PLEASE NOTE: This video was shot several weeks ago before things started going out of stock. Costco and Amazon are still shipping out some products but instead of it only taking two days, it may be a week or longer as they are prioritizing other needs first. So do not give up trying to still put up what you can!
I love the idea of stocking and I have stocked but my concern is the glass jars and what about when we have earthquake, I worry about jars braking and losing all my food in storage... what do you guys think?
@@His.Heart. leave some space between your jars. I would say u could put something soft between them to keep them from clanging . Like a hand towel. Good luck 🍀
If you buy pasta and noodles that are in boxes ALWAYS remove the items to airtight containers out of the boxes. WHY? Moths are attracted to the glue used to seal the box. They lay eggs which hatch and fall into the pasta. I also place a bay leaf on top of the container to prevent any other bugs being attracted to my goods
I enjoy your post and I learn so much from them, I love when you start you always say God is good all the time, beautiful. that just fills my heart, thank you.
In reference to the Italian products ie pasta. My daughter recently completed chemo treatments for breast cancer. The dietary counselor stressed, to her, the importance of using only pasta made in Italy...never any USA pasta products. Also she stressed using only organic oats as the non-organic ones have large amounts of Roundup type chemicals residue. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us.
I am new to this. Was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. I have been learning about everything since. As I heal, I am putting more and more into affect. Just wanted you to know that I learn something from every one of your UA-cam videos. Thank you much.
I am SO glad you gave us the tip about using a cloth on top of powdery items! I was having the worst time trying to get a jar to seal and that made all the difference! I thought for sure I had a faulty lid attachment. I also used this method when I had a jar of beans that was only 1/2 full - I could NOT get that jar to seal for the life of me! I laid cheese cloth on top of the beans in the jar and - voila! - the jar sealed! Thank you so much for sharing all your tips with us!
Hey Heidi, I put my beans in the jar, put them in the oven at 200° for 30 min. When I bring 'em out, I put the lids and rings on right away. They usually seal, if not I vaccume seal as a back up. It kills any eggs and they're sealed. Great video!
Early on I vacuum sealed yeast and the little balls got caught in the rubber grooves of the Foodsaver lid. Had to pick them out with a pin. Now I remember to put something in first.
Your channel has been amazing. Found you maybe 6 months ago. I have had all Kinds of fermented foods going. I’m more prepared for what has happened because of your work in sharing this knowledge. THANK YOU.
Such wonderful info dear friend, I wish I could afford a grain mill, just no way with my budget. I have purchased my flour in 50 lb bags, I put them in freezer for 3 days, took them out and let it sit for 24 hours, poured in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and put that in food grade 5 gallon buckets. I have that in my long term storage, pass few months I purchased extra bags of cornmeal. We are doing well, as I begin prepping in 2013 and have quite a bit freeze dried #10 cans from Honeyville. I am so thankful I listened to the guidance from the Lord of getting prepared. Thank you for all you share with us, I didn't know I could order online without membership from Costco. Blessings
TennesseeGirl I had to buy the cheaper one as I can’t afford those high dollar ones either it works just have to run it thru 3-4 times your arm will get tired but if it ever comes to no flour avail I have that and wheat berries for backup
I so understand what you mean about guidance from the maker. I have always felt a calling but in the last couple of years it has really been heavy on my heart to get ready for something coming!
Thank you Heidi. I did not know that all popcorn is non GMO, oats are non GMO too. My sister likes wild rice and asks me to send it since it grows here in MN. I am thankful to you for all your reminders and inspirations. When you say God is good I find myself saying with you "all the time" ! Lol
Oops, forgot. My favourite grains are the hard red, hard white, soft white, unbleached unenriched white flou r, rye, dent corn, popcorn , corn for tortillas, oats and quinoa. I know there's more... Love the rye when we got appetite fatigue from the wheat. Great job as usual on the videos. Many blessings to you and yours.
Wow you read my mind.......I was looking for info after buying the food saver mason jar sealer and lol...my husband thought I bought the hand break for him....😂
In the winter months when the gardening/canning is done, my husband and I like to take a day and make noodles. It breaks up the boredom because we do not watch much TV anymore. My foodsaver adaptor for the jars never really worked, so I bought one of the things you used to vacuum seal the jars...praying it is a good investment for us. I already bought the things to fit over the jars: regular and wide mouth. Thank you so much for that tip on sealing the jars!!
We also found that Gordon Food Service was cheaper for us in the long run on many items... We have a Costco membership, but don't know if it was really worth that fuss.
Hi Heidi …. I have bought organic white rice at Sam’s Club for $4.98 for 4 pounds. It’s called “4 Sisters and a Farm in Louisiana”. So far I have at least 16 pounds, maybe 20…. I was so excited to find it. I have a membership at Costco as well so I alternate depending on what I need. Some days I shop at both, which really tires me out and doesn’t help the bank account either. 😂 I just purchased a manual grain mill yesterday and a bucket of hard white wheat (after reading all the descriptions of what each grain is best suited for), so I’m glad to hear you describing those same things and knowing I made the right choice. I’m also so excited that I’ll be receiving your chamber in a few days so I can start using some of the odd jars I have been saving for vacuum sealing !! Thank you and Mr. Rain for all you do to help all of us !! Love your videos ❤️
I was right! I do have a ton of questions lol. But I will continue watching referenced videos before I ask. I love that you are repetitive in your procedures such as the brake bleeder use. Seeing you do it so often is one of the things that convinced me to try it and also send me in a whole new area of food preservation that I did not really understand. Thank you again for your wonderful videos!
You can get some homegrown Minnesota brown rice from North Bay Trading Company from Brûle Wisconsin . They have a lot of rice , beans, veggies and fruits freeze died and air dried . Their soups are great . They are online .
this video has BUCKETS full of great information .. thank you Heidi for everything you teach me .... i hope people heed to your advice and start having a more abundant pantry for harder times ... unfortunately some have missed the boat this time around .. but will now have the information to move forward to food freedom
My 25 cu ft refrigerator freezer combo went out yesterday. So been cooking, making bone broth and canning roast and hamburger with peppers and onions. I am also dehydrating pepper, baby Lima’s and spinach. Turned on an old fridge and have a small personal fridge and small freezer and some coolers with ice packs that we put what we could in. Not planned, but maybe some what of a blessing as I found some things I was going to buy like three bags of beans and dried pasta in freezer put there to rid any possible Critters before storing as well as farmers sausage and pepperoni. Also an omelet mix I had frozen for emergencies. So meals were different than planned. You are so right about preserving. I do it all the time. Little emergencies happen.
Thank you Linda! Some people complain but they forget there are always new people coming in and I know how I am, I forget if I don't hear something a few times
You can also put the powdery stuff like flours in a brown paper lunch bag or baggie before putting in jars to vacuum seal. Just fold the top of the paper bag or baggie over and around and it prevents the ingredients from going into the sealer.
Thank you I will try this with the bag, having a very hard time with all my powders . They seal then pop off so frustrating! Now I have all these jars not sealing.Did the coffee filter, paper no go . 3 × doing this.
here in germany i dont find vacuume sealed buckets so i store 25 kilo flour bags in vacuum bags, that are normally for clothes, and then in a big rainwatef drum to keep rodents out. its great for keeping things fresh and i leave it in the origional bag so less messy to pack!
I have a decorative door/draw with a front glass/draw in it for displaying beans or whatever. I made a design on it with lentils and stuck some bay leaves in with them. That was 20 years ago. There are no bugs or any sign of sinkage. There are two draws with design front The other one I put small red beans in topped with several bay leaves. I'm sure they won't cook up good but there isn't any bugs or anything else creeping around. The top is even open with the draw storage in back. I'm convinced bay leaf keeps bugs away. Even the bay leafs are just as old :))
Thank you for this video! Very informative. In Italy, they make their own noodles then store them in containers with lids inside of their freezers. I didn't know they'd stay fresh that way, but apparently it is how they store them.
Thank you for the lovely video. I was wondering if you have a video showing how to make the Tar Heel beans & cornbread? That would be lovely to learn how to make because my mother-in-law is from North Carolina. Thank you for all the beautiful things you teach us.
I do not have one out yet but it is super easy. I think I might have talked a bit about how I make it in a This N That video somewhat recently but do not remember which it was. If it comes to me, I will try to remember to come in here and link you to it
@@RainCountryHomestead I'd love to have it too. Hurry up, I'm 78 almost 79. Ha Ha. I love your videos; and I love your hair. I truly love your knowledge, demeanor and soft voice. You're truly an asset for all of us. I have to tell you a funny one. Upon our return from New Orleans, my husband decided to try to make Red Beans and Rice. It came out dreamy delicious and he has not made it since. Ugh.
Newbie here. I am celiac. And I love your last little bit of a commentary on the gluten-free info. I had no idea if we did our own we might have a better chance. I always wondered what the difference was from years ago to now that made us this way. And that makes plenty sense. Thank you!!
I was sooo happy 'very happy' to find out that our local Von's now sells an 'organic' brand name' yellow cornmeal that tastes as good as the old boxed none organic popular store brand that I used years ago for making my southern cornbread.
I always love the information you give us. I bought a brake bleeder a while back because you showed us how to use it. It works great. Yes, beans get seriously hard. We bought a bulk lot of canned navy beans at an auction and had to grind them up to feed to our chickens because they just would not cook up to tender. Even grinding them was difficult. It was a bit like grinding rocks. I knew they were way past the expiration date, but I thought they would still be fine for consumption. I was very mistaken, but we didn't let them go completely to waste.
Lundberg Family Farms grows organic rice in white, brown, Basmati, Jasmine, short, long, etc. mostly in Northern California. I had heard that there is a microwaveable version that is grown in Thailand, but I have never seen it. They also buy organic rice from a friend of our family in Northern California, and sell it under the Lundberg label.
Grains were the first things I stored decades ago now. Keep them on a very slow rotation in regular use. I have an electric mill and it does hard and soft grains with no difference in grinding. It's a Whispermill. So it grinds in a different manner. I also use the hard and soft wheat in a different manner as you mentioned. Love my grains. Many blessings.
Yes, I believe things are going to get much worse so people need to do what they can to better their current situation. I fear too many trust the guv to take care of them...
Heidi, just found your website, thank you for your informative and interesting videos. On the topic of Costco. I live alone, and only shop there perhaps once every six weeks or so. My daughter has a Costco membership, and shares it with me, she doesn't want me to pay her for it, but it is easy for two people to share a membership. Recently, I also obtained a Costco Citi Bank credit card, and pay it off each month. It provides extended warranties for items bought at Costco, and also has a lot of other benefits. Not that I am in favour of credit cards, but this one seems to be worth it.
Credit cards have their advantages and we use ours to pay for most everything because we earn cash back and because we pay it off weekly, we have never paid a cent in interest fees so it is just another way for us to make the most of our purchases
I grow a short season flour corn called Montana Lavender Clay, it's softer and fluffier than thick shelled popcorn. You could plant it alongside the glass gem without crossing and it'd be easier on your grinder. I was cleaning up the last of my ripe, dry corn by the end of July in zone 6. It's as short as it's season, 2-4 feet, so don't try to put pole beans on them. I really do love that happy little hobbit corn though, it's nice.
Rice is grown in the state of Louisiana. I just learned this but I do not know brands or where. Check website for Shady Grove Ranch in Jefferson Texas. They carry an organic line but do not ship.
one of the best videos on storing grain. I have 40 lbs of rice and about 20 lbs of beans the bay leaf. in grains and rice beans is awsome i never have had a problem with meal worms rather be safe than sorry thanks
I've watched this video several times but realized I didn't drop a comment. I like to make sure I comment since I know it helps creators. This is a really great and informative video. Thank you for it. I learned a lot and since I'm looking to buy more grains and grind them myself for our baking needs, I found this makes me feel far less intimidated. Right now we're still doing store bought flours but we really want to learn to make it ourselves and put away these hearty grains in our longterm storage. I have only 5 pounds of hard white wheat I've sealed in a mylar bag but really want to get more.
Thank you so much for the comments on Azure Standard! I had not heard of them, but they do drop in my town and within the week by chance. Love your videos.
I am so glad I found you !!! You have so much information that I need to absorb and utilize as I am a newbie at food storage . Thank you for all you do!!
Yes, I don't like it when my beans get so hard they don't cook up nice. Thank you for information that this does happen with the dried canned ones. I didn't think this happened because most are pretty fresh I have now and I will pressure can up more now than I have been doing.
Wow!!! Just found your channel and am so impressed. You are so knowlegeable about so many things. I have been getting into canning again now that I have more time. You are inspiring me to do a lot more than I was expecting to do. As to comments about the virus, I did get it, in fact lost my husband to it. I firmly believe that I survived because I had been building my immune system for the past year by eating much healthier than I had previously. Taking Zinc and Vitamin C also helps your immune system and helps keep people from getting it.Thank you for your work, the world needs it.
Thanks for reminding me about old beans getting hard I just put some up for long term storage in one gallon airtight containers and I froze them that way first and didnt open them so they didnt absorb moisture 💖 I sprout all my beans before cooking dark red kidney for chili, black beans, pinto, lentils. Ive been planting some of the sprouts as well as sharing with the chickens. The chickens get sprouted or fermented (depending on if I drain the water off after soaking) wheat., millet and milo daily free choice and layer pellets. I tried growing fodder for them but they dont like it.
Freezing or vacuum sealing in jars. I freeze Brazil nuts because they are most likely to go rancid, all other nuts I have just vacuum sealed in jars and they have been good. The filberts are a bit new to me for storage so I need to check them periodically to make sure they are still doing good. Cashews, pecans and almonds store great without freezing
I totally understand that, I have been getting flooded more with emails, messages, and more and having a hard time just keeping up on that alone plus some of the extra steps we are taking right now to get ourselves ready to shelter in place, and of course, TRYING to keep up on making videos! haha
Hello Rain country, I found Usa raised, woman owned organic rice at my sams when ordering online ... its called 4sisters blue and white bag 🙂 thank you so much for all your videos ! im binging as i work to expand my pantry beyond preserved garden poduce and some canned meats. God Bless!
I don't store egg noodles because I had them go bad. I make noodles with or without eggs from scratch. Well scratch meaning not grinding my own flour. lol
glad to see you using the break bleeder again. just ordered one and the kit came with some pieces that I didn't recall you using. And yup my memory was correct. I have been trying to vacuum seal with my foodsaver and it's been tempermental. hmm i was vaccumsealing corn meal without putting a cloth in, never thought about that. thanks for that tip too!
We see rice growing in Missouri when we cross the Mississippi from IL into Missouri, don’t know what company gets it or if it is organic. I just know there are a lot of rice fields there.
When I buy store bought flours I open it slightly and microwave it in its bag for 15 seconds to kill the eggs or larva that might be in there I have never had a problem with bugs.
Hi I'm watching a video on dried beans I know that if you store them for long periods of time they do get hard like cement but I recently ground them up and turn them out into flower and it seems like they work pretty well that way this is just a thought don't know if anybody else has tried this yet or not but it worked for me and they were pinto beans that I use I used them to make bread
No flour or meal in our one little grocery store at the moment. If it lasts a month or more, I'm going to have to find someone with some ear or shelled corn. Shouldn't be too hard in our area and I am lucky enough to have a hand crank grain grinder.
Thanks for your tips. I enjoy the food for thought. Life hasn't gotten any less hectic but now that it's stationary it's easier to start implementing some of the tips that have been floating in the thoughts for awhile.
Texmati rice has organic white and brown rice. I am not sure about the jasmine rice the last I bought does not say organic. I purchase it locally and it grows in Texas so it's from America.
Love your channel. It’s really hard to find mason jars right now. All the stores have sold out and online is out of stock also in many places. One site I found quart jars available, was charging $45 per 12 pk. It’s hard for people to get the supplies they need to can their vegetable or anything else right now.
Oh my gosh, that is high. Be mindful of Walmart and Amazon already adjusting prices to make no in store shopping. They are not even apologizing, just simple stating too many items to constantly adjust. Price the store in person if you can. Friend share those trips like we do. We tell each other if headed to any store. Keep cash on hand for that. I have stuff coming for an hour away today.😁
I have a food saver but a small place and it is a pain pulling it out just to seal one jar. I just ordered the brake bleeder, and hope it works well. Thanks.
Hi Heidi, I so appreciate all the time info and effort you put into your videos! I’ve learned a lot from your channel. Where do you get the gamma storage buckets from? I don’t see a link to those. I just started 2 vinegars apple and banana peppermint after watching a couple of your videos. I can’t wait to see how they turn out and try more. Thanks again for being such a great mentor! 🎉😊
I have put organic pasta from Italy in ackages in their original bags inside the sweater size ziplock bags and go to get some and they were Indian Meal moth infested on the inside. Ziplock was perfect and not infiltrated. Moreover it only happened in one shape of pasta not the others. I have also gotten grain beetles inside pasta boxes or bags I need to store them better but NOT in jars. Have you ever stored pasta otherwise? I do cook it 1/2lb-1 lb at a time.
I still have yet to have any issues and no, I have not tried any other way. It sounds like the bugs were already in those particular bags of pasta when purchased
Lundberg organic white rice is grown in California....The book, Country Beans, by Rita Bingham, uses bean flour in a lot of recipes--a good way to use old, hard beans...As always, I enjoy all the info you pack into your videos. Thank you!
The brake bleeder can be found in any auto supply store or on Amazon: amzn.to/3kQQn5m The white tops are currently hard to come by as they keep selling out but you can check local stores, FoodSaver.com, or Amazon for them but you have to keep checking back if they are showing out of stock.
I don't know about Organic, but Oroville, Ca grows and packages rice. Being it's California, it's more likely to have gone organic in the last 20 years... Brands? I don't know(my dad worked at the cannery that also mills as an experience after retirement because his mom used to work there)
I've done stuff like this before, but I'm glad to see something and learn something that might be better than what I'm doing now. It is very appropriate for the times.
I will be doing a series. I actually shot and uploaded the first one yesterday and it is set to publish on Monday. I thought about having it go up today and moving this one out but thought with so much shortages on grains and pasta, the sooner I can get this one out the better even though it was shot weeks ago. I did not know that by the time it published we would be seeing such shortages in our stores. I am hoping things balance out once all the panic buying stops so people can at least order online
@@RainCountryHomestead i recant my statement the antimalarial has strong side effects throws off heart rhtym in some. Im sticking to fresh garlic, oregano oil ( do personal research anyone about anything even i was duped a bit about a cure till i did more digging ), capsules of oregano blend oil, turkey tail mushrooms must learn poisonous look alikes, and mullein. 😕 sorry for any false quick hope w an easy answer
@@RainCountryHomestead the " cure" the antimalarial drug + zpac isnt a med protocol that would be safe the drug can slow heart rate on WebMD it states ur health should be assesed that ur body is strong enuf to handle the med. I wondered how an antibiotic would be used in a viral situation unless the antimalarial had some weird chemical reaction making it so. 😕
I received a large jar sealer, but it didn’t come with tube. Do you know where I could find one or what I could use ? I also received an electric grain mill, so I absolutely love your channel. I have learned so much. As an avid baker that’s new to making my own flour you have been such an amazing resource. So thank you 😊
If you use the jar sealer with a brake bleeder pump, you do not need the tube. If you are using it with a foodsaver machine, you will need to see if you can find the accessory hose that goes to the foodsaver. Like the tops, they have been hard to find
@@RainCountryHomestead we have the accessories for the sealers on Amazon all the time in Canada . The little sealer gadget that you mentioned is a wonderful piece for opening & then revealing jars . In Canada on Amazon it is under 30.00 is a must have ..thanks I’ve ordered a backup .
I truly appreciate your time in sharing all your content. You are such a blessing! I live alone and am trying my best to prepare for the days ahead, but its very challenging and also working a job and taking care of family issues as a result of the death of my sister. Also mom's caretaker. Had to put mom in a home and trying to deal with and sort thru all the aftermath of combining households, mail and other stuff is almost more than I can bare. But God is with me. HE'S more than enough..His grace is sufficient. I wish I had a life partner to help me live the homesteading life. I wonder how much longer does my life have to be so hard! I would think 60 years is more than long enough..
PLEASE NOTE: This video was shot several weeks ago before things started going out of stock. Costco and Amazon are still shipping out some products but instead of it only taking two days, it may be a week or longer as they are prioritizing other needs first. So do not give up trying to still put up what you can!
Very much enjoyed. New to bean rice and flour storage m
I love the idea of stocking and I have stocked but my concern is the glass jars and what about when we have earthquake, I worry about jars braking and losing all my food in storage... what do you guys think?
@@His.Heart. leave some space between your jars. I would say u could put something soft between them to keep them from clanging . Like a hand towel. Good luck 🍀
Is there any other brand for grain Mills you would recommend? Also knowing the shelf life for all of these things would be awesome :)
His heart old worn out socks can be put on the jar. It will cushion between the jars.
If you buy pasta and noodles that are in boxes ALWAYS remove the items to airtight containers out of the boxes.
WHY?
Moths are attracted to the glue used to seal the box. They lay eggs which hatch and fall into the pasta.
I also place a bay leaf on top of the container to prevent any other bugs being attracted to my goods
Hmm! Good to know. I did not know that. Thank you :-)
wow that makes sense!
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interesting
WOW! Great info...ThanX...Blessings.
I enjoy your post and I learn so much from them, I love when you start you always say God is good all the time, beautiful. that just fills my heart, thank you.
The brake bleeder just blew my friggin mind! Thanks for sharing so much good knowledge.
In reference to the Italian products ie pasta. My daughter recently completed chemo treatments for breast cancer. The dietary counselor stressed, to her, the importance of using only pasta made in Italy...never any USA pasta products. Also she stressed using only organic oats as the non-organic ones have large amounts of Roundup type chemicals residue.
Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us.
I am new to this. Was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. I have been learning about everything since. As I heal, I am putting more and more into affect. Just wanted you to know that I learn something from every one of your UA-cam videos. Thank you much.
Thank you. I'm about to start bread baking. You're great!
I am SO glad you gave us the tip about using a cloth on top of powdery items! I was having the worst time trying to get a jar to seal and that made all the difference! I thought for sure I had a faulty lid attachment. I also used this method when I had a jar of beans that was only 1/2 full - I could NOT get that jar to seal for the life of me! I laid cheese cloth on top of the beans in the jar and - voila! - the jar sealed! Thank you so much for sharing all your tips with us!
Hey Heidi, I put my beans in the jar, put them in the oven at 200° for 30 min. When I bring 'em out, I put the lids and rings on right away. They usually seal, if not I vaccume seal as a back up. It kills any eggs and they're sealed. Great video!
Early on I vacuum sealed yeast and the little balls got caught in the rubber grooves of the Foodsaver lid. Had to pick them out with a pin. Now I remember to put something in first.
When using OLD beans, add 1tsp of baking soda per cup of beans to cooking water. It softens them right up!
It will not work for all old beans, there comes a point that they can get so old that nothing will soften them up.
Your channel has been amazing. Found you maybe 6 months ago. I have had all
Kinds of fermented foods going. I’m more prepared for what has happened because of your work in sharing this knowledge. THANK YOU.
This means a LOT to me! Thank you so much! This is why I am here! :D
Rain Country where did you get your hand pump that you used with the food saver jar sealer?
Hi Heidi, I also put bay leaves in my flour, rice,sugar… actually anything I store in buckets 😉. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
@Dee Cooper
Do you use fresh or dried bay leaves ? And it doesn’t impart a flavor into any of those items ?
@@Pmwalls46 Hi 👋. I use dried bay leaves. And NO flavor in the flour 😉. I also keep it in my buckets of rice 🌾. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
@@deecooper1567
Thank you for your reply ! 😊
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Such wonderful info dear friend, I wish I could afford a grain mill, just no way with my budget. I have purchased my flour in 50 lb bags, I put them in freezer for 3 days, took them out and let it sit for 24 hours, poured in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and put that in food grade 5 gallon buckets. I have that in my long term storage, pass few months I purchased extra bags of cornmeal. We are doing well, as I begin prepping in 2013 and have quite a bit freeze dried #10 cans from Honeyville. I am so thankful I listened to the guidance from the Lord of getting prepared. Thank you for all you share with us, I didn't know I could order online without membership from Costco. Blessings
TennesseeGirl I had to buy the cheaper one as I can’t afford those high dollar ones either it works just have to run it thru 3-4 times your arm will get tired but if it ever comes to no flour avail I have that and wheat berries for backup
I do that with my flours and oatmeal, too.
I so understand what you mean about guidance from the maker. I have always felt a calling but in the last couple of years it has really been heavy on my heart to get ready for something coming!
If shtf do what our ancestors did and grind it with a couple big rocks.
@@jc.1191
Yep, you just need a good sifter!!!
Thank you Heidi. I did not know that all popcorn is non GMO, oats are non GMO too. My sister likes wild rice and asks me to send it since it grows here in MN. I am thankful to you for all your reminders and inspirations. When you say God is good I find myself saying with you "all the time" ! Lol
I did not know that all oats were non GMO, very cool!
Oops, forgot. My favourite grains are the hard red, hard white, soft white, unbleached unenriched white flou
r, rye, dent corn, popcorn , corn for tortillas, oats and quinoa. I know there's more... Love the rye when we got appetite fatigue from the wheat. Great job as usual on the videos. Many blessings to you and yours.
Wow you read my mind.......I was looking for info after buying the food saver mason jar sealer and lol...my husband thought I bought the hand break for him....😂
That's excellent humor this morning ty 😁👍💚🌱
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That's funny, cute too :-)
He is supposed to buy toys for you not the other way around
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He never does...😌
In the winter months when the gardening/canning is done, my husband and I like to take a day and make noodles. It breaks up the boredom because we do not watch much TV anymore. My foodsaver adaptor for the jars never really worked, so I bought one of the things you used to vacuum seal the jars...praying it is a good investment for us. I already bought the things to fit over the jars: regular and wide mouth. Thank you so much for that tip on sealing the jars!!
We also found that Gordon Food Service was cheaper for us in the long run on many items... We have a Costco membership, but don't know if it was really worth that fuss.
Hi Heidi …. I have bought organic white rice at Sam’s Club for $4.98 for 4 pounds. It’s called “4 Sisters and a Farm in Louisiana”. So far I have at least 16 pounds, maybe 20…. I was so excited to find it. I have a membership at Costco as well so I alternate depending on what I need. Some days I shop at both, which really tires me out and doesn’t help the bank account either. 😂 I just purchased a manual grain mill yesterday and a bucket of hard white wheat (after reading all the descriptions of what each grain is best suited for), so I’m glad to hear you describing those same things and knowing I made the right choice. I’m also so excited that I’ll be receiving your chamber in a few days so I can start using some of the odd jars I have been saving for vacuum sealing !! Thank you and Mr. Rain for all you do to help all of us !! Love your videos ❤️
I was right! I do have a ton of questions lol. But I will continue watching referenced videos before I ask. I love that you are repetitive in your procedures such as the brake bleeder use. Seeing you do it so often is one of the things that convinced me to try it and also send me in a whole new area of food preservation that I did not really understand. Thank you again for your wonderful videos!
Hi Heidi thank you and God bless you and your family❤❤
Thank you Heidi, when you make baking powder I would love to see the video.
You can get some homegrown Minnesota brown rice from North Bay Trading Company from Brûle Wisconsin . They have a lot of rice , beans, veggies and fruits freeze died and air dried . Their soups are great . They are online .
this video has BUCKETS full of great information .. thank you Heidi for everything you teach me .... i hope people heed to your advice and start having a more abundant pantry for harder times ... unfortunately some have missed the boat this time around .. but will now have the information to move forward to food freedom
My 25 cu ft refrigerator freezer combo went out yesterday. So been cooking, making bone broth and canning roast and hamburger with peppers and onions. I am also dehydrating pepper, baby Lima’s and spinach. Turned on an old fridge and have a small personal fridge and small freezer and some coolers with ice packs that we put what we could in. Not planned, but maybe some what of a blessing as I found some things I was going to buy like three bags of beans and dried pasta in freezer put there to rid any possible Critters before storing as well as farmers sausage and pepperoni. Also an omelet mix I had frozen for emergencies. So meals were different than planned. You are so right about preserving. I do it all the time. Little emergencies happen.
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I love your videos. You are a charming, delightful person, and couple. You two are like the "Pilgrim Americans" who founded this nation. Blessings.
What a wealth of information, think I’ll have to watch a few times. I came here looking for the best way to store hash brown potatoes.
This is sooooo handy Heidi thank you. It’s May 2022 now and the price of wheat is going to rocket.
Thank you for sharing your tip on vacuum sealing powdery products.
I don't mind you mentioning things several times even. I'd rather hear it more than once than miss it.
Thank you Linda! Some people complain but they forget there are always new people coming in and I know how I am, I forget if I don't hear something a few times
I agree some of us miss certain points and you are teaching us .....if someone doesn’t want to listen then fast forward.
Yes, me too. It becomes a nice refresher on the things you forgot.
Yes absolutely, I forgot so I like hearing things over again ❤
You can also put the powdery stuff like flours in a brown paper lunch bag or baggie before putting in jars to vacuum seal. Just fold the top of the paper bag or baggie over and around and it prevents the ingredients from going into the sealer.
Thank you I will try this with the bag, having a very hard time with all my powders . They seal then pop off so frustrating! Now I have all these jars not sealing.Did the coffee filter, paper no go . 3 × doing this.
here in germany i dont find vacuume sealed buckets so i store 25 kilo flour bags in vacuum bags, that are normally for clothes, and then in a big rainwatef drum to keep rodents out. its great for keeping things fresh and i leave it in the origional bag so less messy to pack!
I have a decorative door/draw with a front glass/draw in it for displaying beans or whatever.
I made a design on it with lentils and stuck some bay leaves in with them. That was 20 years ago. There are no bugs or any sign of sinkage. There are two draws with design front The other one I put small red beans in topped with several bay leaves. I'm sure they won't cook up good but there isn't any bugs or anything else creeping around. The top is even open with the draw storage in back. I'm convinced bay leaf keeps bugs away. Even the bay leafs are just as old :))
Brilliant video. I'm just about to sit down and write up my beg garden must haves. Beans will be in there.
Thank you for this video! Very informative. In Italy, they make their own noodles then store them in containers with lids inside of their freezers. I didn't know they'd stay fresh that way, but apparently it is how they store them.
Yep, I have done that with my homemade pasta noodles as well
Thank you for the lovely video. I was wondering if you have a video showing how to make the Tar Heel beans & cornbread? That would be lovely to learn how to make because my mother-in-law is from North Carolina. Thank you for all the beautiful things you teach us.
I do not have one out yet but it is super easy. I think I might have talked a bit about how I make it in a This N That video somewhat recently but do not remember which it was. If it comes to me, I will try to remember to come in here and link you to it
@@RainCountryHomestead I'd love to have it too. Hurry up, I'm 78 almost 79. Ha Ha. I love your videos; and I love your hair. I truly love your knowledge, demeanor and soft voice. You're truly an asset for all of us. I have to tell you a funny one. Upon our return from New Orleans, my husband decided to try to make Red Beans and Rice. It came out dreamy delicious and he has not made it since. Ugh.
Always stocking up when we can. Thank you for the extra tips,
Newbie here. I am celiac. And I love your last little bit of a commentary on the gluten-free info. I had no idea if we did our own we might have a better chance. I always wondered what the difference was from years ago to now that made us this way. And that makes plenty sense. Thank you!!
I was sooo happy 'very happy' to find out that our local Von's now sells an 'organic' brand name' yellow cornmeal that tastes as good as the old boxed none organic popular store brand that I used years ago for making my southern cornbread.
I always love the information you give us. I bought a brake bleeder a while back because you showed us how to use it. It works great. Yes, beans get seriously hard. We bought a bulk lot of canned navy beans at an auction and had to grind them up to feed to our chickens because they just would not cook up to tender. Even grinding them was difficult. It was a bit like grinding rocks. I knew they were way past the expiration date, but I thought they would still be fine for consumption. I was very mistaken, but we didn't let them go completely to waste.
Lundberg Family Farms grows organic rice in white, brown, Basmati, Jasmine, short, long, etc. mostly in Northern California. I had heard that there is a microwaveable version that is grown in Thailand, but I have never seen it. They also buy organic rice from a friend of our family in Northern California, and sell it under the Lundberg label.
Yep. I do have a little Lundberg brand rice but here it is very expensive to get.
Grains were the first things I stored decades ago now. Keep them on a very slow rotation in regular use. I have an electric mill and it does hard and soft grains with no difference in grinding. It's a Whispermill. So it grinds in a different manner. I also use the hard and soft wheat in a different manner as you mentioned. Love my grains. Many blessings.
Thanks for sharing! It's always great to store things for when bad times come.
You are very kind for sharing your knowledge with us , we are facing some trying times , and it’s good to be prepared for the worse ,
Yes, I believe things are going to get much worse so people need to do what they can to better their current situation. I fear too many trust the guv to take care of them...
Very educational.
Heidi, just found your website, thank you for your informative and interesting videos. On the topic of Costco. I live alone, and only shop there perhaps once every six weeks or so. My daughter has a Costco membership, and shares it with me, she doesn't want me to pay her for it, but it is easy for two people to share a membership. Recently, I also obtained a Costco Citi Bank credit card, and pay it off each month. It provides extended warranties for items bought at Costco, and also has a lot of other benefits. Not that I am in favour of credit cards, but this one seems to be worth it.
Credit cards have their advantages and we use ours to pay for most everything because we earn cash back and because we pay it off weekly, we have never paid a cent in interest fees so it is just another way for us to make the most of our purchases
Thank you! I have learned so much from you that I can really use.
I grow a short season flour corn called Montana Lavender Clay, it's softer and fluffier than thick shelled popcorn. You could plant it alongside the glass gem without crossing and it'd be easier on your grinder. I was cleaning up the last of my ripe, dry corn by the end of July in zone 6. It's as short as it's season, 2-4 feet, so don't try to put pole beans on them. I really do love that happy little hobbit corn though, it's nice.
Rice is grown in the state of Louisiana. I just learned this but I do not know brands or where. Check website for Shady Grove Ranch in Jefferson Texas. They carry an organic line but do not ship.
Hello, Heidi, hope u are having a blessed day. I am learning a lot by watching your videos. LUCRETIA
one of the best videos on storing grain. I have 40 lbs of rice and about 20 lbs of beans the bay leaf. in grains and rice beans is awsome i never have had a problem with meal worms rather be safe than sorry thanks
Great video. Thanks so much!! ❤️🙏❤️
How do you make baking power. You have a recipe. Just starting learning all this stuff from you. So knowledgeable. Love you
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Organic white rice grown in California by Lundberg Family Farms. sometimes at Costco. : )
I've watched this video several times but realized I didn't drop a comment. I like to make sure I comment since I know it helps creators.
This is a really great and informative video. Thank you for it. I learned a lot and since I'm looking to buy more grains and grind them myself for our baking needs, I found this makes me feel far less intimidated. Right now we're still doing store bought flours but we really want to learn to make it ourselves and put away these hearty grains in our longterm storage. I have only 5 pounds of hard white wheat I've sealed in a mylar bag but really want to get more.
Thank you so much for the comments on Azure Standard! I had not heard of them, but they do drop in my town and within the week by chance. Love your videos.
I am so glad I found you !!! You have so much information that I need to absorb and utilize as I am a newbie at food storage . Thank you for all you do!!
Yes, I don't like it when my beans get so hard they don't cook up nice. Thank you for information that this does happen with the dried canned ones. I didn't think this happened because most are pretty fresh I have now and I will pressure can up more now than I have been doing.
Here in Kentucky we love our pinto beans and fried cornbread
Lungberg rice is grown here in the Sacramento Valley and they are organic. I belive that Azure Standard carries it in bulk.
Wow!!! Just found your channel and am so impressed. You are so knowlegeable about so many things. I have been getting into canning again now that I have more time. You are inspiring me to do a lot more than I was expecting to do. As to comments about the virus, I did get it, in fact lost my husband to it. I firmly believe that I survived because I had been building my immune system for the past year by eating much healthier than I had previously. Taking Zinc and Vitamin C also helps your immune system and helps keep people from getting it.Thank you for your work, the world needs it.
My condolences to you for the loss of your husband
Thanks for reminding me about old beans getting hard I just put some up for long term storage in one gallon airtight containers and I froze them that way first and didnt open them so they didnt absorb moisture 💖 I sprout all my beans before cooking dark red kidney for chili, black beans, pinto, lentils. Ive been planting some of the sprouts as well as sharing with the chickens. The chickens get sprouted or fermented (depending on if I drain the water off after soaking) wheat., millet and milo daily free choice and layer pellets. I tried growing fodder for them but they dont like it.
Also ho to store sesame seeds or other seeds and nuts to make butters later. God bless you for all your help
Freezing or vacuum sealing in jars. I freeze Brazil nuts because they are most likely to go rancid, all other nuts I have just vacuum sealed in jars and they have been good. The filberts are a bit new to me for storage so I need to check them periodically to make sure they are still doing good. Cashews, pecans and almonds store great without freezing
Another interesting video full of good info. Thanks, Heidi! It’s been a very busy week and I’m behind on watching my videos! 🥴
I totally understand that, I have been getting flooded more with emails, messages, and more and having a hard time just keeping up on that alone plus some of the extra steps we are taking right now to get ourselves ready to shelter in place, and of course, TRYING to keep up on making videos! haha
Good Morning 👋❤️💜💚👍
Hello Rain country, I found Usa raised, woman owned organic rice at my sams when ordering online ... its called 4sisters blue and white bag 🙂 thank you so much for all your videos ! im binging as i work to expand my pantry beyond preserved garden poduce and some canned meats. God Bless!
I don't store egg noodles because I had them go bad. I make noodles with or without eggs from scratch. Well scratch meaning not grinding my own flour. lol
glad to see you using the break bleeder again. just ordered one and the kit came with some pieces that I didn't recall you using. And yup my memory was correct. I have been trying to vacuum seal with my foodsaver and it's been tempermental. hmm i was vaccumsealing corn meal without putting a cloth in, never thought about that. thanks for that tip too!
Thanks, Heidi! Such a wealth of information. I found you recently and look forward to all your videos.
We see rice growing in Missouri when we cross the Mississippi from IL into Missouri, don’t know what company gets it or if it is organic. I just know there are a lot of rice fields there.
Also in Louisiana.
Texas has organic rice and you can get it on Amazon
I love my flat iron for both my hair and mylar bags!
When I buy store bought flours I open it slightly and microwave it in its bag for 15 seconds to kill the eggs or larva that might be in there I have never had a problem with bugs.
i'm glad you haven't had a problem with bugs, but microwave doesn't kill bugs. put some bugs in there - you can try it and see.
Thank you for your Wisdom..GoD IS GoOd!! Every Day....Blessings...
Wow, you give so much helpful information!! Thank you. It is much appreciated.
I can't wait to grind our home grown organic wheat from our new homestead. I have a really old English hand mill .. Victorian I believe.
Nice!
How great again! another wonderful storage video. Thank you Heidi! We like to store all grains
Thank you, Heidi for mentioning the vacume sealing of powders. I was about to do Ceylon Cinnamon. I can't believe I saw that first.
Hi I'm watching a video on dried beans I know that if you store them for long periods of time they do get hard like cement but I recently ground them up and turn them out into flower and it seems like they work pretty well that way this is just a thought don't know if anybody else has tried this yet or not but it worked for me and they were pinto beans that I use I used them to make bread
I knew it could be done but have yet to try it myself
Very helpful. I'm new to vacuum sealing. Thanks
No flour or meal in our one little grocery store at the moment. If it lasts a month or more, I'm going to have to find someone with some ear or shelled corn. Shouldn't be too hard in our area and I am lucky enough to have a hand crank grain grinder.
I got corn from Tractor Supply. I just went through it & cleaned out. Actually was pretty clean.
Thanks for your tips. I enjoy the food for thought. Life hasn't gotten any less hectic but now that it's stationary it's easier to start implementing some of the tips that have been floating in the thoughts for awhile.
Texmati rice has organic white and brown rice. I am not sure about the jasmine rice the last I bought does not say organic. I purchase it locally and it grows in Texas so it's from America.
You do so much I have never seen such pretty noodles
Love your channel. It’s really hard to find mason jars right now. All the stores have sold out and online is out of stock also in many places. One site I found quart jars available, was charging $45 per 12 pk. It’s hard for people to get the supplies they need to can their vegetable or anything else right now.
Yes, they are hard to find most anywhere but I was surprised to find our local store had them and still at a decent price
Oh my gosh, that is high. Be mindful of Walmart and Amazon already adjusting prices to make no in store shopping. They are not even apologizing, just simple stating too many items to constantly adjust. Price the store in person if you can. Friend share those trips like we do. We tell each other if headed to any store. Keep cash on hand for that. I have stuff coming for an hour away today.😁
You are such an inspiration to people with your videos. I’ve always prepped and I have learned so much from your channel. Keep them coming Heidi.
I just realized I can grind flour with my vitamix dry blade. Yay!
I have a food saver but a small place and it is a pain pulling it out just to seal one jar. I just ordered the brake bleeder, and hope it works well. Thanks.
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Love this!!! Thank you!!! So glad I found you. You are so knowledgeable and informative ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Heidi,
I so appreciate all the time info and effort you put into your videos! I’ve learned a lot from your channel. Where do you get the gamma storage buckets from? I don’t see a link to those. I just started 2 vinegars apple and banana peppermint after watching a couple of your videos. I can’t wait to see how they turn out and try more. Thanks again for being such a great mentor! 🎉😊
I believe in this older video all the buckets you see are ones collected over time from various places, including where Patrick used to work.
I have put organic pasta from Italy in ackages in their original bags inside the sweater size ziplock bags and go to get some and they were Indian Meal moth infested on the inside. Ziplock was perfect and not infiltrated. Moreover it only happened in one shape of pasta not the others. I have also gotten grain beetles inside pasta boxes or bags I need to store them better but NOT in jars. Have you ever stored pasta otherwise? I do cook it 1/2lb-1 lb at a time.
I still have yet to have any issues and no, I have not tried any other way. It sounds like the bugs were already in those particular bags of pasta when purchased
@@RainCountryHomestead I agree that the eggs or micro bugs were already in the pasta
Lundberg organic white rice is grown in California....The book, Country Beans, by Rita Bingham, uses bean flour in a lot of recipes--a good way to use old, hard beans...As always, I enjoy all the info you pack into your videos. Thank you!
Great ideas and info! Thanks!
The manual break bleeder is new to me, where and how do you get a set up like this? I really like the information, thank you!
The brake bleeder can be found in any auto supply store or on Amazon: amzn.to/3kQQn5m
The white tops are currently hard to come by as they keep selling out but you can check local stores, FoodSaver.com, or Amazon for them but you have to keep checking back if they are showing out of stock.
Lundberg rice is grown in California, I believe.
I don't know about Organic, but Oroville, Ca grows and packages rice. Being it's California, it's more likely to have gone organic in the last 20 years... Brands? I don't know(my dad worked at the cannery that also mills as an experience after retirement because his mom used to work there)
I've done stuff like this before, but I'm glad to see something and learn something that might be better than what I'm doing now. It is very appropriate for the times.
Can u do a video on coping skills in a time of crisis and how to adapt to this big change, perhaps? Any inspiration I'm sure would be appreciated ty.
I will be doing a series. I actually shot and uploaded the first one yesterday and it is set to publish on Monday. I thought about having it go up today and moving this one out but thought with so much shortages on grains and pasta, the sooner I can get this one out the better even though it was shot weeks ago. I did not know that by the time it published we would be seeing such shortages in our stores. I am hoping things balance out once all the panic buying stops so people can at least order online
@@RainCountryHomestead agreed ty!!!!
@@RainCountryHomestead i recant my statement the antimalarial has strong side effects throws off heart rhtym in some. Im sticking to fresh garlic, oregano oil ( do personal research anyone about anything even i was duped a bit about a cure till i did more digging ), capsules of oregano blend oil, turkey tail mushrooms must learn poisonous look alikes, and mullein. 😕 sorry for any false quick hope w an easy answer
@@americaneden3090 I am a bit confused at what you are talking about recanting...what did I miss?
@@RainCountryHomestead the " cure" the antimalarial drug + zpac isnt a med protocol that would be safe the drug can slow heart rate on WebMD it states ur health should be assesed that ur body is strong enuf to handle the med. I wondered how an antibiotic would be used in a viral situation unless the antimalarial had some weird chemical reaction making it so. 😕
I received a large jar sealer, but it didn’t come with tube. Do you know where I could find one or what I could use ? I also received an electric grain mill, so I absolutely love your channel. I have learned so much. As an avid baker that’s new to making my own flour you have been such an amazing resource. So thank you 😊
If you use the jar sealer with a brake bleeder pump, you do not need the tube. If you are using it with a foodsaver machine, you will need to see if you can find the accessory hose that goes to the foodsaver. Like the tops, they have been hard to find
@@RainCountryHomestead we have the accessories for the sealers on Amazon all the time in Canada . The little sealer gadget that you mentioned is a wonderful piece for opening & then revealing jars . In Canada on Amazon it is under 30.00 is a must have ..thanks I’ve ordered a backup .
I truly appreciate your time in sharing all your content. You are such a blessing! I live alone and am trying my best to prepare for the days ahead, but its very challenging and also working a job and taking care of family issues as a result of the death of my sister. Also mom's caretaker. Had to put mom in a home and trying to deal with and sort thru all the aftermath of combining households, mail and other stuff is almost more than I can bare. But God is with me. HE'S more than enough..His grace is sufficient. I wish I had a life partner to help me live the homesteading life. I wonder how much longer does my life have to be so hard! I would think 60 years is more than long enough..