You are all so encouraging!. I started canning moose and salmon in Alaska over 50 years ago. Now I can everything I can get my hands on. I source jars at garage sales, thrift stores, from people who no longer can, etc. A good thing about canning beans and veggies, etc., is that the liquid you need to eat them with is already in the jar. This saves water. I learned several good ideas on this channel. Praise the Lord and pass the beans!
Sheila, you may know this already, but I wanted to mention it anyway. When your canning jars are empty, store water in them. Just use a clean used lid and a ring. When you're ready to use the jar for canning, dump the water. Maybe use it to water a potted plant. This way, you have extra stored water for emergencies while your jars are not in use.
@@itsnotthesamethingif my canner is running short of product I can be jars full of water alongside, that way you have some sterile water to use for eye flushing or other injuries in an emergency x
@@lyndarina9839 I add a heaping teaspoon to each pot of beans...and no need to drain then after. For really old beans, I add a really big heaping teaspoon. It doesn't seem to matter the exact amount.
Yes, I always add a big heaping teaspoonful of baking soda when I soak my beans! (Reduces the gassiness of the beans!) I always rinse the beans very well, before cooking, too!
What I do, is take either 20 oz or 16.9 oz soda bottles. I rinse them out and allow them to dry. I then put my beans in the bottle add an oxygen absorbers and crank the lid on tight. The bottle is watervaporproof and you will find the bottle sucks in due to the oxygen absorber. The beans will store for 20-30 years but be in much more usable amounts.
Here in South Africa I place the beans and other products in the Deep Freeze for 1 to 2 wks and then I store them in 2L cold drink bottles with Bayleaves.
Of course with anything you put into the freezer you bring them back to room temperature before storing them in whatever you choose. This way you prevent mold from being an issue.
OH! I like the idea of just cutting the corner off and leaving the label and all that instead of pouring the beans in a vacuum bag. That's a tip I will be using in the future. Thanks
I have one bucket each of beans and rice. The rest is split up between vacuum sealed and put in totes. Each tote contains beans, rice, freeze dried mixed veggies, spices we use and bullion cubes. I store enough water for each tote to be able to cook them. I also think it's easier for when family or friends needing help to keep things individually packaged and I keep certain names on the totes for those I may need to help.
@@PrepperPotpourri Thanks. Doing my best. Live out in the country so am on a well. No electric, no water. We have a basement so we have plenty of climate controlled space to store what's needed.
Turn a cake pan upside down in front of the vacuum sealer. Place the bag in position, before closing the lid, flatten the beans neatly. Seal it. Now you have a flatter more space efficient package for storage.
I have stored beans in a plastic ice cream bucket for up to fifteen years and they were just fine. Also I put my rice in the freezer for a couple days and then I leave them in the bag in a plastic container. As long as it's stored in a cool dry dark place, they will last a long long time. That's how my dad stored rice and beans and that's how I store rice and beans. They didn't have mylar bags when I was a kid and there were fourteen of us kids.
@@rosemolina3225 To kill the bugs and eggs in the rice. Always rinse the rice until the water runs through clear. Add a little lemon juice to 1 cup rice to 2 cups of water and you will have very fluffy and good rice. God bless you and your family 💕🙏
Don't forget to DATE THE OUTSIDE of EVERYTHING you store!!! It works great to put the contents on the label as well. Also, the weight of what's stored. That way, nothing gets lost, you can easily share😁
I use 4 digits. 2303 is for 23d year and 3d month. I just look for the smallest number. For dates like Feb 2000, I'd use 00-02 so it doesn't look like the year 2002!
When do you add the five years to the package. From the expiration date on the bag or from the day you seal it. Nobody has explained it. I just found some of mine from 2018 and wanted to vacuum seal them. Yes on this?
Yes, those were the first two items I put away. I love rice and beans but my husband does not. I've just started gardening, canning and dehydrating in the last two years. I have a long amazing road ahead of me - and - with awesome women like you sharing information I will be successful!!!
We store beans by vacuum sealing. They're then placed in a cool dark basement. Just made ham and bean soup last week with Great Northern Beans from 2016. Love 15-bean soup! IIRC, we talked about this 2-3 years ago. I bought individual bags of beans (legumes!) in 15 varieties and blended and vacuum sealed in 1-lb packs. Then found an 38-ounce bottle of ham seasoning powder (to be added when beans are cooked). Calculated savings of 80 cents a bag, so saved $12 over the pre-packaged mixes. Ok, not enough to let me buy a condo in Florida, but it was actually a fun process. There's a couple ham bones in the freezer which need to be cooked down - canning ham and bean soup this week - you did a video on that, too! Going to check out the Wallaby bags - thank you!
@@tammymiller5801 We're lucky to live in an area where basements are somewhat common. We actually call it the dungeon since the house was built in 1895 - lol. I rode out an intense tornado by escaping to a basement - wouldn't have a home without one!
@@brendahoffer5534 That was a GREAT price! We've found turkeys after the Holidays for that price, then roasted and canned them. But ham at .49 is awesome!
I had some beans that were still chewy even after a 24 hour soak and almost an hour in the pressure cooker. That 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and another 10 minutes in the pressure cooker softened them up just right.
Thank you. I just wanted to share an idea from Rain Country homestead YT ch. She will either use leftover beans or simply cook some of her beans then dehydrate them & store them in jars for emergencies use when one may not have the ability to cook for long periods of time. Hope this helps someone.
I have beans in big jars that have been sealed, rice is in a big bucket. My pantry is loaded and am trying to find all the recipes I can find to make items like: cream of soups, breads, and anything else I can do to get wal-mart gone. I will never be able to get that store out for ever but the less I buy from them the better for me.
Lots of good information here! I've probably tried most storage methods, but one I like for shorter term storage is to place the beans, etc. in a 1/2 gallon or quart sized canning jar, and vacuum sealing a lid. I will store these in a dark area of the pantry, and the products stay fresh for extended periods. Thanks for sharing! :-)
I do the same with a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in the jar first, but I use any leftover large glass jar that will take a canning lid, then pack them in cardboard boxes taped shut to keep the light out.
Great ideas you have shared, another way I store beans is putting them in mason jars and vacuuming sealing the jars! Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your channel.
Me too! Quart jars work for my small family. It means less plastic waste. Also, I don't need to repackage when I move a jar to my kitchen. I keep two boxes of quarts in a legal file drawer. One case for legumes and one for rice and other grains. That's somewhere between 18 and 24 lbs of various legumes in one case of jars. I use O2 absorbers. Some of my beans are quite old, but still cook up well after using this method. Packaging can be folded and put in the jar or taped to outside if desired. In the Fall, I refill empties, because that's when the crops come in and inventories are their freshest. Personally, I mostly use canned beans.
I have canned beans for convenience; and store dried beans on the counter in mason jars (first use beans) or in their original packaging in a cabinet. As a single senior, buckets of beans are simply "overkill". When I cook dried beans, I cook only half a package and it produces enough for 2 meals and a freezer portion for a quick meal a few weeks down the road.
I've been pressure canning beans like crazy this winter. Not only did my husband bring home 2 pound bags of EVER BEAN IN THE STORE during covid, but we also had foolishly bought a ten pound bag of pintos just before covid hit. They get harder to cook until soft as they get older, so canning was the right thing to do for our small household. The one drawback? A much bigger footprint!
An Instant Pot does a fabulous job on older beans. No presoaking. I bought the Instant Pot Ultra 6 quart 3 years ago. It has a bean preset also a rice preset I use them all the time. All the pressure cooking guesswork is taken out. I have 50# beans and rice stored and there is just the two of us. I have cooked 10 year old beans and they are just fine. Additionally, pressure canning dry beans is sooo easy. Whippoorwill Holler has some awesome recipes and shows the step by step. Her ranch beans are fabulous. Happy prepping.
I live in a fairly high elevation and must soak beans every minute of 24 hours. When I get to busy to cook them or they're older beans I just rinse and put fresh water in for another 24 hours. Season and can those babies! We're having beans and cornbread tonight and I didn't have to plan dinner 2 days ago.
I home can baked beans and pork and beans. Also store canned kidney, black, and garbanzo beans, and dry Northern and navy beans, in their original bags. Wow! Never realized how many beans I actually have stored. 😊
I love using a vacuum sealer and since it’s taking all the air out of the bag, it’s a savings on oxygen absorbers because you simply don’t need them getting rolls of it instead of premade bags is a lot cheaper
Thank you, I do pretty much the same - I don't have any large buckets any more - too much weight when I changed duty stations in the Army. Now, I put them in a quart mason jar and use a suction pump to suck out the oxygen.
I vacumn sealed my beans in 1/2 gallon jars, with exception of beans with flavor packets. When we open a jar, I usually can the remaining beans for fast meals, refill the jar the next time I shop and put to the back of my bean shelf, always rotating them.
I'm glad to see a video about portioning. I have portioned mine in half bag portions for years, because for me, that is enough to last me for several meals without compromising the rest of the beans. I admit that I laugh when I see people filling the five gallon mylar bag and sealing it up in their bucket.
I like your idea of keeping the beans in the bag & glad to know to cut of corner to truly seal. A lot of less writing on bags for recipes of idems. I don't like the idea of wasting jars on dried beans. I have got to start this. Tks.
This is a great intro to storing beans. I use each method. I figure I can rotate from each type of storage over time since I keep a spreadsheet of what I have.
Wipe down beans original bag with sanitize wipe. Then bag it in vacuum bag once dry. For new people reason for putting original bag in vacuum bag. Sometimes beans have little rocks in them and it could keep bags from completely sealing. I used to sort through beans then seal. To much hassle.
We bought wheat berries and brown rice in huge bags. Then bought a sealer machine that has a jar lid attachment as well as bags. We repackaged the grains in quart sized packages and dropped them in a 5 gallon bucket with a twist on lid. No weevils, or mice can get in the bags now.
We are a vegetarian family of 5 with 3 teenagers so we eat a lot of beans. We buy 25 lbs at a time and keep them in 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids and fill our kitchen containers out of those. I also keep a small stash of long term storage. We put 5lbs at a time into mylar with oxygen absorbers and keep the bags in totes. We tend to use about a lb at a time when I make a big meal, so I know each bag is 5 meals worth of whatever variety of bean we have. I prefer to have smaller amounts with more variety in storage.
@@homemade6950 Laziness really. The mylar I have fits 5lbs perfectly without having to chop up the bag and reseal it into different sizes. Plus, we use 5lbs of beans fast enough that I'm not worried about storing it once it's open.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of storing beans. I have a medium sized plastic tub with bags of beans/legumes in my pantry. I also have a few store bought canned beans, and home canned beans and bean soups. I don't have any long-term storage. I will also have a garden to grow more beans. Beans will be coming out of my ears. 😆 I just recently purchased a vacuum sealer, and I received a Cosori dehydrator for Christmas. I'm planning on cooking and dehydrating beans. I'm going to make bean flour, too, and add to baked goods. I'm in the beans this year. 😆
Another good reason to store chick peas in the original plastic bag is because they have an irregular pokey surface and they will pop the food saver vacuum seal bags. Been there done that.
I have them canned on the shelf both home canned and store bought for short term use. I have them vacuumed in food saver bags and put into a square hard plastic tote with a gasket for longer term storage
Thank you. I recycle Sparkling Ice drink and Green Leaf tea bottles. Fill with beans, rice or wheat berries. Top with a 100cc Oxygen absorber. They are good for years but I rotate every three years. The beans that are out get canned and placed in the kitchen larder. The rice gets made into pudding for the kids program at church and the wheat gets made into bread. God Bless and stay safe.
I vaccum seal my dry beans, peas and rice in pint canning jars. Keeps fresh, keeps out vermin and is just the right amount for meal preparation for us. Thank you for all of the great tips. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕
@@karens3670 In my process no I do not use oxygen absorbers. I pre-warm jars, lids and beans or rice before vaccum sealing which makes a better seal. (Dry warm, like an oven, hair dryer, etc.) The pint jar (about 2 cups) is just the right amount for our meal prep so I don't need to reseal the jars. Also nothing can "live" in a vaccum. So far I have been very blessed with this method. Hope this helps. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕
@@karens3670 May I suggest checking out Heidi at Rain Country she is where I learned to vaccum seal jars and she has many other great tips and suggestions for food preservation. As Heidi says: "God is good all the time!"
I have 5lbs of just about every kind of bean and legume imaginable, most stored in mylar bags or glass jars in my cellar (which is always cool to very cold . I am vegan and we eat a lot of a beans, so 5lbs is not too much for us to reasonably go through. To save storage and freezer space (I was sometimes keeping quart size bags of cooked beans in my chest freezer) I will sometimes batch cook a quantity of beans in my instant pot and then dehydrate them. I do this with rice, especially brown rice, as well, for quick rehydrating on busy days.
I bought home depot buckets and bought 5 gallon bags for brines. They are food grade and i dont have to spend the$ on food grade buckets. Home depot also sells a similar to gama screw off lid for their buckets. It is like $8 compared to the gamas.
I found some beans that my mom put up in the mid 1980s that were put up in plastic pastry buckets using dry ice to get the carbon dioxide which displays the oxygen and the beans tasted just fine just took a little longer to rehydrate them When using the dry ice method be careful to leave the lid open a little bit to relieve the pressure to displace the oxygen don't wanna create a pressure bomb which will blow your Lid off before the dry ice has off gased all the co2
Thank you for sharing all the different ways! I will vacu-seal some and I put some in 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids. It's encouraging to hear I'm not doing it the "wrong" way, as some videos suggested. I also appreciate that we can vacu-seal in the original package. I started doing that after dumping some out. It seemed to make more sense, then I watched a video saying that was not correct and I wondered why. The only explanation given was that there could be some "water" in it from the grocery store, but my beans were dry, so it left me confused. At that point I started putting things in buckets (which does work for my large family) and I was hoping the others would be ok. Again, thank you for sharing ALL the different ways to do it. You are right, there are more than one way to do things!
I use mylar bags in buckets as long term. Many varieties vacuum sealed in ½ gal mason jars fill a closet turned pantry. A good many I've grown and they can double as seed if need arises. I also keep a good many that I can and some store bought for quick meals. I only worry about rotating through the canned and jarred ones.
Thank you for your video of how to store them. I’ve just been keeping in the original bag in my pantry. Going to get some Wallaby Mylar bags & oxygen absorbers to try.
So many people here are saying to use an instapot (bean setting), & they turn out perfect. You can also add baking soda to soften them & cook for an extra day. I have some 15 year old beans that got misplaced we tried cooking & were just hard that I'm gonna try out these methods on to see if I can salvage the beans... I just didn't have the heart to toss out a whole Tupperware bucket, as it's such a waste. Probably should've stored it differently, but I was just beginning & it was airtight. Guess I'll see.
I am preparing to store beans & rice for long term storage as we rarely eat either currently on a low carb way of eating. Since it may be necessary at some point to have that nutrition & caloric intake level, I'm not opposed to eating what we need to survive. I have small granddaughters so we collect half gallon juice bottles which are easy to fill & store. Plus I'm a canner & I just bought 20 cases of quart jars used (on top of still having at least 75 left in my stash from the last purchase of over 150. I canned 20 pints of ground beef & pork yesterday so I know that I'll have plenty of meat to make a variety of the beans, rice, & pasta we'll have for emergency.
Love your channel. I don't understand putting the date when packed instead of expectation date when product last best by date .Thank You Ever Soo much. Love those myler bags.
I love the 15 bean packages. I will cook them up with minimal chicken broth instead of water, and then AFTER the beans are cooked I add a jar of HotnSpicy V8, and a can of diced fire roasted tomatoes, plus some chopped zucchini, onion, celery cooked with our own homemade polish sausage for the meat. Once everything is combined, I add the seasoning packet and then a squeeze of lemon juice. Along with some fresh baked bread - thats my comfort food.
Our white rice, beans and flour are in their store bags in 5 gal buckets w beans separated by black, pinto, red /kidney/whites together. We have 2 gallon “working” bakery buckets for beans and rice we are working through. Bakery buckets are much easier to manage on a regular basis. I leave bulk of unopened bags in 5 gal buckets. Then refill the 2 gal from the larger buckets. Then larger buckets are numbered as to which I would use first. I bought plant dollies to roll my stacks of 5# buckets so if I decide to rearrange things its easy. We have the coolest overstock store nearby that gets so many oddball things at reasonable prices and many items like the dollies I can use in the garden, garage shop and pantry. Our local thrift store always has 1,2 and 5 gallon food grade buckets all the time. I don’t vacuum seal the beans or rice in 5 gal buckets. I have some pretty old beans and with my Instant Pot they cook up fine.
I appreciate this bc I'm past having a bunch of kids at home so small packs stored is great. I also don't eat daily how I would eat in a SHTF situation... I rarely eat canned/boxed food... so this gives me an idea on how to plan for that... I'm wondering of I can do this with small rice packs too
If you leave in in the bean bag and poke tiny hole in it with a needle, then you can put whole thing in sealing bag with O2 absorber, PLUS you can keep the pkg recipes and nutrition info. AND you can reuse the bag once you cut the end of the foodsaver bag off.
Now that we are retired and seldom can things in quarts any more, I utilize my quart jars for dry goodcwhich I vacuum. Using the undamaged used canning lids they store well in a dark cool srorage space set aside for food storage in our small home.
Awesome video! We eat beans/,legumes way to frequently to store them long term buuut I do need to massively increase my stock of beans/legumes & think about a long term way of storing & then remember to keep those aside! Thank you friend for sharing 🖤
I Have Tons of canned beans that we Rotate through. Also,bags of 15 bean soup packages, stuffed into Big,New Tupperware. Also,Have #10 Cans of LDS beans.
We would starve in my house if we only had beans and rice! LOL. We don't like beans so much. I have a couple of bags of beans for just in case. I stock my pantry with cans of beans for chili or refried beans. That's really all we use them for. Great video.
I put beans, rice and oats in the deep freezer for a week then vacumn pack them in one pound bags. Not preppers we just live in a rural area and have been taught to take care of ourselves.
I have started using 20 oz soda bottles to store rice beans lentils etc. I first rinse the soda bottle out. Then I allow it to dry completely. I then use a funnel to get the beans in the bottle. I've been put in an oxygen absorber and I tighten the cap down tight. The bottle sucks in showing the oxygen absorber is doing its job. I have purchased hey diesel fuel funnel. I cut the end off so that the funnel fits into the soda bottle and the beans still flow through. The diesel fuel funnel is brand new and will not be used for anything else.
I now also keep some soaked and canned. Such a great way to make quick meal. I also can just reg bean soup but when I take one jar sometimes I add kale and Italian seasoning and serve with Parmesan on top like a Tuscan bean soup. So great!
Storing in bag it came with is good if you give food away & person may not know how to cook the beans. I love my bucket opener, Gamma Lids but use regular lids for long term storage! Love my vacuum sealer but don't "over kill". Canned beans are awesome for quick meals, Canning beans so far I have only done Pinto & Black Beans. Thank you for tip on grinding old bean's for bean flour! Love your channel!
I don’t store many dry beans, because I’m unsure of how much energy I will have to cook them in a grid-down situation. Great idea though if you have huge propane tanks and such.
I store using all the methods she mentioned except pouring beans loose or in a huge mylar bag into a 5 gallon bucket...I most often am cooking for only 1 or2 people at a time unless family is coming and I always have a heads up for when that is going to happen.. I also share your concern about having the power/water in a shtf scenerio so what I do is I pressure can some of my beans so its then just an open jar put in a pot add your seasonings or whatever you are going to use and simmer/heat for the short time needed. Hope this gives you another alternative.
@@JeanieButler thank you for your suggestion. I did consider canning my own beans, but since I’m fairly new to pressure canning, I don’t have a large supply of jars. The cost of them makes buying commercially canned beans a better solution for me. But I might give it a try at some point.
@@wendyneal4900 I can understand the expense aspect as I live on disability income ugh...another suggestion I get most of my jars at yard sales, estate sales and thrift stores. just check the rims of the jars for any knicks. I have gotten cases of jars for as little as .25 a jar...always use new lids (you can reuse the rings over and over). You can reuse the lids for dry goods and dehydrated food however. good luck, happy prepping., and remember ask lots of ?'s the only dumb one is the one you dont ask.
Soak and precook as usual. Dehydrate. In a grid down situation add boiling water in a 1:1 ratio. Ready in 15 minutes. Backpackers prepare instant food this way.
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Thank you, Kay!😊
What size bags where the first bag you used? It doesn't take me directly to the product, Thanks!
You are all so encouraging!. I started canning moose and salmon in Alaska over 50 years ago. Now I can everything I can get my hands on. I source jars at garage sales, thrift stores, from people who no longer can, etc. A good thing about canning beans and veggies, etc., is that the liquid you need to eat them with is already in the jar. This saves water. I learned several good ideas on this channel. Praise the Lord and pass the beans!
Thanks and keep on canning
Sheila….can you tell me how long I have to water can meats?
Sheila, you may know this already, but I wanted to mention it anyway. When your canning jars are empty, store water in them. Just use a clean used lid and a ring. When you're ready to use the jar for canning, dump the water. Maybe use it to water a potted plant. This way, you have extra stored water for emergencies while your jars are not in use.
My Hubby teases me that I'll can anything that can't outrun me. 😉
@@itsnotthesamethingif my canner is running short of product I can be jars full of water alongside, that way you have some sterile water to use for eye flushing or other injuries in an emergency x
I have recently learned that you can take your dry beans and legumes and grind them up for a flour for gluten free pasta!
Just a hint, store some baking soda with each batch of dry beans. Cooking the beans with a little baking soda in the pot, they cook alot faster!
Morning Light, How much baking soda do you add to how much beans? Thanks for this tip.
@@lyndarina9839 I add a heaping teaspoon to each pot of beans...and no need to drain then after. For really old beans, I add a really big heaping teaspoon. It doesn't seem to matter the exact amount.
Baking soda also when your soking your beens , before you cook them it exspells the Gass that's in the beens
Yes, I always add a big heaping teaspoonful of baking soda when I soak my beans! (Reduces the gassiness of the beans!) I always rinse the beans very well, before cooking, too!
Awesome idea!!❤❤❤
What I do, is take either 20 oz or 16.9 oz soda bottles. I rinse them out and allow them to dry. I then put my beans in the bottle add an oxygen absorbers and crank the lid on tight. The bottle is watervaporproof and you will find the bottle sucks in due to the oxygen absorber. The beans will store for 20-30 years but be in much more usable amounts.
Randy, that’s a great idea. But does the plastic from the bottles leach into the beans? So you open the beans and pour into the bottle?
Here in South Africa I place the beans and other products in the Deep Freeze for 1 to 2 wks and then I store them in 2L cold drink bottles with Bayleaves.
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@@doctork1708 what's so funny
If you place things in a freezer more likely they're going to be damp therefore it could produce mold.
Of course with anything you put into the freezer you bring them back to room temperature before storing them in whatever you choose. This way you prevent mold from being an issue.
@@cherylferrell6163 WRONG!!!!!The freezing kills mealy bugs.
OH! I like the idea of just cutting the corner off and leaving the label and all that instead of pouring the beans in a vacuum bag. That's a tip I will be using in the future. Thanks
I have one bucket each of beans and rice. The rest is split up between vacuum sealed and put in totes. Each tote contains beans, rice, freeze dried mixed veggies, spices we use and bullion cubes. I store enough water for each tote to be able to cook them. I also think it's easier for when family or friends needing help to keep things individually packaged and I keep certain names on the totes for those I may need to help.
Very organized
@@PrepperPotpourri Thanks. Doing my best. Live out in the country so am on a well. No electric, no water. We have a basement so we have plenty of climate controlled space to store what's needed.
Be careful storing water in totes with the food. Plastic bottles in particular can start leaking.
@@coloradopackratprepper Thanks, but I don't store water that way. Appreciate you trying to be helpful
Brilliant. Light bulb moment. 💡 Thanks for sharing!
Turn a cake pan upside down in front of the vacuum sealer. Place the bag in position, before closing the lid, flatten the beans neatly. Seal it. Now you have a flatter more space efficient package for storage.
Good tip
I will do this as have dehydrated mixed vegetables ready to be sealed 💯👍
perfect!
1/3 Home Freeze Dried, 1/3 Home Canned, 1/3 Dried, stored in a 5 gallon bucket.
Nice video!
I have stored beans in a plastic ice cream bucket for up to fifteen years and they were just fine. Also I put my rice in the freezer for a couple days and then I leave them in the bag in a plastic container. As long as it's stored in a cool dry dark place, they will last a long long time. That's how my dad stored rice and beans and that's how I store rice and beans. They didn't have mylar bags when I was a kid and there were fourteen of us kids.
Why the freezer?
@@rosemolina3225 supposed to kill bugs if any is in rice from what I have learned
@@rosemolina3225 To kill the bugs and eggs in the rice. Always rinse the rice until the water runs through clear. Add a little lemon juice to 1 cup rice to 2 cups of water and you will have very fluffy and good rice. God bless you and your family 💕🙏
How about if I live in Indonesia where everyday the sun shines brightly
Using several bay leaves also keeps the bugs away@@rosemolina3225
Hair straight iron seals wonderfully instead of an iron.. 😀
Don't forget to DATE THE OUTSIDE of EVERYTHING you store!!!
It works great to put the contents on the label as well. Also, the weight of what's stored.
That way, nothing gets lost, you can easily share😁
I use 4 digits. 2303 is for 23d year and 3d month. I just look for the smallest number. For dates like Feb 2000, I'd use 00-02 so it doesn't look like the year 2002!
When do you add the five years to the package. From the expiration date on the bag or from the day you seal it. Nobody has explained it. I just found some of mine from 2018 and wanted to vacuum seal them. Yes on this?
Yes, those were the first two items I put away. I love rice and beans but my husband does not. I've just started gardening, canning and dehydrating in the last two years. I have a long amazing road ahead of me - and - with awesome women like you sharing information I will be successful!!!
Yes, you will!
add salsa to your rice and beans - YUM
We store beans by vacuum sealing. They're then placed in a cool dark basement. Just made ham and bean soup last week with Great Northern Beans from 2016. Love 15-bean soup! IIRC, we talked about this 2-3 years ago. I bought individual bags of beans (legumes!) in 15 varieties and blended and vacuum sealed in 1-lb packs. Then found an 38-ounce bottle of ham seasoning powder (to be added when beans are cooked). Calculated savings of 80 cents a bag, so saved $12 over the pre-packaged mixes. Ok, not enough to let me buy a condo in Florida, but it was actually a fun process. There's a couple ham bones in the freezer which need to be cooked down - canning ham and bean soup this week - you did a video on that, too! Going to check out the Wallaby bags - thank you!
I vacuum seal mine as well and store in food safe buckets. Sadly, I don't have a basement.
@@tammymiller5801 We're lucky to live in an area where basements are somewhat common. We actually call it the dungeon since the house was built in 1895 - lol. I rode out an intense tornado by escaping to a basement - wouldn't have a home without one!
Watch your stores too! I found ham for .49 cents a pound, bought every bit of it! 150#! Canned it all! People thought I was crazy!❤❤❤
@@brendahoffer5534 That was a GREAT price! We've found turkeys after the Holidays for that price, then roasted and canned them. But ham at .49 is awesome!
@@gsdalpha1358 just bought 90# of assorted beans for .88 cents a pound but also got rain checks for more!
I had some beans that were still chewy even after a 24 hour soak and almost an hour in the pressure cooker. That 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and another 10 minutes in the pressure cooker softened them up just right.
Glad to hear it
Thank you. I just wanted to share an idea from Rain Country homestead YT ch. She will either use leftover beans or simply cook some of her beans then dehydrate them & store them in jars for emergencies use when one may not have the ability to cook for long periods of time. Hope this helps someone.
I have beans in big jars that have been sealed, rice is in a big bucket. My pantry is loaded and am trying to find all the recipes I can find to make items like: cream of soups, breads, and anything else I can do to get wal-mart gone. I will never be able to get that store out for ever but the less I buy from them the better for me.
Lots of good information here! I've probably tried most storage methods, but one I like for shorter term storage is to place the beans, etc. in a 1/2 gallon or quart sized canning jar, and vacuum sealing a lid. I will store these in a dark area of the pantry, and the products stay fresh for extended periods. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Maybe add an oxygen absorber for long term storage?
I do the same with a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in the jar first, but I use any leftover large glass jar that will take a canning lid, then pack them in cardboard boxes taped shut to keep the light out.
Great ideas you have shared, another way I store beans is putting them in mason jars and vacuuming sealing the jars! Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your channel.
Me too! Quart jars work for my small family. It means less plastic waste. Also, I don't need to repackage when I move a jar to my kitchen.
I keep two boxes of quarts in a legal file drawer. One case for legumes and one for rice and other grains. That's somewhere between 18 and 24 lbs of various legumes in one case of jars. I use O2 absorbers. Some of my beans are quite old, but still cook up well after using this method. Packaging can be folded and put in the jar or taped to outside if desired.
In the Fall, I refill empties, because that's when the crops come in and inventories are their freshest.
Personally, I mostly use canned beans.
I vacuum seal beans and put in a plastic storage bin. I just finished off the 2015 beans and they were fine.
My family eats lots of beans. I have them in cans, jars, frozen, mylar bags and buckets. Beans, peas, lentils, barley. Works well.
I have canned beans for convenience; and store dried beans on the counter in mason jars (first use beans) or in their original packaging in a cabinet. As a single senior, buckets of beans are simply "overkill". When I cook dried beans, I cook only half a package and it produces enough for 2 meals and a freezer portion for a quick meal a few weeks down the road.
I've been pressure canning beans like crazy this winter. Not only did my husband bring home 2 pound bags of EVER BEAN IN THE STORE during covid, but we also had foolishly bought a ten pound bag of pintos just before covid hit. They get harder to cook until soft as they get older, so canning was the right thing to do for our small household. The one drawback? A much bigger footprint!
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An Instant Pot does a fabulous job on older beans. No presoaking. I bought the Instant Pot Ultra 6 quart 3 years ago. It has a bean preset also a rice preset I use them all the time. All the pressure cooking guesswork is taken out. I have 50# beans and rice stored and there is just the two of us. I have cooked 10 year old beans and they are just fine. Additionally, pressure canning dry beans is sooo easy. Whippoorwill Holler has some awesome recipes and shows the step by step. Her ranch beans are fabulous. Happy prepping.
If you have beans that won’t seem to soften add a tablespoon of baking soda to the pot. This will take about another hour
I live in a fairly high elevation and must soak beans every minute of 24 hours. When I get to busy to cook them or they're older beans I just rinse and put fresh water in for another 24 hours. Season and can those babies! We're having beans and cornbread tonight and I didn't have to plan dinner 2 days ago.
This video is perfect timing for me. I have about 70lbs to store now. I love Hurst's beans! That little flavor packet is magic.
I also love the flavor packages
Thanks for the balanced, straight forward presentation. It's well appreciated.
I home can baked beans and pork and beans. Also store canned kidney, black, and garbanzo beans, and dry Northern and navy beans, in their original bags. Wow! Never realized how many beans I actually have stored. 😊
I love using a vacuum sealer and since it’s taking all the air out of the bag, it’s a savings on oxygen absorbers because you simply don’t need them getting rolls of it instead of premade bags is a lot cheaper
Thank you, I do pretty much the same - I don't have any large buckets any more - too much weight when I changed duty stations in the Army. Now, I put them in a quart mason jar and use a suction pump to suck out the oxygen.
I vacumn sealed my beans in 1/2 gallon jars, with exception of beans with flavor packets. When we open a jar, I usually can the remaining beans for fast meals, refill the jar the next time I shop and put to the back of my bean shelf, always rotating them.
That's a great idea!
Ordered the bucket openers.. I have a dog rescue and been using 5 gal buckets full of dehydrated meats for them . 🐾
I store it in all sorts of ways. I also store seasoning mixes with them. So I always have a way to season them.
I'm glad to see a video about portioning. I have portioned mine in half bag portions for years, because for me, that is enough to last me for several meals without compromising the rest of the beans. I admit that I laugh when I see people filling the five gallon mylar bag and sealing it up in their bucket.
Yes it is a Newbie Prepper mistake
Might be good for a really big family that likes only pinto beans (or chick peas).
I know! Unless you're feeding an army, it's way too much!!
I like your idea of keeping the beans in the bag & glad to know to cut of corner to truly seal. A lot of less writing on bags for recipes of idems. I don't like the idea of wasting jars on dried beans. I have got to start this. Tks.
This is a great intro to storing beans. I use each method. I figure I can rotate from each type of storage over time since I keep a spreadsheet of what I have.
That's a great idea!
Wipe down beans original bag with sanitize wipe. Then bag it in vacuum bag once dry. For new people reason for putting original bag in vacuum bag. Sometimes beans have little rocks in them and it could keep bags from completely sealing. I used to sort through beans then seal. To much hassle.
We bought wheat berries and brown rice in huge bags. Then bought a sealer machine that has a jar lid attachment as well as bags. We repackaged the grains in quart sized packages and dropped them in a 5 gallon bucket with a twist on lid. No weevils, or mice can get in the bags now.
A really hungry mouse will chew through the plastic buckets and then a bag. If you store it in glass jars, they can't get in.
We are a vegetarian family of 5 with 3 teenagers so we eat a lot of beans. We buy 25 lbs at a time and keep them in 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids and fill our kitchen containers out of those. I also keep a small stash of long term storage. We put 5lbs at a time into mylar with oxygen absorbers and keep the bags in totes. We tend to use about a lb at a time when I make a big meal, so I know each bag is 5 meals worth of whatever variety of bean we have. I prefer to have smaller amounts with more variety in storage.
Why not store in 1 lb. Packs?
@@homemade6950 Laziness really. The mylar I have fits 5lbs perfectly without having to chop up the bag and reseal it into different sizes. Plus, we use 5lbs of beans fast enough that I'm not worried about storing it once it's open.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of storing beans. I have a medium sized plastic tub with bags of beans/legumes in my pantry. I also have a few store bought canned beans, and home canned beans and bean soups. I don't have any long-term storage. I will also have a garden to grow more beans. Beans will be coming out of my ears. 😆 I just recently purchased a vacuum sealer, and I received a Cosori dehydrator for Christmas. I'm planning on cooking and dehydrating beans. I'm going to make bean flour, too, and add to baked goods. I'm in the beans this year. 😆
Sounds like you will be busy
Another good reason to store chick peas in the original plastic bag is because they have an irregular pokey surface and they will pop the food saver vacuum seal bags. Been there done that.
Good tip
Wrap in a paper bag before vacuum sealing.
I have them canned on the shelf both home canned and store bought for short term use. I have them vacuumed in food saver bags and put into a square hard plastic tote with a gasket for longer term storage
I do canned, and mylar in half gallon size and rotate through both. I am in an apartment to no large buckets. Great video as always.
I say it again; you are so lovely. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I really appreciate it.
And thank YOU for watching!
I have some home canned. But, I use mostly the vacuum seal method. Works great for us.
So many great tips from you and the comments below. Thanks to everyone, and especially you Prepped Potpourri. I am reorganizing my pantry.
Been using beans in our meal prep so we get use to them
Thank you. I recycle Sparkling Ice drink and Green Leaf tea bottles. Fill with beans, rice or wheat berries. Top with a 100cc Oxygen absorber. They are good for years but I rotate every three years. The beans that are out get canned and placed in the kitchen larder. The rice gets made into pudding for the kids program at church and the wheat gets made into bread. God Bless and stay safe.
I like your plan!
@@gogogardener Thank you. Not just those three but oats, barley, split peas, you get the idea. And only replacing what we eat. Blessings
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❣I have beans in #10 cans, in mylar bags, and big buckets in mylar bags. I also have store bought beans in cans and I can my own beans.
That's a great idea keeping the original bags. I have a bunch of beans I need to do. Thanks!
I vaccum seal my dry beans, peas and rice in pint canning jars. Keeps fresh, keeps out vermin and is just the right amount for meal preparation for us. Thank you for all of the great tips. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕
Thanks for sharing!
When you vacuum seal your rice, beans, and peas, do you still have to put in an oxygen absorber in your canning jars? Thank you!
@@karens3670 In my process no I do not use oxygen absorbers. I pre-warm jars, lids and beans or rice before vaccum sealing which makes a better seal. (Dry warm, like an oven, hair dryer, etc.) The pint jar (about 2 cups) is just the right amount for our meal prep so I don't need to reseal the jars. Also nothing can "live" in a vaccum. So far I have been very blessed with this method. Hope this helps. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕
@marking-time-gardens thanks so much for getting back to me, I appreciate the information! God bless.
@@karens3670 May I suggest checking out Heidi at Rain Country she is where I learned to vaccum seal jars and she has many other great tips and suggestions for food preservation. As Heidi says: "God is good all the time!"
Thank you for this timely video . I have lots of bagged beans & was going to take care of them this week ..
I have 5lbs of just about every kind of bean and legume imaginable, most stored in mylar bags or glass jars in my cellar (which is always cool to very cold . I am vegan and we eat a lot of a beans, so 5lbs is not too much for us to reasonably go through. To save storage and freezer space (I was sometimes keeping quart size bags of cooked beans in my chest freezer) I will sometimes batch cook a quantity of beans in my instant pot and then dehydrate them. I do this with rice, especially brown rice, as well, for quick rehydrating on busy days.
Great advise. I'm new to canning and prepping and I'm really enjoying your show.
I bought home depot buckets and bought 5 gallon bags for brines. They are food grade and i dont have to spend the$ on food grade buckets. Home depot also sells a similar to gama screw off lid for their buckets. It is like $8 compared to the gamas.
I made the mistake at first by dumping them out. I think leaving them in original bags and cutting a slit is perfect to keep instructions ect
I found some beans that my mom put up in the mid 1980s that were put up in plastic pastry buckets using dry ice to get the carbon dioxide which displays the oxygen and the beans tasted just fine just took a little longer to rehydrate them When using the dry ice method be careful to leave the lid open a little bit to relieve the pressure to displace the oxygen don't wanna create a pressure bomb which will blow your Lid off before the dry ice has off gased all the co2
We do this alot, mostly mylar and buckets for long storage. Vaccuum seal in bags or half gallon jars for the house.
storing beans for long term is a great fall back on this was helpful to know how to store thank you
I love wallaby bags! They have worked well for us.
Thank you for sharing all the different ways! I will vacu-seal some and I put some in 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids. It's encouraging to hear I'm not doing it the "wrong" way, as some videos suggested. I also appreciate that we can vacu-seal in the original package. I started doing that after dumping some out. It seemed to make more sense, then I watched a video saying that was not correct and I wondered why. The only explanation given was that there could be some "water" in it from the grocery store, but my beans were dry, so it left me confused. At that point I started putting things in buckets (which does work for my large family) and I was hoping the others would be ok. Again, thank you for sharing ALL the different ways to do it. You are right, there are more than one way to do things!
I use mylar bags in buckets as long term. Many varieties vacuum sealed in ½ gal mason jars fill a closet turned pantry. A good many I've grown and they can double as seed if need arises. I also keep a good many that I can and some store bought for quick meals. I only worry about rotating through the canned and jarred ones.
Thank you for your video of how to store them. I’ve just been keeping in the original bag in my pantry. Going to get some Wallaby Mylar bags & oxygen absorbers to try.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the bean flour suggestion, if they are to old or not stored properly. We’ve had some very old beans. Great idea. Thank you:)
I think bean flour is from cooked, dehydrated beans.
So many people here are saying to use an instapot (bean setting), & they turn out perfect.
You can also add baking soda to soften them & cook for an extra day.
I have some 15 year old beans that got misplaced we tried cooking & were just hard that I'm gonna try out these methods on to see if I can salvage the beans... I just didn't have the heart to toss out a whole Tupperware bucket, as it's such a waste. Probably should've stored it differently, but I was just beginning & it was airtight. Guess I'll see.
As always, you've given such important information!
I am preparing to store beans & rice for long term storage as we rarely eat either currently on a low carb way of eating. Since it may be necessary at some point to have that nutrition & caloric intake level, I'm not opposed to eating what we need to survive. I have small granddaughters so we collect half gallon juice bottles which are easy to fill & store. Plus I'm a canner & I just bought 20 cases of quart jars used (on top of still having at least 75 left in my stash from the last purchase of over 150. I canned 20 pints of ground beef & pork yesterday so I know that I'll have plenty of meat to make a variety of the beans, rice, & pasta we'll have for emergency.
Perfect timing. I found a bunch of dried beans on clearance yesterday at Rural King.
Thank you for your demonstration on beans. Your information was wonderful. May God be with you always.
You are so welcome
I have found that using distilled water really is the key to getting our beans ready to eat.
Love your channel. I don't understand putting the date when packed instead of expectation date when product last best by date .Thank You Ever Soo much. Love those myler bags.
Great Tips! And a true simple time and space saver!
I love the 15 bean packages. I will cook them up with minimal chicken broth instead of water, and then AFTER the beans are cooked I add a jar of HotnSpicy V8, and a can of diced fire roasted tomatoes, plus some chopped zucchini, onion, celery cooked with our own homemade polish sausage for the meat. Once everything is combined, I add the seasoning packet and then a squeeze of lemon juice. Along with some fresh baked bread - thats my comfort food.
Yummy
Would love to see a video on what to do with bean flour.
Excellent job on dried beans, I hope newbies find this video.......
Our white rice, beans and flour are in their store bags in 5 gal buckets w beans separated by black, pinto, red /kidney/whites together. We have 2 gallon “working” bakery buckets for beans and rice we are working through. Bakery buckets are much easier to manage on a regular basis. I leave bulk of unopened bags in 5 gal buckets. Then refill the 2 gal from the larger buckets. Then larger buckets are numbered as to which I would use first. I bought plant dollies to roll my stacks of 5# buckets so if I decide to rearrange things its easy. We have the coolest overstock store nearby that gets so many oddball things at reasonable prices and many items like the dollies I can use in the garden, garage shop and pantry. Our local thrift store always has 1,2 and 5 gallon food grade buckets all the time. I don’t vacuum seal the beans or rice in 5 gal buckets. I have some pretty old beans and with my Instant Pot they cook up fine.
You have a good rotation system
Wow thank you for that tip on the lid opener.
I appreciate this bc I'm past having a bunch of kids at home so small packs stored is great. I also don't eat daily how I would eat in a SHTF situation... I rarely eat canned/boxed food... so this gives me an idea on how to plan for that... I'm wondering of I can do this with small rice packs too
Yes you can.
If you leave in in the bean bag and poke tiny hole in it with a needle, then you can put whole thing in sealing bag with O2 absorber, PLUS you can keep the pkg recipes and nutrition info. AND you can reuse the bag once you cut the end of the foodsaver bag off.
Now that we are retired and seldom can things in quarts any more, I utilize my quart jars for dry goodcwhich I vacuum. Using the undamaged used canning lids they store well in a dark cool srorage space set aside for food storage in our small home.
Great video, thank you ma'am, I'm off to get some mylar bags and beans and start my first prepper project 🙂
Wonderful!
Awesome video! We eat beans/,legumes way to frequently to store them long term buuut I do need to massively increase my stock of beans/legumes & think about a long term way of storing & then remember to keep those aside!
Thank you friend for sharing 🖤
I have beans stored in about all the ways you demonstrated and a few vacuum sealed in half gallon mason jars. Rice too. Also home canned beans.
Love your channel. I’ll be stopping by for more tips.
I home can beans, have them dry with oxygen absorbers and also in cans. I am learning to rotate. I grew up with rice and beans as main staples.
We have some canned beans (dated for rotation), and bags of dried beans. Thanks for vacuum sealing suggestion. We have buckets to organize our grains.
I Have Tons of canned beans that we Rotate through.
Also,bags of 15 bean soup packages,
stuffed into Big,New Tupperware.
Also,Have #10 Cans of LDS beans.
Sounds like you are well prepared in the Bean department
We would starve in my house if we only had beans and rice! LOL. We don't like beans so much. I have a couple of bags of beans for just in case. I stock my pantry with cans of beans for chili or refried beans. That's really all we use them for. Great video.
You are smart in storing what you will eat
Simple, straightforward and you cover many questions that one asks. Love your presentation!
Glad it was helpful!
This is my first time seeing your videos and I just love you so much :). Thank you
I put beans, rice and oats in the deep freezer for a week then vacumn pack them in one pound bags. Not preppers we just live in a rural area and have been taught to take care of ourselves.
Freezing is great, if you have the space. Just make sure there is no condensation before you seal them shut.
I have started using 20 oz soda bottles to store rice beans lentils etc. I first rinse the soda bottle out. Then I allow it to dry completely. I then use a funnel to get the beans in the bottle. I've been put in an oxygen absorber and I tighten the cap down tight. The bottle sucks in showing the oxygen absorber is doing its job. I have purchased hey diesel fuel funnel. I cut the end off so that the funnel fits into the soda bottle and the beans still flow through. The diesel fuel funnel is brand new and will not be used for anything else.
Each 20oz bottle holds about 1 lb of beans or 1 lb of rice etc.
You make alot of sense not having the huge buckets of beans and rice. So I did do the small mylar bags and LOTS of cans.
I just bought a a big bag of red kidney beans. I want to Can some too. Perfect timing thank you so much.
I have stored dry beans in glass canning jars and vacuum seal them
That works too
No mice getting in there.
Lol the over kill method. That’s exactly what it is 😂. Thank you for this information.
Ant and the grashopper.
Thank you for your time. I have learned so much from your videos
I now also keep some soaked and canned. Such a great way to make quick meal. I also can just reg bean soup but when I take one jar sometimes I add kale and Italian seasoning and serve with Parmesan on top like a Tuscan bean soup. So great!
Thank you for the information. And I love your hair! God bless you, Connie
LOL my hair has a mind of its own.
Storing in bag it came with is good if you give food away & person may not know how to cook the beans. I love my bucket opener, Gamma Lids but use regular lids for long term storage! Love my vacuum sealer but don't "over kill". Canned beans are awesome for quick meals, Canning beans so far I have only done Pinto & Black Beans. Thank you for tip on grinding old bean's for bean flour! Love your channel!
I don’t store many dry beans, because I’m unsure of how much energy I will have to cook them in a grid-down situation. Great idea though if you have huge propane tanks and such.
I store using all the methods she mentioned except pouring beans loose or in a huge mylar bag into a 5 gallon bucket...I most often am cooking for only 1 or2 people at a time unless family is coming and I always have a heads up for when that is going to happen..
I also share your concern about having the power/water in a shtf scenerio so what I do is I pressure can some of my beans so its then just an open jar put in a pot add your seasonings or whatever you are going to use and simmer/heat for the short time needed. Hope this gives you another alternative.
@@JeanieButler thank you for your suggestion. I did consider canning my own beans, but since I’m fairly new to pressure canning, I don’t have a large supply of jars. The cost of them makes buying commercially canned beans a better solution for me. But I might give it a try at some point.
@@wendyneal4900 I can understand the expense aspect as I live on disability income ugh...another suggestion I get most of my jars at yard sales, estate sales and thrift stores. just check the rims of the jars for any knicks. I have gotten cases of jars for as little as .25 a jar...always use new lids (you can reuse the rings over and over). You can reuse the lids for dry goods and dehydrated food however. good luck, happy prepping., and remember ask lots of ?'s the only dumb one is the one you dont ask.
@@JeanieButler excellent idea! I have not thought of that. I will start looking and checking for yard sales and estate sales! Thank you!
Soak and precook as usual. Dehydrate. In a grid down situation add boiling water in a 1:1 ratio. Ready in 15 minutes. Backpackers prepare instant food this way.
Thank you!!! Blessings to All!