Another use for hard candies: Hard peppermint candies, dissolved in warm water, will alleviate the discomfort of a colicky baby. My mom was an RN & she used this remedy for her grandchildren. Just dissolve 1 or 2 peppermint candies in warm water & pour it into a baby bottle. The relief isn't instant, but the baby will start feeling better within 15-30 minutes.
Baking powder expires because moisture causes the acid and alkaline components to react, resulting in flat baked goods. Baking powder is two parts cream of tartar and one part baking soda. Stored separately and dry, both parts last indefinitely. No need for flat muffins. Make fresh baking powder as you need it.
FWIW, if you read the LDS food storage literature you’ll also note that foil wrapped bricks of yeast like the SAF brand can be frozen and stored viable for up to ten years. Cheap insurance. I’m not a Mormon but they know their food storage. Again , no need for flat bread during COVID….
I will try to explain in english which is not my mother language. I store grains in glass pots: in France we have a special brand : " Le Parfait". (They have an internet web site) I put 3/4 in the pot : on the top of tve grains I put a thin "etamine" (or compresse), then I put a "table candle"(a little one) . I light it. Then I close the pot , using the special orange caoutchouc. A few seconds after, the light is over: no more air in the pot, no more oxygen. Insects can not survive without air. I hope it was understandable?😊
Interesting. I have never heard of that but the logic is that as long as contents is dry (as opposed to something like canned soup) bacteria can't be a much of concern so pasteurization (boiling an uncooked meal in the can to kill germ and remove oxygen) is less of a necessity. Also you can retrive rubber and candles in time of need is a good addition. I think it is advisable to use a honeywax candle instead of the paraffine one though? Otherwise it must smells like oil. Don't do that with canned soup though, some bacteria such as botulism is anaerobic (can survive without oxygen).
@@spyj1900 Of course, this is to store dry grains, flour... There is no smell of stéarine wax in the pot. But, you are totally right !! Beewax would be better: unhappily, until now, I have never seen bee wax "tea light candles" ...
@@j.c4007 If it doesn't smells bad it's totally optional but you can try to make tea light candles by yourself. I have never tried by myself but I think it could go along the line of buy some Wick Stickers, cut and remove an upper part of a small papercup to make it short, melt beewax with double boiler method (melted wax ruins the second pot. buy a cheap metal bowl that is sorely meant for melting wax), put a sticker and pour some wax in the cup. Do your reserch though.
I have started buying some items in smaller quantities. I don’t have to repackage after opening. Not always the best price point but make rotating spices a bit easier.
Every prepper should sample their emergency food kit to understand what it really is (And how bad it really is). Be grateful that you have a lot of the items Kris mentions in this video because after 30 days of Augeson Farms emergency food you might not want to eat ever again. It's ideal to create your own food kits with a lot of the above packed within.
Thanks Kris, lots of useful info. I'd like to add spices and herbs to that list. If kept unopened, they can taste fresh for several years at least. Many things that are fermented and/or pickled can as well. Also, about the alcohol, it needs to be at least 100 proof to be used as an antiseptic, at least that's what I've always read, I didn't recall you specifically saying that. If it won't light on fire it isn't high enough proof. Yours did, so it was. Maybe I just missed you saying it.
I think rock sugars is cheap and can last longer both in terms of expiration and in your mouth tho, but yeah everyone has their own preference for a snack.
Growing up these items were normally kept and found in our household... I'll never forget a conversation I had with my Mema could've been 2015-2016ish during my visit with her the news was on and of course lots of craziness was going on then, she stated, "You know if things were to go back to how it was when I was growing up I would be just fine, we knew how to survive with what we had." Oh how I miss her and could use her wisdom today. She passed in 2020, wish we could speak right today she would have the blueprint on how to navigate the times ahead. I hold on to her wise words now more than ever. ❤ Thanks for this video. 🙏🏽
If the popcorn is rather old, plunge the uncooked kernels into cold water momentarily, and then let them rest for 24 hrs. If the moisture content inside each kernel is too low, it doesn’t “pop” very well.
Great video and i think first prepper i have seen adding popcorn, i have taken to adding this one it has remained relatively affordable and such a good snack to raise morale especially for kids. 🎉🎉🎉
@@nannyrx54in that case you could use mason jars instead of mylar bags and see how it works. I tend to look up the product for advice you get more info that way. Good luck.
We've prepped for years since 2010. We have all these items except corn syrup. I'm not going to store that. When we moved from SC to Florida, we accidentally left one of our prep totes in the barn and didn't discover it until 5 years later. Thought it was Christmas items since it was among those totes. It contained pasta, bullion, some peas,beans, and sugar. It's definitely a mixed bag of stuff. After 5 years in the barn in the Florida heat and humidity, everything but one bag of beans were still good. Apparently, those beans had a small hole in the mylar bag. I wouldn't suggest leaving anything in the heat or extreme cold like that, but it's good to know if properly stored things do stay good. Even the beans were cooked and given to the chickens, so nothing was thrown away. Just because my stuff ended up OK, we were lucky. Because of our chickens we've developed a rodent problem. You'd be surprised how determined mice and rats can be. I've seen buckets chewed apart. If you do store anything outside including chicken feed make sure to get the extremely durable totes. There's also concentrated peppermint oil that you can spray around those areas to keep them away.
I have a little bit of all these items but am focusing on a three year supply of rice, beans and lentils for my immediate and extended family 😅 after I reach my goal then I’ll get more of the bonus stuff like spices or sugar. Survival is first then flavor
Great video. I've got 13 out of 19 of the items you list. For a nice air tight container to store many of them in, I reuse the giant square buckets that the cat litter I buy comes in. Many of the brands out there use the same bucket design that companies that sell freeze dried food for emergencies in. I've got one bucket that is full of salt that weights about 60 lbs. One side of my kitchen has over 9 buckets stacked together with all my dry goods like rice, beans, and pastas.
The cat litter I get comes in a maybe 2 gallon, largest size depending on type, with about a 2 in. lid. These I use for storing water. Watered plants this past summer and replenished all.
Couple of years ago I lost most of my pantry storage to an infestation of pantry moths! They chewed holes through original packages, somehow got inside tightly sealed jars too, and laid eggs inside giving me creepy larvae in everything. Had to throw out everything, thoroughly clean all the cabinets and restock 😢
Chris, great video but need some clarification. White rice - 30 years or 4-5 years shelf life? You give both numbers in the video and use 'air'tight' for both. I am about to vacuum seal some rice so it on my mind.
Can be 30 years so long as bugs cannot get into it. So depends on where you live or if your mylar bags are also going to be then stored in plastic bins or some say just added protein if bugs get in. Hope this helps.
Apparently you should freeze it and beans for at least 3 days to kill bug larvae that may be in the packages. I buy beans and rice one weekend, freeze them until the following weekend, let them sit on the counter to completely dry due to condensation when brought out of the freezer, then I vacuum seal them with moisture absorbers
Yeah, caught that post-production. 4-5 years under normal pantry shelf conditions in air tight temperature controlled environment. 30 years if you pack it in airtight container with oxygen absorbers or by dry-ice packing to remove all oxygen.
One warning on white rice: Do Not throw it away if it has a slight 'rancid' odor when opened or when cooking! That odor will dissipate quickly when cooking and leaves _no_ odor nor taste in the finished food.
@@CityPrepping Utah State tested bay leaves a while ago. They'll keep pests from coming in but if eggs are already in the grain, which is very common, they were no use. Please use oxygen absorber packs or CO2.
Regarding the statement that beans have an indefinite shelf life, I’m curious to know or if anyone has tips for using older dry beans that won’t soften even after an overnight soak and extended cooking.
Soak for 24 hours. After about 5 years they start to degrade per the farmer I bought my beans from. To add: one type of beans I have were originally found in clay pots in cliff dwellings and were reported to be 1500 years old. After a number of years they were propagated enough to be for sake to the public. They are Anasazi beans and are an ancient type of bean. They are more easily digestible as well.
You can take beans that are cooked but crunchy and make bean burgers in a food processor. Take drained "crunchy" cooked beans, add cooked rice, flour, binder like egg or flax, seasonings, process, then form into patties. Cook in oven or skillet. If your cooking broth has vinegar in it the beans texture will be wrong. But it is an asset in a bean burger!
Vinegar is preferred over apple cider, which is only 2% acidic. There are very few canning recipes in my canning book both put out by rogue counters, counters, and USDA. They all prefer to for long-term storage. I have found myself apple cider vinegar with the mother, which is very easy to make at home! Will not hold up to long-term meaning more than 3 to 5 years. That has been my personal experience you may have had a different one. Apple cider vinegar does make a good salad dressing as well. However, cannot clean in my opinion as well as vinegar can.
This was a important video really all the items you mentioned in your video can go good with wild game for preserving and giving flavor thank you for your video all always
Honey: great item to store, however many jars on supermarket shelves have been found to be fake. Sugar and coloring that has spoiled. Best to buy from a local beekeeper.
Soaking white rice will not soften it to eat, unless you soak it so long it ferments. I make Rice Wine and have to cook the rice before fermenting because weeks of fermenting uncooked rice still leaves hard rice. Just an example of people putting information together with good intentions but don't really know the facts. Take compiled information like this as a tip and just experiment yourself now with things so you know for yourself. This is where "Wives Tales" come from.
Most of the item don't last long in hot & humid climate even in air tight mylar oxygen absorber. Lots of food stuff not expired yet once open its not edible. Even canned baked beans leak & rust; if put together the whole batch can toss it out. Even dried herb & spices, tea, coffee, milo is kept in freezer. It does not harden, lose smell, no freezer burn.
so many of the food items in prepper pantries are just sugar and refined carbs that serve to trigger hunger and cravings and don't tell me in a bad situation it's better than nothing - nobody but nobody is surviving on corn syrup and popcorn. And stuff for baking makes me question when people think they are going to be baking cookies and cakes or even bread in a grid down situation. Sorry Chris, I get what you are saying, and your list is better than most, but still - keep fats and proteins around - they are the only "essential" nutrients for humans
You should look into wheat berries and then you can make all of you flower based products and they last a long time just grinned them and make what you want
I can personally attest that alcohol will last a VERY long time before going bad. My grandmother wanted to clean out her liquor cabinet and there was a bottle of gilbeys gin that had to be at least 30 years old, if not 40 years old. It was so old that it was in a glass bottle. It had been on that liquor cabinet for as long as I can remember and I am in my early 40s. Rather than waste it and pour it out I drank it. Did not get sick. Made a bunch of gin and tonics over a few weeks. It was 2/3 full when I got the bottle.
Not if you are physically working hard all day doing the things you need to survive. EXCESS carbs plus a mostly sedentary lifestyle are the major trigger for type 2 diabetes.
Generally if the can is intact (the food should look and smell and taste normal) it’s safe. Some foods are acidic, and the quality will degrade faster, like tomato sauce . Still sterile but horrible quality. Fatty foods like peanut butter go rancid if oxygen is present. Still safe to eat but taste horrible, unless you’re one of the few who doesn’t taste rancidity. Consequently I freeze Peanut Butter and olive oil for over 5 years without issue. Hormel notes their products have no expiration date, and stay safe to eat but quality can degrade over time. See website. Cougar gold canned cheese , Bega cheese, red feather butter are canned without oxygen. They have indefinite shelf lives. Note that the latter two have expiration dates in the US but not abroad. FWIW I’ve eaten all of these at 10 years old with no issues. Over time canned food quality degrades. ‘Best by” dates usually reflect the time in which a subset of a sample of eaters (I think 5% if I recall) can detect a difference between a new and old can of food. Not necessarily bad, but a difference. Hope that helps.
It might depend on the contents. High acid foods might be a problem. There are videos of people opening cans of Spam from WW2 that are still edible. High protein, high fat food is a top choice for me....
No. For nutrition focus on animal proteins (canned seafoods, dehydrated or freeze dried meats) and quality fats. Animal fats are more stable and will last longer, but coconut and olive oil would be good as well. Protein and fat are *essential* macronutrients. Like a "Duralog" they will burn more cleanly and efficiently and keep you satisfied longer. Carbohydrates (sugar) is not essential. Although it can give you short burst of energy (think kindling), it often leads to a crash and more cravings. A good quality multivitamin and added magnesium would be a good idea as well. Our bodies need/ use more b vitamins, magnesium and vitamin c under stress. I say added magnesium because there is never enough magnesium in a multivitamin. Magnesium is a large mineral and I prefer the magnesium glycinate form for absorption. Most people need around 400 mg/ day. If you see magnesium oxide on the back Supplement Facts label -- it's poorly absorbed. Magnesium citrate might help you have a bowel movement.
I open a bag of butterscotch hard candies that we expired by a year and they smaller SO rancid! I’m guessing it was the high fructose corn syrup??? I’m thinking a box of sugar cubes would be better. 😊
nah you should go for rock sugars unless it was for cooking lmao. They take less space in storage and lasts longer than normal sugar as it is resistent to bugs.
Make sure your maple syrup is real maple syrup. All the cheap stuff is actually high fructose corn syrup, which has a much shorter than 'forever' shelf life.
I've been exclusively plant-based eating almost entirely whole foods for more than a decade, and it's made my preps basically part of daily living. I make most meal staples in a pressure cooker, prepared from dried foods bought in bulk. Dried beans, rice, pasta, oats etc. Add some frozen produce like spinach, corn, kale, and a handful of dried nuts and seeds and I'm good to go. I add onions, garlic, and root vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other spices from the garden and I'm all set.
@@DHW3000 Great questions! Everything I make is basically stuff I grew up eating, but healthier and more prepper friendly so no recipe books to recommend unfortunately. As for shopping, most of my bulk goods I buy from grocers like "Mom's Market" which have really inexpensive options. Dried organic peas are less than $1.50/lb, organic steel cut oats are around $2-3.00/lb. To make sure I'm getting all my nutrients, I downloaded, printed, and laminated a graphic of Greger's Daily Dozen...a glorified checklist of food categories to eat each day (e.g., cruciferous vegetables, berries, seeds, etc.). And since I'm not eating fortified foods, I take a B12 supplement and Vitamin D in the winter...I buy those in bulk too. Hope that helps, and happy prepping! nutritionfacts.org/topics/daily-dozen/
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I'm not so sure about the Bragg Apple cider vinegar lasting indefinitely
Honey
Maple syrup
Corn syrup
Alcohol (vodka)
Soy sauce
Vinegar
Salt
Sugar
Hard candy
Dried beans
Popcorn
Rolled oats
White rice
Corn starch
Baking soda
Buillon cubes
Freeze dried foods
Instant coffee
Dried pasta
TY SIR
We'll all be diabetic with high blood pressure in mere weeks, lol.
@@roughroadstudio, wait a minute…. I’m already diabetic. 😢
@@quadradomus Dang, I'm sorry. 😢
Do bullion cubes really bot go bad???
I always rarely use them, then I'm too afraid to use them years later and throw them away :(
Another use for hard candies: Hard peppermint candies, dissolved in warm water, will alleviate the discomfort of a colicky baby. My mom was an RN & she used this remedy for her grandchildren. Just dissolve 1 or 2 peppermint candies in warm water & pour it into a baby bottle. The relief isn't instant, but the baby will start feeling better within 15-30 minutes.
Baking powder expires because moisture causes the acid and alkaline components to react, resulting in flat baked goods.
Baking powder is two parts cream of tartar and one part baking soda. Stored separately and dry, both parts last indefinitely.
No need for flat muffins. Make fresh baking powder as you need it.
Nothing puts a damper on the apocalypse when my muffins go flat ;) good info BTW
Yeah, some people tried few years expired ones and still work.
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FWIW, if you read the LDS food storage literature you’ll also note that foil wrapped bricks of yeast like the SAF brand can be frozen and stored viable for up to ten years. Cheap insurance.
I’m not a Mormon but they know their food storage. Again , no need for flat bread during COVID….
you can vacuum seal it with oxygen and moisture absorbers in a bag. last for ever
I will try to explain in english which is not my mother language.
I store grains in glass pots: in France we have a special brand : " Le Parfait". (They have an internet web site)
I put 3/4 in the pot : on the top of tve grains I put a thin "etamine" (or compresse), then I put a "table candle"(a little one) . I light it. Then I close the pot , using the special orange caoutchouc. A few seconds after, the light is over: no more air in the pot, no more oxygen. Insects can not survive without air.
I hope it was understandable?😊
Interesting. I have never heard of that but the logic is that as long as contents is dry (as opposed to something like canned soup) bacteria can't be a much of concern so pasteurization (boiling an uncooked meal in the can to kill germ and remove oxygen) is less of a necessity.
Also you can retrive rubber and candles in time of need is a good addition.
I think it is advisable to use a honeywax candle instead of the paraffine one though? Otherwise it must smells like oil.
Don't do that with canned soup though, some bacteria such as botulism is anaerobic (can survive without oxygen).
@@spyj1900 Of course, this is to store dry grains, flour...
There is no smell of stéarine wax in the pot.
But, you are totally right !! Beewax would be better: unhappily, until now, I have never seen bee wax "tea light candles" ...
@@j.c4007 If it doesn't smells bad it's totally optional but you can try to make tea light candles by yourself. I have never tried by myself but I think it could go along the line of buy some Wick Stickers, cut and remove an upper part of a small papercup to make it short, melt beewax with double boiler method (melted wax ruins the second pot. buy a cheap metal bowl that is sorely meant for melting wax), put a sticker and pour some wax in the cup. Do your reserch though.
@@spyj1900 Have seen bees wax pastilles at Hobbie type stores or online.
@@j.c4007 excellent idea!
I have started buying some items in smaller quantities. I don’t have to repackage after opening. Not always the best price point but make rotating spices a bit easier.
Same, plus I can actually find things in a cabinet, when I'm not looking past the '10 years worth of minced onion' jar.
I have learned to put dry goods in canning jars and purchased a vacuum sealer.
White distilled vinegar is also good for sunburns (dilluted) and a cleanser and softener for hair (mix in shampoo).
Every prepper should sample their emergency food kit to understand what it really is (And how bad it really is). Be grateful that you have a lot of the items Kris mentions in this video because after 30 days of Augeson Farms emergency food you might not want to eat ever again. It's ideal to create your own food kits with a lot of the above packed within.
Thanks Kris, lots of useful info. I'd like to add spices and herbs to that list. If kept unopened, they can taste fresh for several years at least. Many things that are fermented and/or pickled can as well. Also, about the alcohol, it needs to be at least 100 proof to be used as an antiseptic, at least that's what I've always read, I didn't recall you specifically saying that. If it won't light on fire it isn't high enough proof. Yours did, so it was. Maybe I just missed you saying it.
Hard candies also make good throat lozenges if you have a sore throat
I think rock sugars is cheap and can last longer both in terms of expiration and in your mouth tho, but yeah everyone has their own preference for a snack.
Growing up these items were normally kept and found in our household... I'll never forget a conversation I had with my Mema could've been 2015-2016ish during my visit with her the news was on and of course lots of craziness was going on then, she stated, "You know if things were to go back to how it was when I was growing up I would be just fine, we knew how to survive with what we had." Oh how I miss her and could use her wisdom today. She passed in 2020, wish we could speak right today she would have the blueprint on how to navigate the times ahead. I hold on to her wise words now more than ever. ❤ Thanks for this video. 🙏🏽
If the popcorn is rather old, plunge the uncooked kernels into cold water momentarily, and then let them rest for 24 hrs.
If the moisture content inside each kernel is too low, it doesn’t “pop” very well.
Great video and i think first prepper i have seen adding popcorn, i have taken to adding this one it has remained relatively affordable and such a good snack to raise morale especially for kids. 🎉🎉🎉
I store popcorn to use to make cornbread and other cornmeal baking. It grinds well in a mill.
I was told moisture content is 14% and too high to package with mylar and oxygen absorbers- any help on long term storage method?
@@nannyrx54in that case you could use mason jars instead of mylar bags and see how it works. I tend to look up the product for advice you get more info that way. Good luck.
Thanks Kris! This is one of the best & most concise lessons about Long Term Food ever! Keep up the great work! ☮️&🌱
Upgrade the bullion cubes to the keto bone broth individual packets and you also get protein.
How long does that last though? I bought some and expire date is '25. I have liquid, is there powdered/
@@lorraine9320 Yes, there's powdered in 1 serving sealed pouches.
@@tarody3953 Thank you.
@@tarody3953 need to look for them, not in my usual store. Thanks.
Good reminders and information! Thank you so much!
We've prepped for years since 2010. We have all these items except corn syrup. I'm not going to store that. When we moved from SC to Florida, we accidentally left one of our prep totes in the barn and didn't discover it until 5 years later. Thought it was Christmas items since it was among those totes. It contained pasta, bullion, some peas,beans, and sugar. It's definitely a mixed bag of stuff. After 5 years in the barn in the Florida heat and humidity, everything but one bag of beans were still good. Apparently, those beans had a small hole in the mylar bag. I wouldn't suggest leaving anything in the heat or extreme cold like that, but it's good to know if properly stored things do stay good. Even the beans were cooked and given to the chickens, so nothing was thrown away. Just because my stuff ended up OK, we were lucky. Because of our chickens we've developed a rodent problem. You'd be surprised how determined mice and rats can be. I've seen buckets chewed apart. If you do store anything outside including chicken feed make sure to get the extremely durable totes. There's also concentrated peppermint oil that you can spray around those areas to keep them away.
We stored feed in metal trash cans for just that problem. With hay, you're going to have mice.
Iam terrified of mice and rats! The thought of them makes me want to faint
Thank you. This is the type of content I am hoping to find on your channel. Appreciate the knowledge.
I have a little bit of all these items but am focusing on a three year supply of rice, beans and lentils for my immediate and extended family 😅 after I reach my goal then I’ll get more of the bonus stuff like spices or sugar. Survival is first then flavor
Expensive lesson-- do not store bags of chlorine with any metal-- the fumes will destroy the metal quickly !
That happened to us. Horrible!
Good to know thank you
Can anyone recommend a book on how to use these and similar items for non-edible ideas, such as mosquito repellent, disinfectants, antacid, etc?
Greetings from Louisiana this video is on point
Appreciate that
Thank you Sir
This a 10 out of 10 video. Great information.
Thanks for all the great information
God bless you 🙏 and yours 😊❤
Brilliant stuff as usual Kris.
Thanks Chris
Thanks for this reminder!
Thanks Kris! GOOD STUFF!
Great video. I've got 13 out of 19 of the items you list. For a nice air tight container to store many of them in, I reuse the giant square buckets that the cat litter I buy comes in. Many of the brands out there use the same bucket design that companies that sell freeze dried food for emergencies in. I've got one bucket that is full of salt that weights about 60 lbs. One side of my kitchen has over 9 buckets stacked together with all my dry goods like rice, beans, and pastas.
The cat litter I get comes in a maybe 2 gallon, largest size depending on type, with about a 2 in. lid. These I use for storing water. Watered plants this past summer and replenished all.
Doesn't the fragrance transfer to the stuff inside?
@@lorraine9320 I've used those also for watering can for the garden. They come in handy.
@@roughroadstudio Not if you clean them out. If you're really worried about it, don't use scented litter.
@@stepheneddington1667 I know, I don't have cats so I don't use litter but a friend offered me pails. I just use 5 gallon food safe buckets.
Couple of years ago I lost most of my pantry storage to an infestation of pantry moths! They chewed holes through original packages, somehow got inside tightly sealed jars too, and laid eggs inside giving me creepy larvae in everything.
Had to throw out everything, thoroughly clean all the cabinets and restock 😢
When you find moths in the stuff in the sealed jars, it was already contaminated with eggs.
That's heartbreaking. I'm sorry that happened.
Thanx Chris!!
Thank you Kris.
Chris, great video but need some clarification. White rice - 30 years or 4-5 years shelf life? You give both numbers in the video and use 'air'tight' for both. I am about to vacuum seal some rice so it on my mind.
Can be 30 years so long as bugs cannot get into it. So depends on where you live or if your mylar bags are also going to be then stored in plastic bins or some say just added protein if bugs get in. Hope this helps.
30 years in Mylar with O2 absorber. 4 to 5 years as packaged when purchased.
Apparently you should freeze it and beans for at least 3 days to kill bug larvae that may be in the packages.
I buy beans and rice one weekend, freeze them until the following weekend, let them sit on the counter to completely dry due to condensation when brought out of the freezer, then I vacuum seal them with moisture absorbers
I'm still working on rice 12 years old, stored in original bag. It's fine!
Yeah, caught that post-production. 4-5 years under normal pantry shelf conditions in air tight temperature controlled environment. 30 years if you pack it in airtight container with oxygen absorbers or by dry-ice packing to remove all oxygen.
thks
I'm looking forward to making a coffee candle.
😎👍👍
Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful!
One warning on white rice: Do Not throw it away if it has a slight 'rancid' odor when opened or when cooking!
That odor will dissipate quickly when cooking and leaves _no_ odor nor taste in the finished food.
If you store it with a few bay leaves, too, you can prevent this odor and pests.
@@CityPrepping Utah State tested bay leaves a while ago. They'll keep pests from coming in but if eggs are already in the grain, which is very common, they were no use. Please use oxygen absorber packs or CO2.
One prepper step is makr sure you know how to cook with these items.
Ty Brother!
This is very helpful!
Just to note that if you have a mill for wheat most of them tell you not to grind popcorn in them, it's too hard.
Regarding the statement that beans have an indefinite shelf life, I’m curious to know or if anyone has tips for using older dry beans that won’t soften even after an overnight soak and extended cooking.
Try pressure cooker
Soak in baking soda
Soak for 24 hours. After about 5 years they start to degrade per the farmer I bought my beans from.
To add: one type of beans I have were originally found in clay pots in cliff dwellings and were reported to be 1500 years old. After a number of years they were propagated enough to be for sake to the public. They are Anasazi beans and are an ancient type of bean. They are more easily digestible as well.
@@lpfx777 Yes, a pinch of baking soda to the soaking and/or cooking water will help them soften.
You can take beans that are cooked but crunchy and make bean burgers in a food processor.
Take drained "crunchy" cooked beans, add cooked rice, flour, binder like egg or flax, seasonings, process, then form into patties. Cook in oven or skillet.
If your cooking broth has vinegar in it the beans texture will be wrong. But it is an asset in a bean burger!
Apart of mylar bags, what containers would be appropriate for long term storage?
Mason jars are good. Food grade plastic pails with gamma lids.
Great video
Hoe many peas bean other legues and corn kernals are ALSO SEEDS.
Vinegar is preferred over apple cider, which is only 2% acidic. There are very few canning recipes in my canning book both put out by rogue counters, counters, and USDA. They all prefer to for long-term storage. I have found myself apple cider vinegar with the mother, which is very easy to make at home! Will not hold up to long-term meaning more than 3 to 5 years. That has been my personal experience you may have had a different one. Apple cider vinegar does make a good salad dressing as well. However, cannot clean in my opinion as well as vinegar can.
This was a important video really all the items you mentioned in your video can go good with wild game for preserving and giving flavor thank you for your video all always
Honey: great item to store, however many jars on supermarket shelves have been found to be fake. Sugar and coloring that has spoiled. Best to buy from a local beekeeper.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing
Nice video man!
Wheat berries have a 25+ shelf life is stored correctly
There were found in the pyramids, and lasted far longer than 25years, without mylar bags or plastic buckets!
Thank you
Let’s make Rice Wine, let it ferment, and check back next month! 🤭
Soaking white rice will not soften it to eat, unless you soak it so long it ferments.
I make Rice Wine and have to cook the rice before fermenting because weeks of fermenting uncooked rice still leaves hard rice.
Just an example of people putting information together with good intentions but don't really know the facts.
Take compiled information like this as a tip and just experiment yourself now with things so you know for yourself.
This is where "Wives Tales" come from.
Vodka as a bug spray! Brilliant 🎉
Soak some peppermint, mint, lemon balm, citronella, rosemary, or basil in there, then strain it off. Bugs won't like it.
Most of the item don't last long in hot & humid climate even in air tight mylar oxygen absorber.
Lots of food stuff not expired yet once open its not edible. Even canned baked beans leak & rust; if put together the whole batch can toss it out.
Even dried herb & spices, tea, coffee, milo is kept in freezer. It does not harden, lose smell, no freezer burn.
Try storing in Mason jars with o² absorbers. You can check them visually every now and then.
Pasta is new to me. I've known about the rest.
Vinegar is easy to make also should store it but should learn how to make it also
Honey
Maple syrup
Corn syrup
Sugar
Hard candy
Beans
Rice
Pasta
Corn kernels
Rolled oats
Alcohol/spirits
Soy sauce
Vinegar
Salt
Corn starch
Baking soda
Stock cubes
Freeze dried foods
Coffee
I would stock up on tease.
so many of the food items in prepper pantries are just sugar and refined carbs that serve to trigger hunger and cravings and don't tell me in a bad situation it's better than nothing - nobody but nobody is surviving on corn syrup and popcorn. And stuff for baking makes me question when people think they are going to be baking cookies and cakes or even bread in a grid down situation. Sorry Chris, I get what you are saying, and your list is better than most, but still - keep fats and proteins around - they are the only "essential" nutrients for humans
What would that be specifically?
@@Kim-yy8kl coconut oil, peanut butter, canned and dehydrated meats and eggs, even things like RTD protein shakes
Great info. Thank you.
You should look into wheat berries and then you can make all of you flower based products and they last a long time just grinned them and make what you want
Wheat berries were found in Egyptian pyramids and were still viable!
I can personally attest that alcohol will last a VERY long time before going bad. My grandmother wanted to clean out her liquor cabinet and there was a bottle of gilbeys gin that had to be at least 30 years old, if not 40 years old. It was so old that it was in a glass bottle. It had been on that liquor cabinet for as long as I can remember and I am in my early 40s. Rather than waste it and pour it out I drank it. Did not get sick. Made a bunch of gin and tonics over a few weeks. It was 2/3 full when I got the bottle.
Awesome.
The hard candy was a pretty good idea. Never would’ve thought of that.
Not so sure, I don't eat hard candy, so wouldn't miss it in an emergency, or chocolate either, now that I am older and my taste has changed.
Were all getting diabetes after the apocalypse
That will probably be the least of our worries😂😂😂
Lol 😂😂😂
lol
Not if you are physically working hard all day doing the things you need to survive.
EXCESS carbs plus a mostly sedentary lifestyle are the major trigger for type 2 diabetes.
Lol. I thought of that too. But ill be cutting wood, not eating as much etc so im not worried about it.
Popcorn is a great prep
Grind to make cornmeal for cornbread, polenta, Johnny cakes, thicken stews or chili
Canned goods are indefinite as well or no - I hear conflicting things or that they liquify or taste like the can etc
Generally if the can is intact (the food should look and smell and taste normal) it’s safe. Some foods are acidic, and the quality will degrade faster, like tomato sauce . Still sterile but horrible quality.
Fatty foods like peanut butter go rancid if oxygen is present. Still safe to eat but taste horrible, unless you’re one of the few who doesn’t taste rancidity.
Consequently I freeze Peanut Butter and olive oil for over 5 years without issue.
Hormel notes their products have no expiration date, and stay safe to eat but quality can degrade over time. See website.
Cougar gold canned cheese , Bega cheese, red feather butter are canned without oxygen. They have indefinite shelf lives. Note that the latter two have expiration dates in the US but not abroad. FWIW I’ve eaten all of these at 10 years old with no issues.
Over time canned food quality degrades. ‘Best by” dates usually reflect the time in which a subset of a sample of eaters (I think 5% if I recall) can detect a difference between a new and old can of food. Not necessarily bad, but a difference.
Hope that helps.
It might depend on the contents. High acid foods might be a problem. There are videos of people opening cans of Spam from WW2 that are still edible. High protein, high fat food is a top choice for me....
How about flour? Yeast?
If your gonna stock up on that stuff you better stock up on insulin also.
Maple Syrup should be 100% Canadian!
Will all these foods supply complete nutritional needs?
No. For nutrition focus on animal proteins (canned seafoods, dehydrated or freeze dried meats) and quality fats. Animal fats are more stable and will last longer, but coconut and olive oil would be good as well. Protein and fat are *essential* macronutrients. Like a "Duralog" they will burn more cleanly and efficiently and keep you satisfied longer.
Carbohydrates (sugar) is not essential. Although it can give you short burst of energy (think kindling), it often leads to a crash and more cravings.
A good quality multivitamin and added magnesium would be a good idea as well. Our bodies need/ use more b vitamins, magnesium and vitamin c under stress.
I say added magnesium because there is never enough magnesium in a multivitamin. Magnesium is a large mineral and I prefer the magnesium glycinate form for absorption. Most people need around 400 mg/ day. If you see magnesium oxide on the back Supplement Facts label -- it's poorly absorbed. Magnesium citrate might help you have a bowel movement.
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I will buy honey from WSU Pullman.
I open a bag of butterscotch hard candies that we expired by a year and they smaller SO rancid!
I’m guessing it was the high fructose corn syrup???
I’m thinking a box of sugar cubes would be better. 😊
nah you should go for rock sugars unless it was for cooking lmao. They take less space in storage and lasts longer than normal sugar as it is resistent to bugs.
Fats tend to go rancid.
Make sure your maple syrup is real maple syrup. All the cheap stuff is actually high fructose corn syrup, which has a much shorter than 'forever' shelf life.
Very true!Also, for honey and Maple syrup, to keep indefinitely they shouldn't be stored in plastic containers.
The corn syrup in plastic bottles takes on flavor and if stored long enough will make pin holes in that plastic bottle. Experience speaks here, lol.
honey is a fluid not a liquid.
Some people just found out food is made from ingredients
How does salt not make the list?
Check the 4 minute mark.
@@CityPrepping apologies! I swear I watched the whole thing! 😆
Please don't waste your money on corn syrup
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I've been exclusively plant-based eating almost entirely whole foods for more than a decade, and it's made my preps basically part of daily living.
I make most meal staples in a pressure cooker, prepared from dried foods bought in bulk. Dried beans, rice, pasta, oats etc. Add some frozen produce like spinach, corn, kale, and a handful of dried nuts and seeds and I'm good to go. I add onions, garlic, and root vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other spices from the garden and I'm all set.
Do you have a recipe book or site you like? Where do you purchase dried vegetables?
@@DHW3000 Great questions! Everything I make is basically stuff I grew up eating, but healthier and more prepper friendly so no recipe books to recommend unfortunately.
As for shopping, most of my bulk goods I buy from grocers like "Mom's Market" which have really inexpensive options. Dried organic peas are less than $1.50/lb, organic steel cut oats are around $2-3.00/lb.
To make sure I'm getting all my nutrients, I downloaded, printed, and laminated a graphic of Greger's Daily Dozen...a glorified checklist of food categories to eat each day (e.g., cruciferous vegetables, berries, seeds, etc.). And since I'm not eating fortified foods, I take a B12 supplement and Vitamin D in the winter...I buy those in bulk too.
Hope that helps, and happy prepping! nutritionfacts.org/topics/daily-dozen/
Buys 19 twinkies. Okay, I'm set.
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The problem I'm having isn't with expiring preps, its with a mouse eating them.
Store them right and it wont happen. And keep your house clean.
Was this sponsored by "El Mexicano" 😂
Never buy a Prepper's stuff. They'll scalp you.
You might think again once TSHTF
One biggie is making sure rodents don't get in, they can chew and ruin your preps. 😮
Please don't waste your money on corn syrup