10 Things to NEVER EVER Stockpile Long Term - Foods For Survival -Survivle Food Storage
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When I was in the Army at Fort Bliss, we went on a field exercise and discovered peanut butter rations from the Korean war or World War II in the desert. I of course had to open one and discovered that they were perfect. Perfect flavor perfect texture perfect taste of peanut butter.
Your right. My hubby & I moved to Ft Bliss after our marriage 47 yrs ago. He would often keep some of his MRE & bring home . He did the same thing while in reserves for many years. Our children would love them ! The food was very good & fresh !!
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I dont think the lady in the video took chemistry in college
Yes crackers go stale i used some i stored for over 6 months i had to put in oven for a few mins
@@foodiediva1 stale or not, if you're truly hungary... you'll eat them
wow, wonder what preservatives thy used?
The flour, crackers, oatmeal all last years if vacuum sealed with oxygen absorbers.
Yes that is what I did. Even though we have only a few weeks worth.
Thank you, I have had old stale crackers. Appreciate that tip.
YES! SO VERY THIS!
@@teresalowry6340 maybe, bake the crackers?
I have oatmeal from 2010 that I am still eating. Hasn't gone bad yet and doesn't taste bad.
When I store my dry ingrdients, I always put in a few Bay Leaves, whole...have never had any bugs or gone bad. The important thing is to store well, I put mine in glass quart jars so no mice or bugs can get in. The Bay Leaves will kill any weabble in the flour, sugar, etc...keeps from hatching. Place in dark dry area.
I thought I was the only one who uses bay leaves to deter bugs - I get so many crazy lady looks! I even use them in little crevices to make hiding spots unwelcoming to the little critters. It works!
My mom says the same thing, definitely going to try the bay leaves!
Thank you for this info!!!
Thanks 👍😊😊😊😊😊 bay leaves are on the UNC arboretum area. Free
@@palafox2237 YES, that's a great bug repelant!
When stored in a mylar bag with a good size oxygen absorber, and stored in a climate controlled place, oatmeal can last 20+ years. Some estimates put it at 30+ years.
I have oatmeal in some of my
25 year food supply so yup
Oats are an exception to the rule with storage for grains. It lasts longer than other whole grains. Stock up on what you will eat and rotate through. My kids love oatmeal. It’s so easy to make your own pancake mix! We buy a few bags and rotate through flour. But we have tons of wheat and a wheat grinder. We buy 5 gallon buckets and fill with flour
Steel cut will do far better than quick oats.
I would only keep rolled oats if they’re professionally done. Patriot supplies number 10 cans have a 30 year shelf life.
I never got around to bagging my bulk oatmeal and just had them in a ziplock bag within another ziploc bah, no Oxygen absorbers or air extracted and I am eating them today after 6yrs. Same for Pattie glazes, both from the Latter Day Saints store. Maybe I just got lucky?
I think that this video is more tailored for people on a tight budget, can only store things in the pantry, freezer or fridge and who most likely wouldnt be able to buy many mylar backs, 5gal buckets, oxygen absorption packets, etc. which makes complete sense. But for those that are able to get those items that’ll make em last years then definitely get things like flour, oatmeal, etc.
Yea you nailed it.
I agree. This will be discouraging to those who CAN afford to buy those items, but might not have researched about them yet.
J R I’m going to agree with you. I don’t have all the neat stuff for long term storage. I am starting to can and that will be my major longer term storage. I am just starting to prep, but there are reasons why I am just starting now.
Perhaps, but a $10 brake line purge hand pump, a $5 vacuum seal lid adapter, and some Mason jars are a rather low cost investment. Also the hand pump can take the place of your spring hand strengthening thing, ha.
Even better if meant for a budget
Literally just went through my food preps and pulled some peanut butter that was 5+ years past expiration. I tried it on crackers with the thought that I’d rather have food poisoning now than during an emergency…but it would be a good lesson learned on the actual shelf life. I had to stir the oils back into the butter, which had separated…but otherwise, there was nothing about it that would make me throw it out.
Unopened peanut butter has actually stored very well for me.
unopen jar says 5 years
@MadeinTN Why should I be concerned about food storage beyond 2-3 yrs? Regular rotation should take care of the long term future!
@MadeinTN I understand your reasoning completely, just disagree on how long out I should be prepared for. Have been of a prepper mindset for years. I simply see no reason to worry about food 2 to 25 years from now. It will be very trying to get thru the next couple years.
@MadeinTN Actually, for me to care about having food that can last 25 years, I've got to store food for the next 24 years first. Otherwise, I won't survive to eat that food that has lasted that long. I've been very generous in my argument of allowing rotation to take care of anything beyond 2 years. Over the past 8 years, I've conducted experiments with canned goods, bottled and canned juices, etc. I've found nothing that doesn't survive just fine for at least 2-5 years, and see no reason I should be concerned about the time beyond that, right now. Rotation and replacement will take care of it.
Most peanut butters have high sugar content which actually help it keep. Ive had good luck storing peanut butter for 5 years, and i just rotated that.
Too funny!!! Recently opened a #10 can of flour that was 20 years old and made some absolutely delicious biscuits. How you prep for long term is important. That was something stored earlier when I was learning about long term, now I store grain and mill the flour.
Definitely correct. Don't understand why she's giving this advice. Dry canning and vacuum sealing with mylar bags do wonders. But u have to follow the steps and make sure everything is clean
Also you freeze the flour for 72 hours take it out of freezer for 72 hours so the eggs hatch and then back in the freezer for 72 hours to kill the bugs.
I was thinking vacuum sealing the whole 5 # bag of flour then store in my tin popcorn cans. Same for chocolate, and nuts eccetera
If anybody has information about this idea please us know
@@allswildmmi6228 milk chocolate souls cos the milk in it but dark chocolate can last a very long time so I vest in q dairy free dark chocolate.
Someone said it on the internet must be true
I vacuum pack all that stuff...lasted for years, up to 10 years now.
You can buy flour in number 10 cans from the mormons with a 10 year shelf life. I store 200 pounds rotating 50 pounds a year in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. No problems. I rotate my peanut butter on a 5 year rotation no problems. Chocolate chips 3 year rotation. I think it's how some of this stuff is stored mine stuff never gets above 65 degrees or below 55.
up to 20 years when freeze dried.
I don't know what your thinking! My chocolate only lasts 1 week tops! Hahahahahah
I'm willing to bet wherever the chocolate goes, it must be the same place as the socks that disappear in the laundry. A great Sock Conspiracy.
It's all on how you store it. Any of those items can be stored long term if you do it right.
True story !
Where do I find how to do it right. Just starting, have never canned anything in my life, mother doesn't cook, any suggestions appreciated -- the easier the better.
Please share
@jaaarons7857 UA-cam will teach you everything you need to know.
Some of that stuff can be vacuumed sealed.
Exactly Oatmeal will last 20 to 25 years if sealed in a mylar bag with oxygen absorbers and flour will last five years if you do the same.
Some of the stuff she mentioned have longer shelf in the store
You know Ms. Rumpf, a lot of peoples are too lazy to used (Food Saver Vacuum). Save our meats making it last 6-12 months past the expiring dated. Buoyed how meat prices keep going up!
@@watchandpray8918 it depends on the substance sugar and salt will do that it is better to use desiccant for those it removes the moisture.
@@advancedrescue4083 Or a gallon mason jar with vacuum sealed lids ... sure hope so. I've done that and the Mylar bags. ....it's a bit confusing especially when one person says do this and another says don't do it. I guess we will all find out. Is anyone else exhausted? Regardless would never send Tawra a hate response........love her and Jill!
I have oyster, town house and saltines that I canned 18 months ago. Still as fresh as when I canned them. I have chocolate that I vacuum sealed 18 months ago. As fresh as when I sealed it. Oh well everyone has a right to their opinions.😉
How do you do that?
@Helen Wall, plz share how you canned the crackers? Vacuum, water bath or did you dry can in the oven??
@@selenepickins4874 vacuum seal in mason jars.
@@brwhyon I agree with you...
Oxygen absorbers !
Actually everything you said will last, but only if you package it for long term storage properly
I was thinking this. If you vacuum seal you get longer shelf life
Our parents taught us by example to do emergency preparedness our whole life, and it is the first thing my husband and I started when we got marred. We babysit houses the first summer we were married, and used the money we saved for food storage, etc. We will celebrate our 49th anniversary in a little over 6 months from now. We still practice emergency preparedness. We store what we eat and eat what we store. This way, it is very easy to be prepared all the time and always have what we need. She mentioned flour as something that is a challenge to store. To manage flour, we store the amount of white flour we can rotate, and store lots of wheat, which we also rotate. Remember to store some kind of wheat grinder. Small batches can be ground in a blender if you have power. I do worry about wearing out our blender, so I have only tried it to know what it is like to do so. We also store a hand wheat grinder and two different electric wheat grinder. CAUTION: If you have fairly flat teeth, as my husband does, avoid the stone grinders (I know, they are supposed to be the best, but some grit tends to get into the flour and can break teeth - the voice of exxperience). We get fine flour with grinders that use burrs instead of stones. I really love to bake breads of all kinds and by the time I was 14 years old have baked bread an average of more than once a week. As our 6 children were growing up, I started a batch of 4 loaves of bread as I was cooking breakfast every morning. This provided for the sandwiches in their sack lunches, and bread or cinnamon rolls coming out of the oven as they arrived home after school. We also rarely bought cold cereal. Once my husband got a nice raise at work. So, as a treat, he bought some boxes of cold cereal. It was a kind act, but one of our little boys started crying at the breakfast table one of the first mornings. He was sad because he wanted cracked wheat. Just start out slowly with the ground whole wheat. Start with a 50/50 mixture with white wheat. It may take a short time for your stomach to adjust to eating whole wheat, slowly increasing the proportion of whole wheat. Also, if you find a source, I prefer white wheat for baking. It seems to be slightly better, but, I use both.
I agree with some of the comments, that PROPERLY STORED, rolled oats, etc can easily last for 20 or 30 years. We have put it to the test, and found no problem. Of course, if you live in a very hot area, you will need to take measures to keep your stored food cool. Emergency preparedness can be interesting and even fun! And in times of job layoffs, etc, it really gives a sense of comfort.
One more suggestion (Living On A Dime To Grow Rich.channel does well to discuss many areas of emergency preparedness, so they may have covered this on another video, but I will add this just in case). It is good to have a sewing machine that you know how to use and a supply of fabric and patterns. Also, remember to keep your car gas tank as full as you can. Choose an amount for a goal for your family. Example: if the tank registers 1/2 it is time to fill it - choose a level for your family.
Good luck and have fun as you study these and other You Tube videos and work on the goals that you set. Identify an amount in your budget that goes to stocking up. You will be glad that you did.
Thank you for all your great, wise advice through your experience!! 🥰 Congratulations on your 48 1/2 years of marriage!! That's so wonderful!! Be blessed in Jesus. 😁💖🙏👏👏👏🎉
I've seen crackers go one year past expiration date. Oatmeal lasts for about 30 year if stored properly. Any prepper knows this. Peanut butter is a great item to prep. Even without prepping I eat peanut butter past the expiration date LOL. Preppers are knowable about all "best by dates". Chocolate is a great thing to store. the more Cocoa (the darker; the richer) the better. It seems like her whole list is incorrect. Is she a real prepper at all? Flour is great to store. There are even #10 cans of flour that lasts 30 years because it is stored correctly. It's not about sending hate mail at all, or even dismissing what you are saying. It's simply that, what you are saying is incorrect. Blessings.
@Erin Janean. Please expand on what you said about 'knowing about best by dates.' Thank you.
I agree 100% my 8 yr old even was shocked... Saying... Um.. No. Everything she said is wrong. Sadly.
She's dead right on flour,and some crackers r not palatable after a certtime . There is some slight exaggeration on certain items,but hey better be save than sorry !
@@gunterbecker8528 depends on what the crackers are made of.
EXACTLY She’s not talking about here actually vacuum sealing and preparing these foods for years which people have been doing since the pioneer days but apparently she knows something the rest of us don’t I’m pretty sure she’s talking about food you just buy directly from the store and sit on the shelf
Hi,
Flour can be canned in your oven. It will give you at least 5 years and never have bugs. The five years is as long as we have ever held it. No room for more to store so it may last longer. Wife is 84 and she learned from her grandmother so the practice has been around for a while. 200 degrees for two hours, tighten cap when you remove jars from oven.
I was just watching a dry canning video on this as well. Can store crackers, pasta, and bisquick in jars and then put in the oven for 45 min at 225 degrees...tighten the lid after you take them out.
Your data on how long some of those items last seems to be in conflict with my storage. We had a windfall of pecans one year. I shelled and bagged them. Then I place the shelled pecans in the freezer. It took me 6 years to run out of pecans, and they were in perfect condition. Flour, I have no idea how it lasts but it is more than a decade. I got an insane price on flour, so I got a LOT. I vacuum sealed it in Mylar bags, then sealed those in 5 gallon buckets. That was 15 years ago and I have a bag of that in my pantry open right now. Crackers, my fiancé likes Rites. We always rotate out, but at room temp they last over a year, not even a bit stale. Oatmeal. I have oatmeal that is about 10 years old. I vaccum sealed those and put them in totes. They are still good. I really have no idea why your stuff is going bad so much faster than mine.
Congratulations on the pecans - what a treat! Walnuts, specifically, seem to be more delicate. They may be well within the "sell by" date, but many being sold are already darkened and slightly rancid.
Agree about nuts lasting. Mom lived thru the depression & taught us a lot about stockpiling & making do. Nuts will keep.
I thought vacuum sealers don't work well for mylar, that it won't melt it properly? I've been using a hair straightener to seal the mylar and O2 absorbers.
@@KenshinPhoenix Oh you need to seal most of the bag, then use a suction tube to take out the last bit, then seal it when removing the tube. The problem with mylar on the normal vacuum sealer is it is smooth on both sides, so the two sides of the mylar close up before all the air is removed. We too put O2 absorbers in our mylar packs.
@@Jesses001 Ah, yes I completely forgot I had seen a video showing that before. I guess it still lets some air in when removing the tube, so not 100% 02 free I suppose. Think I'll stick to the hair straightener haha, just wondered if there was a special kind of vacuum sealer that could do it. Thanks.
I’ve had great success rotating granola, oatmeal and flour at five years. I repackage and seal in vacuum bags. I agree with everything else. Thank you for sharing!
@ODVenture Do you package flour and grains loose in a vacuum bag? I was wondering how that worked.
Vacuum sealed flour will last up to 4 years.
I have had flour stored for up to 5 to 8 years in a food grade bucket with bay leaves in it.
If purchased in cans, made to last with an oxigen absorber, it Is 10 years.
lds.cannery is the best source
Yeah, but vacuum sealed (and O2 packeted) grains will last 15 - your lifetime. (Needs to be de-germed, though.)
@@manictiger - Hi. Would you please explain that "de-germed" means. I am going to vacuum seal my first jars of flour, rice, and beans soon, and though I have watched many youtube videos, I haven't heard this term before. Any info you are willing to give me, I would appreciate. Thank you, Lori.
@@lorigrass1
Basically, most grain plant seeds have a middle that has more nutrients, but can spoil faster, due to being oily. Most wheat is probably de-germed. Pearled barley has the germ removed. Etc.
Not sure who would leave there product in the factory packaging for long term storage.. They want you to let it get stale so you toss it and buy new. We store our stuff in mylar and canning jars that are sealed either with food saver jar sealer or the oven for dry canning. I Have had oats that where dry canned for 11 years and taste the same as a new container , Just keep Prepping and when you think you have enough Keep prepping!!!
Good tips except for oatmeal. I've had oatmeal 6 years after expiration date with no problem.
Half the stuff she mentioned, I have in my cupboards and is long past those "use before" dates...everything tastes fine...I have peanut butter older than she is, that tastes like fresh stuff! Lol!
Your tips were very helpful..Thank you. But, I have peanut butter five years beyond expiration date. Store in a dark cool closet. It was delicioius.I can't speak for food value but the taste was good and I did not get sick. Sorry.
The way to solve the nuts problem is to prep them properly! Soak in salt water overnight then dehydrate them till crisp! They are so yummy that way and much healthier too!
Udder Charms....love the idea! What is the water to salt ratio that you use? I would love to do this too. Thanks!
1 tablespoon sea salt per 4 cups nuts....about 6 cups water
@@uddercharmsfarm8159 ...Thank-you!
Is this long term as in decades or just a year or few?... the oil is still present in the nuts which is why they go rancid. I dont see how such a weak solution of 1 tablespoon of salt per 6 whole cups of water would preserve anything.
What the longest you have tested this method for?
I don’t believe the salt is preserving in this case. I took a class from wardee at traditional cooking school dot com....which is where I learned to do this. My nuts are still under a year and fresh as ever. Go see her for additional info.
Oatmeal doesn't hold me either. Within 2 hours, I am starving!
Adding fat to your oatmeal such as whole milk and butter, will slow down the release of the sugar in the carbs, which keeps you fuller and doesn't cause the blood sugar spike..
add some protein like nuts seeds dried fruit.
Serving spoon of yogurt if you can eat that for each serving of oatmeal. Refrigerate overnight or throughout work day. Add preserves, fresh or canned fruits to sweet. No cooking and it fills up fo quick breakfast or after work.*Especially nice overnight camping, blessings be.
Cooked porridge don't fill me, but "raw" does, just use full milk over porridge, stir, add sugar, friut or jam to taste and just wait until its swollen and the milk has been mostly absorbed.
To be honest I prefer the flavour like this with a lil sugar, cooking it destroys it in my opinion.
Just like other foods that are destroyed by too much heat, mushroom soup better not boiled, beef can be picky too unless you roasting a joint etc but a shallow pan fried bit of beef will taste better but not as easy to cook for a big family many portions at once.
yup . that's a simple carb. just like sugar. best to go keto. you won't be hungry as long as there is fat on your tummy (or back there)
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We've opened a bag of porridge oats from 1999 that we missed at the back of a cupboard recently, it was fine. It is in a sealed plastic bag though.
I mill my own flour....I have lot's of different grains....some in milar bags good for 30 years. .
Keep those mylar bags in buckets, and some mothballs around to prevent rodents from getting into your stuff.
Hi. My ears perked up when I read you mill your own flour. I have been looking into purchasing a grain mill, but still not sure which to buy. (Or course right now what with C-19, I just might not be able to get the one I finally settle on). I'd like to not spend more than $200.00 if possible, and would like it to be strong enough to mill dry corn kernels. I'd prefer manual to electric. Do you mind letting me know what brand and model you have/prefer? I'd appreciate any guidance you would be willing to give. Thank you, Lori
@@lorigrass1 pleasant grain was where I purchased mine... it's electric $239 they also have hand crank models with very good reviews.... I wish I'd done this years ago....they sell grain also & there's many great sites online bluebird grains & Jovial ...good luck
@@MountainwithaView - Thank you very much. I will look into pleasant grain, and their hand crank models. I hope you and your loved ones have a good rest of the year.
No I've never heard of it....
The food industry puts short expiration dates on packages to first of all cover their own rear ends in case someone gets sick, and secondly, to boost sales. We eat expired food all the time with no issues.
I keep flour on the cupboard forever and have never had it go bad 😂 we don't use it often
If you put Bay Leaves (just a couple) in your flour it keeps bugs out. My mom always did that for as long as I can remember, and it always worked. Also, if you’re going to have canned food, it’s best in a jar. Metal cans can rust, explode, and turn the food bitter…especially if it’s tomato based. I had cans of tomato paste leak after a couple of years. That won’t happen with jars. Also, a lot of things will last longer if you store them with a food saver & suck out all of the air.
I think folks get confused with long term food storage and short term storage-
I think so, too. I think it has to do with lifestyle and locale. If you live in a more urban area, long term storage is likely viewed as 6 months and what can fit in the cabinets and freezer. There’s often no pantry anyway. You’re certainly not canning things. The idea of what long term storage really is, just seems weird to us urban folks, although I live in the suburbs now. Still, even here, I’d bet many of the homeowners wouldn’t know what long term food storage is. For city and suburban dwellers, emergency food is Domino’s Pizza and long term food storage is at the nearby or downstairs grocery store.
@@privateprivate8366 Yes you all may be right, but if you live in the desert like I do, believe me you need to be careful of rancidity in oils, chocolate, peanut butter, all those things.
Annie B yes, I know. People often recommend stocking up on peanut butter. That’s fine if you’re rotating through it at a decent pace, but it isn’t for true long term food storage. I have a can of powdered peanut butter and I’ll look at the BB date. I’m in no rush to open it as, I like peanut butter but, I don’t eat it regularly.
Take a sip whenever she says rancid!!
Haha, how did you know I have an adult beverage in my hand!
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i have had AND still have / store all of the food you have talked about in my pantry (working pantry ) and if you store it right in mylar bags in buckets or vac sealed in jars they last years !!!! .. KEEP prepping people
Have you checked your oil for rancidity?
Where do you get mylar bags?
You can store flour , cornmeal and oat meal, grits, cream of wheat BUT place them in the freezer for several days then take them out and let them come back to room temperature and vacuum seal them they will last for several years
I’ve had nuts in my freezer for 2 years. They are perfect
That's not the norm.
Michele L Me too. But I did vacuum seal them first.
Yeah, I think what the problem “may” be is that, when it is said that things with oils go rancid, that what it may mean is that, it goes rancid over time, due to temperature. That, you can eliminate 2 of the 3 problems - light, air, but temperature might be what makes things go rancid. That it will still go rancid eventually and storing them in vacuum sealed jars will certainly help, but if they’re not refrigerated or even frozen, their life is still limited. I stored peanut butter in my office cabinet for less than a year and I should’ve probably kept it in my cooler. After a few months, it was ready to be thrown away. My workplace is typically temperature controlled so, it’s never really warm in there. Nevertheless, my jar of peanut butter did not last. One of the elements that was eliminated was light. It was not refrigerated nor frozen and was not vacuum sealed. So, naturally, it still went bad.
@Michele L: Me too 🙌
@@privateprivate8366 I've stored walnuts in my freezer 2 yrs- good; 3yrs- real bad
I'm the only one I KNOW who eats oatmeal. Great to know about the flour! I won a year supply of King Arthur years ago and just redeemed the last coupon over Easter.
I love oatmeal. Have you tried it with dried fruit, cinnamon, cloves and honey in it?
Dehydrate fruit or their peels. The peels I dehydrate, then make them into a powder to add to oatmeal and baked items
My family have air tight container for flour: absolutely fine
Nuts in their shell store well. I found a 5 gal bucket of walnuts in the shell in my basement i forgot about from 2017 and they tasted like they were from this year's crop. Very good.
If you are going to tell me you can can flour....watch this: ua-cam.com/video/FZU-R9mZg3g/v-deo.html
Also, Oops!!! I messed up. It's only 9, I forgot one. So sorry! Please don't beat me with a wet noodle.
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Ok, so if you have to be in a lock down situation and have to start using the long term pantry what do you have in there that could replace flour?
Thank you for your information...always appreciated your / family's help.
@@sistermarieskitchen wheat berries and a manual grain grinder.
Information. A lot of this I did not know.
We've eaten peanut butter 1-2 years after the best buy date. It was FINE. Oats past the best buy date as well. They were fine also. The best buy date does NOT mean it's bad by that date. You are going to have people throwing out perfectly GOOD food AND wasting money!! Not cool😑
How about dry canned I remember my grandma doing this .She lived on a farm .
You are right that fats can and do go rancid, but it might have more to do with how you are storing these items, and less about what it is. Vacuume seal in glass jars, you will be amazed how long things last.
As others have commented, by properly packaging and storing many of these items will last longer. Still it is best to use them earlier for nutritional purposes. If you have a one year storage plan then simply use first in, first out rotation. Most of these items will keep in pantry or freezer that long. If you have a food saver many will last even longer.
Yes you can long-term store flour you put it in the freezer kill all the bugs and then you can either use mylar bags with O2 absorbers or even food saver bags with O2 absorbers I do it I’ve had flour for years and I open up a bag every year and check it and I have never had a problem I am currently using a bag of flour that is six years old to make bread
God bless you for sharing things to never stockpile! I had NO idea about a lot if them! Please share this video because you may just be saving someone's life and not wasting money!
Re: Flour - I've successfully stored flour, in their original paper bags, for 5 years. To keep them from moisture, I bought a large plastic garbage bin and stored them in there. 5 yrs later when I had a car accident and couldn't work for a year, I had to rely on the food I had already stored in order to feed my children. The flour was just as good as the day I stored it. Ditto the Peanut Butter, Sugar, Salt, rice and beans. But I will never eat black eyed peas again. For some reason I had a glut of those and by the end of the year, the children and I were fed up to the back teeth with them. But the lentils remain a favorite::))
Fine if you have a large refrigerator or freezer.
@@keilana6 I didn't use a freezer or refrigerator. I stored them in bins. :)
@@Blurb777 One man's garbage bin is another man's treasure chest! :D
@@URMyNewTV -Truth! 🙂
@@Blurb777 I must add: after 7+ months of your comment you replied on the spot as it seems, 3 month later you did again - on a video (and your comment) about readily availables in long term storage.
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I'll wrap my flour in their original paper bags in plastic, freeze for 3 days, room temp for 3 days, freeze for another 3 days and store it like you said or alike.
Treasure bin, here I come, thanks for your reply.
I agree about flour. You are spot on. I put it in the freezer for a week, then portion it out into paper lunch bags (6 cups), put it in the sealer bags and vacuum seal it. I only keep a years worth or so and am diligent about rotating.
The nuts 🥜 and oil is good to know - I just figured that out. I’ve been stocking up on it and didn’t realize how fast it goes bad - some chefs say just a month or two. I did not know about flour! I was just about to buy a bunch of GF flour from Costco. Thanks for the tips! Also your hair color looks beautiful.
It depends on the condition. I live in northern Utah and it's super dry. We have food storage in the basement, where it's cold and dry and I find stuff that expired all the time (hadn't been that great at checking dates until more recently). We opened up several packages and they were just fine. I'm surprised how long stuff keeps, but I know not everyone lives in such a dry place.
I live in Logan... hi from Utah!
@@leslieyoung3268 Hi, Leslie! I'm in Salt Lake City. You really are north! :)
Hi I live in Southern Nevada and pretty dry over here too, flour oats and things like that keep good for a long time even if we're not long term storing..
@@m.florencia8320 are there any good places in slc for bulk buying or discount stores that you know of?
@@leslieyoung3268 Nickeys wharehouse sells items in bulk sizes at discount prices. It’s in SLC
Thank you for your precious advice! I take every word you say! Once I tried to buy things that I didn't need, to save me time for when I needed them. When I got to them, they were already spoilt!! It's good to have someone reminding you to buy only what you need and use.
I've had flour for more than 5 years purely because I forgot about it lol. It was sieved and frozen first and stored in a glass airtight jar. It's absolutely fine ;)
All the preppers I watch don't recommend storing flour for long term and DO recommend storing wheat berries.
Yes I know she said wheat berries. Not sure where you got your information about not lasting any longer than flour, because hard white and hard red wheat berries can last indefinitely if stored properly.
@@kathyharmon2093
Whole grains were found in Pharoah's burial sides, and honey all in good perfect condition. Known today as ancient grains. They were sprouted and grown. Oh just a few thousand years old.....
It is not the age of the grain, it is perfect storage conditions.
You can obtain already canned wheat and canned white flour at lds.cannery Google it.
They also have canned beans and a few more basic items canned for long term storage. Most items 30 years, at least.
Ok hold onto your hats. Latter Day Saints canneries sell #10 cans of white flour that lasts 10 YEARS! Costs about $3.00 and shipping I guess if you don't live close to one. That's long enough for me! I buy all mine there!!!
@@cmcmahon8551 right. It will store a very long time if stored properly.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 exactly
I’m only stocking up enough for 3 months. I plan on eating it in December, January and February. I have two types of crackers one don’t expire until next year may, and next year I think August. I have like 5 things of crackers... also I’m stocking up for me and for my boyfriend. I also have like 4 things of peanut butter but they don’t expire until next year may/June
You need to stock up for Long term , things aren't looking good right now and it's going to get a lot WORSER
You can vac seal nuts for long-term and I've frozen and vac sealed flour for years! Never a problem.
I have personally dry canned flour and ate it 3-4 years later and it's been fine not hate mail just saying with a little work it will last a few years
Girl you are really talking llooonnngggg storage prepping 🙂 Most people are hoping to get enough ahead to make it through the election, hoping things will calm down. Now I'm old as dirt and I can tell you the reason older people I knew ate corn pancakes with molasses and butter for breakfast and cornbread with supper; it's the flour not keeping thing. My family won't be happy if I can't replace the flour if it runs out for sure. I have been posting this in many places. I apologize if you've seen it before. I have never been a fear monger. But concern for my friends and family has pushed me to practically preach this lately. People keep saying I have a month's worth of food stored up or 2 month's or even 3 or more. I want enough stored up to hold me long enough for things I plant next spring to start producing! This is much more than you think you would need. If the losing side is so ticked they try to prove to us what a mistake we made by electing the other guy, it could be much longer than a couple of months. If you say well, I'm going to can food, that's great, are you growing it? The stores still aren't stocked up from the last panic clean out. Even if you can find it to put up, that's part of the temporary!!! Jars and lids are gone around here. Do you know how to root cellar? Can you smoke/dehydrate meat, if your power goes out and you have 3 month's worth of meat to decide what to do with? Put up what you eat, eat the oldest first and replace it. Store things you like. Rice and beans, 3 meals a day for 3 months does not make for a happy table.
Absolutely correct, you took the words right out of my mouth. I think people need a variety of meals for 3 meals a day enough to get through 2 growing seasons. This gives you a bit of a buffer in case your garden doesn't turnout as well as you'd hoped.
@@wvfarmersdaughter In the Bible, they stored enough up to last for 7 years! I hope we aren't looking that bad.
With age comes wisdom. As a young lad with two children, i learn something new everyday. Thank you.
@@wvfarmersdaughter that's why we put up adjika and tkemali and satsabeli - so the corn cakes (mchadi) taste delicious every day of the week.
It also depends on how you store you flour
Instead of flour or crackers just like quadruple bake some hardtack, there’s hard tack that you can still eat from the Civil War era it’s just flour water and salt, although be careful of weevils.
I've had no problem at all with oats and I eat a lot of them. My sunflower seeds, flax and chia, no problems either. I use mylar and oxygen absorbers to stoe my foods. I honestly don't agree.
Timely great advice Tawra, thank you. Eating oatmeal or salads, always add a healthy fat. Walnuts, almonds, flaxseed, tsp coconut oil. Or eat a couple eggs, or meat along side. Oats and lettuces lack fats that why we still feel hungry. Many people will find themselves losing weight eating these regularly.
Lacks protein also
I thought you could store flour for up to five years in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers?
Pack fresh USA is a company I buy my mylar bags from and on their pamphlet, if you store flour in a 7 mL mylar bag with the proper size oxygen absorber it says it will keep 10 to 15 years.
Flour when stored right will last 20 years. Oxygen absorbers in mylar bags will work.
This is what I've learned from other preppers who have opened it after 20 years and it was fine.
Beware of the packaging. Today's packaging/plastic is made to degrade so eventually your food will taste like the packaging. I transfer my packaged items like crackers, nuts, cereals etc. into glass jars. I have a vac sealer with vac attachments for regular/wide mouth jars. That helps to preserve the food: freshness & flavor. I also vac seal items in bags.
Recently, I opened nuts that I had vac sealed 10yrs prior & the nuts were edible. Tasted fine. Were not stale in flavor or texture.
Get your stockpile food out of plastic!
Agreed. Alaska Prepper has a video where he used 7yr old almonds (stored w/2 removed). It's the O2 that degrades the oils in the nuts. And yes, the packaging has everything to do with it!
CHOCOLATE!!! there is no way I could store chocolate long term. That would be beyond my powers of temptation and would have it all eaten within a week - two at the most. : ) : ) Oatmeal does not satisfy me either.
The closest I've come to long term chocolate storage is Nutella or an off brand chocolate spreads.
I have tried to stock up but my kids keep eating it all. Lol
Vacuum seal your chocolate it will last years
@@goodiebee3007 Oatmeal does stay with me for hours. I eat a big bowl of granola daily for breakfast because it fills me up, tastes good, and helps take care of problem I have due to being on narcotics for arthritis pain.
@@trueamerica Not here it won't.
I can always count on you to save me money. I was stocking up on these items now because who knows what's going to happen. Won't be getting more than we will use for 6 months. I will be sure to use up this stuff I bought a few months ago. Thanks for posting this.
These items can last much longer if you take the time to store them properly. Some glass mason jars and an oven is all you need to dry can all of these things for 1-5 years. With hyperinflation currently happening you may want to do some more indepth research on canning.
You should do your own research. Her info is flawed. Sad.
i bought a couple 25 pound bags of flour and then put them in a space bag and vacuumed suctioned all the air out of the bag and it was like a brick. hopefully that will extend the shelf life
I have been using black beans mashed in place of flour....not kidding, super impressed on my baking results.
Add berries or an apple or any fruit to your oatmeal , it's what helps me. Also I eat a double portion of steel cut oats....it's light on calories
Savory oatmeal is good too. I like Italian seasoning, or mushroom, zucchini etc
i went through a 25 lb bag of flour in 3 months making bread this spring😮 lol
ida campo That's a lot of bread. One of these days I'm going to try to make bread. I always have a problem with the yeast.
@@mariebarnes416 Marie--yeast doesn't like overly warm water. Buy good quality, store it in the freezer, and again--make sure the water isn't too warm that you use to proof it.
Good luck. Home baked goods are amazing. Hubby about goes crazy when there is bread in the oven.
Mix your warm water, not too hot as already mentioned, into the water and sugary ingredients. Let it sit for a few minutes to feed the yeast, it will start to bubble, continue to add your other ingredients.
Sorry that should be water, yeast, and sugars mixed first.
Ida can I get your recipe please?
I’ve never made any bread that I could eat🤷♀️
You can dry can (bottle) flour by putting it in mason jars, heat up in the oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees they put the lid on and it will seal and last for years!!
Good info. Thanks for passing it along! For folks storing stuff, I think that a lot of people, me in particular, only store about a years worth and rotate through it.
Thank you so much for the flour info. I’m going to start putting it in my outside refrigerator instead of pantry
Good video, and I've heard similar things on other sites, I would add a slight caveat to that, if you look at some of the MRE(meals ready to eat) channels (Steve1989, Oldsmoky, etc.) you'll see items either on that list, or made from those items that can last for decades, although depending on storage conditions and packing, the taste and quality will vary. Most of the MRE items that last well beyond their expiry date are well sealed, so it would be interesting if anyone has done any testing with say Mylar bags and o2 absorbers on some of the items on that list, yes there is a small risk of botullism, but you also have that with canned items as well. Look forward to more storage videos.
We have #10 cans of freeze dried oats that have a 25 year lifespan that we've opened and the oats taste great. We do add fruit and other goodies to up the calories. Instead of chocolate cocoa powder will satisfy that chocolate craving that many of us have. A little sugar or sugar substitute mixed with the cocoa powder works wonders. We layer oats, freeze dried fruit, rehydrated milk, and the cocoa sugar mixture in containers or mason jars and set them in the fridge over night. In the morning you have a calorie filled yummy breakfast you can heat up, or eat cold that you can take anywhere with you. We use this method a lot during the summer months when we're hiking in the high country. We prepare it at campsite and stick it in the cooler for the evening. By morning it's ready. We prefer it cold because where we're located it can get really hot. It keeps us going until lunch. It's also great as an afternoon snack, or a great alternative if you have a sweet tooth craving.
I've stored flour, white, in 5 gal
Buckets, sealed w/ nitrogen or
Co 2, and in 5 gal mylar bags
For 10 yrs now. It still makes
Great bis cuts. And cakes, bread.
I have over 300# stored..
The oatmeal thing... me too! I was wondering the same thing.
Love and sunshine Jacqui from Australia.
PS when you do grocery hauls people are confused unless it is clearly stated to them...that it is FOOD only. I do a shop and buy toiletries and batteries and so on. (Then think its impossible for the price $30 ) I know what you are talking about however some consumers are not ..."with the program." Be safe.
Most of the items you mentioned, I have used well past a year with nothing bad about their flavor, etc. Didn't do this as part of prepping, but I got to the point I couldn't cook or bake much, so things that I went through normally rather quickly, were sitting around and took forever to get use. I will say that I have my walnuts, almonds, and macadamia nuts in the freezer.
Currently I have a bag of peanut M&Ms with a best by of 07/2021 so I am eating them as fast as possible so they won't have any chance of going bad! LOL!
I’ve stored flour years back. Expired in 2013 , used it in 2018 and made some great biscuits and bread..... Same with oats.
I meed advice. Do you have any suggestions in what to stockpile as an alternative to crackers?? I'm looking for something that is a good source of carbs. Does powedered potatoes packaged go bad?? Also what's the best sources for protien? Ive been sock piling canned meat and beans. Thanks for the video. I have to rethink what ive been doing.
Again, Thank you for your video, you have taught me a lot. I will watch all your older videos..... Thank you. God bless.
Saltine crackers can be stored in Mason jars with an oxygen absorbers and/or air sucked out prolongs its life.
Oat meal put in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers last years! Your info is off, unless your talking about storing without these methods. Mylar bags also gives flour a few years, not as long as rice and beans but can be prolonged.
Thank you! This lady should clarify that so she don’t confuse people!
@@michellejones4755 Right!!
Im hoping putting some of the stuff you mentioned will last alot longer in mylar bags and co absorbers . because I did it.
What about flour that comes from a place like Augustin farms and is dated out several years?
I went to Walmart for the first time in almost a year today and I bought a bunch of can goods to stock up for this uncertain fall winter season approaching.
I by 50 lb. bag of flour and I dry can it in the oven. I do that with my oat meal and corn meal too.
I’ve stored flour in old soda bottles for 8 years. Made some cookies with it and they were great.
Thank you so much! I am newer to prepping. Wish I saw before I boight two 25# bags of flour. I planned to store in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Glad you caught me before I got more PB! Will get some of the powder to have on hand though.
Long term storage for grains - protect from bugs and moisture, of course. Since they have trace amounts of oil in them, you also need to protect from oxygen. Vacuum sealing in mason jars is a really good option.
Long term storage for oils and oil rich foods - keep away from oxygen and heat... so vacuum sealing those as well is a no-brainer.
Oh my gosh I think this video is brilliant I definitely agree with you on the nuts and seeds
Would it make any difference if we vacuum sealed any of the products you mentioned?
Yes it WILL!!!!
Your wisdom is so much appreciated! Thanks for making these videos!
the flour thing got me lol if you store it in a Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers it should last for 5 years
I oven can flour. Good for many years
Thank you. I've done a lot of research and you are right about all this. I don't make videos so I'm glad you did.
I've had Biscuit and flour for years and it hasn't gone bad.
I oven can my flour and it last for years.
Vacuum sealing greatly extends the life of the product. Well worth the investment 😉
I just invested in one, because I so much food get freezer burned. Gonna be using for dry foods also. Love it.
Been eating peanuts we put away in 2011 they are fine. Flour gets vacuum sealed rotated within a few years it is indistinguishable from new.
I oven canned a lot of flour surely that will keep a year or so ?