Food Storage Fail! Do NOT Store Your Dry Goods Like This
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- What are you going to find when you go to use your food storage? Today is a great day to make certain that you have packaged it appropriately for storage so that it is ready when you need it.
Low-moisture dry goods (beans, rice, flour) should be stored in an air-tight container in a low-oxygen environment for long-term storage to prevent both oxidation and infestation.
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Low-moisture dry goods (beans, rice, flour) should be stored in an air-tight container in a low-oxygen environment for long-term storage to prevent both oxidation and infestation.
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When some of the regular, dry, vegetarian foods (pasta, rice, oats, lentils...) in my pantry or freezer turn rancid because I forgot to use them in time, I just work the spoiled food into the soil in my container gardens. The spoiled vegetarian food soon makes rich compost. Some seeds from a mixture of rancid grains and legumes have recently sprouted in my largest outdoor container garden and I can already identify some amaranth plants. I try to waste nothing that can be useful.
My wife and I came up with the plan to re-package our food storage into smaller portions right from the get-go. We’ve found it to be two-fold. Easier to transport if needed, and less waste since it’s only the two of us. ❤
Me too.
Me three
Birds aren't real
Just a couple of reminders: freezing flour , etc. for at least 48 hours will kill most pests. Second, check that it’s safe to use oxygen absorbers with what you are storing.
Exactly, freezing kills parasites and their eggs. It might also kill the insect & bug eggs.
@@warriormamma8098 ~Then buy your own whole wheat berry grains and get a very small countertop flour grinder and make your own flour at home.
Its cost a lot of money here in Australia to buy Mylar bags and totes but for me, it means I can have peace of mind that my food is ok to use when I need it.
Stored totes of Basmati Rice for approximately 7 years; no issues. To each their own.
Food Storage is a skill that takes time to learn. Best make the mistakes before the collapse and educate your self on what works and what doesn't.
I put my rice and some pasta we mainly use in air tight plastic containers with bay leaves but I haven’t moved up to long term yet
Good video, it really drives home the importance of doing things correctly 😊
Great information. May the good Lord watch over you and your family and friends. Peace and Love 😊
This is the first time I've watched your channel and found the topic interesting. However, as a quilt maker, I was distracted by that lovely red, white, and blue quilt on the bed😅. Thank you for the long-term food storage tips, very helpful.
Learned about this after discarding parents food storage
I have always froze any of that type of food for at least 3 days to kill the eggs. Then I put them in jars and seal them. I didn't have oxygen absorbers when I first started storing foods so sometimes I put a bay leaf in the jars with the grains. I am glad to have oxygen absorbers now.
I have everything in mylar bags and packed in totes as well.
I find it interesting some people have never driven down the road and seen a giant pile of grain or beans sitting along the highway next to some silo. Or a barge going down some river full of grain sitting in the open. A million ways for insects to come into contact with your food before you buy it packaged. While some people say you can eat those bugs, you won't do that by choice, Ever. If you are me. Great chicken feed!
I haven't seen any piles but know how grain is transported. Also bought bagged food with bugs in it.
I had a couple of pantry moth infestations brought on by using corn from the feed store for heat. Everyone always says to freeze your products to kill the bugs. I can attest that I stored my corn out in the garage in Michigan. One day it was 10 degrees and I opened a corn bin ..... out flew a moth. I chatted with the feed store and they ....oh yes, even in their bins outside. I frequent another hardware type store but never purchase feed, pet food or even spices from them as I saw one moth one time flying in the store. No way.
The only way I feel safe is vacuum sealing and mylar.
Bay leaves are great for your pantry. Put a few on the shelves and rotate every 6 months. Bugs hate bay!
@@smadden911 I tried that as well....no luck at all. I only use the sticky traps for moths.
What about using 5 gal buckets with gamma lids & oxygen absorbers?
Terrific. Way to go Jonathan and Kylene. Thank you for this lesson. Happy trails!
Great video as usual.
I've learned so much from your videos thru the years. With you help, and help from other sources I've learned alot. Still learning and adding to my preps every week. Many thanks for your videos!
This is a great reminder - there is so much to research to make sure what you are wanting to store and HOW you store it is going to work. Thank you for sharing.
That's why I sprinkle diatomaceous earth in my totes and freeze the items and thaw them out first before putting them in the totes.
What do you freeze?
What about oxidation?
@@karenvancehammond1583most of the dry goods - rice, dried beans, oatmeal, noodles, flours, soup mixes, herbs, etc
Anything a bug egg might be in, all grains, herbs beans etc. @ancehammond1583
I rotate through the things quickly but white rice I dont worry about even if its a bit off Ill eat it with soya sauce everything else I vacuum seal anyway in either jars or mylar bags@@TheProvidentPrepper
I like using the smaller bags because I was going to do this with a big food grade bucket with a 50 lb mylar bag but then I thought how wasteful it would be to open a big bucket of rice when you only need a little bit at a time and they are way easier to handle
Thanks for the reminder. I do have big bags of rice stored exactly like that. It will be by weekend project to double check it all. Thanks again, PP. 😊👍
Oh man! Great update vid guys.
How about vacuum sealing (with oxygen absorbers) or maybe nitrogen injection for things that don’t take well with vacuum?
I vacuum seal in small portions, then put the portions into mylar.
I always freeze flours, rice etc for at least 4 days to kill the eggs and tiny bugs before storing.
Very good point!
Thanks for all you do.
Thanks Provident Prepper, enjoyed the video ❤
Thanks for watching
I love you guys.
The passion and love you have for humanity shows.😁♥️
Thanks Mike! Love you too!
Thank you! This was extremely informative, especially for some 20lb bags I have also.
I do this with rice and dry beans. I need to get all of my dry pastas out of their original boxes and into mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. I currently just have them in a large tote.
Thanks for this reminder.I have many things packaged in mylar with O2, but to be honest, there are things in my FS that are in there original packages. I will be putting it up in mylar and O2 since I already have it.
Good advice. Thank you!😊😊
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for the advice 🙏😇🙏
Thank you
Good information thank you.
I live in a very humid environment. When I opened some totes just two years after storing cans and dry foods in them, i found so much moisture that some of the cans had rusted through, and all of the dry goods were ruined. Clearly, I either need to store things where air circulation is good enough to keep everything dry, or I need to store in airtight containers, with dessicant packs.
Great examples 😊
Thank you! 😃
will you recommend a hand-held bag sealer please? Also, I'm newish to prepping, would you please advise how to store oxygen absorbers after you open the main bag of them? thanks for all you do!
I had a moth infestation in my house and couldn't find the source. So frustrating! All my grains and flours were well packaged. It turned out to be the unopened, sealed bags of pecans and walnuts I'd purchased . That was an expensive lesson.
I had moths too and didn't know why. Now I'm worried and need to check my stockpiles. I definitely have sealed bags of pecans in there.
I pretty much go with Long shelf life food like mountain House it's already done for me. It's in little packs ready to go meals. Otherwise I just have food that we eat on a regular basis and I just rotate them. And I'm trying to find a place to buy canned food in glass jars like people do it home canning. So I'm looking on Etsy to buy that so I don't have to do the work and hoping they know what they're doing
Question... Would FREEZING the grain for 48 hours prior to packaging and storing kill bug eggs? This method was recommended to me for both rice and sunflower seed...
yes it helps!!
The military does 2 weeks.
The freeze thaw freeze method is preferred if you are going to freeze. It cycles the eggs to hatch. Think about it this way. Freezing kills larva, pupa and adults. Eggs stay frozen all winter long and still hatch in the spring. Once the eggs have hatched they can be killed. They have to be triggered to hatch. Personally, oxygen absorbers are so much more effective and easier. No bugs, no oxidation of the food.
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you 🙏❤️
I leave the stuff in trunk of my car for weeks during Northern winter. Seems to work fine, so far no bugs. Not enuf room in my freezer for big sacks.
For those odlf us with small families...also package in smaller bags when you can.
Once you open a big bag you are back to square one unless you essentially re package it.
For big families you will use it up long before it goes bad, but not so much for singles or couples.
Oh no. That's exactly how I stored mine.
Obrigada por seus ensinamentos. Pode me ajudar? Um absorvedor de oxigênio de 150cc equivale para qual tamanho de garrafa pet? Ou é obrigatório ser de 300cc???
How have I not found this channel before now?
Where do you get the Milo bags, and the oxygen absorber? Thanks so much for yawls useful information.
Oops just saw your link, thanks
save yourself the time and pain. buy a 220 litre food barrel with screw on lid. place all food items in there in there in there original packaging. add a bunch of oxygen absorbers, sealant around lid and screw on lid.
But how heavy will it be?
@@Hatbox948 heavy!
Jonathan and Kylene,
Newbies here and we have gleaned from your channel the starting information needed to safely store food for some unforeseen event or a noticeable event in world news, especially where some leaders are not satisfied with their large borders.
Having said that, we packed our first bags of rice last night (7 Mylar gallon bags w/ 10 cups in each) and learned a lesson through a failure.
We see a myriad of discussions about Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers but we never heard a mention that you may only have a few minutes to place the absorbers into your bags prior to sealing.
Well, we completed the bags and 24 hours later three (last three we sealed) did not absorb the oxygen as the rice freely flows within the bags.
QUESTION: How much time do you have to place the oxygen absorbers into your partially sealed Mylar bags?
PLEASE, any information will help as we have not seen any mention of this issue in the numerous sites we reviewed this past month.
We will look for your answer, hopefully before we move forward?
Thanks for your time,
Jasper - Newbie
Bugs in the food is healthy. It's predigested protein. A little gross, but good for you. Make some veggie burgers with them & your dinner guests will enjoy, & never know the secret.
Question: I have stored our LDS food storage Milk pouches in similar tote boxes. Is this a good or would you recommend putting them in Mylar bags?
I want to dehydrate food. . I want to put them into jars, so, do I use oxygen absorbers for every type of food? If not, which do I use them for? Can I use oxygen absorbers for dried vegetables or fruit?
That's good if you never have to move it. But ouch if you ever need to bug out. 3 x 25lb bags in one of those totes? Definitely not for the weak!
How do you get the air put of glass jars?
i used to and just moved over to mylar in 5 gallon buckets...i only stored rice with oxygen absorbers
Are gamma sealed containers safe to store bags of sugar in, or would those need to be repackaged also since they can't have oxygen absorbers? Are gamma sealed 5 gallon buckets safe for bags of rice, or will it be an issue similar to the containers in the video? Thank you in advance.
Bay leaves have been traditionally used to repel insects during food storage
We just helped someone go through food storage when their parents were moved into a care center. I can tell you from looking at their food storage that bay leaves DO NOT work! The wheat was layered with bay leaves and infested with bugs. Just because the tradition has been passed through time doesn't mean it works.
To kill bugs, put rice, beans and flour in freezer to kill any eggs that may exist then store.
Can you store rice in a bucket with a gamma seal lid and an oxygen absorber without using a Mylar bag?
I vacuum seal everything.
Putting a bit of food grade diatomaceous earth in the bottom of the rice bags is an extra protection against bugs.
What size bags did you use and what brand/size crate was that? Looks like a perfect fit.
They are the 1 gallon size from PackFreshUSA. Perfect! packfreshusa.com/?rfsn=7503114.ecc85c Use promo code PROVIDENT to receive 10% off your order.
Vacuum seal those bags! Magic Seal works great!
Seal 90 percent of the mylar bag then use a clean tube or pen disassembled use a vacuum to suck the remaining air then have your sealer or iron ready and seal up.
That's exactly how I do it; well a little different, I seal all but 2 inches, then I use the long skinny hose attachment and while I'm vacuuming it, I seal it below the hose diagonally. I find that when the mylar has no oxygen in there, it is easier to see if the seal has broken and it reinflates.
That's a great plan but you still should use an oxygen absorber because it will not remove all of the oxygen.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I forgot to mention that I do add the O2 absorber, then I vacuum the rest of the air.
I freeze my pasta, rice, beans and legumes before storage.
You guys are awesome!!!! Thank you for your kindness!!!!
You are!
Where do i get mylar and oxygen obsorbers? What do i do with the leftover oxygen obsorbers that were opened but not used?
First time responding.
Thank you for the information.
I get mine on Amazon or wallaby
Store your loose oxygen absorbers in an air tight mason jar right away. Don't let them be exposed to the air.
@sandyp8184 but while I'm using them, they are exposed to air.
I take out an o2 absorber from my mason jar quickly then put the lid on. When I’m done dehydrating, I vacuum seal the mason jar w/absorbers.
@@sandyp8184Amazon do ones that are individually wrapped for sealed freshness😊
So, I have 4 big bags of rice in tote bins under other heavy bins and to be safe, I am to open all the bags and place o2 absorbers AND vacuum seal everything then once THAT is done, I can place them back in the bins?
Are the bags of rice in the original bags? Repackaging in Mylar with oxygen absorbers will significantly extend the shelf life because it prevents oxidation and won't let insects survive. If it were my food, I'd definitely repackage and put them back in the bins. Check out this video ruclips.net/video/tyagcwQtANQ/видео.html Sometimes we leave it in the original packaging and slide the entire bag in Mylar after putting an oxygen absorber in the original bag.
I have big bags .ilke 20 and 25 pounds so I would have to repackage all of that. They make mylar bags THAT big?? Thank you for your reply!
@@TheProvidentPrepper
Does temperature affect the food ? Whether it’s cans or bags of food like say if you stored your food in a storage unit and it was super hot in summer time ? Does that affect the food?
Absolutely! Heat degrades food very quickly. This video explains that ruclips.net/video/Ei_FxcOsipA/видео.html
Do you freeze the grains before you put in the Mylar bags and what bags do y’all recommend
No need to freeze when you use oxygen absorbers. They take care of everything!
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you
More protein? LoL 😂
Ilove. Oxygen absorber 2 to a jar😮can you use a flattening hair iron to seal packages?
I use my flat iron to seal Mylar bags all the time.
I use my iron to seal bags. Preheat iron to med-high for a few minutes.
I had some vacuum sealed nuts and when I pulled it out there were bugs in it.
Wow!
???? DID YOU TAKE OUT THE AIR IN THIS VIDEO? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY IF YOU DID THAT OR NOT. LISTENED A FEW TIMES! THANKS!
Do you like PackfreshUsa better than Wallaby for mylar bags and oxygen absorbers or does it matter?
Both are good companies but I have found PackFreshUSA's oxygen absorbers to work better.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you for replying back. I think your videos are great!!
I have about 10lbs of rice stored in plastic containers which have very tight lids. So far it looks ok. Any suggestions?
No plastic... Rodents chew thru the plastic.. ✔️
Check out this post theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-plastic-bottles-for-long-term-food-storage/ They may be just fine. They may have critters in them that came in the original bag. This post talks about how to use the freeze, thaw, freeze method as well as how to just use oxygen absorbers. If it were mine, I'd just add an oxygen absorber to the plastic containers. Oxidation decreases the shelf life significantly so your quality will be better over time.
I have plenty in mylar but am keeping some lentils and beans on their regular store bag. Does anyone have any experience with how long these will last? I've had them a year and thought I'd use them sooner but now I'm starting to worry. I was trying to be cheap amd not use up my extra mylar etc! 😅😅
I "dry can" beans and lentils in glass mason jars... I've tried both after two years and found them satisfactory... but again, these are vegetables that I usually spice well while cooking, so may not be the best answer for you.
Me too. I got Indian meal moths and biscuit beetles in my dry food storage. Loads of my food got wasted. I started again but I have not put oxygen absorbers in half of it. I am not expecting to store the food for years but bugs could be already in it. Its a job to look after ones food properly. It takes dedication. For me collecting is easy looking after it is hard work for my health problems. 💝
Do you have a vacuum sealer? You can use clear vacuum bags and remove the oxygen and that will last longer for short term use. Freeze your beans first then let thaw before sealing.
Lentils and beans harden over time and take longer to cook. Don't worry. If you have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker older beans will soften easily.
@@TheProvidentPrepper2 day soak sorts them out no problem😊
I would like to keep raisins and nuts but I don't know how to really store them the nuts I put into glass jars and vacuum seal them raisins I am not too sure about
As far as I know neither of them should be vacuum sealed. They contain moisture so they won't store like that. The only way I have found is to freeze them. This may not be the only way but if you research any other ways let me know. I am still looking into it too.
Nuts have oils and will go rancid. I store mine in freezer and take out just what I need.
Freeze, due to moisture in raisins & oil in the nuts. Vac seal before freezing (they last longer).
I heard you can put your raisins in the dehydrator and dehydrate them more till they are dry
For the storage boxes, Walmart carries 'Hart' brand plastic storage boxes that have a rubber gasket that seals the entire lid. Just some added protection.
Might as well, starvation will be planet wide around 2025 and 2026. 90%+ plus within a year.
Good luck!
Whats an oxygen absorber?
What's the internet?
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Why is there so much air in the Mylar bags?
They were packaged and put right in the tote. Within 24 hours they will shrink up.
I heard of freezing rice for about five days to kill any bugs. Will this work?
The best option is to use an oxygen absorber because it will both prevent infestation and oxidation of the food. If you do choose to freeze, you should use the freeze, thaw, freeze method or you may not kill the eggs. Personally, I think it is much better just to use oxygen absorbers because it also takes care of oxidation which degrades the food.
@@TheProvidentPrepper will seal a meal method work as well if I cannot find the oxygen observers?
@@karenvancehammond1583 Vacuum sealing is a great option. Doesn't remove as much oxygen as the oxygen absorbers but pretty close. You shouldn't have an issue with insects if you have vacuum-sealed them.
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you so much!
5mil is not good enough...get 7mil mylar bags