I am just beginning to prep. Thinking about food storage, and living in N. Tx., I am concerned about storage of food in case power goes out for long (or even relatively short) period of time. Won't the heat ruin many if not all foods designed / packaged for long shelf life. How are those of...

I'm not sure I did it right. I wanted to use 1 gallon bags since I think it's a much more manageable size for my family. Anyway, I had seen a guy on youtube seal up 1 gallon bags with his foodsaver, which I thought was brilliant so I tried it. I couldn't get it to vacuum, which I found out...

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Interesting piece I came across tonight. http://www.notechmagazine.com/2012/01/saving-food-from-the-fridge.html#more While many fruits and vegetables benefit from the low storage temperature in a refrigerator (around 40 degrees F or 4.5 degrees C), this is not true for all of them. So-called...

going to try and kick things into overdrive this year. Would like to try and store dry goods in 2 liter pop bottles. I really like the idea of not having all my beans in one basket. If I split a 5 gal bucket of beans into 2 liter bottles, I think it may be easier to use and deal with if we do...

Well, after patience and saving, I am taking part of my vacation this week to clean out a room in the basement to be my permanent prep pantry. I am going to insulate it, ensure it is secured (doors have locks), prevent light and then run a wall A/C unit to it (the exterior will be facing the...

I guess I'm just confused about the methods of storage. Do you use a vacuum sealer first, then put the food in mylar bags, throw in the O2 absorbers and then all that in a sealed food bucket? If I dehydrate green beans, do I put them in a vacuum bag and then inside a mylar, throw a couple of...

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My neighbor, who is into community gardening, gave me 2 large :eek: shopping bags full of assorted salad greens, and a bunch of scallions. I know how to process the scallions, but can anyone tell me how (if it is possible) to dehydrate the salad greens? :confused: I can't eat all of them before...

I'm not sure if this site has ever been mentioned on here before but I just stumbled across it tonight and wanted to share. Seems to have a ton of good information and is broken down into great detail. The whole site is dedicated to the shelf life of various foods. As always, if this thread...

I have food grade buckets with lids and I was wondering How the best way to store Rice, Oatmeal and beans would be. SOuld I have them in the plastic bags and then seal them into the bbucket or just dump it into the bucket free style. Thanks in advance for the good advice :)

We did a huge buy up of lots of industrial size veggies, fruits, etc. from a closing store and I am wondering if it would be better to open them and can them using a canner or leave them the way they are? Advice?

From "Pragmatist" in a neighboring prep forum: "In designing a food storage room, the idea came to me that I really have no idea what the volume for 1 years worth of food is. So I decided to figure it out. But first I had to make some assumptions. - 1st Assumption: Caloric intake would require...