepper posted to get small bottles of liquor and pouches of tobacco for bartering. When I go get wine, I pick up mini bottles of whiskey, rum, vodka, ect.
Wonderful list! Vinegar is also great for disinfecting surfaces and laundry; coconut oil is also fantastic for oral health (oil pulling, homemade toothpaste). I'd add water to the list just because many are so used to just turning on the tap, they don't even think about it! Stored water or a nearby spring/well and water filters ☺️
Water TANKS
How do you use it for laundry?
@@ecclesiastesThreeVerseSeven as a fabric softener
@@poollife777 yes at the moment I do and I have some stored in case of emergency. Life's pretty good here , but after being through a couple of emergency situations and watching the floods East I think our water from the tap is much better than no water clean at all x Rainwater beautiful if you can of course ♥
Here in Sweden we drink tap water. But when I go abroad I buy bottle water. 🥂😁
Dried peas are cheap and you can sprout/grow them on the window sill as a fresh shoot for steaming or winter salad and also mixed salad leaves grow well indoors in winter.
They also contain more protein by weight than any other beans🥰
I do the same with dried corn and GREEN lentils.
that's clever - will split peas sprout?
@@husher5142 no
I've had trouble sprouting anything stored with oxygen pkt. Yes they were over 10 yrs stored, anyone else experience this. I'm wondering if it" kills" any good in it, w oxygen absorber
Thanks Stacey for the Great video. My boyfriend has been stockpiling food for at least 3 years. I thought he was a food “hoarder”. Unbeknownst to me, he has been storing a lot of his food with oxygen absorbers. After watching your video, I realize, he’s a Great prepper!
WHITE RICE ~ CA Jasmine & Basmati - 5 gallon buckets … mylar sealed … O2
no more than 3 buckets high, put on bricks
30-60 lbs each
Organic oats
Wheat berries - Flour making - More nutrients in wheat berries
Organic Peanut Butter ~ Trader Joe’s - Valencia peanut butter
Hey there ah I sealed my rice in fresh saver bags then put them in 5 gal plastic buckets. Do you think that will do?
Ve been getting buckets from our local bakery for free happy dance . GODBLESS sweetie thank you 🙏
The other bonus with storing wheat berries is that you can sprout them and have the extra nutrition in the sprouts.
I have quite a bit of salt stored because I like pink Himalayan salt and Hawaiian red alaea salt, but I have learned to make my own white salt. We live close to the shore and can go out away from the shipping lanes and get fresh sea water, boil it down to almost no water and then spread the salt out on glass or ceramic baking dishes to finish evaporating the rest of the water out. The salt is amazing. A couple gallons of sea water makes quite a bit of salt. Not great for landlocked people, but an option for us coastal ones. We can use a canoe if we are mindful of the tides, but usually when we go out fishing on a friend's boat is when we get our sea water to evaporate. I'm going to attempt to grow my own black pepper this year, too, if I can get ahold of the right type of seeds.
Wow amazing. I know they do this in Portugal the salt flats but to do it as a family great! I live near the sea but the thought of sewarage is a little off putting!
Take care with the gamma lids. I have had several break and just lose their seal. Do NOT stack anything on top of them.
I bought 20 Gamma Lids before Y2K (1999 💥) and I’m still using them … not one broke … although some are admittedly mouse chewed , lol👩🏼🌾
Longest 17 mins video yet, kept having to stop and write down stuff, rewind to catch what I missed, but I got it all! Now the shopping begins!
Fats are a great prep. Coconut oil beef tallow and lard etc. No polyunsaturated vegetable oils as they are toxic
Excellent Prep Video! Grew up in a mostly German farming community in Southeast Missouri. Couple hundred miles from you. We have had earthquakes a few times since we are close to the New Madrid fault line. My parents secured their jars and other breakables on the shelves. They nailed some smaller boards horizontally just above each shelf so the jars would not fall of and break during an earthquake. You could probably stretch some bailing wire or straps in a similar fashion. Thanks!
I like how you waste no time talking nonsense. Good straight information. I know a lot of this stuff, just haven’t practiced it in many years. Time to get back to basics. Will have to muster up courage to try pressure canning.
I am really loving these video's Stacy is doing lately. This and the what she gets in each day food wise.
Keep them coming.
I literally just ordered my first fermentation kit today. Same one you have and LG bulk bags of organic seeds. Now I just need jars, lids, a dump truck full of good soil, couple of bales of hay, big water tanks, a hand pump, chickens, fencing.... And a grateful heart..... 🙋🏼♀️🌹
I use Coconut oil for so many things including hair and face masks and moisturizer. In a pinch I have used olive or coconut oil as an eye makeup remover as well.
Great knowledge!! Been watching you and Doug since 2018, gleaned your knowledge and followed through. Thanks to you Im stocked and equipped with all that I need to go through this era we're in. Keep up the good work. May God continue to bless you more and more!
I must share that the Coconut Oil is a good anti-bacteria fighter to oil the nose, ears, and yes use for skin, (not on face (clogs pores) hair, and for cooking. It's a great female moisturizer for perineum, surrounding areas as well as inside. 🙏
This sounds like lots of great advice - especially the storage specifics. Just surprised to not find dried bean/legumes on the list. Seems like all that protein & fiber in one package would make it a "must" food for emergency prep.
Just a thought - everything listed here can be used at once. Dried beans need to be soaked and cooked and that takes time and energy. I know too many people who have no idea!. I pressure can my own dried beans to make them into 'convenience food' on my prep shelf. People who store dried beans and rice (the uninformed prepper choice it seems) are going to find it difficult to make these items into anything edible at a moment's notice. Also consider that you can't eat beans and rice every day for every meal. I store basmati rice but I also have a few boxes of Minute Rice. No joke! There will be times ahead where you need to have something hot in your tummy and Minute Rice is great for that along with a protein or some cheese and tomato sauce = Cheesy Rice! It isn't all about nutrition - it is about keeping body and soul together so that you can stay alive and keep being productive.
Sprout your beans, dry them and grind for flour?
Cook your beans and then dehydrate them. They only take a few minutes to rehydrate and warm up then. You can also eat them as a snack just as is.
I always make your salad dressing that is apple cider vinegar, olive oil, and maple syrup. YUM.
What a great pantry! All of your tips were great.
I love the the way Molly goes, that’s not a fish! , and walks away. 😆
Thank you Stacy, called my hubby over to watch because he's always asking me what and how... you're a life savor! So blessed to have found you guys!
Love these types of videos. If I was going to call you, (LOL) I would ask for lots more info on sprouting and how to use the sprouts. I AM A NEWBEE at trying to be self-sustained. You two are so encouraging!!!
Yes, a sprouting video… although, I’m thinking you may have already done one…?
Lots of videos and info online re: SPROUTING! Easy!
This one by Epic Gardening is good: ua-cam.com/video/dtvuMNVLISo/v-deo.html though of course I'd check Doug and Stacey's channel first 👍👍👍
Check out the channel "girl in the woods". Brooke did a video on that. ua-cam.com/video/RmKbqpPEPUI/v-deo.html
Did you ever try letting your radishes and other greens like broccoli go to seed? It makes very large quantities of seeds in little pods that would be good for sprouting. The blossoms also draw pollinators to your garden.
All fantastic suggestions! I’d add 100 proof alcohol for tinctures and disinfectant. Seeds, seeds, seeds is my top suggestion. And both are great barter items. And honestly anything that you don’t or can’t grow on a regular basis. If a grid down were to happen, you’ll likely need to wait at least a year before you can produce those items since the odds are not great something would happen at the perfect planting time.
Excellent video! Not only did you give great suggestions but you explained WHY to have specific items! Thank you!
I loved your "catch of the day", lol! Great advice, Stacy. I'm in such a dilemma right now. I've been trying to use up a lot of our frozen food and canned "stuff" so we won't have so much to move this summer when we get onto our homestead. It's about an hour away from the city. But now I'm thinking it might be worth it to transport all that food because it's security. AND, it's costing less now than it will in a few months. There's nothing like food security. I guess, now that I say it out loud, it's not a bad problem to have!
When we moved 8 years ago I found it convenient to move our stored food that was in cans and jars in the small moving boxes from a big box store. If they get heavy you can put one layer on the bottom and then put lightweight kitchen utensils, lighter boxes foods, etc. also, kitchen and bath towels can be used to cushion. Good luck on the move and the new homestead!
@@sensibleprepper1604 Thank you.
@@teresadaigle6991 Good idea. Thank you
I transported mine in coolers 3 hours away. Still frozen. If you have multiple frizzers move one at the time. The food was the last thing we moved. An hour away is not far at all for the food to thaw out. Pack your coolers tight.
One item vital to consider is an indefinate supply of potable water once you get there. I hope you do. We do not if the power is turned off. Our well uses power from the utilities, and if it was not available, we would be in serious trouble. I am thinking of getting a hand pump that can be used by removing the well head and internals leaving only the lined hole and sand filter, then install the hand pump if power was going to be a long lasting problem. Another possible way is to store rain water in tanks, but that gets very expensive for us. Best wishes on your wise move! A big city with potential big problems when things get shut down would be a nightmare.
Hi Stacy, can you please do more food prepping videos? Your info about what to prep and why was so awesome! We just vacuum sealed a bunch of brown rice and had no idea that it didn’t store well. I’ve learned so much from you! Thanks!
It has to be frozen.
I think Stacy said in another video that brown rice can only last about 2 years, as opposed to 30 years for white rice.
Beautiful well stocked panty. I had wondered how the gamma lids worked, thanks for showing us. I love when you fished the sardines out of your pond. You are such a wealth of knowledge, it’s amazing how much you have learned in ten years.
I just Love all the knowledge you have to share!! You are a Blessing to many. Thank you so very much.
This was the 1st of ya'lls videos that just came up one day and ever since I have been hooked on ya'lls advice and helpful information. At 64, never to old to learn. Thank you both for all you do
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’ve prepped pretty much in the exact same way. I would also add molasses for the minerals, and also for making your own fertilizer, since the price of even organic fertilizers will probably rise.
My mom died at 73 and had a pet cow 🐄 ntil the last year...she didn't use gee on her face but the cream off the top..her skin was beautiful..really kept wrinkles away also great for sunburn...she had that cow named Penny for 30 years
Thanks Stacy. I Loved the way you presented this. The info is timely and so good.
God bless you and Doug, and take care
Hello Stacy, i have stayed up with all things imaginable for preparedness but you give a whole new meaning to bringing good things to the table. I so want to thank You & Doug for what you do getting everyone that you can educated on days coming. Oh just one more thing.... i recently found that salt in your food buckets work well also against moisture. Anyway love you both (From Oregon)
Just found ya'll on UA-cam. We live in RI and after 40 years we moved from Providence area out to the northwestern woods if Burrillville. Got enough land to grow veggies and want to prep and ferment and get back to low carb diet. We have a lot to learn from you and after 2 days watching ya'll, I just love ya to pieces. Subscribed and getting notifications. 🙂
Please watch dates on items that can go rancid: nuts, nut butters, powdered milks, brown rice, ground flours, oils- generally anything that has naturally occurring oil in them. Even with those dates- you can use past those dates. Just do the sniff test.
Date the can, jar or container with sharpie and rotate. First in- is first out. My last bit of nugget- store only what you eat or will barter with.
God bless each one of you!
Sharing your Videos on my Face book I hope people will listen and wake up to what and could happen. Better to be safe than sorry! We live in an apartment so trying to work that out we do have balcony's! Hugs love you guys!
Stacy I am so grateful for your knowledge! I'm learning so much and sharing with family
You are so welcome!
Great advice..love your food storage. Still working on mine and building my root cellar and underground greenhouse. Have a great weekend 😀
How do you grow underground?
@@elleoconner8345 it’s a dug out greenhouse. Then the upper walls and roof are transparent.
Insulates in winter.
@@elleoconner8345 exactly what they said above.. and the good thing about thatbis the temp in the ground is constant at a temp of around 50 degrees so it will never freeze in there at night in the colder seasons
@@sherril.562 yup
It's official! Thank you, D and S! From another D and S (Dan and Susi) from the Eastern Plains of Colorado. We've been watching your vids for a couple months now, under our personal account. Thanks to all your knowledge, value and amazing encouragement, we're goin' "all in" and naming ourselves. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from Dancing Phoenix Farm. Excited to be a part of your journey and grateful for your wisdom.
Great list Stacy! Also would like to add coffee/tea, beans, lentils, tomato sauce/paste, pasta, spices, your favorite juices/gatorade/water, yeast, olives for their superb nutritious value, vinegars white for canning and cleaning and red for cooking/salads. I also like to gave sone mustard/mayo on hand, olive oil and vegetable oil, granola and done cans of pie filling fir when you crave something sweet Also some canned goods for extra security, meats etc. Basically don’t buy anything that you normally wont eat on a regular basis. And don’t gorget toiletries, toothpaste, toilet paper, medicine for pain/flu/ antibiotics etc. Make sure you fill your first aid kit as well.
My tomato paste turns brown in the can and jars. Is this normal? Short shelf life? About a year.
@@granmabern5283 I've read that if it turns brown on top, it could be oxidation from being exposed to air at the top. If it's brown throughout, it could be that it wasn't cooked looking enough in processing to stop the enzymes.
Patricia Moran Thankyou. These were canned goods from the store, Hunts brand, in metal cans. I was thinking maybe tomato and metal don’t make for a long shelf life...
@@granmabern5283 depending on expiration date, it could be worth contacting the company!
Stacy thanks for the good ideas, blessings for you and your family 🙏❤️🌹
This was a great video although I have been stocking foods for years now, it’s always great to hear what others feel are important to stock. Thanks Stacy…
I really enjoy your advice and authentic presentation. Your voice is very pleasant.
STACY---I JUST LOVE YOU! Your sense of humor is soooo endearing to me! The fishing for the canned sardines??? HILAREOUS! BTW: I have a very corny sense of humor! THANKS FOR THE LAUGH, GIRL! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN : )
I don't know if you've written a book on this yet, but you should! Wonderful tips!!!
Regular food tip: If you get air out of milk container and a slight vacuum your milk lasts longer. Fold the carton like a grocery bag creases on the side and squash the plastic jugs and while still under a bit of pressure screw the lid on and you will have a bit of a vacuum in the jug same for screw top cartons be careful of spills.
Make cultured products, even cheese. No worries about spoilage then.
Have heard a teensy pinch of baking soda in milk coming close to expiration date will help add some time.
Heck, the 🌾 wheat in the Egyptian tombs is still good today!!
great info - I needed to see this. I am a "prepper" but never thought about the salt, honey, etc. due to not knowing the shelf life or how to store. I have 100# of non-GMO wheat berries, but did not know about the milar bags. danggg. I vacuumed sealed - hope that will work. The sprouts? GREAT idea especially here in Alaska. I haven't used sprouts for many years. Not sure why.
Salt lasts forever.I store in glass jars in dry cool place. Honey will last indefinetly too. It may crystalize but put container in warm water and it will melt. I use heavy duty plastic or glass jars with wide mouth that holds at least a quart.
Stock pile iodized and non iodized salt(none for food preservation).
Also dried herbs for seasoning food
Thank you Stacy and Doug.
That was a super cute intro & ending, well done Ladies!
I like how Christian from the Ice Age Farmer puts it. Worry about calories 1st, then nutritional value, & taste last. You've definitely covered those bases. Though I admit I can't do sardines. Though I imagine I could if I was starving. Hopefully it won't get to that point for any of us. 🙏
I did not think I could eat sardines. If you get the sardines in olive oil, it tastes like tuna😀
@@MountainRangeFarms honestly it's the smell. One of my sister's & my Dad loves sardines. So from a very young age the smell would make me literally gage. Which is weird for me. I have 4 children & have smelled a lot of knarly smells & I'm ok. But sardines just get me every time. My mouth is literally filling with saliva just typing about it. It's crazy! 🤣
@@jennifersinclair6044 gotcha! I could see how that could be unpleasant
@@MountainRangeFarms yeah, a little bit... Lol! Thank you though for the suggestion. It was very thoughtful. ☺️
Starting 2 bee hives this year. So excited. Been trying to buy extra groceries for my pantry everytime. This list gave me some new ideas. Thank you!
Thank you Stacy! I have preps but by choice am low on cooking oil. Because I know it won't keep long. Now I know what to get! Thank you very much for sharing.
Menfolk need zinc.
Oysters provide the most bio-available zinc and I have 100 tins of smoked oysters in my pantry PLUS about half as many cans of canned whole oysters!
PLUS
I vacuum seal dry goods in mason jars using a special vacuum lid attachment I got from Amazon plus a hand-operated brake vacuum from Harbor Freight & Tool.
Glad to have this information at my fingertips. Thanks.
Great advice!!! I have to try and get organized because I am a special needs Mom !!! Will check your site for websites for rice & salt!!
Thank you!!!!
Denise
FYI, Valencia Peanuts and Jungle Peanuts are the only varieties that have extremely low mold levels. All other varieties are very high in mold due to the way they are grown. If you're mold toxic, be aware of this. 💛
I hadnt even thought about sprouts! Vinegar and other oils are things I hadnt thought about adding to my stuff either. Thanks Stacy!
Thank you for doing this video! I am storing my basmati rice in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers
I love your food storage. What a blessing
thank you for sharing your journey and knowledge with us ... I ordered the redmand salt and made sure to do it through your link and told them also you were the reason I came to their store ... YHVH bless and keep you both in His loving arms ... Camille from West Virginia
Stacy, we get a lot of Almond butter! I can't eat peanut butter as it brings my blood sugars up very high, and I love peanut butter. What good information! Thank you
Peanut butter from the store is often full of icing sugar and junk. Consider making your own, peanuts and honey made of the fly are delicious.
What about sugar free peanut butter? Aldi has an organic peanut butter that only contains organic peanuts and sea salt.
@@sunflowergirl8912 your right. Aldi organic p.b. is the best.
Please write down when to use it.
Rancid peanut butter will not help you.
Glad to know this information, I’m going to share with others. Keep up the good work ❤
One thing about flour. Mills offer "bleached" or "nonbleached" flour which confuses people. "Bleached" flour actually boosts leavening activity in bread dough. Aging=oxidation=bleaching. There are two methods by which flours might be "bleached": the first and oldest is simply by aging the flour--generally 30-45 days; during which time it oxidizes, which is what is meant by "bleached". However, commercial flour mills cannot afford to store flour because storage costs money, so when they sell a "bleached" flour it is a flour that has been bleached chemically with potassium bromate-something which has been banned in most countries in Europe, and China, but oddly, not in the U.S. Therefore, some natural aging is beneficial for bread baking, the idea is not to allow it to age so long that it goes rancid.
We mill all of our flour at home and because we want the benefit of additional leavening for bread, we mill it so that it has 45 days to age before we need it.
So do you grind the flour and then store it in some way for 45 days before using?
@@sjmonroe06 Yes. I proactively try to stay ahead of baking needs by calculating average usage and how soon I might require the flour to allow that 45 day aging. I only mill 5 pounds of flour at a time which is sufficient for my needs. A large family would have to calculate how much flour they go through in that period of time and mill a larger quantity. Just calculate how much you use on average and then work backwards for how soon you must mill the flour to hit that 45 day sweet spot.
I feel like God has blessed me. you having a calming affect on my very soul and if you only knew how thankful I am. baskets full of blessings to you
While I love the list of foods, I would like to add that peanut butter is made from the moldy, rotted peanuts that didn't make the grade to be sold as peanuts. If you want healthy peanut butter you should be making your own.
ALL vegetable oils are carcinogenic and should be avoided. You should only use Lard and butter. They actually add healthiness to your food.
"They" LIE to us about salt. We are not high in our sodium, we are LOW.
If you haven't already figured it out, if the gov't says it, it is a LIE. We've been deceived in order to destroy our health.
Ask someone from Europe about the ingredients in our baby formula. They are sickened by what is in it. High fructose corn syrup isn't in theirs.
Nothing is what it seems and most importantly it is BY DESIGN meant to harm you and your children. The pharmaceutical industry OWNS our gov't. They run the world. Look at the "vaccinations" we give children now. In 83 there were 11. Today? What is it...100? THAT IS CRUELTY. And it is harming them. The rest of the world thinks (knows) that Americans are nuts. We're the fattest and least healthy society.
To those who've been smart enough to homeschool, I salute you. I wouldn't send a child to the public schools for all the money in America. Many make excuses about working. That's ignorant. If five women got together, each one could take a single day. This would give them plenty of time to hold their jobs. Working TOGETHER is the ONLY way we get out of this mess.
Lastly, for those caught up in the division of Left and Right, know this: there are no Democrats or Republicans. It is the Haves vs the Have Nots and they run a private club and we are NOT invited to join. They play sides in front of cameras and behind closed doors are laughing at our stupidity. How many wanted to deny OUR small businesses in order to send all that money to Ukraine to buy weapons vs keeping our businesses open? To a country that our politicians use as a personal honeypot. To a country that has never given the US a dime.
Why is it that the US citizens are berated for wanting to keep our tax dollars at home, supporting America? We are debt slaves and will always be that until we wake up and STOP COMPLYING.
I fear we are doomed. The Dumbing Down has been a wild success.
Aside from that minor critique, THANK YOU for this. I have a lot but you mentioned some I had not thought of.
The corrupt US government is complicit in a big money laundering scheme and they pay the corrupt government in Ukraine(that the US govt fraudulently set the players in place by a coup in 2014 so they could use that country not giving a damn about the people) billions of dollars so they can maintain their immense wealth. That is why the US taxpayers are to flip the bill so to speak as we are 30T in debt and our grandchild’s children will never be able to pay it back. The honest working man and woman in America are pissed off about what is happening to our government. I’ll just say IF they keep causing False Flag shootings in America thus using it for an unconstitutional gun grab, they won’t be happy! You know what I mean? 😊
We can wwget do
Actually peanuts naturally contain 20 something types of mold. Peanuts are a legume not a nut and it destroys people's liver. Also pork is a playground for many types of parasites including tape worms.
@@tamraharrison5667 not sure what that means 🤔😉
And you are probably 100% correct. How sad of a state we're in.
Thanks for the great information ❤ we are just starting the stockpiling. Thanks for the help🙏🏻
I learned a lot today! Thank you for your wisdom. 🥰
Loving your holistic authenticity
Such a clever way to give us your top ten! You & Doug are wise counselors! Thanks.
Wow Stacy! You have the most amazing pond, with packaged fish!!!😉😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
The morning boost I needed!!
Salute Lee one of my favorite videos! It’s so informative, thank you!
fantastic job Stacy - such a great wealth of knowledge - thanks for sharing - I'm gonna be sure to go over what I have in the pantry room and make sure I have everything topped off and add a few things from you list to what's already stored
My favorite long shelf foods to keep in my storage beyond 10 years are dried beans, legumes, lentils, rice, corn starch, raw honey, salt, sugar, and powdered milk. 😁🏕️🍙🇺🇲
Hi Doug and Stacy. I just found your channel and I am loving you guys. I live in Western Australia. I love your little cottage and how you are growing things and living off grid. I am on my own but if I had a partner I would suggest we do the same as you. I am now a young 70 years of age and if I am to have a partner, he may feel too old to be starting this huge project. Let's just see what comes in the future. I have watched many of your videos and thoroughly enjoyed every one.Thank you so much for your videos.💜💖🙏☺🙏💖💜
Thank you Stacy for all of the information that you and Doug share. It can be overwhelming trying to figure out the best and most practical way to be prepared. You offer many great tips. I can share one thing about coconut oil that I recently found out. Unrefined coconut oil has the coconut fragrance and is great for baking and for lower temperature cooking. Refined coconut oil is apparently better for high temp cooking such as frying and goes through a few more processing steps (which always makes me think twice). I prefer the unrefined organic extra virgin which looks like the one you also use and has the wonderful coconut fragrance. Thank you again for all that you do.
Hey Stacy just as a FYI they now say the selenium in tuna counter acts most of the metals in tuna like mercury( research study)
Generally speaking thats true for most of the fish 😊 however its good to keep in mind that most of the selenium is in the paddles/fins 🤔
The interesting point about heavy metals in meats/fish is that they accumulate as we move up the food chain. Therefore, sardines, being low in the food chain, would have less accumulation. Just a bit too stinky for me….!
Not true. We provide 3 types of heavy metal testing and people who eat fish, especially predator or larger fish have mercury in their hair, tissue, and fat (including brain). Even eating fish once per week can push people over the edge, especially if they have mercury fillings too
What about all the stuff in the water, like what in Japan 10+ yrs ago. It's been on USA shore for several yes now. Ice been staying away from fish mostly. Any ideas??
@@tiarianamanna973 there good fried up. Just be careful, some have spiky fins
Hi, Stacy…I also store beans (for the protein and to add interest to the rice).
Stacy, thanks so much for the very useful information, both the product and why we should have them. Azure sure has been good for us for bulk buying a lot of these items. Liz
Love your life, knowledge and jumper! Stay safe & well beautiful people!😍
Actually, those Home Depot, Lowes, TSC buckets are food safe. Storing in Mylar with oxygen absorber is best for long term storage.
Thank you.
The Home Depot "orange Homer Bucket" is not safe for food, but they do carry food safe buckets. They are marked as food safe.
@@jmlr2011 thank you. That's good to know.
Anyone recommend oxygen absorbers particularly in the uk or us that are reliable. 🤔
@@jmlr2011 actually, if you look at the recycle code on the Home Depot bucket, that too is food safe. It just doesn’t state it in words. However, for long term storage, it is best to use Mylar bags and O2 absorbers.
I bought enough organic thick oats 3 years ago to get through these crazy times and I'm just now using our last 1/2 gallon jar. So nice to have all this time and still tastes fresh. I seal my jars by hand with a break bleeder that I bought new for the purpose of sealing my jars - never use it on anything else.
Hi, what brand did you use?
Bob's Red Mill - Organic Extra Thick Rolled Oats.
Thanks for sharing such an important topic. Hopefully there is more to come on food storage.
Also pet food.😻🐕🐈🐴🐑
Yes!!!!! I hope so as well!
Orders my salt the other day and clay thank you for all your tips 🙏🏻❤️❤️
Thank you for all the great tips. It's also important to patronize those companies that are aligned with your values. Trader Joe is NOT one of them with their extreme pandemic behavior. Azure Standard is TERRIFIC! I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible and patronize other places that are either local or value-aligned.
Deb M What was Trader Joe’s extreme pandemic behavior? I don’t go there often, just wondering what they did.
I see in the back ground on the bottom shelf a bottle of Tito's love it .
What size oxygen absorbers do you use in food for storage? I'm new to your channel, but learning so much! Thank you so much for all your hard work, and helpful information! May God continue to bless you, and your family.
Pints and half pint 100cc quarts to half gallon I use 300cc. For buckets 2000cc.
Lots of charts on line with that info. You’re going to get so much from this channel!
Good Advice , thank You...Much Love and Be Well💛