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like a lot of you i have been putting up some extra food, mostly the grains, wheat,rice,corn,oats,and of corse beans ( i know beans are not a grain )some powdered eggs and milk, just the basic stuff that a lot of us start to prep with, but my wife hates that i prep. She can see having a few...

Just a small rant. Please ignore if you don't want to read something like this. Eat what you prep, prep what you eat. Rotation is critical. Really? This is just a personal opinion, and I'm not knocking those who say buy only what you eat, eat what you prep, and rotate your food as essentials...

Ok did a search here and I find info on both items but nothing comparing the two. I've found a non member friendly LDS cannery that sells bulk items or you could can the food in #10 cans. I like the idea of the number 10 cans because of the small quantity that can be used to help with...

Hi- I just got my dehydrater and I picked up about 8 4pnd bags of oranges on sale for $1.49. (Gotta love Aldi's). I've had the first batch in for 12 hours. I cut them 1/4 of an inch, so they are thin. However, they are not crispy. They are more leathery with some moisture left in them. Should...

Wal-Mart has a sale on Knorr Pasta Sides for $1 and I have coupons for 50 cents off two, (a bunch of them). You just need to add water or chicken broth to boil them and eat. How do you suggest I store 20-30 of them for a year to keep potential bugs out? I noticed most packs had about a year to...

Hey, all. I've started storing food in mylar with 100cc O2 absorbers and I'm happy to say, most of what I've put up has been successful with the exception of yellow corn meal. I put up two bags of it and it hasnt sealed up. I opened the bags and put another O2 absorber in, sealed it...

I rented a #can sealer, it got here Friday, I also purchased 230 #10 cans w/ Oxygen absorbers. I packed pasta, four, sugar, beans, rice, ect.... Renting the can sealer worked out nice! Got it Friday, Fedex picked it back up on Monday...

Now, mind you - I'm new at this and pretty much wigging out: I've been bugging my millionaire brother for a couple of months now to store food for his family. He watches 2 hours of business news every night and sees no reason why he needs to buy extra food. He says if the dollar is devalued by...

I placed a preorder with USA Emergency Supply for about $98 worth of mylar bags and Oxygen Absorbers (this is my first order ever of this type), they got back to me and said shipping would be $47.80. My question is, how heavy are mylar bags? I was shocked when I saw the shipping cost or is...

Went to Sam's. Got my 50 lbs. bags of sugar, beans, and rice, and boxes of salt. In the freezer now for 72 hrs. to prevent any weevils. Now what? I need to store and think I'm going to use Mylar, 02, and buckets. Is there a certain company you suggest? Best bang for the buck?

So I have figured out that my "pile it up" idea was just stupid. I am putting in shelfs in my basement, attached to the walls. But as I went along I got to thinking, earthquakes. Stuff shakes and move. So now I am thinking of cabinets. Building them myself of course. Have you priced them thing...

So a local grocery store had a sale on Annies Mac N Cheese (organic stuff) for .50cents a box. So I stocked up. All of it doesn't go out of date until august of next year Howeever I would still like to store it in food pails. My dilema is, how do I store it?? The only real problem is the...

I just about killed my vacuum sealer because I sucked up a a whole bunch of baking powder while trying to vacuum a small mylar bag. Sure, I knew it MIGHT happen, but thinking that I'm so much better than that, I doubted it would happen to me. News Flash. I'm not that good. It is a good thing...

I currently RENT (1 year term ) an old victorian - 3rd floor is "attic space" even though the ceilings are about 18 ft high at highest pitch. Just signed for another year I have about 1/5th of it packed with our "life junk" and the rest is wide open space - fully electric with 6 wall sockets...

I have put back $200.00 and want to goto the store here momentarily to buy food for emergency backup for my family of 4, though I suspect I may have to take on a few relatives. 1)Is there a list of recommended foods that will hold expiration that I can get? Maybe a list already established on...

# DIY food storage basics, ask questions, get answers, etc. OK folks, just to make a post with DIY food packing and storage info for folks just getting started. Their is evidently a LOT of junk, misinformation and downright stupidity out there when it comes to DIY food storage. Years...

After a lot of good reading I have decided to start storing food - beans and grains/rices I have buckets - a lot - to be used to house split up portions of food in mylar bags The question is this - what is a good size mylar bag to use and how many/what size Oxygen Absorbers to toss in I...

When I initially started thinking about long term storage recently, getting a vaccuum sealer was the first thing to come to mind. Then I found out about the mylar and 5 gall bucket method. This seems to make the vac sealers obsolete. But I'm probably overlooking something. So what good is the...

I bought some Heavy duty mylar bags 'cause I do alot of dehydrated vegs etc. My thought was if they're 7 mils thick it would be quite difficult to develop a pin hole in the bag. .......So I've been doin lots of red potatoes so far and when they're bone dry they have some sharp edges....like bow...

The Red Cross recommends: Water – one gallon per person per day; Food—non-perishable, easy-to-prepare items (3-day supply for evacuation, 2-week supply for home) Ok, so maybe you want to stretch it out a little further just to feel extra prepared...maybe 3 months worth of food. But, WHY in the...