"Canned" foods are basically just a modern version of old-school ball-jarred food storage. e.g. Don't overlook "jarred" foods, too (like jellies/jams, pickles, pasta sauces, etc.) You mention combining Chilli over rice. Don't forget Chilli over pasta/noodles, too. (Chilli-Mac.) Pasta noodles will keep a LONG time "as-is." Or, you can put them into ball jars with a oxygen absorber (or two,) for nearly forever storage. Canned meats: We are all accustomed to chicken and tuna in our normal/routine diets. But, not many of us eat sardines, routinely. If you look closely in the Canned meat/fish aisle, you will find other familiar favorites (Canned shrimp, canned crab, canned pork, etc.) You started to hint about vitamins/nutrients over time. But, I think you should put a bit more emphasis on this. e.g. Canned fruits have vitamin C and such (that our bodies need.) They might taste a bit more metallic over time, and indeed lose some of their nutritional value. But, that means you need to stockpile/rotate MORE, instead of avoiding them, entirely. Other canned/jarred products worth mentioning: Mushrooms. Onions. Carrots. Black & green olives. Fruit juices (Pineapple juice, tomato juice, OJ, cranberry juices, etc.) Instead of canned Chilli, we opt for what we call "Chilli stacks." = one can of black beans, one can of kidney/red beans, one can of diced tomatoes, one can of tomato paste. Pour all of them into a crock pot, add your favorite Chilli spices. Bam! I'll also include "honorable mention" of near-canned (shelf-stable) items in plastic jars/containers. Peanut butter (we opt for Skippy Natual or Jiff, as they don't have/Develop that pool of oil on the top.) But, there's also mayo, relish, mustard (plus your canned Tuna = Tuna salad.) And/or hard-boil some farm-fresh eggs to create deviled eggs! There's also ketchup, hot sauces, soy sauce, teriyaki sauces, sweat & and sour sauce, etc. (Makes road kill much more palatable.) Others worth mentioning: Ghee, coconut oils, various salsas, honey, cocoa powder, olive oils, parmesean cheese, Velveta cheese bricks, canned nuts, canned sodas, glass-bottled waters, vitamins/supplements, popcorn (lasts forever when you buy jarred versions,) pure Syrups, Teas, instant coffee, powdered drink packets (Teas, Lemonade, etc.) Oats/Oatmeals. Lastly, I'd still also opt to buy some hardware/supplies to maybe do your OWN preserving (if needed in the future.) How-to books on canning/preserving. Pressure cooker. Ball jars and plenty of lids. Jar tongs. Jar funnels. Pickling salts!!! Etc. Hopefully, you will NEVER have the "need" to can/preserve anything, yourself. But... IF, IF, IF that day DOES come, you will want to make sure you have the "tools of the trade" to be successful. Peace.
It’s what’s in the can that is more worrying. I always get acid indigestion after eating any thing in a can. Don’t get that reaction when I eat fresh food.
I rotate all my cans but yesterday I found a can of Campbell's tomato soup in the wrong spot. It was dated 2012! I know y'all are like me an thought let's see. When opened it smelled good and the color was a little darker. Cooked it up and tastes great. I waited a day and then gave the rest to my picky wife. She didn't know the difference. No matallic taste at all, still living
One thing I do is when buying canned food is when I get home I immediately write the date code on the can with a sharpie pen. It saves time and you can at a glance pick a can to use first when rotating your food supply.
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Can food is a great prep. The water can be used to cook rice in and the can fruit juice can be used to make pancakes or liquid for baking. Dried food will require water that may not be readily available to cook with. Small tip. If you buy the cans with pull tabs, do not stack on top of each other. Place a piece of corrugated cardboard between your can stacks to prevent pressure on the cans below.
Also do not lay cans or their cases on their sides. Cans with pop-tops were designed to take the pressure of the contents and of other cans on top of them when stacked vertically, not horizontally.
I know that I need to store up some canned foods for survival. My wife doesn't want to have them stored. She thinks they go bad and don't taste great, even when new. I keep my canned foods stored in a locked shed so she can't complain. I told her she can eat bugs when the food runs out.
😂 that's what I told my wife and kids! I said, you skoff now about having to eat the dog and cat, but you will think twice when you look at having to eat the creepy crawlies.
Fresh food definitely tastes better but, if you are hungry, canned is ambrosia! She's trying to avoid admitting that the world is getting wierd and things are not always the way we'd like them to be. Shtf is unthinkable to some people.
Take your can and drop it into hot water for a few minutes before opening it up, your food will be warm and you can eat it right from the can. During the war half of the guys ate 2 or more meals that way. We always had hot food. I'll start listing more food ideas that we had from the Army. It seems we need to show our civilian brothers what they may need to care for themselves and the wives and children. there's more than one way we can defend our folks.
Damn! That is so simple and brilliant! I have placed a can of food in my engine bay for a short while while driving, but never thought of the hot water trick😅
Yes, I was storing canned fruits many years ago, and found the canned pineapples were the first to actually show cann degradation. The acids really did a number on the seals and metal. We're sticking to bottled "canned" fruits, but store mostly peaches, now. Also, I agree about the canned evaporated milk. I would definitely go with powdered milk for the long storage. Powdered milk brings back memories of growing up in the 70s, too.
@@themanifester1807 My condensed milks have lasted long past the expiration dates unlike some of my evaporated ones which didn't even make it one year past that date.
My mother used to mix fresh milk, delivered every other day to our house by the milk man, with powdered milk , I assumed to save money because we were 6 children, and I wanted to say yes the taste is pleasant for powdered milk. 👍
I live alone, and have stocked many single serve cans of veggies, baked beans, Corned Beef Hash and Pineapple chunks. The reason for buying small cans is that there are no leftovers to refrigerate if the power is out.
That’s exactly what I been doing when there on sale I get a lot it’s hard to get it home because I don’t have a car it’s just me and my grand puppy but if someone needs it I can help.
I’d recommend in a SHTF scenario to revert to OMAD diet(one meal a day). A large meal, but just once per day. Will free up time for other important activities and your stash will last longer in the long run. It’s tough on you for about 10 days then gets easier, then just feels normal.
I bought a can of the corned beef, a can of cabbage, a can of potatoes, and a can of carrots. Made it as a test meal one day based on my "real " St Patrick's Day feast. It wasn't half bad. During an apocalypse it will be 5-star dining.
My bias may be a factor of being from Quebec, Canada - but cans or bottles of maple syrup would be my addition to your list. Unopened, will last forever. If it crystallizes, heat whole container in water - voilá, ready for use.
Jars of honey can be revived in hot water also... Take the lid off n set the jar in hot water. It will become liquid again. And be warm fir your pancakes...
We can learn a lot from our snow Mexican brothers and sisters I never would have thought about maple syrup had I not run across your comment. How brilliant 👏
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Thanks so much for your down-to-earth helpful information. I'm a prepper, like everyone here, and my stacked-perfectly canned foods in plentiful supply truly do give me a sense of peace and gratitude when I look at them. To others, I'm a hoarder. But when the world goes dark, and they aren't prepared, they will be happy for some of my canned foods! And I'd willingly share of course. Recently our power went out and the wells around here are pumped using electricity, meaning no power, no WATER! But not at my house. I had water stored also, and a huge generator, so I had basic light, water, etc. When I charged my neighbor's phones, I admit to being inwardly just a tiny bit smug about it, but overwhelmingly was happy I could help them. Hope they learn to start prepping!
@@michellebeauchamp1044 I’m not talking about myself. I live in a major city and have managed to have four months of food in my house at all times. But I know people who just can’t afford it.
Stocking Survival Supplies, Food or Non Food Items, does Not Make You or Anyone Else a "Hoarder". These Type of People Are In For a Rude Awakening When a Disaster Happens and Find They Are Not Prepared. I No Longer Try and Talk to Family About The Importance of Being Prepared For an Emergency. I Continue To Stock and Prepare as Long as I Can. When That "DAY COMES", The Kitchen Will Be Closed!!
I need to say this: I read a study on spam, and it’s the best prepared meat you can buy. No added fillers, no snouts,feet, sinews etc. I’m not crazy about it, but it is actually one of the healthiest choices! And ifyoure down to the wire, meats meat right? Besides the fact nothing better than sliced spam fried, with an egg on the sammich lol Also, the canned potatoes, sliced and browned in butter makes them delicious!
Me again- Alaska Granny just did a video on something called FILLED Evaporated Milk. She got it unknowingly at Dollar Tree. If it says FILLED on the label you don't want it. Oils or something are added to it and it's specifically for baking. Not for use in cereal or coffee for instance. I was glad to get that info and happy to pass it on.
Also, the liquid in canned vegetables will add to your hydration if your drinking water is not available. Don't pour it out. Many of the nutrients are in the liquid.
When I make soup by using several cans of vegetables sometimes I use the drained liquid from all the cans along with tomato juice and make my own “v-8”. I also do this with the water from cooking cabbage etc.
I honestly try to do a bit of prepping every day as a routine. Some days are bigger than others, but even doing just a little all adds up. Two days ago I bought another case of canned tuna fish, yesterday I bought another 3 month supply of survival food. Today I got more 5 gallon pails for container gardening. Tomorrow who knows what I'll be doing, but I'll try to do a bit more. I check a few times a day to see if there are any new videos here. Keep 'em coming, there's no telling how many lives you may be saving by sharing your knowledge. Thanks!
I label the can tops with a permanent marker with the month and year on it so I can eat the 2024 cans now and save the 2025 and 2026 cans later. I have a tote of a variety of plain beans, (no added sugar, one with different soups, another with just veggies and one with miscellaneous like applesauce, tomato products, and meats like tuna, chicken, and salmon. I also like to add dried beans, oatmeal, pickles, and flour for making my own bread. I bought dried milk for my coffee. After living in Hawaii during the pandemic, the store shelves were empty. It freaked me out. I've been keeping an emergency pantry ever since. It makes me feel ready for anything. Also, lighters, a camper stove that uses Sterno, extra blankets, candles, battery-operated puck lights for when the electricity is out, rain gear, and cash for emergencies if the stores can't take cards due to no electricity. Thank you for your video.
A few weeks ago, I didn't have much in my house to eat so I rummaged through the pantry and found a can of Hormel chili. It was from 2017. I wondered what condition it would be and opened it. I tasted it cold, and it seemed fine. I heated it with some extra canned beans, and it was perfectly fine. No tin aftertaste, nothing nasty. Bottom line, this product was good a whole 6 years after the expiration date.
Is sell buy an expiration date? Food labels such as “sell by,” “use by” and “best by” have long been confused for expiration dates on grocery products. But, these dates don't actually indicate product safety. In fact, manufacturers have used labels "best by" or "sell by" to estimate when their products have reached peak quality.Oct 5, 2022
@@dianevillaloboshagen6322 Exactly! The sell by date is more for the stores to use byut they generally like folks not knowing the difference between an expiration date and sell by date and that either really mean the item has gone off…as many will throw perfectly good food out because it reached its sell by date. And not just cans of food but fresh fruit and veg as well. I know someone who will throw carrots, celery, peppers, etc out when they reach their sell by date in the package even if the items are not bad, not starting to look bad in any way 🤦🏻♀️ and they go and buy more. I have told them over and over they are wasting food and money but they won’t listen so I have started going over when I know they are going through the fridge and I snag the produce that is still good but has reached their sell by date lol. I told her when she goes through her cans,give me a shout too. One of our local churches has run a campaign drive for anyone with cans past their date to donate them instead of throwing them away. They have been inundated with cans of food that is all still absolutely fine and so they are using them to feed the homeless so that food is not going to waste. So lng as the cans are not damaged, rusted or bulging, they are😅 absolutely fine. I wish the church coukd do a drive like that with the fresh produce too.
The problem with canned evaporated milk, and all hydrated milk for that matter, is that milk breaks down on its own pretty quickly. So yeah, powdered milk is the best way to go when it comes to stockpiling milk.
Many years ago I had a nutritionist tell me that with canned vegetables most of the nutrients are contained in the water that it was cooked and packed in. The sweet water in a can of corn is actually very tasty.
It gives gravy and mashed potatoes a very good flavor. Also water off boiled potatoes makes gravy extra special. My grandmother was an excellent cook and very frugal. She taught us those things. During the depression for sweets, sugar was in short supply and they used used coffee grounds or saved coffee when it got stale in the pot and poured it over Biscuits with honey or some kind of jelly or jam for sweetener. I still eat it sometimes. Brings back memories of sitting on Moms knee and being fed small bites. The best was blackberry presrves.
This is a little off subject, but I hope it will be useful to others to know. Another reason I like Chunky soups are because of a characteristic of their can. If you use a side cutting safety opener on both ends of the cans, they can easily be pushed, one into the other, to form a stove pipe, to whatever length you might need, for an improvised wood stove. I push 4 of them together as far and tight as I can to form a section about 16" long and then push those 4 can sections together just enough to hold them in place, yet still be able to disassemble them when I break the stove down. I haven't found any other cans that are so large in diameter that will fit together so easily.
The thing about beans, potatoes, and milk is that you can buy dehydrated beans, potato flakes, and dry milk powder which, if stored right, could last forever also.
Be careful of pull - tab cans...Armour recalled some items recently and I had already gotten food poisoning from the Vienna Sausages and found 2 cases with the lot code. I noticed the pull tabs on the lot seemed easier to open, and (Being a Die-maker myself) MY opinion was the dies that perforated the aluminum cans struck too deep and allowed air in the product. Pull tab cans anger me anyway as the product is harder to remove without damage, but these days there is no way to avoid these cans, so try to not stack them while storing to keep them from pressing on the can tops. Happy Prepping!
Learned my lesson on the canned fruits long term as far as metallic taste, so bought a bunch of the Costco peaches in glass jars. Taste great years later, and the jars can be saved for other storage needs. We still buy canned fruits, but the peaches in the glass jars are one item we bulk up on.
Dole makes canned peaches in plastic jars. Don’t buy them for long term storage. They start going mushy not long after the expiration date. Otherwise they’re a great canned peach.
I went to a restaurant supply store and bought a lot of #10 cans of spaghetti sauce, whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. I opened them and re-canned them into my glass jars. Now my tomato products will last for many more years.
@@diannemobley3766 you water bath tomatoes because in Ball's Blue Book you add lemon juice to ensure the acidity of the tomatoes - if you pressure can them - you will have nothing but juice - too much cooking especially after they were commercially canned!!
canned mackerel is always overlooked--excellent omega profile when added to new england style clam chowder w a can of mixed veg, dried onion, dried garlic and bay leaf--makes a wonderful fish stew
Speaking of the canned potatoes from Aldi, they are very good. The potatoes are small whole potatoes. Also, I noticed when you open them and dump out the water, it is clear, not "milky" like sliced potatoes. Good deal, and Aldi has a "twice as nice" guarantee. If you buy something that is not good, you take it back and they not only give you your money back but also a new product! Some stores require a receipt for this. Take care and God bless.
BE SURE to read the label of canned goods before purchasing! I recently bought a can of carrots and found when I read the label that it had been canned in China and might contain lead or carcinogens.
Anytime I see anything on sale for $1.00 a can I buy between 20 and 50. It seems like each week there will be at least 1 item. Vegetables , beans, soup you name it. Have fun.
We hit SAMS club today and spent $350 in canned foods. We bought pantry foods in bulk. Chicken, SPAM, roast beef, sardines, corn, green beans, soups, and much more. I saw many ppl prepping for what's to come. Powell raised interest rates today and markets show pain. Got spices since it is needed for canned foods. Our daughter lives in a old torn trailer because she can't work with 4 brain surgeries. We save food in case economy forces her to live elsewhere. We found out our granddaughter is now pregnant at age 17. In 11th grade. I bet her BF takes off. Kids will not listen to grandparents so must learn hard way.
@Pix Axe Prepper- my son got his girlfriend pregnant when they were 21 and 20. My granddaughter is 9 now and they are still together. I would never let my Son abandon his child. Luckily they are actually a happy family and live 3 doors down from me. I hope your granddaughter's baby's father will be supportive.
Adding to your number 10 cans, I have bought a peaches acidic foods and recanned them in glass doing a waterbath. Therefore helping on price, and creating more individual servings. I have also dried many items that I bought in cannes, dried foods will store for a long time and it takes out the bulk. When it comes to the peach juices and the fruit juices I will water bath the juice in jars, to use for jellies and other desert items later.😊
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If anyone has noticed that alot of the can goods are coming with the pop top lids. I try to always get the ones that are not the pop top, it would seem to me that those cans could be compromised alot easier than the ones you open with a can open. What I mean by pop top are the cans you can open with your hands, they have the pull tab. I just think that the others would have a better seal and if they are dropped or dented a little, they won't lose their seal as where the pull tab ones may crack open a little. I don't know for sure but just my opinion.
This would have been great info to know years ago. I've thrown out so much "good canned food" through the years. So sad that they lead people to believe they expire by a certain date. Thank you for sharing this.
Please next time consider food banks rather than throwing them out. A homeless or person hungry might think it's a Thanksgiving feast. A little bit of something is better than all of nothing. Thank you.
@@radiomanz117 well good for you, but I wars commenting to the person who said they threw outdated cans away, see if I don't need or want something I think of humanity over chickens some people would rather have outdated food in their belly than nothing at all that's all I was saying. When I am able to help someone, I need no notoriety,I do it for them only GOD needs to know that I chose mankind over chickens.
@@lessanchez3904 I would agree but at this time our local food bank is not having hi volume of people coming in. It's their decision not to give it away.. our chickens supply fresh eggs to who wants/needs them. Feed is getting more expensive and problematic. Funny they like brown rice better than white. Ha ha ha. Why WASTE food??
I bought tons of crate boxes of the sardines you showed in this video. (From Costco). Canned in olive oil, the best by date is 3 years. Good vitamin D and protein. My favorite.
A great food for both protein and other nutrients as well as filling you up is black beans and rice mixed together. I use the low sodium black beans because of my hypertension but it tastes fine to me. Put some canned chicken in the mix and you have a complete meal.
One thing I like to do with canned chicken is drink the water out then add something like mayo or buffalo sauce and stir it together until it's a shredded tuna consistency then eat it on bread. Super simple and tastes good. I'm sure other things could be added into it to make other savory sandwich spreads with. Also, using the water of the chicken and less water with ramen or cup noodles makes the broth tastier plus you get some chicken chunks added in as well.
I’ve two favorites. One is peanut butter. Delicious and a good source of protein. And canned sausage country gravy. Grandma would be appalled but some country gravy (any canned gravy for that matter) over bread or biscuits is a tasty, rib sticking meal.
The reason might be because the peanut oil in the peanut butter goes rancid quickly. The taste will be severely off for let’s say a sandwich. I little bit can be incorporated into hot foods or baked goods such as brownies, cookies or added to stews or casseroles for extra protein. If you have food mill you can grind nuts when you need to use them. As an older person I am having trouble chewing nuts so instead I grind or crush them for added protein or texture.
Add minced onions, hot pepper or sriracha, milk or water, minced garlic, brown sugar, dash of vinegar or lemon juice and soy sauce to peanut butter, let it cook slowly for a bit and you have great sauce for rice. We also stock up big on peanut butter.
I bought a canned sausage gravy to try out and it was good enough for me to get more. I would prefer my home made but I don’t believe we’ll be able to get sausage from the store. My goal is to get a good variety of canned products with meat for the protein and variety. I will also be cooking up biscuits and tortillas and putting them through a water bath process since bread will be hard to come by.
I enjoyed your video and I'm a "can prepper" as well. I've looked at the multitudes of dry foods sold online (survival foods) and the only problem I have with them is that you have to A) have enough water stored for prep. B) have a way of heating it. Remove both or 1 of those items and you have a lousy meal. I wouldn't mind mixing in "some" dried food in with canned. The fact that dry food is expensive is another factor.
Thanks for the tips. I have cans of white beans in tomato sauce stored away but now I know that I shouldn't be surprised should they taste a bit metallic after a while. Apart from that I usually have smaller cans as I'm alone but fortunately I can store quite a number of them in my pantry because of that so I always have something to eat. My favorites are green beans, white beans in tomato sauce, potatoes, and a kind of veggie mix with corn.
LOVE the practicality of your recommendations, I mean we have to start somewhere, and everyone can buy a few extra cans each time you go to the grocery store 😀
I had some German potato salad that picked up the metallic taste, so there are more than just the examples you mentioned. There are scientific studies that show benefits from chicken broth for sinus issues All those Jewish mothers knew what they were talking about. One of my go-to items when I am struck with any cold that includes my sinuses. Inhaling the steam as well as eating the chicken noodle soup. 👍🏻
@@northernkarma9296 Lol I have exactly 1 can of kippers in my supply of canned food because I've never had them before and I was skeptical about how they would taste. Sardines, however, is what I've grown up on. They're delicious to me 😋
Note that some vitamins are severely decreased in the canning process. (examine the very low content of vitamins in the ingredients list!) Be sure to include a well rotated stock of vitamin supplements in your prep. Vitamins may not be important in a SHTF situation since your expected survival duration is very short.
Here's what I like to do. I buy a very large amount of various canned goods like the video. A few months before the Best By Date, I donate it to charity so someone can benefit. Buy some more to replace it. I get a tax break for charitable giving. And I cycle out of old canned goods. I like writing the Best By Date big enough to see it at a glance. Thirty-year-old canned goods contain the essential nutrition. But if you are fighting for your life during a future emergency, why not have some good chow :). But my favourite part is giving away the food. Feels good. Win, win, win, win outcome.
You could hide cans in partition walls if there's a service hatch or ventilation grill. I just helped build a partition wall last week, and wanted to hide a time capsule in the wall.
I've added dried fruit powder (Elderberry strengthens immunity), dried tomato powder, dried cheese, butter, nutritional yeast, powdered drink mix to use with powdered milk, to my provisions recently. A couple years ago I dehydrated frozen corn, peas, carrots, kale, fresh zucchini, yellow squash, and then put them in canning jars and used a vacuum sealer. Plus #10 cans of dehydrated chicken, beef, pork, whole eggs, milk. And I limed several quart jars of my chickens eggs. I have a large binder to keep track of everything and I try to check off as I use stuff.
Water may be the one thing we all need most. Good thing is canned goods in water. Especially canned fruits. I ate a can of peaches and the fruit juice water was quite delicious.
@@peternorthrup6274 it's on sale here for $1.99 but all they have is the spicy kinds. We won't eat that so no sense getting it. I will keep checking. It's $3.99 a can now 🙄
The only canned fruit that I stock is pumpkin -- I use the Libby brand. A few months ago, I opened a can that had expired in 2017. I expected to see brown pumpkin puree, but it was just as bright orange as a newly purchased can. The pumpkin tasted fine, and the pumpkin bread was even better. 😅 Canned peaches do not store well, even when kept cool and dark. We have had a number of the cans of Del Monte canned peaches leak out. The cans had expired, yes, but what a mess! They 'bust' at the bottoms, too, not at the pop-top where I would have expected them to be compromised. So for us, if I don't home-can a fruit, I just don't stock it on my shelves. **Kirkland brand roast beef, with expired date of 2018, was delicious. Had that last week.
The fat free evaporated canned milk has a shorter shelf life than low fat evaporated canned milk, but they both have fairly short shelf life compared to other canned food. It's hard to come up short on salt when eating canned food, so the few that are available with no salt or low sodium should be chosen to try balance the salt intake.The Heinz baked beans have half of the sugar the Bush's baked beans have and they are still sweet. I see huge salt content differences between the different brands of canned meat.
I agree with you about canned food. I see so much of this dehydrated stuff, plus the rice and lentils and the beans and the pasta, etc. But all of that takes a lot of water to prepare. And sometimes water isn't that available. If you have to you can eat a can of soup without adding anything to it. Or green beans in the can, Canned meat, etc. Very little prep, no more water required.
I've always loved spam. When I was 16 I moved out of the house and went to work. I ate spam and boil and bags for a couple of years. I retired at 55. I never asked anyone for a dime my whole life. I have enough set aside to feed an army. Have fun.
Grew up eating spam and we all love it. Mixed with canned green beans and fried was how my mom would make it. I recently purchased the stuff to make the hawaiian musubi and it was delicious!
I ate today the salsa I canned last August 2021 with purple corn chips. its delicious! Ill make some more this year if the garden is very productive. This week I bought meat in Costco to pressure can. I finally learn how its done even if I was scared at first. ❤🙏
Yes, freeze dryers are very expensive! Dehydrators and pressure canners aren’t too bad. I have many veggies dehydrated and have even powdered some. Also can your own meat at home. Definitely cost effective!
Hi, just thought I'd toss out a problem I discovered with the pull off tops - a can of soup got lost in the cabinet - the seal appears to be a plastic film across the crease in the metal. The film devolved (from inside or outside air pollution, don't know) and the resulting smell is how I found the 'lost' can... Also had cans of fruit break the seal as well... unless you can 100% guarantee that your supplies get rotated through, I'd suggest purchasing cans with full metal top, not the lift top / pop top.
I had some canned sour kraut a few years ago, that ate through the can and leaked onto the shelf. I also had some home canned tomatoes I ate last year from 1986 that tasted fine and I did not get sick or anything. Home canned acidic foods in glass jars last much better than metal cans. IN my experience.
Dollar Tree has some of the best prices on canned pineapple, mango, mandarin oranges, chicken and shelf stable cartons of milk that last way beyond their best buy dates. Pasta is boxed up with 25% more making it a great deal as well.
Be careful with the food items at Dollar Tree. Many come from China and that country is highly polluted! I don't trust foods from China. I tossed out mandarin oranges that came from there.
Thank you so much for the info. We have decided NOT to to can food ourselves but to buy canned food instead. It doesn’t take up as much space. I don’t have to refrigerate leftover (what I don’t use in one sitting. (It’s just my husband and I). it’s cheaper. It is more durable and easy to travel with in a bug-out situation. In an emergency situation if someone steals our food, I can have some buried in a stash in my yard safely and easily. I don’t have to bury so deep because I won’t be using glass jars. We do still garden, but we eat most of that and save the canned food. Ate a 6 year old can of green beans last night. Tasted perfect!
I keep on hand cans of mixed peas and carrots. Great to add to left over stew or soups to spread a little further. Jam, use as a sweetner or even to add to a slice of cake to be more festive. I also stock dry lentils,barley, etc as a great source of protein and vitamins, and of course don’t forget canned tomatoes and beets.
Warning on the canned soups, I bought some chunky soups- you know the brands- there was barely any meat, veg or noodles in quite a few of the cans I got… aldi has potato leak soup and split pea soup that are absolutely delicious comes in big cans and needs nothing to add to flavor
Beans are convenient in cans, but dry beas are a must. Just have plenty of water to cook with. Coleman campstoves, gas stove, woodstove, lots of alternatives for cooking. We stock up on cranberries, canned & fresh in bags. Rice & flour. Oats & wheat. Get it while you can.
@@mattiemcreal4420 I follow canning instructions from my ball blue book of canning but instead of using fresh fruit I use already canned fruit or tomatoes. Open the canned fruit, put it in a pot, bring it up to temperature and process it as you would home canned foods. The government has a website on home food preservation. I do NOT know if this is an approved method so you will need to check on it yourself.
You're a good man to have around for giving needed advice like this. Certain inspired individuals have been telling us to be prepared for years now, and some just forget what should be done.
I've had a stockpile of food for 50+ years. I have so much that we only go shopping to rotate product. We have enough to last us without leaving the house for roughly 2yrs. That's a big reason we rotate regularly. Another item for the pantry is chipped beef. There is a lot you can do with it.
@@jackiegoins8697 The key to storing food products (any) is rotation. Chipped beef on the other hand, lasts for about three years. I will say I have had some more towards the four year mark. All our food we keep an eye on for dates. If you eat chipped beef (just once per year) just always use the oldest first. It takes practice but anyone can do this.
We are fans of canned chicken. We will put it in a fry pan with some olive oil and seasonings. We've tried lemon pepper, Italian, or season all, plus garlic powder. Tastes great.
We have made butter chicken. Heat up the canned chicken and pour the butter chicken sauce and simmer for a few minutes. If I’m not tired, I add some chopped onion to the chicken because I love love onions. Serve on top of basmati rice. (Or whatever rice you have on hand ) Yum.
I use my canned chicken to make taquitos. I sauté onion and add the chicken along with seasonings. Warm a corn tortilla and add a small amount of the chicken, roll and use a toothpick if necessary to hold together. Fry in a pan on medium heat to prevent burning the tortilla. If you have avocado (freeze dried) add water and using a hand whisk top your taquitos. Good to make the chicken stretch and serve with beans and rice with a salsa of course.
Instead of stocking all of the tomato products, just get tomato powder. You can make paste, sauce, soup, ketchup and more by just varying the ingredients and amount of water. And no acid issues depending on how its packed. Great stuff, keep it up!
@@janevolkin8067 Walmart has tomato powder. I don't know if it's in store ( I do grocery pick up) but on the website it says 2-3 days shipping. Not cheap but it could be a trade off with shelf life and ease of storage.
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Canned Le Choy beef or chicken chow mein, and also pepper steak great to stockpile Add one of your canned meats with some rice you have a meal large enough for 3 people
Canned white meat chicken...we use that on a regular basis as well. Mix it with mayo, a little mustard and a healthy dose of dillweed...and it makes amazing sandwiches...or with saltine crackers...or just eat it right out of the bowl.
Agree with you on the evaporated milk. And I also don't know why but after a year or two after the best before date, it's gets hard like a greek yogurt and smells bad. I first noticed with many years back when I opened an old can to use it. My first thought was there must have been something wrong with the can or canning process but opened all the cans I had from the same time frame and they were all off. I year ago I opened the oldest can I had and it was a 2016 date (2022-2016) so 6 years old and it was not usable. Agree with everything you said here re other can foods. The texture of the food will change over time but they are same to eat nearly indefinitely. Related, when we moved across the country in 2018 we found a can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli that had fallen through an opening for electrical at the back of the pantry. There was no "Best Buy" date on it however I had marked the date of purchase as 2007. It was 11 years old. Curious, I opened it and warmed it up and while the texture was off, the pasta was a little mushy, it tasted great and I didn't die. That's all. Thanks for the video, reminded me that I really need to buy more canned meat.
Ive always known that canned meats and vegetables are good for very long shelf life. I did a long stint of trying to find good camp meals. In example for backpacking. I weighted the benefits of back packing dehydrated foods and canned. To bring dehydrated, you need to bring the water because you never really know where you can obtain decent water. So is it easier to bring a few canned foods and your drinking water than bringing dehydrated foods and excess water for your food and your drinking water on your hike than bringing a few canned foods. What is the energy ratio you need to boil water compared to just heating a canned food ? I performed these tests in deep woods camping. I did a lot of field work testing out things ... in order to be a prepper. About canned meats, I found that heating time , cooking time was much lower, meaning that I didnt need but just small amounts of cooking fuel sources. conservation of what I have, I found that with canned foods, you can have have a full course meal of your main food groups at a fraction of the cost of other foods. I learned the most canned foods have a quality of taste, the groups you see on the store self are put through consumer testing, basically they wouldnt be there of they were really bad ( hence they would be bad so people wouldnt buy it, and supermarkets pay specific attention to this for a sellabe product on their shelves) And there are tons of spices out, so just add some flavor if its bland, its not really that big of deal. Im into one pot wonders, thats when you mix a few things into one pot, basically getting all of your food groups in one pot, stew for example. But I found that using canned meats are a good substitute for fresh meats, to use boxes of hamburger helper, canned roast beef chopped up and put in hamburger helper stroganoff or chili mac is very good. Some people dont like spam, but Bacon spam is a bit salty, but very good, tastes like bacon and is great with eggs and has browns. Turkey spam is also pretty dang good, its a bit salty but not that bad and it tastes like turkey, so you can have all canned thanksgiving food when SHTF. Canned fish ? Corn chowder is good, usually no complaints about canned corn chowder, so add a can of sardines, Salmon, Baby shrimps, Herring and clams with some diced canned potatoes...you have a great seafood chowder. These are the things i found with canned foods, draining off the liquid, you can make really good VARIETY meals in one pot for you and your family. Variety is having a different meat source and vegetable source daily, this is actually a good moral booster , for a sense of well being, emotional so it is, BUT if you are in an emergency situation, you family knowing that they are going to have variety of foods, that is a huge comfort. I have gone to researching other things, such as what dry staple i need. All these factors and prep items lead into having a good source of food supplies that store for a very long time. Powdered scrambled eggs, Powdered milk and clearified butter(Drawn Butter) and Self rising flour. Learning to bake dutch oven bread over a campfire opens up a huge varitey foods you can stock, becasue you can then make sandwiches. you can make boxed Mac And Cheese and add tons of things to it. Learning how to maximize the foods you can stock pile. Opening one can might only feed one person, but opening four or five cans and combining can feed upto four or five. I bought a cheap alcohol pellet emergency stove and a 15 piece camp mess kit off Amazon and i tested food while stealth camping, using canned , the thing is, it didnt take very long to heat up, didnt waste much of the pellets and had good wholesome satisfying meals, in a hammock tent under camo netting in a city park, no smoke, no detectable light, no huge mess to clean up. there was a huge lesson of what to stock up in my ventures ...and im going to say this because its absolute truth, a can of chef boyardee raviolis tastes ten times better than any of those just add water dydrated emergency food buckets AND probably better for you. By USDA food packing standards, they need to meet a criteria, it need to have essential vitamns and nutrients to be sold for children. With all those regulations, those canned foods have all the nutrients and value you need I agree completely that stocking canned foods is a good choice. But learning how make good meals , such as variety and combining foods is a art form . The old time wagon train cook knew how to make meals to feed a large number using salt pork and beans. Learnig how bake bread in a dutch oven over a campfire. Thats a golden skill to have .
Right during the covid pandemic, I found myself homeless, I lived in my car, in the Arizona desert. I found a group of sage brush where i pitched a tent, that no body could find me. I had a part time job at Amazon, I worked five days a week, but was four or five hours daily, SO it wasnt realy long that I was away from my camp. I had money to buy food, I learned many skills , having a PO box, I could order stuff from Amazon, having a friend in a brick and morter house, I could purchase firearms. And out in the desert I got a sense of how to make reasonable shelter. I learned some very valuable skills. Which Im passing off to help my fellow Americans, Besides food, you need to think about shelterand ways to heat your food...even in the middle of the desert, a wood burning stove for your tent and a solar panel system. Besides food, you need to gather gear to have a sustaining life system. It takes a lot of money and time to plan out how to live in a comfort zone you are used to. It was all trial and error . I moved to a state where it rains all the time for a source of water catchment, having water is the most important factor for self sufficiency. So I had to find ways to live in the wilderness, where i was rained on continuously yet have a quality of life, I can live inside a tent and yet cook, be warm, have all of my needs met , without having to step out of the tent, perfectly content in a tent...thats where prepping took a major influence on me. How to hunker down in a shelter and still live a quality of life .
I did the canned thing, but eventually realized that freeze dried in #10 cans was better in a lot of cases. Space wise anyway and expiration date wise. I still have canned goods too.
I agree! I consider canned goods "tier 2" foods, and freeze dried "tier 3" foods. I've had a few burst, and when they are long after the best buy date, they taste just horrible! Not my idea of good eating when stress is already high.
I do this as well. The only thing you should consider is that you need water to rehydrate before using. Then you need a method to cook. The potato shreds are great for hash browns and casseroles.
@@lynnestamey7272 We're developing a land lot right now, has electric and running water, but we'll be adding an additional holding tank to the property.
I heard pull top cans rust through quicker and should be avoided for super long term storage. The metal around the ring is thinner. Great video and thanks!
Besides lots of canned foods, I also store the Asian canned vegetables such as water chestnuts, bamboo slices, and sprouts ( all from Walmart) which with canned chicken and a hot spice makes a good Chinese meal. Bottles of sesame oil are stored in my fridge. Mc Cormick's curry powder in 16 oz. containers from a restaurant supply ( the green type) can make many items so tasty and I'm just finishing up a container I bought in 2009 which is as good as brand new. Also, anything in vinegar or brine can last years so I stock up on jars of Dona Maria sliced cactus ( no bad flavor as lots of vegs have) and a huge jar of pickles which I just use a bout a quarter of a pickle, mince it and add it to the bland boxed potato flakes and add some garbanzo beans for a tasty cheap meal. Of course, add lots more salt to taste. Make sure the pickles are not in a sugared brine.
Thanks for your videos. I have done all these since over a year now. I rotate, use what I can by date but I always restock anything I use. I don't have a great spaced home so I have my stocked up items all over the house! LOL It may look like an organized mess but when it hits the fan I'd rather have it then not. You may want to stock up coals and lighter fluid if you lose power. Then we can cook on the grill. and I suggest anything cast iron so you can use it on the grill. I keep a can coffee maker too for power outages and that can be used on the grill. Happy prepping all.
If you make dry milk, adding cream to it brings it to whole milk and tastes great. I use evaporated milk in my coffee, so am constantly rotating. It works well in cooking, mashed potatoes, French toast, quiche, macaroni and cheese,and can be diluted with water also, if needed, I've done that for cooked puddings.
I found a whole milk powder from Nestlé called Nido in a yellow can. Has a "mom and a daughter" on it. Use it for a milk substitute for cereal, my kids love it in their macaroni, and awesome in coffee. 1 can will make 3.3 gallons of milk. Tastes great... and I hate powdered milk, but not this kind.
I've eaten beef hash for weeks and it is a great storage food, filling and satisfying for most of your urges for protein, fat and salt. It is best complemented by something fresh like sprouts or whatever you can manage but I reckon you could survive for a year on this meal or variations. The problem with children is dietary fatigue but most adults can stand it if you try to prepare them differently or mixed with other stuff when available.
You can buy beef in cans that have nothing added, no salt ,no preservatives and no water, pick the little fat off warm or just eat on bread is very good. The broth is pure meat taste too.
Yes, cans will last a while, but you still have to watch out for botulism. So even if the can is sealed, if it's "puffy", just get rid of it, don't ever eat a puffy can. I also got food poisoning from what looked like a perfectly good older can of noodle soup, so maybe just plan on a regular rotation as long as you're able.
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"Canned" foods are basically just a modern version of old-school ball-jarred food storage. e.g. Don't overlook "jarred" foods, too (like jellies/jams, pickles, pasta sauces, etc.)
You mention combining Chilli over rice. Don't forget Chilli over pasta/noodles, too. (Chilli-Mac.)
Pasta noodles will keep a LONG time "as-is." Or, you can put them into ball jars with a oxygen absorber (or two,) for nearly forever storage.
Canned meats: We are all accustomed to chicken and tuna in our normal/routine diets. But, not many of us eat sardines, routinely. If you look closely in the Canned meat/fish aisle, you will find other familiar favorites (Canned shrimp, canned crab, canned pork, etc.)
You started to hint about vitamins/nutrients over time. But, I think you should put a bit more emphasis on this. e.g. Canned fruits have vitamin C and such (that our bodies need.) They might taste a bit more metallic over time, and indeed lose some of their nutritional value. But, that means you need to stockpile/rotate MORE, instead of avoiding them, entirely.
Other canned/jarred products worth mentioning: Mushrooms. Onions. Carrots. Black & green olives. Fruit juices (Pineapple juice, tomato juice, OJ, cranberry juices, etc.)
Instead of canned Chilli, we opt for what we call "Chilli stacks." = one can of black beans, one can of kidney/red beans, one can of diced tomatoes, one can of tomato paste. Pour all of them into a crock pot, add your favorite Chilli spices. Bam!
I'll also include "honorable mention" of near-canned (shelf-stable) items in plastic jars/containers. Peanut butter (we opt for Skippy Natual or Jiff, as they don't have/Develop that pool of oil on the top.) But, there's also mayo, relish, mustard (plus your canned Tuna = Tuna salad.) And/or hard-boil some farm-fresh eggs to create deviled eggs! There's also ketchup, hot sauces, soy sauce, teriyaki sauces, sweat & and sour sauce, etc. (Makes road kill much more palatable.) Others worth mentioning: Ghee, coconut oils, various salsas, honey, cocoa powder, olive oils, parmesean cheese, Velveta cheese bricks, canned nuts, canned sodas, glass-bottled waters, vitamins/supplements, popcorn (lasts forever when you buy jarred versions,) pure Syrups, Teas, instant coffee, powdered drink packets (Teas, Lemonade, etc.) Oats/Oatmeals.
Lastly, I'd still also opt to buy some hardware/supplies to maybe do your OWN preserving (if needed in the future.) How-to books on canning/preserving. Pressure cooker. Ball jars and plenty of lids. Jar tongs. Jar funnels. Pickling salts!!! Etc. Hopefully, you will NEVER have the "need" to can/preserve anything, yourself. But... IF, IF, IF that day DOES come, you will want to make sure you have the "tools of the trade" to be successful.
Peace.
It’s what’s in the can that is more worrying. I always get acid indigestion after eating any thing in a can. Don’t get that reaction when I eat fresh food.
Some of your tips require a stove, refrigeration.. be sure and stick up things you can eat without cooking or needing to refrigerate.
Excellent suggestions. Thanks!
@@h2ocpt yes but Walmart brand is filled w water and taste nasty I'd rather buy better names and eat it
@@h2ocpt freeze eggs in baggies lay flat then stand up add veg anything u want
I rotate all my cans but yesterday I found a can of Campbell's tomato soup in the wrong spot. It was dated 2012! I know y'all are like me an thought let's see. When opened it smelled good and the color was a little darker. Cooked it up and tastes great. I waited a day and then gave the rest to my picky wife. She didn't know the difference. No matallic taste at all, still living
Good information! Thank you very much!
And still living, HILARIOUS!!😂🤣
Ha, still living ,until she finds out it was dated 2012, your a dead man
Thanks for info
@Susan Wallace love the information Ty❤
One thing I do is when buying canned food is when I get home I immediately write the date code on the can with a sharpie pen. It saves time and you can at a glance pick a can to use first when rotating your food supply.
Yes, we do the same.
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Yes, I do that
Me too. I feel like that should be a general practice for all preppers
Exp date and what it is since a lot of my food is stored on lower shelves in crates.
Can food is a great prep. The water can be used to cook rice in and the can fruit juice can be used to make pancakes or liquid for baking. Dried food will require water that may not be readily available to cook with. Small tip. If you buy the cans with pull tabs, do not stack on top of each other. Place a piece of corrugated cardboard between your can stacks to prevent pressure on the cans below.
Great tips especially on reusing the liquid in the cans!!
You really should with all cans or at least every other, for support. They used to come in cases of 12 or 24, double stacked in a box.
Great info, thank you!
i mean why waste shelve space and water just too cook things when you can have canned foods that only requires opener and you can consume it as it is
Also do not lay cans or their cases on their sides. Cans with pop-tops were designed to take the pressure of the contents and of other cans on top of them when stacked vertically, not horizontally.
when I was on the road ramen noodles with a can of chili filled me up. you appreciate the simple things when you are broke.
It’s so great when you can watch a 10 minute video and leave with a wealth of useful information! This was great.
even tho it went on for 30 min
Dinty more everything in one can.
So amazing to watch and 4:46 😊 listen to a person that GETS TO THE POINT sooo refrehing❤ 4:46 4:46
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt good morning to you, too! 😘
And we may not have power??
I know that I need to store up some canned foods for survival. My wife doesn't want to have them stored. She thinks they go bad and don't taste great, even when new. I keep my canned foods stored in a locked shed so she can't complain. I told her she can eat bugs when the food runs out.
😂 that's what I told my wife and kids! I said, you skoff now about having to eat the dog and cat, but you will think twice when you look at having to eat the creepy crawlies.
😂
Fresh food definitely tastes better but, if you are hungry, canned is ambrosia! She's trying to avoid admitting that the world is getting wierd and things are not always the way we'd like them to be. Shtf is unthinkable to some people.
That’s hysterical! 😂😂😂
Roxanne, most canned goods are in steel cans not aluminum.
Take your can and drop it into hot water for a few minutes before opening it up, your food will be warm and you can eat it right from the can. During the war half of the guys ate 2 or more meals that way. We always had hot food. I'll start listing more food ideas that we had from the Army. It seems we need to show our civilian brothers what they may need to care for themselves and the wives and children. there's more than one way we can defend our folks.
Damn! That is so simple and brilliant! I have placed a can of food in my engine bay for a short while while driving, but never thought of the hot water trick😅
Great idea! Thanks! ❤🙏
Remember that today's cans have a plastic lining in them. I'm not sure what the melting temperature of that is.
@@americafirst9144 the food inside is canned hot, so probably heating it in hot water is not a problem.
Thank you! That's great, never thought of that!
I would add in my experience the cans that require a can opener are more resilient than the cans that have the pop open feature.
Yes, I was storing canned fruits many years ago, and found the canned pineapples were the first to actually show cann degradation. The acids really did a number on the seals and metal. We're sticking to bottled "canned" fruits, but store mostly peaches, now. Also, I agree about the canned evaporated milk. I would definitely go with powdered milk for the long storage. Powdered milk brings back memories of growing up in the 70s, too.
What about condensed milk?
Condensed milk (in many flavours) comes also in sealed tubes.
@@themanifester1807 My condensed milks have lasted long past the expiration dates unlike some of my evaporated ones which didn't even make it one year past that date.
I wonder how long canned fresh pineapple would last...
My mother used to mix fresh milk, delivered every other day to our house by the milk man, with powdered milk , I assumed to save money because we were 6 children, and I wanted to say yes the taste is pleasant for powdered milk. 👍
I live alone, and have stocked many single serve cans of veggies, baked beans, Corned Beef Hash and Pineapple chunks. The reason for buying small cans is that there are no leftovers to refrigerate if the power is out.
That’s exactly what I been doing when there on sale I get a lot it’s hard to get it home because I don’t have a car it’s just me and my grand puppy but if someone needs it I can help.
I’d recommend in a SHTF scenario to revert to OMAD diet(one meal a day). A large meal, but just once per day. Will free up time for other important activities and your stash will last longer in the long run. It’s tough on you for about 10 days then gets easier, then just feels normal.
Just today I heard about a canned item ,Krill ,high protein ,three yr shelf life
Whether it's juice or stuff in the can, I always make sure I've got some kind of pineapple. Scarf those on down....
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I bought a can of the corned beef, a can of cabbage, a can of potatoes, and a can of carrots. Made it as a test meal one day based on my "real " St Patrick's Day feast. It wasn't half bad. During an apocalypse it will be 5-star dining.
Didn't know you could buy cabbage in a can
@@wdbeckiv I got it at Walmart.
Must be a regional thing, I looked here in Georgia at two local WM and they didn't have it.....😪
@@wdbeckiv I am in NJ maybe it's an East Coast thing.
were you drinking? I SURE hope so!
My bias may be a factor of being from Quebec, Canada - but cans or bottles of maple syrup would be my addition to your list. Unopened, will last forever. If it crystallizes, heat whole container in water - voilá, ready for use.
Jars of honey can be revived in hot water also...
Take the lid off n set the jar in hot water. It will become liquid again. And be warm fir your pancakes...
I keep thinking about some real maple syrup. I live in Texas!
We can learn a lot from our snow Mexican brothers and sisters
I never would have thought about maple syrup had I not run across your comment. How brilliant 👏
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Thanks so much for your down-to-earth helpful information. I'm a prepper, like everyone here, and my stacked-perfectly canned foods in plentiful supply truly do give me a sense of peace and gratitude when I look at them. To others, I'm a hoarder. But when the world goes dark, and they aren't prepared, they will be happy for some of my canned foods! And I'd willingly share of course. Recently our power went out and the wells around here are pumped using electricity, meaning no power, no WATER! But not at my house. I had water stored also, and a huge generator, so I had basic light, water, etc. When I charged my neighbor's phones, I admit to being inwardly just a tiny bit smug about it, but overwhelmingly was happy I could help them. Hope they learn to start prepping!
You are a good person and can be proud of yourself. thank you.
Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to prep.
@@alstroemeria227again4 Buy a couple of cans every time you shop.
@@michellebeauchamp1044 I’m not talking about myself. I live in a major city and have managed to have four months of food in my house at all times. But I know people who just can’t afford it.
Stocking Survival Supplies, Food or Non Food Items, does Not Make You or Anyone Else a "Hoarder". These Type of People Are In For a Rude Awakening When a Disaster Happens and Find They Are Not Prepared. I No Longer Try and Talk to Family About The Importance of Being Prepared For an Emergency. I Continue To Stock and Prepare as Long as I Can. When That "DAY COMES", The Kitchen Will Be Closed!!
I need to say this: I read a study on spam, and it’s the best prepared meat you can buy. No added fillers, no snouts,feet, sinews etc. I’m not crazy about it, but it is actually one of the healthiest choices! And ifyoure down to the wire, meats meat right? Besides the fact nothing better than sliced spam fried, with an egg on the sammich lol
Also, the canned potatoes, sliced and browned in butter makes them delicious!
I really like Spam. A fried spam sandwich with shed sauce and Swiss cheese is great.
@@4by4squared88 I prefer MUSTARD & CHEDDAR CHEESE on mine, or mustard/mayo & cheddar if adding a fried egg.
I like fried spam sandwiches
And there are different flavors in Spam that are great. I love the hot and spicy spam and the jalapeno spam.
now ya done it. i have to go make me a spam and egg sandwich, with mayonnaise too. aaaaahhhhhhh
Me again- Alaska Granny just did a video on something called FILLED Evaporated Milk. She got it unknowingly at Dollar Tree. If it says FILLED on the label you don't want it. Oils or something are added to it and it's specifically for baking. Not for use in cereal or coffee for instance. I was glad to get that info and happy to pass it on.
Holy moly! Thanks for that information.
Yes, I saw it too. It’s cheaper, but the label is almost identical. Definitely have to watch out. Had palm oil in it.
Thanks
It’s only for baking. Also it’s illegal to sell in the U.S. I’d like to know why Dollar Tree is selling it?
Watch also what looks like sweetened condensed milk is actually "sweetened condensed creamer".
Also, the liquid in canned vegetables will add to your hydration if your drinking water is not available. Don't pour it out. Many of the nutrients are in the liquid.
When I make soup by using several cans of vegetables sometimes I use the drained liquid from all the cans along with tomato juice and make my own “v-8”. I also do this with the water from cooking cabbage etc.
Not good for blood pressure to much sodium.😊
I honestly try to do a bit of prepping every day as a routine. Some days are bigger than others, but even doing just a little all adds up. Two days ago I bought another case of canned tuna fish, yesterday I bought another 3 month supply of survival food. Today I got more 5 gallon pails for container gardening. Tomorrow who knows what I'll be doing, but I'll try to do a bit more. I check a few times a day to see if there are any new videos here. Keep 'em coming, there's no telling how many lives you may be saving by sharing your knowledge. Thanks!
I label the can tops with a permanent marker with the month and year on it so I can eat the 2024 cans now and save the 2025 and 2026 cans later. I have a tote of a variety of plain beans, (no added sugar, one with different soups, another with just veggies and one with miscellaneous like applesauce, tomato products, and meats like tuna, chicken, and salmon. I also like to add dried beans, oatmeal, pickles, and flour for making my own bread. I bought dried milk for my coffee. After living in Hawaii during the pandemic, the store shelves were empty. It freaked me out. I've been keeping an emergency pantry ever since. It makes me feel ready for anything. Also, lighters, a camper stove that uses Sterno, extra blankets, candles, battery-operated puck lights for when the electricity is out, rain gear, and cash for emergencies if the stores can't take cards due to no electricity. Thank you for your video.
I do the same thing
A few weeks ago, I didn't have much in my house to eat so I rummaged through the pantry and found a can of Hormel chili. It was from 2017. I wondered what condition it would be and opened it. I tasted it cold, and it seemed fine. I heated it with some extra canned beans, and it was perfectly fine. No tin aftertaste, nothing nasty. Bottom line, this product was good a whole 6 years after the expiration date.
Is sell buy an expiration date?
Food labels such as “sell by,” “use by” and “best by” have long been confused for expiration dates on grocery products. But, these dates don't actually indicate product safety. In fact, manufacturers have used labels "best by" or "sell by" to estimate when their products have reached peak quality.Oct 5, 2022
@@dianevillaloboshagen6322 yes and also they use that date to rotate their stock so it is basically for the store and inventory use.
@@dianevillaloboshagen6322 Exactly! The sell by date is more for the stores to use byut they generally like folks not knowing the difference between an expiration date and sell by date and that either really mean the item has gone off…as many will throw perfectly good food out because it reached its sell by date. And not just cans of food but fresh fruit and veg as well. I know someone who will throw carrots, celery, peppers, etc out when they reach their sell by date in the package even if the items are not bad, not starting to look bad in any way 🤦🏻♀️ and they go and buy more. I have told them over and over they are wasting food and money but they won’t listen so I have started going over when I know they are going through the fridge and I snag the produce that is still good but has reached their sell by date lol. I told her when she goes through her cans,give me a shout too.
One of our local churches has run a campaign drive for anyone with cans past their date to donate them instead of throwing them away. They have been inundated with cans of food that is all still absolutely fine and so they are using them to feed the homeless so that food is not going to waste. So lng as the cans are not damaged, rusted or bulging, they are😅 absolutely fine. I wish the church coukd do a drive like that with the fresh produce too.
My ex-husband, barely let's me buy any canned goods.
Good to know!!! I like the hormel chili!
The problem with canned evaporated milk, and all hydrated milk for that matter, is that milk breaks down on its own pretty quickly. So yeah, powdered milk is the best way to go when it comes to stockpiling milk.
Many years ago I had a nutritionist tell me that with canned vegetables most of the nutrients are contained in the water that it was cooked and packed in. The sweet water in a can of corn is actually very tasty.
It gives gravy and mashed potatoes a very good flavor. Also water off boiled potatoes makes gravy extra special. My grandmother was an excellent cook and very frugal. She taught us those things.
During the depression for sweets, sugar was in short supply and they used used coffee grounds or saved coffee when it got stale in the pot and poured it over Biscuits with honey or some kind of jelly or jam for sweetener. I still eat it sometimes. Brings back memories of sitting on Moms knee and being fed small bites. The best was blackberry presrves.
Drink the “liquid” if you’re short on water.
This is a little off subject, but I hope it will be useful to others to know. Another reason I like Chunky soups are because of a characteristic of their can. If you use a side cutting safety opener on both ends of the cans, they can easily be pushed, one into the other, to form a stove pipe, to whatever length you might need, for an improvised wood stove. I push 4 of them together as far and tight as I can to form a section about 16" long and then push those 4 can sections together just enough to hold them in place, yet still be able to disassemble them when I break the stove down. I haven't found any other cans that are so large in diameter that will fit together so easily.
I have seen a RUclips video of a woodburning cooking stove made from different diameter cans that stack into each other for easy transportation.
Really good solid easy idea! Thank you.
Thanks
Good reminder!!
Also you can make a quick Dakota fire hole, with cans to help keep the draft tunnel open.
Hadn't thought of that!@@northernpianotuner3319
The thing about beans, potatoes, and milk is that you can buy dehydrated beans, potato flakes, and dry milk powder which, if stored right, could last forever also.
Depending on where you live, water could be an issue.
Be careful of pull - tab cans...Armour recalled some items recently and I had already gotten food poisoning from the Vienna Sausages and found 2 cases with the lot code. I noticed the pull tabs on the lot seemed easier to open, and (Being a Die-maker myself) MY opinion was the dies that perforated the aluminum cans struck too deep and allowed air in the product. Pull tab cans anger me anyway as the product is harder to remove without damage, but these days there is no way to avoid these cans, so try to not stack them while storing to keep them from pressing on the can tops. Happy Prepping!
only thing I like pull tabs for is dog foods. since I don't want to get dog food on my opener
Thanks! I never thought about that.
I hate those pull tabs. I can’t open them and a can opener doesn’t always fit on them.
@@christopherhendricks4369you are allowed to own 2 can openers😊
Learned my lesson on the canned fruits long term as far as metallic taste, so bought a bunch of the Costco peaches in glass jars. Taste great years later, and the jars can be saved for other storage needs. We still buy canned fruits, but the peaches in the glass jars are one item we bulk up on.
my husband’s favorite, lol!
Dole makes canned peaches in plastic jars. Don’t buy them for long term storage. They start going mushy not long after the expiration date. Otherwise they’re a great canned peach.
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Their pineapple is great too !! My husband can’t leave it alone. 😊
@@Pmwalls46 Is it the Dole brand in plastic containers?
@@Pmwalls46 Do they have the peaches too?
I went to a restaurant supply store and bought a lot of #10 cans of spaghetti sauce, whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. I opened them and re-canned them into my glass jars. Now my tomato products will last for many more years.
YES!!!
Did u waterbath or pressure can?
Yes, I'd like to know also please.
@ Dianne: That would be good to know.
@@diannemobley3766 you water bath tomatoes because in Ball's Blue Book you add lemon juice to ensure the acidity of the tomatoes - if you pressure can them - you will have nothing but juice - too much cooking especially after they were commercially canned!!
canned mackerel is always overlooked--excellent omega profile when added to new england style clam chowder w a can of mixed veg, dried onion, dried garlic and bay leaf--makes a wonderful fish stew
I agree with you. I stock albacore and salmon, but gonna look for some mackerel
Mackerel is sometimes in the dollar stores.
I have several cans of mackerel in my preps.
Wow. I'm almost full from eating at this point, but that dish sounds amazing!
@@galeparker1067It's cheaper too
Speaking of the canned potatoes from Aldi, they are very good. The potatoes are small whole potatoes. Also, I noticed when you open them and dump out the water, it is clear, not "milky" like sliced potatoes. Good deal, and Aldi has a "twice as nice" guarantee. If you buy something that is not good, you take it back and they not only give you your money back but also a new product! Some stores require a receipt for this. Take care and God bless.
BE SURE to read the label of canned goods before purchasing! I recently bought a can of carrots and found when I read the label that it had been canned in China and might contain lead or carcinogens.
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DONT BUY ANYTHING FROM CHINA!
Does it say on the cans where it came from I never noticed
What brand? Thank you
Watch out for Mandarin Oranges also. Some of those come from China.
Anytime I see anything on sale for $1.00 a can I buy between 20 and 50. It seems like each week there will be at least 1 item. Vegetables , beans, soup you name it. Have fun.
Another thing I add molasses. It has sulfur and iron and can be nice and sweet for a treat. It can also keep indefinitely.
We hit SAMS club today and spent $350 in canned foods. We bought pantry foods in bulk. Chicken, SPAM, roast beef, sardines, corn, green beans, soups, and much more. I saw many ppl prepping for what's to come. Powell raised interest rates today and markets show pain. Got spices since it is needed for canned foods. Our daughter lives in a old torn trailer because she can't work with 4 brain surgeries. We save food in case economy forces her to live elsewhere. We found out our granddaughter is now pregnant at age 17. In 11th grade. I bet her BF takes off. Kids will not listen to grandparents so must learn hard way.
I will lift your daughter up in prayer that the Lord's healing hands be laid upon her, in Jesus Name, Amen.
@Pix Axe Prepper- my son got his girlfriend pregnant when they were 21 and 20. My granddaughter is 9 now and they are still together. I would never let my Son abandon his child. Luckily they are actually a happy family and live 3 doors down from me. I hope your granddaughter's baby's father will be supportive.
Good shopping! I hope your daughter recovers completely, & that all goes well with your granddaughter.
You sure raised a bunch of losers!
Grandparents always worry about kids and grandkids....I know your doing what you can for them God Bless and hope your daughter is feeling better
Adding to your number 10 cans, I have bought a peaches acidic foods and recanned them in glass doing a waterbath. Therefore helping on price, and creating more individual servings. I have also dried many items that I bought in cannes, dried foods will store for a long time and it takes out the bulk. When it comes to the peach juices and the fruit juices I will water bath the juice in jars, to use for jellies and other desert items later.😊
Dintey Moore canned beef stew over white rice is an awesome meal
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If anyone has noticed that alot of the can goods are coming with the pop top lids. I try to always get the ones that are not the pop top, it would seem to me that those cans could be compromised alot easier than the ones you open with a can open. What I mean by pop top are the cans you can open with your hands, they have the pull tab. I just think that the others would have a better seal and if they are dropped or dented a little, they won't lose their seal as where the pull tab ones may crack open a little. I don't know for sure but just my opinion.
You are correct my friend.
*Can* confirm.
I never thought of that, but that is excellent advice. I will not be buying those anymore unless we plan to use them soon. Thank you.
This would have been great info to know years ago. I've thrown out so much "good canned food" through the years. So sad that they lead people to believe they expire by a certain date. Thank you for sharing this.
I tried to teach the dates are sell by or best by dates to my grand children and they think I'm crazy. They still think they're expiration dates.
Please next time consider food banks rather than throwing them out. A homeless or person hungry might think it's a Thanksgiving feast. A little bit of something is better than all of nothing. Thank you.
@@lessanchez3904our local food bank doesn't want to give "outdated" cans and rice. We take the old and either feed the chickens or restock.
@@radiomanz117 well good for you, but I wars commenting to the person who said they threw outdated cans away, see if I don't need or want something I think of humanity over chickens some people would rather have outdated food in their belly than nothing at all that's all I was saying. When I am able to help someone, I need no notoriety,I do it for them only GOD needs to know that I chose mankind over chickens.
@@lessanchez3904 I would agree but at this time our local food bank is not having hi volume of people coming in. It's their decision not to give it away.. our chickens supply fresh eggs to who wants/needs them. Feed is getting more expensive and problematic. Funny they like brown rice better than white. Ha ha ha. Why WASTE food??
I bought tons of crate boxes of the sardines you showed in this video. (From Costco). Canned in olive oil, the best by date is 3 years. Good vitamin D and protein. My favorite.
Every once in a while costco will drop the prices a few bucks on those sardines. I stock up! Amazing stuff!
I buy them too, but can't imagine they last more than 5 years. Oils can and do go rancid.
Yes I buy them too. However, they are boneless and skinless which depletes the nutrition a bit.
@@mark93cobr the bones for calcium true, however the skin is where toxins are so I dont mind skinless.
Also, for removing metal taste from tomato products, try a little baking soda.
A great food for both protein and other nutrients as well as filling you up is black beans and rice mixed together. I use the low sodium black beans because of my hypertension but it tastes fine to me. Put some canned chicken in the mix and you have a complete meal.
One thing I like to do with canned chicken is drink the water out then add something like mayo or buffalo sauce and stir it together until it's a shredded tuna consistency then eat it on bread. Super simple and tastes good. I'm sure other things could be added into it to make other savory sandwich spreads with.
Also, using the water of the chicken and less water with ramen or cup noodles makes the broth tastier plus you get some chicken chunks added in as well.
Sounds disgusting. Why drink the water?
I would puke 🤮
@@raybans8712 Some people even drink tuna water. Yecch!
My cats go wild for the tuna water, just not too much due to the salt.
The tuna oil is also good for their coats.
I’ve two favorites. One is peanut butter. Delicious and a good source of protein. And canned sausage country gravy. Grandma would be appalled but some country gravy (any canned gravy for that matter) over bread or biscuits is a tasty, rib sticking meal.
I'm surprised he didn't mention peanut butter. It's high in protein and doesn't need to be refrigerated after opening.
The reason might be because the peanut oil in the peanut butter goes rancid quickly. The taste will be severely off for let’s say a sandwich. I little bit can be incorporated into hot foods or baked goods such as brownies, cookies or added to stews or casseroles for extra protein.
If you have food mill you can grind nuts when you need to use them. As an older person I am having trouble chewing nuts so instead I grind or crush them for added protein or texture.
Add minced onions, hot pepper or sriracha, milk or water, minced garlic, brown sugar, dash of vinegar or lemon juice and soy sauce to peanut butter, let it cook slowly for a bit and you have great sauce for rice. We also stock up big on peanut butter.
I bought a canned sausage gravy to try out and it was good enough for me to get more. I would prefer my home made but I don’t believe we’ll be able to get sausage from the store. My goal is to get a good variety of canned products with meat for the protein and variety. I will also be cooking up biscuits and tortillas and putting them through a water bath process since bread will be hard to come by.
Also much needed fat or oil.
Don't forget to have at least TWO can openers on hand!
In a pinch I guess one could open a can by rubbing it (forever) across a concrete surface
@northernpianotuner3319 I keep a small folding GI can opener on my key chain and one in each vevicle, they are relatively inexpensive
@@TonyMartin911 P-38 if I remember correctly
@@michaelhawk8230check
@@michaelhawk8230 P-38 and P-51 Can Openers, but those cheap manual, nickle-plated can openers are much easier on the hands.
I enjoyed your video and I'm a "can prepper" as well. I've looked at the multitudes of dry foods sold online (survival foods) and the only problem I have with them is that you have to A) have enough water stored for prep. B) have a way of heating it. Remove both or 1 of those items and you have a lousy meal. I wouldn't mind mixing in "some" dried food in with canned. The fact that dry food is expensive is another factor.
Same here!
Thanks for the tips. I have cans of white beans in tomato sauce stored away but now I know that I shouldn't be surprised should they taste a bit metallic after a while. Apart from that I usually have smaller cans as I'm alone but fortunately I can store quite a number of them in my pantry because of that so I always have something to eat. My favorites are green beans, white beans in tomato sauce, potatoes, and a kind of veggie mix with corn.
I recently stocked up on a variety of canned fruits. They will make a nice stove-top dessert with pancake mix (no extra sugar required).
I slice the ALDI potatoes, Pat dry and make hash browns for breakfast. I’ve also used them for potato soup. Just roughly mashed them. Really good!
Right out the can! There awsome ,little pepper------ salt? no need
Wegmans has canned green beans salt free, I put dash sea salt on them
I had some canned, sliced pots that were expired, made scalloped pots at Christmas dinner. The family raved about how good they were! My secret!! 😅
My daughter says their wonderful in the air fryer.
6) Canned Meat
5) Canned Veggies
4) Canned Potatoes
3) Canned Beans
2) Canned Soups & Chilli
1) Canned Fruit
Considerations, off-gone foods
Bonus 1) Canned Tomatoes
Bonus 2) Evaporated Milk
Thank you
if those are the number of cans you have you might last a week, keep stcking and I have powdered milk and they do have shelf stable milk too.
@@lindamorrison9755 Those aren't the amount of cans, this is a list...
I agree completely!
@@lindamorrison9755 😂
LOVE the practicality of your recommendations, I mean we have to start somewhere, and everyone can buy a few extra cans each time you go to the grocery store 😀
I had some German potato salad that picked up the metallic taste, so there are more than just the examples you mentioned.
There are scientific studies that show benefits from chicken broth for sinus issues All those Jewish mothers knew what they were talking about. One of my go-to items when I am struck with any cold that includes my sinuses. Inhaling the steam as well as eating the chicken noodle soup. 👍🏻
Along with sardines, we love kipper snacks. So yummy!! Highly recommend tuna in oil for far more calories not to mention flavor.
I’ve stockpiled the Kippered snacks! They are definitely easier to eat than sardines 🐟
Tuna lasts better in oil than in water.
You can also use the oil in the tuna can for a makeshift candle or fire extender.
Kippers rule my pantry shelves.. LOL
We opened sardines yesterday and I can honestly say, I'm not a fan 😝
@@northernkarma9296 Lol I have exactly 1 can of kippers in my supply of canned food because I've never had them before and I was skeptical about how they would taste. Sardines, however, is what I've grown up on. They're delicious to me 😋
Note that some vitamins are severely decreased in the canning process. (examine the very low content of vitamins in the ingredients list!) Be sure to include a well rotated stock of vitamin supplements in your prep. Vitamins may not be important in a SHTF situation since your expected survival duration is very short.
freeze-dried food retains nearly 100% of its nutrition value, dehydrated contains roughly 60%, and canned a slim 40%
Good point. That's why I include several bottles of multi-vitamins in my preps.
Here's what I like to do. I buy a very large amount of various canned goods like the video. A few months before the Best By Date, I donate it to charity so someone can benefit. Buy some more to replace it. I get a tax break for charitable giving. And I cycle out of old canned goods. I like writing the Best By Date big enough to see it at a glance. Thirty-year-old canned goods contain the essential nutrition. But if you are fighting for your life during a future emergency, why not have some good chow :). But my favourite part is giving away the food. Feels good. Win, win, win, win outcome.
Corned beef hash and eggs.😋
*Baked beans, Canned Yams without syrup, canned whole pearl onions, canned asparagus and processed canned fruit filing (for pies) all do well.*
Just a suggestion. A great place to hide your cans is behind your kickboards under your cabinets. Also in your walls between studs
You could hide cans in partition walls if there's a service hatch or ventilation grill. I just helped build a partition wall last week, and wanted to hide a time capsule in the wall.
Won't the cans get too hot in there ?
If it comes to that I’ll just see you on the other side.
Agreed
I'm with you.
I stock a lot of Corned beef as there's a lot of Fat (energy) in those cans as well as the protein. I'm Keto also, but carbs are easier to store.
Thanks for the informative video. I recently got into water bath and pressure canning so I'll be doing that as well to add to my pantry.
I've added dried fruit powder (Elderberry strengthens immunity), dried tomato powder, dried cheese, butter, nutritional yeast, powdered drink mix to use with powdered milk, to my provisions recently.
A couple years ago I dehydrated frozen corn, peas, carrots, kale, fresh zucchini, yellow squash, and then put them in canning jars and used a vacuum sealer.
Plus #10 cans of dehydrated chicken, beef, pork, whole eggs, milk.
And I limed several quart jars of my chickens eggs.
I have a large binder to keep track of everything and I try to check off as I use stuff.
I make sure I stock the soups you don't have to add water to. Water could be scarce in a SHTF scenario. Nice list 👌
Good point.
For some reason that never entered my mind. Thanks for that info.
Water may be the one thing we all need most. Good thing is canned goods in water. Especially canned fruits. I ate a can of peaches and the fruit juice water was quite delicious.
I paid $1.47 per can today for Progresso soup. Naturally I bought 20. I keep no less than a hundred on hand all the time. Have fun prepping.
@@peternorthrup6274 it's on sale here for $1.99 but all they have is the spicy kinds. We won't eat that so no sense getting it. I will keep checking. It's $3.99 a can now 🙄
Thank you for sharing this information with us and I hope you have a wonderful day.
The only canned fruit that I stock is pumpkin -- I use the Libby brand. A few months ago, I opened a can that had expired in 2017. I expected to see brown pumpkin puree, but it was just as bright orange as a newly purchased can. The pumpkin tasted fine, and the pumpkin bread was even better. 😅
Canned peaches do not store well, even when kept cool and dark. We have had a number of the cans of Del Monte canned peaches leak out. The cans had expired, yes, but what a mess! They 'bust' at the bottoms, too, not at the pop-top where I would have expected them to be compromised. So for us, if I don't home-can a fruit, I just don't stock it on my shelves.
**Kirkland brand roast beef, with expired date of 2018, was delicious. Had that last week.
I buy cases directly from Kirkland.
The fat free evaporated canned milk has a shorter shelf life than low fat evaporated canned milk, but they both have fairly short shelf life compared to other canned food. It's hard to come up short on salt when eating canned food, so the few that are available with no salt or low sodium should be chosen to try balance the salt intake.The Heinz baked beans have half of the sugar the Bush's baked beans have and they are still sweet. I see huge salt content differences between the different brands of canned meat.
I agree with you about canned food. I see so much of this dehydrated stuff, plus the rice and lentils and the beans and the pasta, etc. But all of that takes a lot of water to prepare. And sometimes water isn't that available. If you have to you can eat a can of soup without adding anything to it. Or green beans in the can, Canned meat, etc. Very little prep, no more water required.
I love canned spam. Fry it with onions, rice, baked beans. Very good
I've always loved spam. When I was 16 I moved out of the house and went to work. I ate spam and boil and bags for a couple of years. I retired at 55. I never asked anyone for a dime my whole life. I have enough set aside to feed an army. Have fun.
I love fried Spam, eggs, and tomatoes as a meal.
I'm 59 and still have never once tried it lol
Guess I'll pick some up! Thanks
@@sandrathomas2893 Aldi luncheon meat is only $1.99 that’s what I buy. Slice and fry it crispy
Grew up eating spam and we all love it. Mixed with canned green beans and fried was how my mom would make it. I recently purchased the stuff to make the hawaiian musubi and it was delicious!
I ate today the salsa I canned last August 2021 with purple corn chips. its delicious! Ill make some more this year if the garden is very productive. This week I bought meat in Costco to pressure can. I finally learn how its done even if I was scared at first. ❤🙏
That is something I want to learn. It does seem scary.
@@debbyrabold6069 thank you 😊
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I could use a good salsa recipe if you have one to share😊
Yes, freeze dryers are very expensive!
Dehydrators and pressure canners aren’t too bad. I have many veggies dehydrated and have even powdered some. Also can your own meat at home. Definitely cost effective!
How do you store your dehydrated foods? I'm just starting to prep
Hi, just thought I'd toss out a problem I discovered with the pull off tops - a can of soup got lost in the cabinet - the seal appears to be a plastic film across the crease in the metal. The film devolved (from inside or outside air pollution, don't know) and the resulting smell is how I found the 'lost' can... Also had cans of fruit break the seal as well... unless you can 100% guarantee that your supplies get rotated through, I'd suggest purchasing cans with full metal top, not the lift top / pop top.
I had some canned sour kraut a few years ago, that ate through the can and leaked onto the shelf. I also had some home canned tomatoes I ate last year from 1986 that tasted fine and I did not get sick or anything. Home canned acidic foods in glass jars last much better than metal cans. IN my experience.
Dollar Tree has some of the best prices on canned pineapple, mango, mandarin oranges, chicken and shelf stable cartons of milk that last way beyond their best buy dates. Pasta is boxed up with 25% more making it a great deal as well.
Be careful with the food items at Dollar Tree. Many come from China and that country is highly polluted! I don't trust foods from China. I tossed out mandarin oranges that came from there.
Thanks for putting this video together.
It helps and is appreciated.
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Thank you so much for the info. We have decided NOT to to can food ourselves but to buy canned food instead.
It doesn’t take up as much space.
I don’t have to refrigerate leftover (what I don’t use in one sitting. (It’s just my husband and I).
it’s cheaper.
It is more durable and easy to travel with in a bug-out situation.
In an emergency situation if someone steals our food, I can have some buried in a stash in my yard safely and easily. I don’t have to bury so deep because I won’t be using glass jars.
We do still garden, but we eat most of that and save the canned food. Ate a 6 year old can of green beans last night. Tasted perfect!
I keep on hand cans of mixed peas and carrots. Great to add to left over stew or soups to spread a little further. Jam, use as a sweetner or even to add to a slice of cake to be more festive. I also stock dry lentils,barley, etc as a great source of protein and
vitamins, and of course don’t forget canned tomatoes and beets.
Warning on the canned soups, I bought some chunky soups- you know the brands- there was barely any meat, veg or noodles in quite a few of the cans I got… aldi has potato leak soup and split pea soup that are absolutely delicious comes in big cans and needs nothing to add to flavor
Beans are convenient in cans, but dry beas are a must. Just have plenty of water to cook with. Coleman campstoves, gas stove, woodstove, lots of alternatives for cooking.
We stock up on cranberries, canned & fresh in bags.
Rice & flour. Oats & wheat.
Get it while you can.
I home can my store bought canned tomatoes and fruit when they get close to their best by date. I feel they are much better in my glass jars.
Can you explain how you do that.?
@@mattiemcreal4420 I follow canning instructions from my ball blue book of canning but instead of using fresh fruit I use already canned fruit or tomatoes. Open the canned fruit, put it in a pot, bring it up to temperature and process it as you would home canned foods.
The government has a website on home food preservation. I do NOT know if this is an approved method so you will need to check on it yourself.
@@auntiepam5649 thank you!!!
I canned my boxed broth. I was getting worried about it going bad before I could use it. I could also can my other canned vegs and fruit. Good ideal
I grow a big garden, and been canning in mason jars
You're a good man to have around for giving needed advice like this. Certain inspired individuals have been telling us to be prepared for years now, and some just forget what should be done.
I've had a stockpile of food for 50+ years. I have so much that we only go shopping to rotate product. We have enough to last us without leaving the house for roughly 2yrs. That's a big reason we rotate regularly. Another item for the pantry is chipped beef. There is a lot you can do with it.
How do you store the chipped beef to keep it from drying out?
@@jackiegoins8697 The key to storing food products (any) is rotation. Chipped beef on the other hand, lasts for about three years. I will say I have had some more towards the four year mark. All our food we keep an eye on for dates. If you eat chipped beef (just once per year) just always use the oldest first. It takes practice but anyone can do this.
We are fans of canned chicken. We will put it in a fry pan with some olive oil and seasonings. We've tried lemon pepper, Italian, or season all, plus garlic powder. Tastes great.
We have made butter chicken. Heat up the canned chicken and pour the butter chicken sauce and simmer for a few minutes. If I’m not tired, I add some chopped onion to the chicken because I love love onions. Serve on top of basmati rice. (Or whatever rice you have on hand ) Yum.
Look up the recipe for crockpot crack chicken you would not be disappointed!
I use my canned chicken to make taquitos. I sauté onion and add the chicken along with seasonings. Warm a corn tortilla and add a small amount of the chicken, roll and use a toothpick if necessary to hold together. Fry in a pan on medium heat to prevent burning the tortilla. If you have avocado (freeze dried) add water and using a hand whisk top your taquitos. Good to make the chicken stretch and serve with beans and rice with a salsa of course.
Have you done that with Keystone canned chicken?
Instead of stocking all of the tomato products, just get tomato powder. You can make paste, sauce, soup, ketchup and more by just varying the ingredients and amount of water. And no acid issues depending on how its packed.
Great stuff, keep it up!
where to purchase tomato powder (not seen yet)? Brand name you like? tku
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It appears that my original post was bad. Walmart and Amazon have these on sale.
@@janevolkin8067 Walmart has tomato powder. I don't know if it's in store ( I do grocery pick up) but on the website it says 2-3 days shipping. Not cheap but it could be a trade off with shelf life and ease of storage.
@@janevolkin8067i make my own.every year. Just dehydrate tomato peels and grind them up.
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Canned potatoes are really good, sliced, fried with onions and sweet peppers and seasoning .
Canned Le Choy beef or chicken chow mein, and also pepper steak great to stockpile
Add one of your canned meats with some rice you have a meal large enough for 3 people
Love La Choy Beef
I also buy water chestnuts and another can of sprouts to toss in the La Choy pot. Add a pan of rice, and that's a good hearty meal!
Thank you for this video. I realize I ran out of baked beans, need to go get more.
Canned white meat chicken...we use that on a regular basis as well. Mix it with mayo, a little mustard and a healthy dose of dillweed...and it makes amazing sandwiches...or with saltine crackers...or just eat it right out of the bowl.
If you have high blood pressure then stick with mixed vegetables and yams are yum
Agree with you on the evaporated milk. And I also don't know why but after a year or two after the best before date, it's gets hard like a greek yogurt and smells bad. I first noticed with many years back when I opened an old can to use it. My first thought was there must have been something wrong with the can or canning process but opened all the cans I had from the same time frame and they were all off. I year ago I opened the oldest can I had and it was a 2016 date (2022-2016) so 6 years old and it was not usable. Agree with everything you said here re other can foods. The texture of the food will change over time but they are same to eat nearly indefinitely. Related, when we moved across the country in 2018 we found a can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli that had fallen through an opening for electrical at the back of the pantry. There was no "Best Buy" date on it however I had marked the date of purchase as 2007. It was 11 years old. Curious, I opened it and warmed it up and while the texture was off, the pasta was a little mushy, it tasted great and I didn't die. That's all. Thanks for the video, reminded me that I really need to buy more canned meat.
powdered milk. keep in a cool dry place out of the light
Ive always known that canned meats and vegetables are good for very long shelf life. I did a long stint of trying to find good camp meals. In example for backpacking. I weighted the benefits of back packing dehydrated foods and canned. To bring dehydrated, you need to bring the water because you never really know where you can obtain decent water. So is it easier to bring a few canned foods and your drinking water than bringing dehydrated foods and excess water for your food and your drinking water on your hike than bringing a few canned foods. What is the energy ratio you need to boil water compared to just heating a canned food ? I performed these tests in deep woods camping.
I did a lot of field work testing out things ... in order to be a prepper. About canned meats, I found that heating time , cooking time was much lower, meaning that I didnt need but just small amounts of cooking fuel sources. conservation of what I have, I found that with canned foods, you can have have a full course meal of your main food groups at a fraction of the cost of other foods. I learned the most canned foods have a quality of taste, the groups you see on the store self are put through consumer testing, basically they wouldnt be there of they were really bad ( hence they would be bad so people wouldnt buy it, and supermarkets pay specific attention to this for a sellabe product on their shelves)
And there are tons of spices out, so just add some flavor if its bland, its not really that big of deal. Im into one pot wonders, thats when you mix a few things into one pot, basically getting all of your food groups in one pot, stew for example. But I found that using canned meats are a good substitute for fresh meats, to use boxes of hamburger helper, canned roast beef chopped up and put in hamburger helper stroganoff or chili mac is very good. Some people dont like spam, but Bacon spam is a bit salty, but very good, tastes like bacon and is great with eggs and has browns.
Turkey spam is also pretty dang good, its a bit salty but not that bad and it tastes like turkey, so you can have all canned thanksgiving food when SHTF. Canned fish ? Corn chowder is good, usually no complaints about canned corn chowder, so add a can of sardines, Salmon, Baby shrimps, Herring and clams with some diced canned potatoes...you have a great seafood chowder.
These are the things i found with canned foods, draining off the liquid, you can make really good VARIETY meals in one pot for you and your family. Variety is having a different meat source and vegetable source daily, this is actually a good moral booster , for a sense of well being, emotional so it is, BUT if you are in an emergency situation, you family knowing that they are going to have variety of foods, that is a huge comfort. I have gone to researching other things, such as what dry staple i need. All these factors and prep items lead into having a good source of food supplies that store for a very long time.
Powdered scrambled eggs, Powdered milk and clearified butter(Drawn Butter) and Self rising flour. Learning to bake dutch oven bread over a campfire opens up a huge varitey foods you can stock, becasue you can then make sandwiches. you can make boxed Mac And Cheese and add tons of things to it. Learning how to maximize the foods you can stock pile. Opening one can might only feed one person, but opening four or five cans and combining can feed upto four or five. I bought a cheap alcohol pellet emergency stove and a 15 piece camp mess kit off Amazon and i tested food while stealth camping, using canned , the thing is, it didnt take very long to heat up, didnt waste much of the pellets and had good wholesome satisfying meals, in a hammock tent under camo netting in a city park, no smoke, no detectable light, no huge mess to clean up.
there was a huge lesson of what to stock up in my ventures ...and im going to say this because its absolute truth, a can of chef boyardee raviolis tastes ten times better than any of those just add water dydrated emergency food buckets AND probably better for you. By USDA food packing standards, they need to meet a criteria, it need to have essential vitamns and nutrients to be sold for children. With all those regulations, those canned foods have all the nutrients and value you need I agree completely that stocking canned foods is a good choice. But learning how make good meals , such as variety and combining foods is a art form . The old time wagon train cook knew how to make meals to feed a large number using salt pork and beans. Learnig how bake bread in a dutch oven over a campfire. Thats a golden skill to have .
Right during the covid pandemic, I found myself homeless, I lived in my car, in the Arizona desert. I found a group of sage brush where i pitched a tent, that no body could find me. I had a part time job at Amazon, I worked five days a week, but was four or five hours daily, SO it wasnt realy long that I was away from my camp. I had money to buy food, I learned many skills , having a PO box, I could order stuff from Amazon, having a friend in a brick and morter house, I could purchase firearms. And out in the desert I got a sense of how to make reasonable shelter. I learned some very valuable skills. Which Im passing off to help my fellow Americans, Besides food, you need to think about shelterand ways to heat your food...even in the middle of the desert, a wood burning stove for your tent and a solar panel system. Besides food, you need to gather gear to have a sustaining life system.
It takes a lot of money and time to plan out how to live in a comfort zone you are used to. It was all trial and error . I moved to a state where it rains all the time for a source of water catchment, having water is the most important factor for self sufficiency. So I had to find ways to live in the wilderness, where i was rained on continuously yet have a quality of life, I can live inside a tent and yet cook, be warm, have all of my needs met , without having to step out of the tent, perfectly content in a tent...thats where prepping took a major influence on me. How to hunker down in a shelter and still live a quality of life .
I did the canned thing, but eventually realized that freeze dried in #10 cans was better in a lot of cases. Space wise anyway and expiration date wise. I still have canned goods too.
I agree! I consider canned goods "tier 2" foods, and freeze dried "tier 3" foods. I've had a few burst, and when they are long after the best buy date, they taste just horrible! Not my idea of good eating when stress is already high.
I have a bit of both as well
I do this as well. The only thing you should consider is that you need water to rehydrate before using. Then you need a method to cook. The potato shreds are great for hash browns and casseroles.
@@lynnestamey7272 We're developing a land lot right now, has electric and running water, but we'll be adding an additional holding tank to the property.
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I heard pull top cans rust through quicker and should be avoided for super long term storage. The metal around the ring is thinner. Great video and thanks!
Besides lots of canned foods, I also store the Asian canned vegetables such as water chestnuts, bamboo slices, and sprouts ( all from Walmart) which with canned chicken and a hot spice makes a good Chinese meal. Bottles of sesame oil are stored in my fridge. Mc Cormick's curry powder in 16 oz. containers from a restaurant supply ( the green type) can make many items so tasty and I'm just finishing up a container I bought in 2009 which is as good as brand new. Also, anything in vinegar or brine can last years so I stock up on jars of Dona Maria sliced cactus ( no bad flavor as lots of vegs have) and a huge jar of pickles which I just use a bout a quarter of a pickle, mince it and add it to the bland boxed potato flakes and add some garbanzo beans for a tasty cheap meal. Of course, add lots more salt to taste.
Make sure the pickles are not in a sugared brine.
Thanks for your videos. I have done all these since over a year now. I rotate, use what I can by date but I always restock anything I use. I don't have a great spaced home so I have my stocked up items all over the house! LOL It may look like an organized mess but when it hits the fan I'd rather have it then not. You may want to stock up coals and lighter fluid if you lose power. Then we can cook on the grill. and I suggest anything cast iron so you can use it on the grill. I keep a can coffee maker too for power outages and that can be used on the grill. Happy prepping all.
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While I have canned milk and powered milk to cook with I also found powered whole milk. The taste is great, Try it.
I was wondering what to do. I'm not a fan of canned milk. I wonder how the whole milk is in pudding?
If you make dry milk, adding cream to it brings it to whole milk and tastes great. I use evaporated milk in my coffee, so am constantly rotating. It works well in cooking, mashed potatoes, French toast, quiche, macaroni and cheese,and can be diluted with water also, if needed, I've done that for cooked puddings.
I found a whole milk powder from Nestlé called Nido in a yellow can. Has a "mom and a daughter" on it. Use it for a milk substitute for cereal, my kids love it in their macaroni, and awesome in coffee. 1 can will make 3.3 gallons of milk. Tastes great... and I hate powdered milk, but not this kind.
@@BlkFireHawk427 Thanks I have heard of that I will get some.
@@BlkFireHawk427 I love that brand!
I ate a 13 year old can of Hormel chili one time. Kind of metallic tasting, but it didn't make me sick.
I've eaten beef hash for weeks and it is a great storage food, filling and satisfying for most of your urges for protein, fat and salt. It is best complemented by something fresh like sprouts or whatever you can manage but I reckon you could survive for a year on this meal or variations. The problem with children is dietary fatigue but most adults can stand it if you try to prepare them differently or mixed with other stuff when available.
You can buy beef in cans that have nothing added, no salt ,no preservatives and no water, pick the little fat off warm or just eat on bread is very good. The broth is pure meat taste too.
I love CB Hash and keep anywhere from 4-8 cans at any one time. I also eat it with an egg or two for breakfast.
Too much salt...!?!
Yes, cans will last a while, but you still have to watch out for botulism. So even if the can is sealed, if it's "puffy", just get rid of it, don't ever eat a puffy can. I also got food poisoning from what looked like a perfectly good older can of noodle soup, so maybe just plan on a regular rotation as long as you're able.
We always use the puffy indicator. Straight to the garbage if a can is swollen.
I have to have my sardines packed in olive oil. It goes great with pasta and spinach.