New to prepping? Let's get started: Newbie Prepper: Ten Simple Steps to Get Started theprovidentprepper.org/newbie-prepper-ten-simple-steps-to-get-started/ Newbie Prepper Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLtNB2WBBVNWnrZA6dV8KJRv4tHDGrn-QA An inexpensive place to purchase basic dry goods in #10 cans ready for storage is at a Home Storage Center operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/food-storage/home-storage-center-locations-map?lang=eng Links discussed in the video: **Valley Food Storage (good option for "clean" food storage) alnk.to/6mJGeVp **Ready Hour Food Storage bit.ly/3V7aj5p **Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer bit.ly/3hb9CpX **Wallaby Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers bit.ly/3fmgEqD. Use the promo code PROVIDENT5 for $5 off. **Food Data Central (for moisture content) fdc.nal.usda.gov/index.html Reading Assignments at TheProvidentPrepper.org : Long Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-creative-solutions-to-build-a-critical-asset/ Packaging Dry Foods in Plastic Bottles for Long Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-plastic-bottles-for-long-term-food-storage/ Packaging Dry Foods in Glass Jars for Long Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-glass-jars-for-long-term-food-storage/ How to Package Dry Foods in Mylar Bags for Long Term Storage theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-package-dry-foods-in-mylar-bags-for-long-term-storage/ How to Safely Use Oxygen Absorbers to Extend the Shelf Life of Long Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-safely-use-oxygen-absorbers-to-extend-the-shelf-life-of-long-term-food-storage/ Long Term Food Storage: Best Containers and Treatment Methods theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-best-containers-and-treatment-methods/ 3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind theprovidentprepper.org/3-months-supply-of-food-amazing-peace-of-mind/ The Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/the-difference-between-short-term-and-long-term-food-storage/ 8 Food Storage Enemies and How to Slay Them theprovidentprepper.org/8-food-storage-enemies-and-how-to-slay-them/ Food Storage “How and Where” Action Plan theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage/ theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage-how-and-where/ Homework Set a realistic goal to start building your long-term food supply. Remember ... slow and steady wins the race. We NEVER encourage anyone to go into debt to purchase food storage or tools. You can do this very inexpensively if you get creative and aren't afraid to work hard. Thanks for being part of the solution! TheProvidentPrepper.org is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This site also participates in other affiliate programs and is compensated for referring traffic and business to these companies.
Dry pet food is tricky: lots of oils so it goes rancid more quickly, so rotate, rotate, rotate! I'm overbuying wet and dry whenever I can find it 'cuz of shortages in stores. Between the indoor bunch and the outdoor yard cats, I'm feeding-watering 45-ish cats twice a day. We can drop back to once a day (half rations) without too much upsetness, but because winter is coming I like to feed full rations to put on weight for the cold. The good news is we got everybody spayed/neutered so no more kittens! Yes, I spayed-neutered 40-plus cats. Don't ask, LOL. Thank you so much for the primer on long term storage. Even us seasoned preppers can learn a thing or two, I'd bet.
I am starting to think about freeze drying dog food, so looking at recipes for homemade. At least if it is made with “people food” ingredients it is human safe if the animals aren’t around any longer.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Yes, neuter! I love my kids, but I am able to love them more if theyre not adding to my workload by making more babies. I adore kittens as much as the next bear, but...no more babies!
Consider feeding your pet human foods for better health, and so you don't have to store additional special food for your pet. For example, feed your dog the same plain green veggies you eat (before spices and butter are added) with plain rice or oats (or plain wheat pasta) that you would eat. And while dogs don't have to have a lot of meat in their diet, you can feed them the same freeze dried meats you eat (as a whole food, no spices etc.) Or keep boneless sardines or salmon packed in water to add a dog's veggies and grains. Dogs can also have small amounts of certain fruits. Just be sure to look up a list of foods dogs can and cannot eat. Like, for example, never feed a dog onions, grapes, or chocolate. If you keep a list of what your pet cannot eat, and make sure you only feed them whole foods (single ingredient with no salt or additives), they will be healthier for it and you won't have y3o worry about rancid dry dog food.
#10 cans are a good way to build long-term. long shelf lives and many of them are reasonably priced. plain chocolate is a good comfort food and keeps for years if you store it right (think plain m&m's in mason jars)
Should talk about the getting a plastic bucket lid wrench for people that have problems with opening lids (heck, even the pickle jars! Though, they are not the same kind of wrenches.) Great info! Thank you! 😀
I also must eat a clean diet to stay healthy. It is a daily fight to get the best food in. I believe it is easier for people to save the best quality foods if they know how to cook from scratch. If I had to give just one piece of advice for prepping a good food stockpile is to learn ASAP how to cook from scratch. The food stored can then be the less expensive single ingredient options that when combined with others will provide superior nutritional value.
My favorite long-term storage food item? It would be Mt. House Scrambled Eggs with Bacon in the Mylar pouches. Closely followed by #10 cans of hominy grits and cans of butter powder. I really like a traditional breakfast of buttered grits with a side of scrambled eggs. Sure, I have plenty of wheat grain, rolled oats, dried legumes and powdered milk in my food storage, but the occasional breakfast of grits and eggs could be very good for my morale.
Thanks for the wonderful presentation. Another thumbs up as usual. I have been storing food for ages and been doing it wrong for ages. I have just now started putting food in mylar bags and using oxygen absorbers. My parents never used either one and I was doing it the way they did it all my life. Today I'm going to check my cocoa powder and other things to see how they're doing and rotate them out. Being a diabetic I have some sugar stored- Life without sweets is not life- but I also have some Stevia (processed not home grown) and was wondering how to store that properly. In all honesty, I would die if I couldn't have pineapple in some form at least once a week. When I could find them for 50- 99 cents each I purchased 8 of them and didn't know what to do with them. So I canned, rings, tidbits and crushed pineapple. I'm hoping the price (wishful thinking) will come down again so I can can more because I only have 1 pint of crushed pineapple and 7 pints of tidbits left from a total of 36 pints. I was blessed, to get so much because my Husband and oldest son went to the store and purchased a bunch for me later that day- they know my weakness for pineapple.
We have always had a winter pantry which includes long term and short term storage items. We have ordered from LDS and were very happy and wish they would expand their product line to include more dehydrated vegetables. We found a great resource for cases of dehydrated vegetables at Rainy Day Foods. They also sell dehydrated meats, grains, spices, dairy/cheese and much more. The prices are higher than LDS as is the shipping but they do have discount codes that cut off a bit and have sales periodically. We loaded up prior to the CV shutdown in December 2018 after a prompting from The Good Lord and were blessed to have done so in light of the shutdowns and resulting shortages. Keeping a stocked pantry is very important. It can save you if you can't work due to illness/accident/job loss or a weather emergency where you can't be on the roads or extended power outage. Remember to have an alternative cooking source. A small tabletop charcoal grill is sufficient to cook and twigs can be used for fuel making it an affordable alternative. We see them at thrift stores and yard sales all the time for $1-2 even the sturdier hibatchi type which are sturdier.
Canned goods at my off grid cabin in Northern MN freeze all winter. Condensed soups separate but recombine with cooking. Tomatoes, corn, no effect at all in cans. Bottles are a problem. Some like wine, will pop the cork out. Some can freeze and crack if in glass but not plastic. I only rarely have a can break a seal. Very rare. Fast freezing is a problem, throwing food in a freezer. Slow freezing, in a cabin, is really slow, works fairly well. Food lasts so much longer in cold.
QOTD for me it's dehydrated hashbrowns and baking cocoa. so many versatile things to do with both. but for everyday usage it's the dehydrated peppers and onions. When I was in my early teens we bought a house from an elderly LDS couple and they left behind some of their storage. The onions and peppers were my absolute favorite for cooking and still are. That was my very first exposure to food storage and I've been hooked since. They also left behind some wheat which I had no idea at the time what to do with so I tried (and failed) to cook it like rice. And now for my question of the day, can grains and legumes stored in a low oxygen environment sprout? I know my popcorn can but if worse comes to worse it would be nice to know that the beans, wheat, etc. could also be replicated. Being urban I admit to not having the space right now to experiment to find out. Of course being urban as well I feel one of my biggest hurdles is a sustainable resupply plan.
I like to stick my freshly washed and air dried containers into my dehydrator for a half hour just to make sure they're completely dry before storing dry goods in them. Kinda like my insurance. ☺️
My comfort food is coffee first thing in the morning. I've only started the "assigned reading". Wow the info is phenomenal. Thank you for sharing so much!
Great info!! I have been going to organize my storage for a long time and still haven't gotten around to it. I am sure I have a well rounded diet stored but my tastes have changed since I am on my own and older. I have also developed some food sensitivities. So I need to go through my storage and get rid of things I can' est anymore and put in more that I can eat and like! This video has gotten me motivated!! Thank you so much!
Such a great video! I'm trying to work out the best FIFO system for my canned goods and packaged foods. I want my husband to build a wall can rotator system for under the bar. It would really free up room in the pantry. I was really interested in that study you mentioned. Very interesting. I wish we could afford a freeze dryer, but that's not in our budget at the moment. So, we just have to make due with what we can afford.
Suburban Gardening My kids saved up for a freeze dryer. The one that everyone goes on about. Sadly the stupid thing never worked. Not only are they wasting time not getting their food prepped but Harvest Wrong wants to ship it back to Utah to repair it and then ship it back to them again. Now it's a refurbished freeze dryer that they paid top of the line $ for. It's a lot of money spent for a run around from the company.
In the past three weeks our household has made a drastic change in diet (medical). While I felt I was covered, time to make adjustments. Always a curve ball I life.
About food rotation... For those who may get confused, it would be best to make sure you clearly mark the "expiration" or " best by" date on EVERY ITEM. It is not always a true expiration date but it is a good "use by" suggestion for optimal taste. So mark EVERY ITEM with large numbers, in an obvious place, with a sharpie, or make a tag made from masking tape. Then keep everything stored in expiration date order with the dates farthest away in the back and dates closest to now up front. So, for example, a can of green beans with an expiration date of October 2025 should be behind a can with a January 2025 expiration date so you eat the January beans before the October beans. I say mark everything clearly because this way you can see he dates at a glance and don't have to take the can or jar out and look for the date imprinted in tiny wording that's often hard to find and see. I hope this helps. 😊
I love your videos and look forward to each and every new one that you post. Thank you for sharing what you have learned, I can only imagine the amount of time that it takes to create one of your videos. Your efforts are very much appreciated! I have a question about the BYU and TACDA recommended food lists. Is there somewhere that one can find information on how the items that are recommended by these places are to be combined and prepared? I am sure that these lists have been thoroughly thought out with meal plans in mind. I am still trying to figure out how 73 pounds of sugar would be used. I know that I would likely never use that much sugar in a year, so just curious what its intended use would be, as well as some of the other listed items. Oh, and my favorite long term storage food would be oatmeal! I store dried apples, maple syrup and cinnamon just for the purpose of being able to have my daily bowl of oatmeal no matter what the future holds. I also love green tea with honey, lentils and quinoa, so these items are also high on my list of must have items.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you for replying! I have been working on determining my food storage needs. Your suggestions are a big help! What I am so surprised at is the amount of water that is required for the types of food that I normally consume. Luckily lentils do not need the large quantities of water that some other legumes do as they do not require the same extensive rinsing. I also enjoy sprouting lentils, so to me they serve double duty! I have very limited space and live in a harsh environment and have been having little luck with a garden. Thank goodness for sprouting and microgreens that I can grow on the kitchen counter! Looking forward to watching today’s video!
Buying these #10 cans in boxes, I would have to consume them regularly to rotate them. I would forget about them and rediscover the stored food 10 years later. To me after 10 years the food is not fresh. Also, I live in a suburb, I dont have a cabin somewhere, looting and violence will happen when the social order breaks out and my stores will be stolen. I will prep to a certain extent, for 3 months, maybe 6 but that is it. I dont want to waste food and money. I only have the basement to store and nowadays with the immense downpour that we get, basements can be flooded and I would lose all the prepping. I garden and preserve some of the produce, it is what I can do.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I was a very active prepped, but I dropped the ball when my health declined some years back. Now that I’m in remission, 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼, I’m trying to retake it, but somehow it’s overwhelming. I’ll take one day at a time and go from there. I like to view and review your videos cuz they’re packed with useful info. Thanks again.
Thank you 🙂 One item I'm not clear about is hemp hearts/seeds. I can't find anywhere that mentions how long they can be stored. Does anyone know about these?
Hello, extremely new to this. It’s currently my priority. I do have a question. If we had a catastrophic event, what are your thoughts on being safe in your home. Do you believe you have to have an underground bunker. I think people will start killing each other over food and water. If we are in our homes no matter how much we store are we safe. You most likely have covered this. I am going to look through your videos asap. Thank you so much
Sadly, I'm the only person on board with a "prepper pantry", for food insurance and peace of mind, in my family. My daughter is beginning to understand how important this is to me, especially with the world food supply threatened now. However, my husband thinks I'm overreacting and it'll be fine if we just stock up on a few more cans in the pantry. We have an old dehydrator and we are able to can and freeze. Is there a prepper book that you recommend? I'm working on the Newbie Prepper steps and reading the articles, but I feel as though I need more in-my-hands information.
I love you guys and your definitely my go to!!! So I’ve started prepping year ago and getting there but these #10 cans are not realistic as far as price I do understand these are your sponsors but they are to costly
I watch the prices of #10 cans on Amazon and purchase them when the price drops below $10 on certain cans. I only purchase under $20 for other cans. I purchase the buckets under $40. For some food items I look at the quantity in the other brands like Mother Earth Food Products or Hoosier Hills Farms or YuPik which are cheaper than the survival food companies. For example, dehydrated blueberries are 10 to 12 ounces in the #10 cans. But you can buy a 2.2 pound bag of dehydrated blueberries from YuPik for less than $25 which is more product for less than what it cost to purchase a #10 can from a top survival company.
Question..I am storing wheat berries, rice, oats etc. In mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, buckets. I live in Washington state. My garage gets cold but rarely freezes but I fight moisture. Do you think the buckets would be ok in garage? Running out of room in the house. Thanks! Love your channel!
Okay so for long term storing in plastic jugs bottles… what about bottles that are number 2 recycle.. almost every one I’ve purchased with drink has 2! Thanks in advance we’ve been using Mylar but looking to stretch our budget a little further and still prep!
Kylene, how do you feel about 4Patriots survival food! I’d really like to know if you would recommend it! I really appreciate your videos! Been prepping somewhat since 2020!☺️
Morning, I happened to stumble across your channel. I watched your video on long term rice storage. My question is, what happens if and when I need to crack open a bucket of rice? Meaning, can I close the lid after I get the necessary amount I need, or do I need to consume what’s in the container?
I just opened some white rice I had vaccumed sealed 10months ago and it has a rancid smell?? It was still sealed, stored in a black tote in a wardrobe 🤷. I thought white rice can be stored indefinitely when stored correctly.
Your rice got oxygen within the bag. I would put oxygen absorbers in a mylar bag and then vacuum seal it down. If the vacuum seal doesnt take, your rice will go bad after six months.
@@kimbridgman914 oxygen in the bag will give it a bad smell because of lipid breakdown from the oxidation. White rice shouldn't go rancid, that happens with brown rices.
Kylene I haven’t been watching your channel very long. I have noticed that you have mentioned a few times that you need to eat gluten free. My daughter just found out that she is also gluten free. What can she do and where can so go for recipes? What kind of flour does she use? I’m a concerned mom and trying to help her.
Please dispel the myth that animal flesh and dairy is the best or only way to get protein and calcium!!! Beans, legumes, green vegetables and dark colored fruits are the healthiest way to get the vitamins, minerals (calcium), and protein you need. The problem with high carb studies is they rarely include enough beans/legumes, green veggies and berries. So they claim you need to eat meat, eggs, and dairy to get these things but that's false. If you eat a wide variety of whole grains, beans & legumes, nuts & seeds, green veggies and dark berries, your only worry is B12 and D3. B12 use to come from the soil, back in the day when people grew their own food, but industrialized grown foods prevent us from getting B12. And D3 comes from the sun, or from industrialized fortified foods. So instead of trying to store expensive meats that can easily go rancid and are not heart healthy, simply keep B12 and D3 supplements in your emergency preparedness supplies and concentrate on eating your whole grains, beans & legumes, greens, berries, nuts & seeds.
This study is scary- this is what is currently happening to our troops overseas. Supposedly there is not enough food for them at times and their rations where cut to 1500 cal a day. I believe it was done on purpose
A food shortage in America would be a political event, not a food event. There has NEVER been a famine in America. USA has the best farm land and food supply in the world. I worry about the grid and electric money system. In a power down grid the store can not sell anything without computers. My FAVORED food is wheat for making so many other things or just eating wheat berries. My favorite combination is rice, beans, tomatoes, and corn. Best value, rice and beans.
New to prepping? Let's get started: Newbie Prepper: Ten Simple Steps to Get Started
theprovidentprepper.org/newbie-prepper-ten-simple-steps-to-get-started/
Newbie Prepper Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLtNB2WBBVNWnrZA6dV8KJRv4tHDGrn-QA
An inexpensive place to purchase basic dry goods in #10 cans ready for storage is at a Home Storage Center operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/food-storage/home-storage-center-locations-map?lang=eng
Links discussed in the video:
**Valley Food Storage (good option for "clean" food storage) alnk.to/6mJGeVp
**Ready Hour Food Storage bit.ly/3V7aj5p
**Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer bit.ly/3hb9CpX
**Wallaby Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers bit.ly/3fmgEqD. Use the promo code PROVIDENT5 for $5 off.
**Food Data Central (for moisture content) fdc.nal.usda.gov/index.html
Reading Assignments at TheProvidentPrepper.org :
Long Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset
theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-creative-solutions-to-build-a-critical-asset/
Packaging Dry Foods in Plastic Bottles for Long Term Food Storage
theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-plastic-bottles-for-long-term-food-storage/
Packaging Dry Foods in Glass Jars for Long Term Food Storage
theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-glass-jars-for-long-term-food-storage/
How to Package Dry Foods in Mylar Bags for Long Term Storage
theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-package-dry-foods-in-mylar-bags-for-long-term-storage/
How to Safely Use Oxygen Absorbers to Extend the Shelf Life of Long Term Food Storage
theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-safely-use-oxygen-absorbers-to-extend-the-shelf-life-of-long-term-food-storage/
Long Term Food Storage: Best Containers and Treatment Methods
theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-best-containers-and-treatment-methods/
3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind
theprovidentprepper.org/3-months-supply-of-food-amazing-peace-of-mind/
The Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Food Storage
theprovidentprepper.org/the-difference-between-short-term-and-long-term-food-storage/
8 Food Storage Enemies and How to Slay Them
theprovidentprepper.org/8-food-storage-enemies-and-how-to-slay-them/
Food Storage “How and Where” Action Plan
theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage/
theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage-how-and-where/
Homework
Set a realistic goal to start building your long-term food supply. Remember ... slow and steady wins the race. We NEVER encourage anyone to go into debt to purchase food storage or tools. You can do this very inexpensively if you get creative and aren't afraid to work hard.
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Dry pet food is tricky: lots of oils so it goes rancid more quickly, so rotate, rotate, rotate! I'm overbuying wet and dry whenever I can find it 'cuz of shortages in stores. Between the indoor bunch and the outdoor yard cats, I'm feeding-watering 45-ish cats twice a day. We can drop back to once a day (half rations) without too much upsetness, but because winter is coming I like to feed full rations to put on weight for the cold. The good news is we got everybody spayed/neutered so no more kittens! Yes, I spayed-neutered 40-plus cats. Don't ask, LOL. Thank you so much for the primer on long term storage. Even us seasoned preppers can learn a thing or two, I'd bet.
I am starting to think about freeze drying dog food, so looking at recipes for homemade. At least if it is made with “people food” ingredients it is human safe if the animals aren’t around any longer.
Whoa! This is so good for you and all the cats.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Yes, neuter! I love my kids, but I am able to love them more if theyre not adding to my workload by making more babies. I adore kittens as much as the next bear, but...no more babies!
Girl, if you have a rodent on the place some cats are in serious trouble!😹😹😹
Consider feeding your pet human foods for better health, and so you don't have to store additional special food for your pet. For example, feed your dog the same plain green veggies you eat (before spices and butter are added) with plain rice or oats (or plain wheat pasta) that you would eat. And while dogs don't have to have a lot of meat in their diet, you can feed them the same freeze dried meats you eat (as a whole food, no spices etc.) Or keep boneless sardines or salmon packed in water to add a dog's veggies and grains. Dogs can also have small amounts of certain fruits. Just be sure to look up a list of foods dogs can and cannot eat. Like, for example, never feed a dog onions, grapes, or chocolate. If you keep a list of what your pet cannot eat, and make sure you only feed them whole foods (single ingredient with no salt or additives), they will be healthier for it and you won't have y3o worry about rancid dry dog food.
#10 cans are a good way to build long-term. long shelf lives and many of them are reasonably priced. plain chocolate is a good comfort food and keeps for years if you store it right (think plain m&m's in mason jars)
❤What does storing M&M's in Mason jars entail?👍😁
@@mikeoscarmike5060 I just put them in a jar with an oxygen absorber - the chocolate is already sealed in candy coating - good 3-4 years
Pressure canned venison. Bought my All American Pressure Canner approx 20 years ago and it’s been a wonderful investment.
I just started canning this past spring. I've put up around 60lbs so far. And it's delicious. Hubby just got a buck yesterday, so busy winter too
My favorite is the Emergency Essentials White Cheddar Mac and Cheese. I actually eat this all the time. So good!
Should talk about the getting a plastic bucket lid wrench for people that have problems with opening lids (heck, even the pickle jars! Though, they are not the same kind of wrenches.) Great info! Thank you! 😀
tap the side of the cap on a hard surface. boom opens right up
I also must eat a clean diet to stay healthy. It is a daily fight to get the best food in. I believe it is easier for people to save the best quality foods if they know how to cook from scratch. If I had to give just one piece of advice for prepping a good food stockpile is to learn ASAP how to cook from scratch. The food stored can then be the less expensive single ingredient options that when combined with others will provide superior nutritional value.
I wholeheartedly agree with you! Single ingredient food storage items are so much more cost effective, and generally much healthier as well.
The study you mentioned is why veggies (even ones we don't like + greens) are so important. Carbs, but Also nutrient dense.
My favorite long-term storage food item? It would be Mt. House Scrambled Eggs with Bacon in the Mylar pouches. Closely followed by #10 cans of hominy grits and cans of butter powder. I really like a traditional breakfast of buttered grits with a side of scrambled eggs. Sure, I have plenty of wheat grain, rolled oats, dried legumes and powdered milk in my food storage, but the occasional breakfast of grits and eggs could be very good for my morale.
Thanks for the wonderful presentation. Another thumbs up as usual. I have been storing food for ages and been doing it wrong for ages. I have just now started putting food in mylar bags and using oxygen absorbers. My parents never used either one and I was doing it the way they did it all my life. Today I'm going to check my cocoa powder and other things to see how they're doing and rotate them out. Being a diabetic I have some sugar stored- Life without sweets is not life- but I also have some Stevia (processed not home grown) and was wondering how to store that properly. In all honesty, I would die if I couldn't have pineapple in some form at least once a week. When I could find them for 50- 99 cents each I purchased 8 of them and didn't know what to do with them. So I canned, rings, tidbits and crushed pineapple. I'm hoping the price (wishful thinking) will come down again so I can can more because I only have 1 pint of crushed pineapple and 7 pints of tidbits left from a total of 36 pints. I was blessed, to get so much because my Husband and oldest son went to the store and purchased a bunch for me later that day- they know my weakness for pineapple.
We have always had a winter pantry which includes long term and short term storage items. We have ordered from LDS and were very happy and wish they would expand their product line to include more dehydrated vegetables. We found a great resource for cases of dehydrated vegetables at Rainy Day Foods. They also sell dehydrated meats, grains, spices, dairy/cheese and much more. The prices are higher than LDS as is the shipping but they do have discount codes that cut off a bit and have sales periodically. We loaded up prior to the CV shutdown in December 2018 after a prompting from The Good Lord and were blessed to have done so in light of the shutdowns and resulting shortages.
Keeping a stocked pantry is very important. It can save you if you can't work due to illness/accident/job loss or a weather emergency where you can't be on the roads or extended power outage. Remember to have an alternative cooking source. A small tabletop charcoal grill is sufficient to cook and twigs can be used for fuel making it an affordable alternative. We see them at thrift stores and yard sales all the time for $1-2 even the sturdier hibatchi type which are sturdier.
Canned goods at my off grid cabin in Northern MN freeze all winter. Condensed soups separate but recombine with cooking. Tomatoes, corn, no effect at all in cans. Bottles are a problem. Some like wine, will pop the cork out. Some can freeze and crack if in glass but not plastic. I only rarely have a can break a seal. Very rare. Fast freezing is a problem, throwing food in a freezer. Slow freezing, in a cabin, is really slow, works fairly well. Food lasts so much longer in cold.
QOTD for me it's dehydrated hashbrowns and baking cocoa. so many versatile things to do with both. but for everyday usage it's the dehydrated peppers and onions. When I was in my early teens we bought a house from an elderly LDS couple and they left behind some of their storage. The onions and peppers were my absolute favorite for cooking and still are. That was my very first exposure to food storage and I've been hooked since. They also left behind some wheat which I had no idea at the time what to do with so I tried (and failed) to cook it like rice.
And now for my question of the day, can grains and legumes stored in a low oxygen environment sprout? I know my popcorn can but if worse comes to worse it would be nice to know that the beans, wheat, etc. could also be replicated. Being urban I admit to not having the space right now to experiment to find out. Of course being urban as well I feel one of my biggest hurdles is a sustainable resupply plan.
I like to stick my freshly washed and air dried containers into my dehydrator for a half hour just to make sure they're completely dry before storing dry goods in them. Kinda like my insurance. ☺️
My comfort food is coffee first thing in the morning.
I've only started the "assigned reading". Wow the info is phenomenal. Thank you for sharing so much!
This is a primary resource video. I will refer back to it frequently. (And I have a whole bunch of your videos already saved)
My favorite food I have in my food supply is probably potato flakes.
Rice is my number one favorite because it is cheap, and can be used in so many ways, and can store for a very very long time.
Great info!! I have been going to organize my storage for a long time and still haven't gotten around to it. I am sure I have a well rounded diet stored but my tastes have changed since I am on my own and older. I have also developed some food sensitivities. So I need to go through my storage and get rid of things I can' est anymore and put in more that I can eat and like! This video has gotten me motivated!! Thank you so much!
Great as usual! It’s good to be reminded of the importance of storing food properly. I hope y’all have a great 🦃Day!🙏💜🙋🏻♀️NW GA
You're the best!!! Made me review my preps that I've already put back.
Love your video! Thank you so much!!!
Great information. Thank you for sharing this knowledge and tips. All very important. I appreciate your videos. Happy trails!
Such a great video! I'm trying to work out the best FIFO system for my canned goods and packaged foods. I want my husband to build a wall can rotator system for under the bar. It would really free up room in the pantry. I was really interested in that study you mentioned. Very interesting. I wish we could afford a freeze dryer, but that's not in our budget at the moment. So, we just have to make due with what we can afford.
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My kids saved up for a freeze dryer. The one that everyone goes on about. Sadly the stupid thing never worked. Not only are they wasting time not getting their food prepped but Harvest Wrong wants to ship it back to Utah to repair it and then ship it back to them again. Now it's a refurbished freeze dryer that they paid top of the line $ for. It's a lot of money spent for a run around from the company.
love your videos!!!!!
In the past three weeks our household has made a drastic change in diet (medical). While I felt I was covered, time to make adjustments. Always a curve ball I life.
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you so much, all good just trying to be healthier.
About food rotation... For those who may get confused, it would be best to make sure you clearly mark the "expiration" or " best by" date on EVERY ITEM. It is not always a true expiration date but it is a good "use by" suggestion for optimal taste. So mark EVERY ITEM with large numbers, in an obvious place, with a sharpie, or make a tag made from masking tape. Then keep everything stored in expiration date order with the dates farthest away in the back and dates closest to now up front. So, for example, a can of green beans with an expiration date of October 2025 should be behind a can with a January 2025 expiration date so you eat the January beans before the October beans. I say mark everything clearly because this way you can see he dates at a glance and don't have to take the can or jar out and look for the date imprinted in tiny wording that's often hard to find and see. I hope this helps. 😊
I love your videos and look forward to each and every new one that you post. Thank you for sharing what you have learned, I can only imagine the amount of time that it takes to create one of your videos. Your efforts are very much appreciated! I have a question about the BYU and TACDA recommended food lists. Is there somewhere that one can find information on how the items that are recommended by these places are to be combined and prepared? I am sure that these lists have been thoroughly thought out with meal plans in mind. I am still trying to figure out how 73 pounds of sugar would be used. I know that I would likely never use that much sugar in a year, so just curious what its intended use would be, as well as some of the other listed items.
Oh, and my favorite long term storage food would be oatmeal! I store dried apples, maple syrup and cinnamon just for the purpose of being able to have my daily bowl of oatmeal no matter what the future holds. I also love green tea with honey, lentils and quinoa, so these items are also high on my list of must have items.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you for replying! I have been working on determining my food storage needs. Your suggestions are a big help! What I am so surprised at is the amount of water that is required for the types of food that I normally consume. Luckily lentils do not need the large quantities of water that some other legumes do as they do not require the same extensive rinsing. I also enjoy sprouting lentils, so to me they serve double duty! I have very limited space and live in a harsh environment and have been having little luck with a garden. Thank goodness for sprouting and microgreens that I can grow on the kitchen counter! Looking forward to watching today’s video!
Wonderful info! Thank you
We have LDS churches in Australia but we have no food supply shop shops that I know.
Very helpful
Buying these #10 cans in boxes, I would have to consume them regularly to rotate them. I would forget about them and rediscover the stored food 10 years later. To me after 10 years the food is not fresh. Also, I live in a suburb, I dont have a cabin somewhere, looting and violence will happen when the social order breaks out and my stores will be stolen. I will prep to a certain extent, for 3 months, maybe 6 but that is it. I dont want to waste food and money. I only have the basement to store and nowadays with the immense downpour that we get, basements can be flooded and I would lose all the prepping. I garden and preserve some of the produce, it is what I can do.
Excellent review Thank you
@@TheProvidentPrepper I was a very active prepped, but I dropped the ball when my health declined some years back. Now that I’m in remission, 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼, I’m trying to retake it, but somehow it’s overwhelming. I’ll take one day at a time and go from there. I like to view and review your videos cuz they’re packed with useful info. Thanks again.
Thank you 🙂 One item I'm not clear about is hemp hearts/seeds. I can't find anywhere that mentions how long they can be stored. Does anyone know about these?
Great vid
Great advice :-)
How do you completely dry those reused bottles? It is always a challenge for me!
A blanket bag works ! The kind you succhen
Hello, extremely new to this. It’s currently my priority. I do have a question. If we had a catastrophic event, what are your thoughts on being safe in your home. Do you believe you have to have an underground bunker. I think people will start killing each other over food and water. If we are in our homes no matter how much we store are we safe. You most likely have covered this. I am going to look through your videos asap. Thank you so much
Sadly, I'm the only person on board with a "prepper pantry", for food insurance and peace of mind, in my family. My daughter is beginning to understand how important this is to me, especially with the world food supply threatened now. However, my husband thinks I'm overreacting and it'll be fine if we just stock up on a few more cans in the pantry. We have an old dehydrator and we are able to can and freeze. Is there a prepper book that you recommend? I'm working on the Newbie Prepper steps and reading the articles, but I feel as though I need more in-my-hands information.
I love you guys and your definitely my go to!!! So I’ve started prepping year ago and getting there but these #10 cans are not realistic as far as price I do understand these are your sponsors but they are to costly
I watch the prices of #10 cans on Amazon and purchase them when the price drops below $10 on certain cans. I only purchase under $20 for other cans. I purchase the buckets under $40.
For some food items I look at the quantity in the other brands like Mother Earth Food Products or Hoosier Hills Farms or YuPik which are cheaper than the survival food companies. For example, dehydrated blueberries are 10 to 12 ounces in the #10 cans. But you can buy a 2.2 pound bag of dehydrated blueberries from YuPik for less than $25 which is more product for less than what it cost to purchase a #10 can from a top survival company.
The LDS site is easily half the price of what most brands are, and I think shipping, in the States is very inexpensive as well.
Question..I am storing wheat berries, rice, oats etc. In mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, buckets. I live in Washington state. My garage gets cold but rarely freezes but I fight moisture. Do you think the buckets would be ok in garage? Running out of room in the house. Thanks! Love your channel!
Okay so for long term storing in plastic jugs bottles… what about bottles that are number 2 recycle.. almost every one I’ve purchased with drink has 2! Thanks in advance we’ve been using Mylar but looking to stretch our budget a little further and still prep!
I remember that you use some type of computer spp to keep track of your storage. What is that app/program?
For long term food storage
For Protein, fat and long term storage and just straight up calorie density
Traditionally made Pemmican!!!!
How do you cook dry 🫘 I mean... how do make season them ,by themselves they are pretty flavorless.
Kylene, how do you feel about 4Patriots survival food! I’d really like to know if you would recommend it! I really appreciate your videos! Been prepping somewhat since 2020!☺️
Morning, I happened to stumble across your channel. I watched your video on long term rice storage. My question is, what happens if and when I need to crack open a bucket of rice? Meaning, can I close the lid after I get the necessary amount I need, or do I need to consume what’s in the container?
Yes, close the lid and try to use that bucket up within a year or so.
I just opened some white rice I had vaccumed sealed 10months ago and it has a rancid smell?? It was still sealed, stored in a black tote in a wardrobe 🤷. I thought white rice can be stored indefinitely when stored correctly.
Your rice got oxygen within the bag. I would put oxygen absorbers in a mylar bag and then vacuum seal it down. If the vacuum seal doesnt take, your rice will go bad after six months.
@@michaelfranks341 It was still vacuum packed though 🤷
@@kimbridgman914 oxygen in the bag will give it a bad smell because of lipid breakdown from the oxidation. White rice shouldn't go rancid, that happens with brown rices.
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Kylene I haven’t been watching your channel very long. I have noticed that you have mentioned a few times that you need to eat gluten free. My daughter just found out that she is also gluten free. What can she do and where can so go for recipes? What kind of flour does she use? I’m a concerned mom and trying to help her.
Research gluten free cookbooks
Please dispel the myth that animal flesh and dairy is the best or only way to get protein and calcium!!! Beans, legumes, green vegetables and dark colored fruits are the healthiest way to get the vitamins, minerals (calcium), and protein you need. The problem with high carb studies is they rarely include enough beans/legumes, green veggies and berries. So they claim you need to eat meat, eggs, and dairy to get these things but that's false. If you eat a wide variety of whole grains, beans & legumes, nuts & seeds, green veggies and dark berries, your only worry is B12 and D3.
B12 use to come from the soil, back in the day when people grew their own food, but industrialized grown foods prevent us from getting B12. And D3 comes from the sun, or from industrialized fortified foods.
So instead of trying to store expensive meats that can easily go rancid and are not heart healthy, simply keep B12 and D3 supplements in your emergency preparedness supplies and concentrate on eating your whole grains, beans & legumes, greens, berries, nuts & seeds.
average person eats 2000 lbs per year. so 3 months equals about 500 lbs. most pantries filled look like alot
Oinions are a great source of vitiamin C.
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This study is scary- this is what is currently happening to our troops overseas. Supposedly there is not enough food for them at times and their rations where cut to 1500 cal a day. I believe it was done on purpose
A food shortage in America would be a political event, not a food event. There has NEVER been a famine in America. USA has the best farm land and food supply in the world. I worry about the grid and electric money system. In a power down grid the store can not sell anything without computers. My FAVORED food is wheat for making so many other things or just eating wheat berries. My favorite combination is rice, beans, tomatoes, and corn. Best value, rice and beans.