Food Storage for Peace of Mind.

[histopicker]

In my childhood I was taught to always have a good food supply on hand, to grow, raise, and kill my own food, and be prepared for any hard times that might befall my

family. This food storage is more for peace of mind in knowing that my family will not starve if food is not easily obtainable at some time in the future.

We keep this stock rotated by using the products in it in our everyday meals and replacing what we have used once or twice a month. Please feel free to ask any questions

or make any comments you may have about this, I am happy to share.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_xHeVODTE&feature=youtu.be

[Jack of all Trapping]

damn Son, you got it going on! Very impressive. I believe I have enough put by for about 6 months. My cabin in small. Root cellar is full as well as pantry. Solar freezer is also pretty much there. I have room saved in freezer for perch and trout during ice fishing. I am pretty much totally self reliant now that I just bought a solar fridge. I have a wood and gas cookstove. Wood heat. Nice job on your part. Karma to ya.

[histopicker]

Jan 2, 2015 19:35:29 GMT -5 Jack of all Trapping said:

damn Son, you got it going on! Very impressive. I believe I have enough put by for about 6 months. My cabin in small. Root cellar is full as well as pantry. Solar freezer is also pretty much there. I have room saved in freezer for perch and trout during ice fishing. I am pretty much totally self reliant now that I just bought a solar fridge. I have a wood and gas cookstove. Wood heat. Nice job on your part. Karma to ya.

I thank you for your kindness sir. Gratitude.

[Brad H.]

Hell of a stockpile you got there. We do well with that too, but not that well. I guess I will be driving to Utah if all goes to hell...

[histopicker]

Jan 2, 2015 21:59:49 GMT -5 Brad H. said:

Hell of a stockpile you got there. We do well with that too, but not that well. I guess I will be driving to Utah if all goes to hell...

I hope you like beans! We feed friends too.

[Deleted]

It's nice to see other folks doing this. It really don't take long to get a nice supply built up. Buy and extra item here, and there, and pretty soon it adds up. As you mentioned, keep rotating foods, and keep climate controlled.
It's amazing how much emergency supplies one can buy, for the same price one would pay for an evening out watching the latest movie.

[patricimo54]

Me and my Bride have been taking full advantage of produce that has been on sale at recent times. It is rare that a night goes by with out the hum of one of our dehydrators in the back ground. We have been able to find celery as cheap as .25 cents a bunch, roma tomatoes .68 cents a pound, zucchini squash .88 cents a pound, carrots .50 cents a pound, pears .50 cents a pound, sweet potatoes as cheap as .08 cents a pound. After drying, with the aid of our food saver, we put together soup mixes complete with bullion cubes lentils or barley, we date them then put them in tubs. The pears are are put up in portions to be added to steel cut oats. The sweet potatoes are stored in portion sizes in food saver bags as well.

[jasonm]

I am impressed histopicker! I just started my storage of food and supplies recently. I started canning last year and it just got me thinking about things and ways to be prepared. One question is how long is the shelf life on some of your food items? One thing I have been worried about is waste.

[histopicker]

One thing you have to realize going into this expiration dates mean little. Canned foods from the store seem to have much shorter lives than home canned foods. Why, I dunno but I bet governmental restrictions, safety, and greed all come into play. Store purchased foods in cans will stay good for much longer than the one or two years stamped on the can if stored in a controlled climate. If the can gets swollen, it is bad, if it gets really rusty or has black streaks on it, probably bad. I have cans that I still use which are 8-10 years old. You can't pick any arbitrary date to say when a can of food will "Go bad". Home canned foods are the way to go if you "can" do it. The biggest enemy to home canned foods are heat and light, both discolor the foods rapidly and help to turn them to mush. Dried foods such as beans will stay good longer than you will live if protected from bugs and moisture, that is why you see so many #10 cans in my storage. Years ago, beans were discovered in cliff dwellings from the Anasazi culture, approximately 1000 year old beans. those old Indians had stored them in clay pots under the cliff face and the beans remained dry. Some of these 1,000 year old beans were planted and actually grew. Now we have Anasazi beans. Anyway, they have a very long shelf life. The whole idea my family has about food going to waste is this. We store what we eat. Most of the products in this storage never have a chance to go bad because we eat the storage and replenish it on a regular basis. The beans, pasta's, rice, all the things you see in those #10 cans will last for a very, very long time. Our normal groceries are rotated through this store and thus prevents waste.

I feel like my explanation was inadequate but I hope you get the just of it. Most canned foods are good for around 10 years if properly stored.

[jasonm]

Good explanation! If you don't mind me asking where does the food that you have in the #10 cans come from? And do you use them as well? Also, what if the power goes out? You stated in your video that you need to keep it cool. Sorry I am asking dumb questions but this is some good knowledge to have.

[histopicker]

I get the #10 cans of food from the LDS cannery (LDS Church). If you want more info on that I can PM it to you. The food in these cans cost about 1/2 of what they do in Costco. Shelf life on most of the #10 canned foods from there is 30 years. Yes we use them all the time. Some of my cans are 20 years old (Rice, Wheat, Beans, Sugar, Macaroni) and we use them without hesitation. If the power goes out there is really no immediate problem, keeping the climate controlled just adds to shelf life of the foods with a shorter shelf life like the tuna, catchup, and such items. If the grid were to go down like forever, I would not stay here anyway and all of it would be moved to a cooler climate 50 miles away where I trap and fish. In reality the products that benefit the most from the cold room are my ammunition, powder, and primers. There is also a substantial stock of vegetable seeds in there that will be viable for years because of the climate control. If I have to move it I have a 28' cargo trailer right outside the door. In this trailer is a queen sized bed, two inflatable pontoon boats, a Yamaha Rhino full of fuel and trapping gear, several Dutch ovens, a propane stove with fuel, a wood burning stove, and a good chain saw. Of course there are other tools necessary for a trapping camp. I am not a "Bug out prepper by any means. I was just raised this way and it is how I live.

Jason; your questions are far from dumb and I welcome them, thanks for asking.

[penokeemtn5]

We've been doing this for around 7 or so years as well,thats the big thing is eat what you store, and store what you eat. We've done the numbers for what our family eats we have enough put up now for around 7 months if we ate only what was stored. Canning garden produce and wild meats is a big part of our storage,we also use buckets with mylar bags and 02 absorbers for rice beans wheat rice etc.