Food Storage 101~Ms. Homestead Lady Wisdom~
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- Everyone loves Ms. Homestead Lady-a true homesteader of these mountains for well over 30 years. She and her family have more than proven how to homestead and how to fully live Off Grid. She has such great wisdom in everything for everyone, but understands how to transition and the struggle at times to jump start a successful homestead. Here is just one quick tip from her-but an important one-in order to jump start YOUR efficiency plan no matter where you are. Stay tuned... LOTS more to come from her! Enjoy and thanks for watching! xo
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Thank you so much. I learned something today!!!
Patara (I hope I spelled that right) I respect the fact that Mrs. homestead lady would like to remain anonymous and I love that she is still willing to share the old school ways with those of us who take pride in sustaining a life for ourselves. Please let her know that her wisdom is valued by so many. I love the idea of getting a circle of that kind of wisdom together to share with those of us just starting out.
You did. ;-) I absolutely will! I'm trying to be creative with interjecting people like her and Old Fred with respecting their privacy. It's hard to believe that there are still old homesteaders and such that don't want to be on TH-cam or TV. They're just not used to it. Thank you for for being here and watching. Hope your homestead is running smooth this season! xo
Thank Ms Homestead Lady for sharing through you. I hope she will be blessed beyond measure for allowing you to pass on her knowledge!
Good video. Here are some things I have found useful when putting together two year's worth of storage food: 1 have a plan for nutritionally balanced meals (protein, complex carbs, simple carbs, dietary fats, dietary fiber, calcium, vitamins and minerals) and shop accordingly so you don't skimp on nutrition; 2 learn how to do grid-down cooking with basic raw ingredients and practice enough to become proficient (food storage is useless if you can't make edible meals from it); 3 keep a running tally of how many servings/calories per serving of each type of stored food you have with the goal of being able to provide each adult with 2000 calories of balanced nutrition per day (you may be surprised by what a year's worth of 2000 calories a day actually looks like); 4 make sure you have enough stored drinking water to prepare at least two weeks of meals from your food storage; 5 make sure you have a dry, vermin-free, cool location to store your food storage or you will be wasting your money; 6 get a dehydrator and start dehydrating those big bags of frozen veggies and frozen fruit from the supermarket (costs much less than buying #10 cans of dehy fruit and veggies); 7 teach yourself how to package your dry food storage in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers or in vacuum-sealed canning jars (costs less than buying those #10 cans of dried food); 8 buy the basic foods (wheat, sugar, dried milk, beans...) first than add the morale-boosting luxury food items (dark chocolate chips, cinnamon sticks, hard candies, freeze-dried shrimp, freeze-dried asparagus ...); and 9 a good quality solar oven and a good quality rocket stove can provide many year's of meal cooking without needing expensive, specialty fuels.
wow start your own youtube channel
Thanks for sharing i have taken to heart...:)
Thank you Patara and Ms Homestead Lady!!
I learn so much from your sharing and teaching…..
Thank-you and Mrs. Homestead Lady for caring enough to share this good information.We need to all get prepared. God Bless.
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Ms. Patera & Ms. Homestead Lady Thank you! 👏👏👏
PLEASE do more on this subject.
Thank-You Patara and Ms Homestead Lady..for sharing your "Wisdom" with everyone..even us Older Women..and..for taking time away from both your lives to help and educate us..It is so appreciated ~Many Blessings~
Thank you for taking the time! This Miss Homestead series is exactly what I'm looking for!
Thank you for all the information. Excellent. The bay leaves work, I use them all the time.
After I take the beans, or rice or flour from the freezer I allow them to go back to room temperature, then I pack them on the buckets or vacuum in jars to put away. Blessings Laura M
WTG! xo
Hey, you were way ahead of the covid game with this one!!
love it! I am interested in being in the circle of wisdom too! I need all the old school tips they can offer!
most of us out here don't know what to even do with beans or fresh ingredients. That was my first step after.starting to watch your channel.
jaclyn Richmond excellent job. Keep building upon your knowledge and skills.
awesome, Thank You Ms. Homestead Lady!
Great video , there's nothing better than the Old Timers !!
Yes!! Thanks so much for this video...
Finally!! Perfect advice. I just cringe when I hear people saying they're storing buckets of dried beans for 30 years. They're going to have a rude awakening when they try to cook beans that old. Patara, you are providing such good information. Can't wait for the next installment, in spite of the fact we've been storing food for over 20 years!
Exactly! She stresses it as being an ongoing chore or task. It never ends! xo
Yes ! PlZ do the series!!!
Thank you and Ms Homestead Lady!!
I took the time to figure out what I needed for food for a yr, then have a master shopping list for those items. Every week I check all the sales papers. When I find a item on that list at it's cheapest price, BOOM! I buy a yr supply of that item and put it away. Now remember grocery stores have cycles on food prices. Usually 6 to 8 wks cycles. They will range from high to low. Just when your shopping make notes of the price of your favorites items. Soon you will be aware of the cycles and the best time to buy. Learn to use coupons to help you cut cost. When you see a coupon for one of your favorites, know it's going on sale in your area soon. Now I grew up on a farm, we did not even have a tractor. We had a great team of mules. Many a long day in the sun farming. I started working n the fields when I was 8. You all have it much easy and no excuse for not having a food storage.
than you an miss homestead lady for the help
Thank You Patara & Ms Homestead Lady for doing this series the old homesteaders have so much knowledge ..Looking forward to your next video :) God Bless to you both
Ms. Tara, I love it when you talk about Mss. Homestead Lady. Now, I know why I can't find her channel now. Love watching all of your video's also. Watching the videos on the garden and all that you and other homesteaders do has gotten me back to where I am a ware of what I should be doing for myself and of course my family. Once, again thank you for share Ms. Homesteads information.
Good place to start. Thanks.
just so ya'll know my husband and I found food grade buckets at tractor supply for less money than the ones at home depot! so if you can't find a free source you can save a little money this way.
Will be watching the series, great information. Thank you both.
I love this knowledge. please continue the series
Great information! You are a treat to watch, Great job!
Thank you! Can't wait to hear more tips from Ms. Homesteady Lady.
Love this! I love tapping into the older generations knowledge of how to do things! A lot of it is just common sense, but we all know that's not so common anymore! Lol 😊😊😊
The 15-Bean soup mix can also almost all be planted. That can be a good inexpensive way to get some gardening going with items from your food storage. Thank you for all you do that benefits the rest of us so much.
Tried the 15 bean soup recently at a woodland meeting and it was fantastic, not from a bought mix though. I would just warn people who haven't tried it to be careful. I dived in and it was delicious, some of the best food I've ever eaten. I was then ill for 4 days. Make sure your digestive system can handle it, unfortunately mine can' t.
We grow about 200 to 300 acres of pinto or Anasazi beans a year. I live in the Pinto bean capital of the world 👍we can get all the beans we want come fall. We farm about 2000 acres of land total. The rest we usually put into wheat. I feel very blessed to grow up farming and ranching.
Thanks Patara. This was so helpful. Love your series on would you starve. Wish I had a Mrs Homestead Lady near me. Keepem comin.
This looks like a perfect series....I can't wait for the next installment....Thank-you two lovely ladies for helping the rest of us!
Thank you! This sounds like just what I need and want!
Appreciate Mrs Homesteads time and advise. Keep it coming. Thank you.
Thanks, you too!
Thank you what wonderful information. and a great big thank you to Miss homestead lady. Your knowledge had reached all the way out to northern California and I appreciate it very much. God bless.
Patara many Thanks to you and Ms.Homestead Lady... i would love to just spend some time with both of you and just learn... somethings i know, some i do not. Many Many Thanks, and much love.
Yes, ma'am. I love her. She has been so good to her community-so glad we can dive in on her knowledge! Thank you for always watching, Ms. Linda! xoxo
Really looking forward to hearing her knowledge on this. All these amazing self reliant skills were almost lost in some cases. Imagine a world where EVERYONE did this. Thank you for sharing your friend with us and doing these videos.
She blows my mind... I can call her with a question about something we have never discussed and she knows just what to do or point you flat out in the right direction. And you are right on... we wouldn't have the issues we have if everyone could be so self-sufficient! Thank you for being here! xo
I just came back to this video because I have a question. I hope it doesn't sound dumb. LOL The only thing I've ever frozen is my sugar and flour. With rice, beans, etc...once you take them out of the freezer don't you have to worry about the moisture making them get moldy when they are thawing out? How long do you let them dry before storing? I always thought the bay leaves and DE would be just fine without freezing them. Should I have not skipped this step? I just don't want to take a chance on mold. It's VERY humid here anyway.
No dumb questions. If your bags are sealed properly-you won't have that issue. You can always use gallon sized true freezer bags as an additional bag too! We take them out and let sit for a day or two. Evaluate and go for it!
Awesome idea for a series! Gotta look up your other vids in this series. Please tell Miss Homestead Lady thank you!
Sugar and flour, this is what I do. I have two five gallon buckets at the least of each. I use out of one bucket of each and when it is empty, I refill it and put it to the back of closet and use the ones that I pulled forward. This way I always have a store of them and keep them at there freshest. Another thing I do , is all of those o2 absorbents that come in medication ext. I place in the buckets. Yes you must be careful when using out of the bucket to watch for them. lol I usually put a couple in the bottom and again a couple on top, so you know they are there and how many , so you just make sure when you get to that level you pull them out. I also grow mint in the house and once a month I pull a few leaves off and toss them in the back of the closet and that will keep the mice and such away.
Oh what I give to be able to chat with this wonderful woman for 10 minutes! Thanks for passing her knowledge on.
I'm not brand new to all this, but one thing I can't seem to get a good answer on is how to store flour long term. I have heard to store just the berries. I have heard yes you can in fact store flour in a Mylar bag with a oxygen absorber. I wonder what Ms. Homestead Lady does.
I loved this so much. Thank you! More! MORE! :) XOXOXOXO
So greatful for you & your passing on some great wisdom. Thanks Patara. XO 💌💕 from LIVINGSTON TN. Passing on the Wisdom. Your a blessing.
This is perfect timing! I am trying to learn about food storage right now, just bought the Ball canning book and was wondering about dry storage as well.
Bay leafs work fantastic. When I store anything dry and in plastic or paper bag. I used to have a problem with bugs in that cupboard I keep bayleaves on the floor of my cupboard. Where I store these even buckets. Thank you great info here.
Thank you so much! I learned a few more tricks as well as the reminder to start small and get started with canning which I havent done in a long while. I really appreciate your sharing the wisdom!
This is a good video to start with for food storage. 👏🏼
LOVE this start up tip!!
It sure has been hot here in Middle Tennessee too! I reckon I'll be canning up all my dried bean storage. When I bought the bags I put a little hole in each one and then vacuum sealed the whole bag in a slightly bigger bag. I love the idea of using a bucket for a year and then canning. Setting up a routine like that helps keep me motivated! Lookin' forward to some mixed bean recipes now! ;)
Thank you for the great information! I appreciate your videos!
Thank you, Lisa! xo
Aloha Patara, I think I will have to start a new file for 'Ms. Homestead Lady'. I really like your time with her. Aloha Kim
YES! thank you!
I love using Bay leaves, my Great Granny used them, my Mema uses them, and so does my mom and myself. I don't have enough space to do long term storage right now, but my short term storage is pretty good. I buy bulk flour, sugar, and grits (gotta have those grits in the south, LOL.) I dump them into large glass containers and add the bay leaves as I go (except for the sugar, we use the sugar far too quickly to bother with the bay leaves.). In all of the years I've been doing this I've not had a single pest in any of my jars. Ms Homestead Lady definitely knows what she's talking about. :)
So you do not freeze before you store?
@@susaner.burdohangarcia6081 Typically I don't freeze before storing. I haven't had any problems so far with just the bay leaves and well sealed jars. Though I have to admit with the quality of the food items in stores recently I may well start freezing them first.
Thank you . Love your advice ☆
Thank You!! Enjoyed the Video!!
Very good advice, smart lady, thank you for sharing
Oh.... she is the BEST! Thank you for watching! xo
Thanks for sharing. You both are great for helping others. I have flour and sugar in the buckets but havent branched further. Have a great weekend !!!
Just keep pressing! xoxo ~
LOVE this video. Super excited for this new series!!! :)
Thank you so much.
Our smallholding has this in abundance, two common names are Ribwort and Rat's Tails. Only just getting to grips with herbal medicine as we seem to be surrounded by the raw materials. We just thought it was a weed but thanks to you we now know better. Loved the series on being prepared for everyday disasters not just aliens and zombies.Lloyd & Donna.
Hi Patara, I like your videos with the Homestead Lady opex it is useful information.
these would make a delicious desert with stewed apples....or on top of an apple - or any! - cobbler! good idea, thank you!
This popped up an I thought (without checking the date) she’s called for back up!! I better watch this. Well turns out I better! !
Someone has most likely said this, but here goes anyway. If you vacuum seal beans , flour,
sugar, all your dry products it kills any pest that may be in the food. and will keep a long time.
Can't believe this was 5 years ago. Girl friend hasn't aged a day!
waiting for ms. homestead series
Thank you!
Great video very interesting..
I always enjoy your videos for the information and entertainment. This is my first year to take steps for homesteading. We cannot just stop, drop everything but, we have a plan for 5 years. Anyway, this video is exactly they types of videos me and my adult children are looking for. We love Starry as well. It is nice to know you all are friends. It makes it feel like a family. I live in the North Georgia mountains, (the beginning of the Appalachian mountains). I am curious as of to which state you live in since you are Appalachia's Homestead.
thank you for sharing
☺I've had beans stored in a large Tupper ware container for close to 20 yrs, with bayleaf in it. And I've never had bugs or issues with using them.
Yeah, there can be a few more that I have to toss out in the cleaning process but otherwise they're fine.
WHY keep them 20 yrs? You ask. Because the container was shifted to back of storage area and forgotten until rediscovered recently.
I researched viability of storing them that long and found not many negative comments etc
AFTER you freeze the beans, how long before you put the beans into the sealed buckets ? Do you thaw out the beans totally first ? What about moisture from the freezing wouldn't that cause issues once the bucket is sealed ?
youre amazing#!!!! my absolute favorite no nonsense real truth and yet real love for all of us out here. kinda wish there was a bit mor einfo on where to store in terms of temp and heat and cold. when it think food storage i always think you need a cellar or some place thats consistently a certain temp so food keeps....major concern for me.
great video!
awesome video you did very good :-) makes so much sense :-) thank you and Ms. Homestead Lady :-)
Another method is to place 1/4 oz. to 3/4 oz. of dry ice at the bottom of the five gallon food grade bucket, (depending on the granular size of the item being stored; i.e. how much empty space there is to fill between the product; beans equals more, sugar equals less), before filling the bucket and place the lid on loosely to allow "burping" of the gas, (C02), before sealing the lid on tight for long-term storage. The burping process may take twenty minutes or so depending on how well the dry ice portion was calibrated.
This method displaces oxygen in the storage container which precludes oxidation of the product stored and inhibits life forms from hatching, and surviving, to ruin the stored product. (The idea of first freezing the product for a week or ten days as mentioned in the video will also be benefitial to this method of long term storage). There have been reports of food being stored in this way of lasting twenty years or more.
Wouldn't the beans sweat (form condensation) when taking them from the freezer and packing them in the buckets at a higher temp than the freezer?
That is what I am thinking too and more with rice.
Patara- is there any issues with moisture after taking the beans out of the freezer? It seems to be condensation in the bags after.
Hello, Appalachia's homestead! My husband and I love your videos.
Recently we bought 25 lb bags of rice and beans but they came in a paper-like bag, we want to put them in the freezer but we're not sure if the packaging they came in from the store would be safe in the freezer. Should we use ziplock bags or something else store them in the freezer?
Put them another freezer bag if you are not sure! xo
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Thank you!
Patara when you start your food storge bucket and you fill it say half full but then you get more beans etc. can you just add the new beans with the ones you have already stored or do you start a new bucket.
What about condensation from thawing the beans? I would think mold may form.
I have a question regarding the food grade bucket - do you also need a food grade lid?
I freeze my pasta for up to 3 days and then leave it out for a couple of days to dry in its package. Pasta can attract bugs too.
More!!!!!! lol......Would love to see a pic of her canned food....
thank you
Thank you I have beans stored since 2011. You think this will help?
Kay Garvin i
I never thought of feeling beans first but have flour and such
I think you have to do what works best for you. Beans are pretty easy for most people and so that's why she chose them. Plus... it's a favorite around here. Hope you are well! xo
Appalachia's Homestead I'm definitely gonna try it because I just never thought about bugs in them . Beans are a favorite around my parts also in Eastern KY. Xo
@appalachai'shomestead so can the beans stay in the buckets longer than a year?
After you take them out of the freezer do the bags have moisture in them? Do you let them dry out first? ?
Wal-Mart sells buckets under $5 in my area. A bulk bag of flour/Beans/Rice/Sugar is so much cheaper by the lb
I'd like to know more about keeping squash and potatoes through the winter...I like fresh food in the winter too
I got three free buckets from a grocery store bakery yesterday. One of them originally held garlic spread and after scrubbing with soap and a wash in the dishwasher a faint garlic smell is still there. The other two were icing and i haven’t washed them yet, but plastic likes to absorb things so beware
Update: the smell won’t come out of the frosting buckets either.
moisture is a BIG issue in my holler in the hills, food storage has always been difficult
What if someone doesnt have a freezer? Mine is a small fridge/freezer and doesnt fit much at all
Hubby and I fell in love with the Smokies on our honeymoon last year. We have been interested in homesteading for years. I grew up on a horse farm, so we have some basics.
Our plan is to move to North Carolina in a couple of years.
My only issue is how much work I'm going to be able to do. I may have to barter for essentials. After years of being a nurse I have a lot of injuries to my neck and shoulders. Lifting is not an easy thing. :(
You do give me inspiration though... Make do!!!
Love your channel!
I wish I had an older homesteader to learn from...
My gram always had bay leaves in the bean can ,And black pepper in the pasta, I have no idea why .
When you take the beans out of the freezer do they not change in texture once they defrost? Don't they get mushy?
Essem Sween since they are dried I don't think you have to worry. Moisture is what causes the damage when freezing because it creates the ice crystals. You can even freeze viable seeds as long as they are dried thoroughly and still plant them later.
I’m watching 5 years later 😂 June 2022