I had a wild thought the other day. I wonder if one canned cookin oil, how much longer would it last? Dangerous when I get ta thinkin sometimes.

Good morning, I'm in need of some (20 to 25) quart to half gallon sized mylar bags. I'd like to find the thickest possible. I want to use them for on shelf storage, no buckets. I've tried two or three ebay sellers, none of their's are impervious to light. I've tried a few on line retailers too...

My daughter, 13, has celiac disease and must eat gluten free. I'm trying to figure out how to store ingredients for making flour as opposed to pre-ground flour. We're fairly new to celiac disease, so we haven't used any bean flours yet. Many flours are made with rice flour as the main...

Observations made from Y2K until now. Lots of people making preperations are not using the food they are storing. Many of the folks who prepaired for Y2K and were not using their stored items, ended up giving them away over the years because they took up a lot of space, and were tired of...

Tonight's dinner. Home-made hamburger buns (one sliced, the other about to be), home-canned hamburgers and home-canned cheese. I could have re-hydrated some of the onions and tomato slices I dried this fall, and put those on it too. The ketchup and mustard (not shown) were store bought, I...

Does anyone else cook and eat some goods that have been stored for some time? I have cooked pintos that had been stored in sealed ammo cans for twelve years and they were as good as fresh off the store shelf.

Hi all, I'm really new here and have been reading every day. I recently purchased 10 or so mylar bags with O2 absorbers. I've never seen or used mylar before. I can see through these bags if I hold them up to a light bulb. They are the usual silverish color outside and not clear but opaque. I...

How or what way is or are ya'll usen to store food for long periods of time, long term storage. Or rice grains and beans and so on. What the best way to seal them to maintain there quality. Im mean are you all adding things to it or ??????? I seen a post on a seperate forum thread were a guy...

Any suggestions for semi-long term storage of flour?

I have a few bags of rice, and just had the food grade 5 gallon buckets delivered. Do I need to use Mylar bags in addition to the buckets? How about oxygen absorbers?