The REAL Shelf Life of Food
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In this video I talk about the true storage life of foods, do you need to throw food out before the best before date? How long will it really last? In this video we talk about all of that and much more!
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Several rusty cans of Tuna saved my life when I got stranded at a glaciological study cabin in Southeast Alaska up in the mountains ( Mountain Goat hunting ) Cans were rusty, but not punctured, tuna was fresh...
Wow thanks for sharing and God bless
Great info.
wow!!
Holy Crap, man!
Holy moley
Moral of the code:
Eat a little, Wait a while.
No issues or side effects = Dive and have all
Good advise
-First I would rub some on inner wrist.
-If no reaction after an hour, put a little in your mouth swish around & spit out (I would save that for later.)
-If no reaction after 30 min, then eat a little.
Can you imagine how hard it would be to not eat it all right away?
At ten years out, I would be doing everything possible to be growing & raising my own food.
Better still...cook it for 10 minutes
I’ve eaten canned goods from WWII. Some lost taste/texture quality, but were otherwise safe from being properly stored. I’ve been in life and death situations and had food I didn’t like. It’s amazing how good it tastes when you NEED to eat. Your body will make you like it as a coping mechanism. I’m not even kidding, your tastes will actually adjust when you’re desperate.
That's really interesting but ya, makes sense.
Exactly... I fasted for 16 days and dreamt about sardines, tuna, mixed vegetables haha... After not eating for weeks I think I'd even eat spam 😋
Ya, I remember having WW2 rations back in the mid 80s, the beef stew didn't taste much different then Dinty More. Just yesterday I had a Oats'N Honey granola bar that had a date of Oct 24, 2010. It was fine.
Back then wallpaper glue was made of wheat paste.
Truth Retguy!!
Somewhere in heaven there is a woman smiling , knowing that her canning method lasted this long on that sunken ship. 😉
Haha true
@@octaviusgalacticus2253 😉
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My Mom was saying her mother's canned currant juice was still good (20 years). We had our doubts. Nobody tried it.
@@jmr8709 Penicllin anyone? Anyone? No one?! 😉
My mom survived Holodomor (famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s) and, well, this experience does not exactly go away. She was a prepper before that term was generally known and stored lots of stuff, mostly canned products.
I didn't know about Holodomor untill recently. They hid that information from us in the USSR.
Hold on a sec..... the Soviet Commies HID deleterious information from the free world??
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Does this mean that the TOTS & BUMS working hard on rioting, looting, burning and killing... will not be honest with the public?
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2A for keeps nowadays. 🇺🇸
This is actually immediately what I thought of when he was talking about his friends looking appetising. During Holodomor , some people actually had to eat their deceased relatives and children. If you (people reading this) ever need to get physically ill, listen to the eye witness accounts of Ukrainians that went through that time. My grandfather was Ukrainian and my other grandparents were German and lived through the war in Germany. Holodomor was 10 times worse
Not all the eaten were dead, in particular children.
Holodomor? Yeah, it was bad. But then again - most sensible numbers of what happened in Russia, as well as Central and Eastern Europe under Lenin and Stalin, add up to some 50 million deaths give or take - that’s more than WW2, and certainly more than WWI. And the atrocities that went on, in Ukraine in particular - heart wrenching. And this whole part of the World is still so bitter - no surprise :(
@@jacekstasik9172
Reminds me of "THE SIMPSONS. Russian Art Film Version // Симпсоны. Артхаусная русская версия".
The cans of that river boat were most likely sealed in mud and kept at a cold temperature which helped to keep them safe longer
I've been to that museum and you are correct. No sunlight, too.
I'm thinking those cans were probably an 1/8th of an inch thick, lol... half of which was lead.
and guarded by cow sized flathead catfish!
Another good skill a lot of people should learn is how to salvage a meal gone wrong.
Example. Who has over cooked rice? Come on, we've all done it. That mashy mushy exploded rice kernels of blegh.
What you need.
Strainer, cheese cloth or piece of cooking cotton cloth.
Put cloth in strainer. Put in rice goo. Treat it like you're making farmers cheese.Get all that extra moisture out.
Mix in whatever spices, herbs you want. Heat a pan with some butter or a little oil. Use your rice paste and made patty cakes put of it. Fry them in the pan like you do home hash browns.
Is it the best thing in the world. Nah. But as my grams says "No meal is truly ruined until it kills you."
Knowing how to salvage food is a damn good skill to have.
another option is asian rice soup
Ah, yes, but first a lot of folk need to learn how to cook from scratch instead of eating fast food on a daily basis, along with other processed 'delights'.
I agree. Thanks for sharing this.
I learned that burnt toast can be scraped on cheese grater and All The black comes off.... Good to go 😊
Or you can use that rice to make a desert-like rice pudding. Just need to add; sugar or honey or syrup, either cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves (if not all 3 spices) milk (be it canned or reconstituted dried milk) eggs (regular or dried) butter (regular, canned, or ghee), vanilla extract, raisins or dates or nuts and bake. Or make it into a cereal for breakfast or dehydrate it and ground it to either make into a cream of rice porridge or rice flour. Or add that rice to a watery soup to thicken it into an almost stew. The possibilities are endless.
I know for a fact that we are spoiled. I've been homeless, eating out of the garbage can. So much waste, but it was really good food. Even canned items. Sometimes tuna sometimes cat food so hit and miss but still wasteful. I'm no longer homeless and make a point of wasting as absolutely little as possible! I've met people who live by the best before date or if they see a mark on their carrot garbage. It's so sad how we as a whole have so much and so very few realize how lucky we actually are. I find even when people go overseas and have seen crippling poverty they still take everything for granted. I can say waste not want not.
I want to thank you for your comments...you hit the nail on the head..we waste so much in this country!!! I Grew up in the country and learned to hunt.. cook..use hunting equipment..early as a young boy!!! I've been around the block a few times..but Ive got to say rural country living is the only way to go!!! Right now it's 10 pm pitch dark out hre where I am at but I got my rechargeable head lamp on reading and writing comments!! Its a nice cool fall night out the stars and the moon are coming up over the horizon.. I've got a fire going on my homemade grill...a couple of my big ferrel cats are curled up next to the fire 🔥...and the crickets are a chirping away!!! Every once in while... a jet plane passes overhead way up in the sky... This is heaven....Yep...
Soitisimpos, glad your life turned back around and glad you learned a leason and didn’t go back to the ways of the world once your situation improved.
Be that voice crying out in the wilderness to tell people not to waste food, and to be grateful for all that we have.
God bless and keep you.
Just don’t eat gas station sushi throwaway
I've never been homeless. But, once got pretty close many many years ago. I did grow up very poor. Still poor...just not AS poor. LOL However, I use to work in a grocery store. The amount of food thrown away broke my HEART. I garden. Seeing peppers thrown away because of a small spot or moldy top stem....bananas that were ripe...all kinds of things. Peppers are like waiting for Christmas for them to ripen...for me...they have always been a challenge to grow. What I saw in my three years at that grocery store blew my mind. Not only was it thrown away...they put it in compactors that made sure no starving soul could retrieve it. Just sad. I can't even tell you the amount of Best by date items thrown away.
Not everybody has a gun, even though most people nowadays do, but not everybody has hundreds, or thousands of ammunition crates stacked, upon thousands of ammunition crates. Not everybody is prepared, but also, not everybody knows or has been trained on how to aim and shoot properly. Not everybody has stocked up on food & water either. Not everybody has trust & security in large numbers. Not everybody has a backup plan. Not everybody has great optimum physical dexterity or has brains. Not everybody has robotic soldiers. Not everybody has an underground bunker when shit hits the fan. Not everybody is a prepper. Not everybody knows how to grow their own food. Not everybody knows how to sleep with one eye open. Not everybody is at least bilingual or trilingual and knows how to negotiate when necessary. Not everybody knows how to safely poop & shoot crouched in the forest, whilst balancing wiping with leaves in one hand and holding a gun in the other. Not everybody knows what to do when they come into contact with Negan. Not everybody knows that garlic has antibiotic properties. Not everybody knows the health benefits of CBD. The ones with the guns who have also prepared themselves adequately will have the best promising outcome of survival.
For dried staples, like rice, flour, oats and legumes, store the new sealed packages in your freezer for a few days to eliminate weevils.
For canned foods, check for a bad smell. If it’s smelly, or tastes weird, ditch them.
Always ROTATE your food items when you purchase new replacements.
In addition to your dry goods such as rice, beans, and such. After you have placed them in the freezer for a few days, and you are going to place them in a tightly sealed container such as a 5 gallon bucket. Go to your local welding supply store and get you a small bottle of nitrogen gas and a regular. You would want to displaced the oxygen in that bucket with nitrogen. This will in the long run will help keep the dry good fresher longer.
FIFO is an acronym used in some resturaunts. Which means "First In First Out". I always think of it when adding to stock.
@@ianwall3620 in Australia, it’s called stock rotation. FIFO stands for fly in, fly out workers (mines). I get what you are saying though.
@@nephilimslayer73 it stands for that to you. Doesnt mean it is universal.
@@nephilimslayer73
Thanks for the Australian mine meaning. It's used for stock rotation also along with LIFO methods in accounting for determining cost, and value of inventory.
People who freakout over "expiration dates" annoy the crap out of me now, but they could become my friend down the road.
Waste not, want not!
I’m guilty.
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Anyway if you rotate your stock of food few will ever go past best use by date
A lot of my family members refuse to eat any food past the best buy date. It would be impossible to talk them into prepping. I want to help them, but I don't think I could ever get enough to keep them supplied.
About all I might be able to do is share seeds, and help them start a garden if things get bad. I wish they would stock more supplies. I barely talked them into stocking up before the virus hit, and the store shelves were empty, and they still haven't changed their mindset.
I ate canned Army food in the 60s with dates on them form WWII when out on maneuvers ...no one ever got sick
There is a long term cancer risk if you continually eat very old food, but there is the same risk from grilled/barbecued food, so it's nothing people don't already consume.
Carmel Teuma Vella I am buying a few MRE’s a little at a time. With heaters they are complete meals.
Same thing with my husband in the navy in the 60s.
Our great uncle let us eat rations from Korea back in 1970s. He was a prepper because of depression as a kid. It was fun to us and we didn't get sick. He served in WWII and Korea.
Me too. Some of the new ones that I got weren’t any good.
Some veggies like a lot of root plants can be harvested and replanted 2-3 times. Every time I buy/use onion, ginger, garlic, potatoes I’ll replant the parts of it in my garden and I’ll get another serving in 2 weeks to a month! Some herbs can be cut and through using hydroponics I can get another plant.
I love doing this! Never waste an onion 'bum'. As a chef, I get lots of growable off cuts.
Decades ago everyone knew that canned foods would last 25 to 30 years for some reason in the last 10 years that fact has been hidden
And maybe it's a good idea to buy canned foods or processed foods during the fall when temperatures are cold rather than hot
Another reason for "best before" date is liability. If food past the best before date has gone bad, the producing company cannot be held liable.
Absolutely. Dry foods last a long time after the expiration. Even Mineral makeup, only the USA now the past decade has an expiration date on it but anywhere else they don't.
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My grandmother use to can a lot of their vegetables, fruit from their garden and some meat every year. She eventually stopped due to old age but had a lot of jars of food left in the basement that was basically forgotten. When she passed away and the basement was cleaned out, the canned food was still good to eat and it had been sitting there a good 15-20 years if not longer. It’s definitely a good thing to get into if you’re a prepper or really anyone wanting to save money.
This is one of the best videos ever. You go out of your way to help and i appreciate you.
My housemates mock me for reading, canning, cooking on open fire, going for long bike rides, fishing, enjoying canned meats, backyard bush crafting etc. These are the same people that throw out food the day it's cooked, rely on constant Wi-Fi, are pumped full of uppers, downers, mood stabilizers, never exercise their bodies or minds, and chain smoke all day. They are also the same people who refuse to work, have their hands out, only go to church at Christmas to beg for a hamper.
When SHTF, I'm packing my Tundra, hooking up the trailer and going to my acreage they don't know about.
Or they mock you because you are stupid. Why would anyone bother to go to church? Just stop living with them, and make the life easier for both you and them.
Just make sure they dont follow you, i let it slip once that i am going to my uncles farm and one guy was like, well i will just follow you... i have since moved
@@brianspreperworld8175 If they follow me, I'll be sure to let them know that I also never mentioned that I own several guns.
Hey, it's private property with many NO TRESPASSING signs, they were warned right?
@St. Yeeter ya maybe i should
Are these "housemates" or potential future food sources?
In years past, humans' best assessment as to whether food is good, was based solely from our given tools: If it looks off (or poisonous), smells off, or tastes off, don't eat it. We are built with these tools, still, in our modern day, because we haven't evolved beyond need of them.
@@cUCH1337NPC Then you're hedging your bets. 🤷🏻
Trust your instincts. Media has tried to break our instincts. Fight it.b
As a mom the first thing is the smell test. Whenever I have anything that's spoiled though and I have to think twice about it I always think of Lizzie Borden. They think some of the reason that she went off the deep end it's because her dad made them eat spoiled meat all the time. Yes I know I'm strange
My parents once stored apples from our tree in the garage, next to a can of creosote. Nothing like creosote to make apple pie taste nasty. Both the pie and the whole box of apples had to be tossed!
@@sjordan7085 Wazzit an OPENED Cresote can? apple pie 'smoked' by the fumes rendering it unplatible. opposite of smoking on meats. appreciate info.
I recommend if you are using glass jars and canning your own food, put them inside freezer Ziploc baggies (stronger) once they have cooled down. This will prevent them from shattering all over the place if there were to be a natural disaster, or if the jar did not seal correctly and explodes, therefore preventing spread of botulism, which both are rare, it will also be readily available if sharing the content with someone else. The baggie serves a minimal of three purposes. Definitely a win-win situation. Always remember to pray over your food, I am most certain, we will be very reliant upon God when the SHTF.
I would like to bring up an important survival point. I'm a farmer and on my mothers side they were farmers in Germany for MANY generations. They did not have any electricity back then. So they "pickled" everything (meats and vegetables) in clay ceramic crocks. My grandfather back in the day had so many meats and vegetables pickling in crocks on his bar he ran that people LOVED eating them even years later. I'm not talking about fake vinegar canning. I'm talking about USING lacto bacteria to preserve food long term (tastes like a GOOD fresh pickle). The way bacteria pickling works is whatever bacteria culture gets a head start in your pickle will kill off and EAT all the other pathogens. Lacto bacteria produce lactic acid which gives you that great pickle taste. Furthermore whatever vegetables/spices you add will have their flavors powerfully infused into whatever your pickling. Even though we got refrigeration later real pickles are such a delicacy in our family everyone loves them and they have 200x the beneficial bacteria as yogurt!
If you plan to make your own home made pickles you MUST read up on it online as doing it willy-nilly wrong can allow botulism. You take my advice at your own risk! Lazy/stupid can backfire so read up online! Some suggestions here (this doesn't substitute your own research) from a old time pickler. You will need fresh water with no sterilizers/contaminates. My water is PH 7.5 and base water. You will need salt with NO iodine in it (iodine kills lacto bacteria). I recommend pickling, sea, or Kosher salt. Lacto bacteria is killed/slowed by light. To deal with this pickle in a light proof crock or a mason jar (what I use) you place in a light proof pantry or cover with aluminum foil to block light. Your first pickle should be a vegetable with lots of sugars. I recommend organic corn (tastes a lot like sauerkraut), okra (my favorite pickle), or hot peppers. Because you can use these later as "bacteria starters" in your meats and less sugar rich vegetables. Use 2% salt based on water and product weight (I sometimes use 2 heaping table spoons salt to a quart jar). The old saying passed down for generations is "Below the brine everything fine!". If done right botulism can't grow below the brine (salt helps inhibits it and favors lacto bacteria). Using mason jars I PACK my jars tight enough that vegetables hold each other tight and will not float. If you are doing something like corn I cut a cabbage leaf as a cap and use a glass weight to hold the cap down. Anything that floats can mold (you'll have to scoop it or pitch). For most things "Wait 30 days!" Tasting early will have have other bacteria (till the lacto eats it all) that taste bad. Also DO NOT remove your mason lid during pickling. Put your lid on SOFTLY! You want the co2 (heavier than air) to push out all the air without letting any more air inside during the main pickle phase. If your lacto bacteria rids your jar of air it is less likely to mold/yeast. Once you have your first pickled vegetables you can use them as "starters" in your meats and non sugar vegetables (I sometimes add a tsp of sugar to a pickle with a starter). My favorite spices to add to pickles are dill, garlic, mustard seeds, black pepper, bay leaves, and anything else tasty. I put them on the bottom of the pickle jar and add salt to the top before adding water. I pickle in the basement pantry at 65F-75F degrees. Pickled corn and peppers in fresh salsa is one of the best flavors ever (done in 5-7 days with a starter). Bad home water will cause your pickles to fail. Learning REAL pickling can help you save perishable foods over winter in a grid down situation. As a experienced pickler can preserve near EVERYTHING without electricity or manufactured goods.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge about pickling...I have just begun pickling (lacto fermenting) some vegetables...
How do I store the finished product (after it is done fermenting?)...can it sit out at room temperature or does it have to be store in the fridge?
Awesome info
Thank you for all the detail and time you took to inform us🌸
@@nikilenguyen6592 maybe can it? Or store it in its jar?
Thank U I'll try
I used ranch dressing yesterday that expired in February and had been opened before that date. It was fine. No issues at all. I ate peanut butter that had expired 3 years earlier and again, no issues.
Just ate two year expired instant potatoes and gravy mix for the second time in 2 days. No issues whatsoever.
If there’s a nuclear blast, I’m going out and standing on my front porch. Don’t want to be around for the aftermath.
Can’t. I want to go have fun. Also I am morally obligated to start freeing any animals not killed in blast.
This is the sort of video that made me subscribe to Canadian Prepper in the first place. This could truly save your life should you find yourself in a similar situation.
I've been experimenting for years on canned food. If kept cool, dark and dry almost everything will last way over the expiration date. The only category I've found to be close to accurate is tomato products. Tomato sauce, ketchup, etc will start to break down the cans and salsa and ketchup darken. Things like peanut butter are good, I'm eating one now that's 3 years expired but once food is opened it will start to deteriorate and needs to be consumed sooner rather than later. Thanks for the informative video!
I was going to throw away some peanut butter out of date, but now I'll try :-)
As far as PB is concerned, I would prefer to purchase many smaller jars than a huge one, yes you will pay just a bit more but remember once they are open without refrigeration it will go bad much more rapidly so the smaller amounts will stay sealed until you need them.
Re-can you tomato products when close to experation date into glass jars. Now you have much longer and no worries with the acidity of them
Andrea Craig peanut butter can turn rancid and taste awful, but not harmful. I just can’t get past the rancid taste.
@@MarkFaust I have never refrigerated my peanut butter, I use it and put the open can back on the shelf. I've never had any problems.
The Arabia steamboat was not overloaded. It hit a snag (a tree trunk or large branch partially embedded in the riverbed) and started taking on water. It did sink but not before everyone was able to get to shore. Portions of the Arabia and most of its contents can be seen at the Arabia Steamboat museum in Kansas City MO. It is an amazing place with an even more amazing story.
I live in Kansas city
I have a Mason jar of green beans that my great grandmother canned during World War One. Honestly, it looks like it was canned as recently as World War Two 😳.
I have heard that home canned foods should be eaten within one year.
I would never eat string beans canned past a certain time even if it was canned by a manufacture. Botulism is very proliferant in string beans
@@americafirst9144 , if stored properly they will last quite a few years. The food will darken eventually and will lose some nutritional value though. 26 yrs of canning experience.
My mother would have been a bit older than yours. They survived and thrived, because they had common sense, something that appears to be lacking a lot with some folk. My mother kept cans for a very long time, and never once did we get sick, as you say, if it looks and smells, and tastes OK. then it is OK. Some folk are paranoid, others have better things to do with their time.
My grandma canned over 1000 jars per year. As a kid, I thought green beans naturally tasted like vinegar.
Even though the worlds about to end I still enjoy this channel more than all others on TH-cam
Not the world, just the world as we know it. Although to some people that's the same thing.
Truth Seeker exactly
I found some canned foods in the back of my pantry when cleaning it out last summer and they were outdated by about five years I went ahead and ate them anyway it was peaches and corn and stuff like that and it was all very very good .
My parents & grandparents endured the “Great Depression”, so as a child I was accustomed to our fresh produce (from the large gardens we planted every year) & Mother would have me (as her assistant in the kitchen) canning all of that delicious yield throughout the year. Thank you for sharing the stellar information that you provide, it is a valuable benefit 👍⭐️🇺🇸
My friends parents ate a mason jar of soup they canned 15 years earlier and everything was fine.
Not related to your post, but I like your name. My name is Tara, and my mother’s name is Lynn. My first cousin’s middle name is Lynn. And my parents divorced and my dad married another woman named Lynn.
@@HomesteadHopefulTara Thanks Tara!
I came here to comment that we’ve eaten salsa that we canned about ten years prior
Matteo Veneruz my neighbor gave me a couple jars of salsa made with recipe on salsa packet bought in canning section at Walmart ...👍👍👍good stuff, I want to make it next season, I ate it on everything, chips, peas, hamburgers, fried taters, chicken dressing, rice.... it was better than store bought.
That's different
That was really thorough and well needed. Thanks for the reminder!
Honey has no expiration of kept free of environmental factors, if indeed pure honey.
In a sealed environment, it has been tested to 2000 years... So basically you will expire before it does.
True. They've found honey in Egyptian pyramids that's still edible today
Food banks here in Canada 🇨🇦 do not accept 'expired' non-perishables, which is a shame. Excellent video.
Last week I discovered a jar of unopened pasta sauce in the back of my fridge with a best before date of Aug 2015. I opened it expecting mold. It was good still. I've eaten some already and it tastes just fine and I didn't get sick.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Seems a lot of canned goods last 5-10 years beyond expiration date depending on how it was stored and such. Stay safe friend.
Thank you for sharing
But if that pasta sauce seal was broken there would be mold. Mold grows if air can get in.
@@HH-iv6mf but that would be wasting 🙃
It will last a lot longer than that. I bought tomato sauce in tins which are lined to prevent pr chemicals in the metal from seeping into the contents. I am hoping those will last even longer than expected.
One of your best videos Canadian Prepper. 10/10 content.
Do a video on rice, pasta, flour and cans of fruit like this one please.
Talking about how we have become conditioned to eating, nicely presented and tasteful food.
We have a pet pig called Matilda here in the Philippines. She has her pig food each day and she has all our veg scraps, weeds from gardening and really loves fruit. So I’m thinking that she really enjoys her watermelons and bananas, but on she is equally just as happy to eat a dead rotting Gecko if she finds one whilst we go out walking. She eats anything nice or nasty lol 🐽❤️
Gross😂😂😩
@Mark Sheehan
I'll bet my bottom dollar she won't eat a BigMac!
a true Dedicated Omnivore is yur MATILDA. Heck of a constitution in her gut.
I've been to the Steamboat Arabia museum several times and am amazed by it each and every time!
I found some canned pumpkin that expired two years ago at the back of my pantry. I always keep canned pumpkin in the house cause I have dogs and it helps dogs having digestive issues. Anyways, I opened that canned pumpkin and it was still perfect. I baked some pumpkin bread and it was delicious. I am currently using cans of expired chili beans and replacing them with new cans. I am workin on getting better at rotating.
Same goes for many medical items. When I first got into medicine, many things did not have exp dates. Now, everything medical has an exp date. But realistically, if it is sterile, it will remain sterile if the packaging remains intact.
@Terrance Griffiths
Sterile ~ yes.
Potent ~ ???????
@@annieb7919 We had a pharmacist talk about this. After exp date, the med is not guaranteed to be above 99.5% of its stated potency. Most meds once stored in the freezer will only lose about 1% per decade according to many chemists and pharmacists I've spoken with. Some antibiotics are worse for that.
@@scorpion2669 I also heard about that. The potency wasn't what it was when the expiration date passed
@@yuri611 true, but it is far from being useless.
@@scorpion2669 yes and there's a time it would be toxic(depends on the chemical of it) because of the breakage of chemicals
Last evening for dinner we had salmon patties from 3 year expired canned salmon. Very good and no illness.
Stock up on McDonald's patties lmao those things apparently last indefinitely regardless of storing conditions 😆😆
That's because they're dehydrated 👍
That’s because bacteria won’t even eat McDonald’s
I've cleaned out a hoarder's room one time. Those stuff kept the same experience for well over a year. Not sure if it would be safe to eat.
Except when bugs and mice won't eat em!😆
So is ur bio suggesting shtf by November
This is why we got a freeze dryer. Has been our best prepping tool by far.
DIY makes it far less expensive to prep too!
When I took a micro biology class in college a long time ago. Our professor informed us something I will never forget and that is it takes only 300 molecules of the botulinum toxin to kill an adult person. He then repeated himself just in case we thought we heard him incorrectly.
Yes, but which also dies when heated
Gather, Create, Live with Leslie H. You may want to check on that... while boiling temperatures (water bath canning) kill the bacteria present, the spores require higher temperatures (120C+) for extended times to kill. The only safe way to can food without danger of botulism is by having a pH
@@maximus10ish , you can also safely water bath or steam can many foods. It is important to know what foods require which type of canner. A good canning book explains it all very well. I suggest the Ball Blue Book of Preserving.
I read that a hard boil for 10 minutes will kill botulism.
"Things that repulse you today, might look pretty good after shtf"
This is why I store sardines.
Same, but Spam
@@Mhel2023 I'd prefer spam too.
They last for years.
but now the boxes are lined with something (I forgot its name) that becomes carcinogenic after 2 years. And 2 years is the minimum you need for the sardine "bones" to really soften and release their calcium.
Sardine sandwiches are really good!
In the military you find out that hungry is the best spice !!!
That and Tabasco
I just bought 50 pounds of rice I will storage it for Long term, I am getting ready to can some meat for long term too , and have plenty of can vegetables and fruit and dry and can beans amount other things , prepare while you can
You have freeze it first for several days or dry can it in the oven to prevent weevils!
I freeze all my grains outdoors for several days each winter. Kills any bugs and their eggs.
I have been storing canned foods for well over 15 years in a cool (65 Degree F) dry, dark basement and the longest allowed to age item was a canned bacon product. Opened in 2017 and edible as if it was packaged the day the can was opened. I did open some canned Del Monte peaches that tasted great but the texture of the peach itself had broken down to a mushy texture and the juice was as if it had been put in the can the day before it was opened.
Something similar has happened to me with peaches, I opened them just before the best by date and they were broken down and soft. Still edible but didn't taste very good.
I recently sorted my modest food store and started eating cans over 5 years past best before date. All the veggies were fine, the meats were too. Tins of Chilli were still good, everything really except a veggie curry which had solidified from its normally runny consistency but i still ate it although it had a slight metallic taste. I never got any sign of sickness! They have been stored in an unheated Garage within temperatures from 0-30 Degrees C.
Careful.. botulism is not a good way to go
Jdl Mac Yep not good. But all my tins were in great condition with no signs of bulging that is a dead giveaway to throwaway! If something smelt off it would also go in the bin.
Good info. Can goods last waaaay longer than the dates. We produce our own pork and chicken and have jars we canned over 5 years ago that we still use, no problem. Store bought tins we rotate as soon as any rust is visible on can. MRE cheese pouches age amazingly well too. I don’t even like them til they’re 5 yrs old lol
I watch Alaska Prepper. He looks at the can, opens and looks and smells the food, then he cooks and eats the food. If anything is off he throws it out. I like his approach so much I have begun using it. I like that CP stated how the nutrients hold up. I have been concerned about that, but no longer am.
@@jdlflagstone6980 Did you just watch the same video that we did??
One of your best most accurate vlogs. Awesome.
Two months ago I ate a 5 year can of beans and they were fine, not even stale
So happy someone finally put a video out on this subject!!! THANK YOU BROTHER!!!!
I have one message for all of you,
NEVER operate on a FEAR based mindset.
A lot of you need to understand the circumstance.
Actually, being well prepared eliminates any possibility of fear, when one is ready to meet the challenges ahead. How simple is that?
@@sjordan7085 true..but pretty much alll the people i know, have enough food etc to last them 2 weeks max..and they dont have financial means to stock up so...thats scarey...and they own homes etc. Any tips for tht?
The glass "canning", yes I would agree it could last longer than the person who canned it! The metal cans I have run my own experiments. I have kept cans of food for 10yrs and opened at the 5yr and 10yr date. I have found that the more acidic the food, the less likely it is to last. The acid in the food corrodes the solder joint in the melt can, and it does spoil the food. Tomato past was the worst and not edible (though I was not staving at the time). Corned beef lasts for 10yrs +. Really enjoy your video's, thought provoking and most of the time not too much "crazy talk", Thank you.
There is also a third way of canning or preserving my grandma and mum used to do it, they cleaned the jars and then heat the jars in the oven up to the temp desired, while this was going they would be cooking the food , fruit or tomatoes etc, and then open the oven door let the jars cool a bit, using oven mits or gloves pull the jars out one at a time and put the hot food into the hot jars, then put the lid on, as it cooled it would seal itself, and once cool they would put the rings on and then store them away.
I like this idea better than the fear of my lids exploding etc!
That method only works safely with high acid foods like tomatoes and apples or when you add preservatives like sugar in jams. I won't use it for things like green beans, carrots, corn, etc. and definitely not for meat!
There's also dry canning for dried good like rice, flour, and so on.
I do this when canning.
Faith Olsen so why?
I have an old Time Life Book on "Food And Nutrition" printed in the mid-1960s and according to one account, a steam boat in the Mississippi River sank in 1859 and when she was found in 1957 it was discovered that she was carrying a supply of canned foods and the cans ARE OF SUCH GOOD QUALITY THAT THEY ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION and upon opening scientists tested them and found out that the canned foods are STILL SAFE TO EAT!
Thank you so much for this educational video! It was SO interesting! I did not even know how much I needed this info! Thank you again Canadian Prepper for all you do!!!! I am SO BLESSED to have you and your channel in my life! God bless you and keep videos like these coming PLEASE SIR!!! Hearing you LOUD and CLEAR from North Mississippi!!!! 🙏
Prayers & Pepto 🤞
Thanks for putting this video together. You saved us from getting sick.
If it looks good, smells good, and tastes good, chances are it is still good. That goes for everything except for protein-rich foods like meat or legumes. Botulism is not the kind of death I would wish for myself...
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Usually if it's got bugs it lets out pressure when opened...
@@Anjanya1948 unless the can is dented, in which case it will also let off some pressure because it's under more pressure than normal thanks to the dent.
@@MichaelGhost Alfie is probably the most hilarious guy on the entire TH-cams... too bad he hardly uploads anymore :D
@Climate Preparedness am 24 years old do you know any good Prepping/survival TH-camrs that’s it’s in my age range. Because all the people I watch are 35+ and all they do is try to sell you stuff and I mostly like “The Outdoor Gear Review” that’s no BS but gives you tips and (Honest reviews) and doesn’t sell it to you. If you know any that would help a lot. Ps knowledge is power so share it around, and one last thing is I see The Atlas survival shelters and all people are doing is storing food and have a bed shower/toilet “restroom” and a tv with dvds and some game console, but no Room for exercise equipment you have a couple closets for your guns and bugout bag. But what are you really going to do down there yes your safe. But it’s going to be like “Prison” and am a loner but I will go crazy if I was all by myself for over 6 months let alone for over a year in a small bunker yes i know it’s 40 square feet but really think about that. I would probably just go band together with my neighborhood because “ United we stand divided we fall” just something to think about.
The Mad Max Milkshake looks delish! 😋 I had some of the freeze-dried ice cream in my preps, but I couldn’t help myself and ate them all already. 🙂
Ex Canadian infantry and yes i did eat 15 year old mre's while in service
Same here. When I was in OIF in 2005 a truckload of mres showed up that I swear had to be from the Gulf War. All were meals I've never seen. The peanut butter was almost powder. But I added water and ate it!
I'm glad you covered humans eating raw meat. I was abandoned in a forest area as a small child under 10 years of age and befriended a pack of wild dogs. When I was living with them, the only thing I had to sustain myself was the blood of any game they took down and whatever gristle I could get off the bones once the dogs were finished. Many years later when I explained this to several professional people they were almost in disbelief. Some advice though if you are ever caught in this situation. Don't drink the blood of an animal until you are full as it causes massive nausea and constipation from the amount of iron. Also, it tastes sweet if it is an herbivore, but probably because I had nothing sweet for weeks. Additionally, do not attempt to warm yourself by hanging out next to and snuggling up against the carcass as you will be covered in blood and freeze more later. Finally, gristle is very very difficult to get free with human teeth and not very filling, but it does give your mind the feeling of getting something into you. Dogs are wonderful companions to keep you warm however, even wild ones. I was later found by a hunter just before succumbing to hypothermia several weeks after being abandoned. (I lost my pack) It was the first day of hunting when I was found and quite likely would have been my last day on earth if not for them. Thank you again for reminding me that there are resources no matter what.
@@chrisgartenn That is insanity. I gag when I am faced with raw meat now. It just brings back all those memories.
I have a friend who I've been giving my expired food to for many years now and he's alive and well.
Really great content, not just for the prepper minded among us. Also for the people who want to show their worrying partner that eating something the day after that date, won't kill you...
Yours are very informative. I like how you actually give out great information. Too many other so called preppers just show you what they have and get into political ideologies. Your the man! Thank you I've learned a lot from your videos.
Yes, and he's good looking too! LOL
You have one of the best researched and informative channels out there. Bonus that you are Canadian.
You will be surprised how quickly your standards drop in a situation that puts a lot of stress on your body. After just 3 days living in the desert at Burning Man, you will see vegetarians eating bacon. When your body needs high calorie food and is at the mercy of environmental factors, you will eat whatever you can get your hands on. Great video.
I still have all the food I stored away for Y2K, so I'm good.
I carried this economy on my back last year. I would say that all frontline men are strong men. All frontline women are strong women. We love our cops, military, healthcare workers, truck drivers, lawn care workers, landscapers, small business, grocery store employees, gas station employees, etc. We carried this great nation on our backs. And we continue to do so. I have the upmost respect for good police officers who respect the law and constitution. I have the upmost respect for women who work and raise children. I also have the upmost respect for the real press, the ones who aren't corporate media. I have the upmost respect for women who are pregnant serving in the military, damn woman!!!! Salute🇺🇸
We got to stick together people. Enough with the division. Differences is what makes this country so great. Not because we're the richest, or have the strongest military, but because we adapt to our surroundings. We don't need division, we need to work together. Men and women are different yes, but we have a common goal: freedom. Good times can be great times if we all learn to get along and work together as a entire planet. No need for world hunger or war. If we can learn to work with each other instead of against each other.
Found this video extremely helpful!
Thank you !
Once again, on it CP! BLESSINGS to you and family.😇
Opinion: I would just like to add that I have researched this exact subject for about 2 years. There are numerous reports that the cans with a "PULL TAB" just do not seal as well as conventional sealed cans that require a "can opener".....thus more inclined to go bad and make you sick or kill you. I would also like to say that my late 95 years old mother (who lived through the Great Depression and WW2) had a saying about canned food........"It's good till it's bad". Meaning she ate expired canned food all the time and if it passed the smell and taste test,,,,,,,it was good no matter when it expired.
True, but PULL TABS are a relatively new thing, when it comes to canned foods, I rarely buy them. If I want something light weight for my RV, and easy to open, I buy pouches instead.
@@sjordan7085 I had some pull tab canned food go bad 2 years before the exp date. The can was not dented at all. It started to bloat and expand....I was surprised because I figured "Spam" is a tried and true product with a long history.
Not going to lie, this has been one of your best most recent videos and I have loved it!
Thanks Canadian Prepper! Your videos are awesome. Much appreciated!🙏
Great video, I shared with all my family member, bunch of scardy cats
Reuse, recycle and reduse waste
Side line, save 💰
I keep trying to prep beer to barter, but every time I see a case of beers my mouth just guzzles them down!
CP, this is well timed and excellent info. Thank you. Love and hugs.
CP you are always very thorough. Thank you.
If you haven't got a canning bath setup of some kind, try hot packing. Pour hot contents or your food with very hot water into a warmed glass jar and close with a screw lid containing an intact seal, or a lid with a ring. The lid will audibly "pop" when the oxygen is gone and the contents are tightly sealed. I love to repurpose pickle jars for hot packing.
Great tip, I'll have to try it.
@@annwrubel1090 Fill your jars up but leave a little headspace.
You can only hot bath some tomatoes, pickles, jams, jellies, preserves. Definitely not regular vegetables or meats. They have to be pressure canned. A small pressure canner doesn’t cost much.
If it is not bubbled or sunken in, then I did eat!
Over 48% of the food produced is trashed before it ever gets free of the farm, because it is either not the perfect shape or color so says by the Grocery stores! Then most people throw out 50% of the food that reaches their home intact!
The western countries are the biggest wasters of food, water and medications!
We need a whipping Literally!
Because as it stand with our population and it’s growth rate, we would need another 7 Earths to feed everyone as westerners eat!
I have food storage from Y2K. What I learned Tuna stored in oil never disintegrates. Tuna packed in water takes on a metalic taste, it won't kill you but it should be cooked at high tem;p in casserole etc. Spagettie sauce, tomato products must be repacked into glass, as well as mandarine oranges, pinaple. I am still opening venison and other pressure cooked meats canned 22 years ago. When buying #10 cans with fruits, or other products recan in glass. I also buy #10 cans of peas, carrots, corn , drain water, rinse and place on drying racks. Will dry in warm/hot weather in a few days. Blessings
Very professionally done. Thank You!
One good survival strategy is to make friends with vegans. If they can't grow food, and you need to eat, vegans are probably the most healthy and least toxic people to eat.
LMAO good point!
gluten free and organic
lol i cant stand them but your right!
Yeah ..most I know are not that healthy
Funny meme photo just pause the video.
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Where do you find the time to get so much knowledge
All I can say is all due respect . Thanks man
How true, I think Nate must survive on two or three hours of sleep a night. He is intelligent and logical in all he presents. Thank you Nate.
I bet he only sleeps three hours a night...LOL
this channel is getting better and better - keep up the good work and the diverse content
Your so right about sensitive taste buds. Who cares if it feeds you. Great Vid!!!!!
The perfect video for an evening with lentil soup I found in the fridge after I wanted to eat that days ago before it goes bad.
How we waste everithing is discusting but personally i dont trow away food at all, if i dont eat it my dogs or the chickens will (disastrous english from QC)
We waste a lot of food but we waste everything else too.. throw away society 😔
@@jdlflagstone6980 YES!!! THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THIS SOCIETY throw it away.
@@PP-uv1kw we've already done that, long ago, that's the problem
@Jake DoesntLikeU - Americans learned wastefulness from the wealthy. The wealthy beings are the most wasteful and always been. The piss poor got the nerve to be wasteful as to why I don't help too many of them.
@Jake DoesntLikeU - I know what it is to be poor and not having enough. In hindsight I am glad I did experience the being poor/homeless/etc. That made Me a stronger woman and appreciate what I have now. I'm not wealthy, but I got a few Real Properties that has made Me comfortable via renting to financially stable people.
I know 3 millionaires, You would never know they have so much money due to they know how to live on a little bit and squirrel-away the rest of their goods/wealth for the future.
Just made home made veggie soup. I am so glad I took the time to gather sufficient food for a working pantry. It is so convenient to have what I need, instead of having to brave the elements to go to the store, when I don't feel like. It is a good feeling to know that I have prepared enough food, water, supplies, and equipment as well as water and the means to purify it to last for several years, for my daugher and family as well as myself and pets. I cannot understand those who are so keen to resist seeing what is coming down the pike, and I am now beyond the point of wasting precious time and energy to encourage others who are not interested. They had better not come knocking at my door!
Canadian Prepped * Thank you for sharing this video and all the work you did into finding out the information.I have always wanted to know all about this subject .😇
In the 60s, in the Navy, we ate "C" rations that were canned in the mid 40s!!!!!
That's amazing, I think it's a crime putting best buy dates when they know it will last more than 5 years. So many people throw out food that is perfecty fine.
My dad brought them home even in the seventies I loved the fruit cocktail. Wish I saved them.
Wow Brother 👏 you hit this review out of the park. Thank you Brother, If we get another stimulus check, I will definitely be ordering again, These kind of reviews are very helpful, I know you did so much research and effort to make this Video, I don't know if you remember me,I'm the anoiging guy from Mo, that didn't get my Wysi puck holder wipes, that you said if we made a order in the two week time you would include holder for pucks, because it was hard to find container well today you redeem yourself. Even though I never received 5 pucks and container that you promised. I totally appreciate the video. Sincerely Rick from Mo God bless
Are you by chance from Minnesota? I ask because your passive/aggressive game is on point.
@@kellywallin2641 Hello Kelly , I'm from MO, I made one order. About 2 years ago, from the Canadian preper and I didn't receive, my total order, So I emailed, and emailed trying to ask them to resolve my order, I had got a reply from Someone that they would look into it, and send the rest of my order. Well I waited and waited and I never heard anymore and nothing was resolved. So I said to myself I will never order from them again, over time I would watch his channel sometimes and I wouldn't make any comments, well today I thought his content was very helpful and thorough. Sometimes you need to give people a second chance, Was it right what happened no, but were in a crazy and uncertain times, I would hope that if I messed up once that I would get another chance. Take care Brother and Stay Safe and healthy
B/B means Best Before, in French it will show M/A which stands for Meilleur Avant or Best Before
This is exactly what I've been exploring for years now and our Show Eating History really puts my money where my mouth is.
Mmmmm. bush beans they never expire.
I can tell where that caveman at 18:10 has stockpiled his cans from the way he's walking.
Nice job! Ty once again! God Bless You And The Family
Wonderful video. Thank you for being a source of information to benefit the individual and the group. Please keep them coming! Thank you!!
I have frozen milk for 6 months and it was way past is "expiration date" pull it out. Unfrozen it and it tastes like I just bought it. Btw of your a milk drinker. Wait for a deal and buy like 6 of them and freeze them
The Great Lemon
I've been playing around with powdered milk ~ if you get it just right, it has that nice consistency to it, I don't like that 2% watery junk
and it doesn't have that after taste to it... I like it personally.
Plant-based milks are far healthier, and most do not need to freeze when they come in cartons, they are shelf stable and taste good too.
@@chrisgartenn Many highly educated scientists would disagree with you. A Plant-based diet is better for humans, kinder to animals, better for the environment and less espensive on the pocket. Where do you think most modern day human diseases come from? Most are caused by over consumption of animal products. We have been lied to, milk is not good for every body. Cow's milk is ideal for baby cattle. Human milk is ideal for baby humans. We humans are the only species on earth that consumes the milk of other species.