I have saved a couple of number 10 cans and made them into little camp stoves by poking holes in them and putting sticks in them to burn. They are perfect to sit pans or pots on to cook if/when the power goes out. Thank you for sharing
Quick Tip: You can store your #10 can that you filled up and sealed, Upside Down, after you placed the white plastic lid on. This way, the mice/rats/rodents won't be able to chew through the lid. Thank you, Provident Prepper family for your informative/insightful videos and for sharing them with us. I join you in prayer for our country and in hopes our nation and world grow closer to Jesus Christ, to know Him and love Him and learn to love and serve our neighbors.
Unless the contents inside the can are well sealed, I wouldn't advise storing them upside down. The vermin may not be able to get to the contents, but they will chew away the exposed edges of the plastic lids trying to get to it. I know this from experience.
If dry goods can be heated not to high but just enough so that after placing warm to hot goods inside containers and securely seating lid, as heat energy is released and travels away out into the universe, the air inside the storage container will cool and contract which will create a lower pressure inside. Essentially causing container to have internal suction across all external surfaces.
I use those big popcorn tins and Christmas cookie tins, I find them in the recycle bin at the dump ! After Christmas it’s easy to find a lot of them........and they are free 😍
@@living4mylord no kidding ! Wow, I’ve used them for years and never had a problem, I just use ziplock bags not Mylar 😏 What kind of bugs do you have that get in there ?? I live in northern Minnesota so maybe I don’t have the same bugs as you 🤷🏼♀️
@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 LOL! I am a transplanted Minnesotan, currently living in Wisconsin. LOVE it up there and miss it dearly. You've seen those flour moths, right? Those and the little black bugs used to get us all the time. It wasn't from inside the packages. We made sure there weren't contaminants, often by freezing beforehand. Still had issues. Bane of our existence and kept us hunting for the best solutions and impeccable in the storage we did manage to keep and save. Haven't had issues in a looooong time now and aren't looking for trouble either. Glad to hear someone else had luck. I'm intrigued by those paint cans but they are expensive. Might be worthwhile to invest in some. I wish resealing the 10# cans was a possibility 😜😄 >
@@living4mylord I use buckets for long term storage items that don't come in sealed cans. However, the popcorn tins make great vermin proof canisters for holding items from the #10 cans once they've been opened. (Those plastic #10 can lids are useless against vermin.) I haven't had a problem with bugs, but I tend to use ziplock bags inside the canisters. That may make a difference.
Some can openers take the lid off cans , leaving the rim. This can be placed on to re use the can it would need taping down or plastic snap lid could snap on top.
I don't know why I didn't think of that that's a freaking genius idea especially in a apartment or a place where you can't get it a barrel and even a barrel is a pain because once you fill it up you got to pull from the bottom not the top
I just had to transfer food out of my opened #10 cans because rats and mice do easily chew through the plastic lids. The used #10 cans are now used for nonfood items or recycled. I have discovered though that gourmet popcorn tins (with metal lids) and cookie tins (one is a paint can!) make great canisters to transfer my opened #10 can dry goods into. I also use them to store things like individual apple sauce packets to protect them from vermin in the pantry. A standard Christmas popcorn tin will hold a Costco sized package of the apple sauce packets.
One thing we do with one of those cans is to keep i on the counter with a bag in it. It makes a great garbage can for when you have small things to toss or while you are doing something in the kitchen that generates trash. We also use them for nuts and bolts as well as using them as canisters for flour, sugar, corn meal, dry milk and other food products.
Loved your wife's correction of the "flat iron" not "straight iron" :D And your big eyes over that one! Ha! Thanks so much for the great info you share!
That is exactly my procedure, yearbarrels. The "unperishable" classics, that my garden can't produce, all dry goods in mylarbags and then into a 100 gallon barrel (we use the 220 liters blue plastic barrels here in France, sturdy stuff). One has to think about where to stock these before loading, quite difficult to move afterwards...PS. An old, big freezer trunk works just as fine, thoroughly cleaned and dryed, it worked for my first stockpile and I never had any mould in it.
@@TheProvidentPrepper In a small house as mine it is not easy, but I manage to put two barrels behind an ordinary cupbord that is placed in a corner to create a triangle. For the boxes, I just put higher feet on a kingsize bed and thus create enough space underneath for a year worth's of longtermstaples. A nice bedcover does the rest. These are really longterm preps I would only use in a grid down situation that lasts. To control and turn them over, it is easier with the boxes, they have all the same content and the packaging dates are on top...the barrels are sealed and only for a very long term problem...
If you turn the #10 can upside down (plastic on the bottom) for storage it would make it more difficult for a rodent to get in. We reuse our #10 cans for holding used frying oil or kitchen grease from cooking ground beef for canning. We got nearly a half gallon of "meat juice" from the 10 lbs of ground beef we cooked & processed today. Unfortunately we didn't have a 10 can handy, but we'll be hanging on to it for next time :)
I'm reminded of when I first started purchasing and building up a collection of freeze dried food in #10 cans that it occurred to me that they didn't have plastic lids included. Luckily they are pretty cheap to order, so I got enough to have one lid for each different product (not for every can, since I would only have only one of a particular item open at a time). Alternately, you can save the lids if they happen to come with a particular product.
I never thought to reuse my #10s for food storage! Definitely going to get on that. I've reused some for container gardening and some for non-food storage, but most end up in the recycling sadly.
I use the side cutting kind of can opener. Then i put the top back on and then the lid. If i am reusing it, i use packaging tape around the top edge to hold the metal lid on.
Great video! Thank you. I was wonder though after using the flat iron about using a drinking straw to remove as much air as possible. Do you think that would make any difference at all?
Do you know if using the drum will help with extreme weather issues? We live in Arizona where storage space is non-existent. Food storage is really hard to fit into spaces. If we kept a Drum with our mylar sealed bags in our garage, how many years would it be safe?
Do you think it would work to use a used 1 gallon paint can that had held automotive paint that is now thoroughly dry? These can be had (likely free) as recyclables from automotive paint shops Maaco etc. Just trying to think outside the box (er can).
My thoughts... It seems like if the food is already stored in Mylar that the protective container won't also need to be air tight. A rectangular container that is rodent proof would probably be better for easy access to the labeled Mylar bags than a cylinder, and still stackable. Perhaps a Coleman style cooler since they are easy to open and close, but have thicker plastic than 5 gallon buckets. More spendy certainly, but should last a very long time.
Hi. I really like your informative vids. Question, I’m a single older person & am looking at long term storage in smaller amounts. So far I’ve found smaller can goods however I’d like suggestions on how & what to store single serve items like snacks, cereal, rice, flour...I don’t care for opening & closing or resealing for an occasional serving if it’s just me. Is it possible? I realize your a big family & maybe I’m looking at unrealistic processes. Keep up the great content & I love watching the children get so involved.👍🥰🙋♀️🙏
You may need to vacuum seal small portions then put them in mylar and a bucket. If you buy pint size canning jars you could also dry can some of those items.
I have a fair sized family, but often we use smaller portions. For instance, I buy apple sauce in the individual serving packets and then put them in a bucket with a screw type gamma lid or a repurposed popcorn tin. That way we can store large amounts but only take out what we need.
I store most sealed foods in my basement.(never a rodent), do I need to put all my vacuum sealed bagged dry foods into Mylar? Or are they safe enough the way they are? I realize that Mylar will add to the years, but I am guessing from what I have 5 years worth is good until I reach that 10 years worth mark then maybe start using Mylar. I don't know exactly so please help me out. Thank you.
My husband got two 30 gallon metal drums with lids free from work. We currently have half of one other barrel buried as as fire pit. We thought if SHTF we would bury a new barrel to burn refuse. Using same fire pit hole it would only stick up 18 inches but be 36 deep. Now I’m thinking to fill one with food. Barrel was used for welding powder. Can we store anything in there that won’t be affected by temps? We have unheated detached garage in Wisconsin so garage gets extreme temps in both directions.
Putting a water heater insulating wrap around the barrel either inside or outside will help protect the contents from the temperature extremes. Make sure top and bottoms get some insulation, too. Getting the welding powder residue out would help greatly with what you store inside.
Also, I searched for "cleaning metal coffee cans for food storage", got this video, and there aren't any youtube-suggested videos that address this However, since I recently used a package of dry milk that was over 10 years old and packed in a metal coffee can and was still good, I will continue to do.
I would think so. Need to be aware of suffocation risk for children. (Keep it locked). And it needs to be very clean. Can be hard to get smells out of an old fridge or freezer. Baking soda might help.?
Empty #10 cans make good one-season flower pots for growing culinary herbs and cherry tomatoes indoors in the winter. Just punch some drainage holes in the bottom and place the cans on trays of aquarium gravel for drainage. When the weather is warm enough for outdoor growing, empty those used #10 cans and recycle them.
I've done that. Not sure how long they'll last, and I didn't use air absorbers. I vacuum packed the dry goods in their original store bought bag and put them in a #10 can. Have several cans. Guess we'll see what happens lol.
Better to have something and to have done your best then to be in need and not have bothered because the storage solutions you had available were perfect. Disabled mama with 4 little ones and my disabled mother. No way am I hitting the brick wall of need and not have done whatever I could ahead of time. One can always upgrade, watch for sales, keep eyes open for storage deals etc at thrift stores and such. I found a water distiller at Goodwill. Clearances for .99 cents. Not a critical need but a joy to have if the need arises. It was complete and is a high end model. Thankful. I've also found buckets and other oddities from time to time. Watching this and other channels sometimes helps start the gears going in my head for other solutions or solutions I have IF I purchase the missing piece, then I save up or do so if it is budget suitable. Just do your best. You learn by doing. Figuring out what works. Temps and other conditions are different all over the place. If one has winter 8 months out of the year, the decisions on storage will look very different as opposed to Seine that lives in a dense and humid area most of the time. You can figure this out! 💗
I have been storing (and rotating) food for decades and the only food I have in mylar bags is the food that came that way, like my powdered milk. Even those bags are put into buckets for protection from vermin. The point is, even if you don't have the mylar bags, you should still be okay as long as the containers seal fully and are stored in a cool dry place.
@@TheProvidentPrepper heat is a subject we overlook in this conversation. I'm sacrificing a guest room to store food so its quality is maximized and I'm not spending extra time and resources worrying about outdoor bugs, rodents, heat, freezing etc. I can fudge a little here and there knowing weevils and moths are my worst enemies
I've been vacume sealing And putting in food grade buckets. Rice,beans sugar, oats, Flour, will this be ok for a few years?? I hope that's good. I haven't been buying Mylar or oxygen absorbers yet.
Yes. Proper use of the vacuum sealer gets enough air out that oxygen absorbers are basically redundant. Storing your containers in a stable environment like a basement or root cellar is best. I have neither and go for any available spaces. Freezing your filled storage bags of dry foods for a day or two will kill any insect eggs present and increase the storage life. Beans and white rice will keep the longest, as they have lower fat contents. Sugar will keep forever as long as it is dry. Oats need to be rotated regularly, lest they develop a stale taste before going rancid due to their higher fat content. They still store for a fair time when the air is sucked out of the bag. I prefer vacuum sealing as I find it to be more versatile, as long as the bags do not get punctured.
@@rainbocatz6376 Not even a vacuum sealer gets all the air out. It gets enough out that an oxygen absorber is usually redundant, but I know people who toss one in anyway. Storing your containers in a stable environment away from temperature extremes will increase shelf life and maintain flavor more than anything else.
@@MongoTheMad: I don't have a basement or root cellar, either. And the room temps fluctuate with the weather. But I rotate stored food often because I don't have much storage room.
Do you need to seal the mylar bag?the can is really full, will more oxygen enter in the can?I would like to skip this step because I am going to learn how to live with no electricity ( I live in Poland and I might need to learn this)
Is it possible to keep the lids of the #10 cans and solder them back on? Not sure if it would work. The plastic will eventually degrade and become brittle.
Once I have 20-30 #10 cans saved up, I just ask around and usually a daycare provider or school teacher is delighted to take them. They use them as cubbies for their students.
Hi! My name’s Victoria and I have a related question: what about storing Mylar bags full of food in a cat litter bucket such as a Tidy Cats bucket? Many of us have a cat and it’s sad to throw these sturdy buckets away-yet they did contain kitty litter. Is that ok?
Food grade is indeed preferred but I've also heard that if rinsed the mylar should protect the food. Remember the food normally in a commercial food grade bucket (pickles, cake frosting, etc) actually touches the bucket but ours doesnt. To be safe, I just use my Target brand cat litter buckets to hold canned goods because of limited shelf space. Example: I got a great deal on canned peaches. However way too many for the shelf. I stacked litter buckets full of peach cans and then stacked and label the buckets. I have closets etc stacked with what looks like litter but it's a grocery treasure trove. (Target is good enough litter and the buckets are squarer and flatter on the bottom than Tidy Cat). I'm also planning to mylar dry cat food and thinking of using their litter buckets to store those pouches. Gotta cut a few corners and I think they'll be better off than no food 🐾🐾
@@TheProvidentPrepper well then I can relax if your understanding is the same. I don't want to steer someone wrong but I'd rather have my food a little weird sometimes than to run out!!
#10 Cans.... Open with a side cutter can opener. Save the lid. Fill the can, as directed. Put the lid back on the can. Seal it with aluminum DUCT (not duck) tape. Plastic lid may fit over that, if not, put on the bottom of the can, to be used after the can is opened a second time. #10 cans - **I 've made "hobo" stoves and flower pots out of them. ** Attach a metal drawer handle to the side with bolts & nuts to make a scoop or dipper. ** Use a "church key" to make holes in the sides at the bottom and turn them into flower / vegetable pots. ** Drill small holes in the bottom. Attach a wire handle at the top. Use to use as a sifter/duster to kill bugs on garden plants. ** Store packets of garden seeds in them. ** Store bits & bobs of water hose repair items, plumbing items, same for electrical, extra fishing gear, wood pellets for a rocket stove. We can never have too many storage containers in the shop, shed, backyard kitchen and more.
I can't find the comment you left for me as I came to respond. The true, metal "tape" might be just what we need. Thanks for the idea. I have dried oats and potatoes and such to put away and have been discouraged. This should help immensely. Got my wheels turning again. Thanks!
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you. I have maybe a dozen and our stake still has the canner. Guess when I use the ones I have that'll be the end. Just grateful I have the ability to store food.
Another question: I have resealable empty cans that once contained food. Do I still need to use a mylar bag? I only have myself to store food for, so I don't need huge containers, and I plan to rotate (use up) the food in the cans often ... Thanks in advance.....
Some people used the mylar bags for an extra layer of protection, but I have been storing food in food grade buckets and jars without the mylar bags for decades and the food has always kept well. Be careful when reusing jars and buckets that had food in them before, though, because any odors left from the prior contents (like pickles) can transfer to the new food put in the container even after the containers have been thoroughly washed.
@@TheProvidentPrepper: dry powder cafe é via and peanuts. I doubt the seals are totally air tight. Cans are really good metal. I'll figure it out......I only plan to store rice, maybe some dry beans in them.
I found with some things I've stored in 5 gallon buckets using mylar, the O2 absorber doesn't quite get all the air out. I sometimes use a vacuum attachment to get a lot out then use O2 absorber & seal. Is it because of the O2 absorber quality, that it isn't taking all the air out, or what I'm storing?? I'm using 2000cc absorbers
Don’t be alarmed. I read on Amazon oxygen absorbers that oxygen is only 20% of what’s in a bag so you shouldn’t be alarmed if bags don’t get sucked tight.
Glad you asked this question because I was nervous to the point where I opened the sealed Mylar bags and added additional oxygen absorbers😬 because it didn’t have the tight vacuum sealed look.. My vacuum sealer recently broke. 🤦🏽♀️
Aloha my Provident Prepper Ohana 🙋♀️🤙this is such a great idea 👍 do you know approximately how many pounds did the beans weigh and how many oxygen absorbers did you use? 300cc? You guys are AWESOME!!! GOD BLESS 👋
I used a lot of #10 cans a few years ago for growing herbs. This past year I dehydrated a few #10 cans of tomato sauce. I have saved the cans to be used as camp stoves and charcoal fire starters.
I literally just put cat food into 3 #10 cans. No internal mylar bags, though. I'm hoping it stays fresher than in the big bag of cat food that I bought because medium was unavailable. I put chicken scratch in several once when a rouge hen moved into the woods behind my house for the same reason. Had to buy a big bag. The plastic lids are definitely NOT ideal. They can crack too. I might try using the glue gun on the cat food just to seal off some of the air.
Animal kibble goes rancid very fast. @AlaskaPrepper ‘s dog got very ill from only 1-2 year old kibble. Best thing to stock is canned foods plus extra rice and chicken to make your own pet foods.
Wrap those plastic #10 can lids in aluminum foil. Supposedly rodents hate to chew on aluminum foil, so though they could chew through it it's one small additional layer of deterrent.
My question is more of a health issue. Definitely don't use used paint cans. And I would be slightly concerned about the can being food grade. Those paint cans may have have harmful minerals, metals and aluminum's, you should definitely find out if they are food grade
@@TheProvidentPrepper even with the mylar bag, there is a hazard that the can could possibly sept through the mylar bag. To risky for my taste. I will stick with sealing my own #10 cans.
I dont like buying used metal barrels on the internet. You don't know what was in it. I realize it is inside a mylar bag but the bag is a little porous. Chemicals in the can could leech into the mylar bag.
Buy barrels from reputable sources. Every one I have purchased off of craigslist or marketplace still had labels on them. Drove to an organic soda company and purchased empty juice barrelys from them. Identical to what provident prepper showcased. No one is going to sell you barrels with residual chemicals and pretend they were old juice barrels etc. One can be responsible and check them out upon arrived to transport. Blue plastic barrels that are food grade, used to have lactic acid in them, molasses, vinegar. The list is long. Truly. All kinds of safe options in most areas. One needn't be leery. Just do the research and take responsibility. Good luck if you choose to go that route and wonderful if you don't have a need to! >
really not informative from this point .. you are NOT storing the product in a can you are storing it in Mylar - the can / tin is a outer container as far as the title you place not relevant.
I have saved a couple of number 10 cans and made them into little camp stoves by poking holes in them and putting sticks in them to burn. They are perfect to sit pans or pots on to cook if/when the power goes out. Thank you for sharing
Quick Tip: You can store your #10 can that you filled up and sealed, Upside Down, after you placed the white plastic lid on. This way, the mice/rats/rodents won't be able to chew through the lid. Thank you, Provident Prepper family for your informative/insightful videos and for sharing them with us. I join you in prayer for our country and in hopes our nation and world grow closer to Jesus Christ, to know Him and love Him and learn to love and serve our neighbors.
Muffin, can we also bring in God in all our prayers?
Thank you for your input.
Unless the contents inside the can are well sealed, I wouldn't advise storing them upside down. The vermin may not be able to get to the contents, but they will chew away the exposed edges of the plastic lids trying to get to it. I know this from experience.
You shouldn't be depending on the plastic lid to be airtight anyway.
If dry goods can be heated not to high but just enough so that after placing warm to hot goods inside containers and securely seating lid, as heat energy is released and travels away out into the universe, the air inside the storage container will cool and contract which will create a lower pressure inside. Essentially causing container to have internal suction across all external surfaces.
I use those big popcorn tins and Christmas cookie tins, I find them in the recycle bin at the dump !
After Christmas it’s easy to find a lot of them........and they are free 😍
We've never had luck with that since they are not airtight. We end up with bugs getting through and chewing the mylar or other type of bag sadly.
But maybe not this Christmas!
@@living4mylord no kidding ! Wow, I’ve used them for years and never had a problem, I just use ziplock bags not Mylar 😏 What kind of bugs do you have that get in there ?? I live in northern Minnesota so maybe I don’t have the same bugs as you 🤷🏼♀️
@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 LOL! I am a transplanted Minnesotan, currently living in Wisconsin. LOVE it up there and miss it dearly.
You've seen those flour moths, right? Those and the little black bugs used to get us all the time. It wasn't from inside the packages. We made sure there weren't contaminants, often by freezing beforehand. Still had issues. Bane of our existence and kept us hunting for the best solutions and impeccable in the storage we did manage to keep and save. Haven't had issues in a looooong time now and aren't looking for trouble either.
Glad to hear someone else had luck. I'm intrigued by those paint cans but they are expensive. Might be worthwhile to invest in some. I wish resealing the 10# cans was a possibility 😜😄 >
@@living4mylord I use buckets for long term storage items that don't come in sealed cans. However, the popcorn tins make great vermin proof canisters for holding items from the #10 cans once they've been opened. (Those plastic #10 can lids are useless against vermin.) I haven't had a problem with bugs, but I tend to use ziplock bags inside the canisters. That may make a difference.
Some can openers take the lid off cans , leaving the rim. This can be placed on to re use the can it would need taping down or plastic snap lid could snap on top.
I don't know why I didn't think of that that's a freaking genius idea especially in a apartment or a place where you can't get it a barrel and even a barrel is a pain because once you fill it up you got to pull from the bottom not the top
I just had to transfer food out of my opened #10 cans because rats and mice do easily chew through the plastic lids. The used #10 cans are now used for nonfood items or recycled. I have discovered though that gourmet popcorn tins (with metal lids) and cookie tins (one is a paint can!) make great canisters to transfer my opened #10 can dry goods into. I also use them to store things like individual apple sauce packets to protect them from vermin in the pantry. A standard Christmas popcorn tin will hold a Costco sized package of the apple sauce packets.
Sounds like you really need to address the rat/mice problem that you have, that should be your NO.1 priority
One thing we do with one of those cans is to keep i on the counter with a bag in it. It makes a great garbage can for when you have small things to toss or while you are doing something in the kitchen that generates trash. We also use them for nuts and bolts as well as using them as canisters for flour, sugar, corn meal, dry milk and other food products.
Loved your wife's correction of the "flat iron" not "straight iron" :D And your big eyes over that one! Ha! Thanks so much for the great info you share!
That is exactly my procedure, yearbarrels. The "unperishable" classics, that my garden can't produce, all dry goods in mylarbags and then into a 100 gallon barrel (we use the 220 liters blue plastic barrels here in France, sturdy stuff). One has to think about where to stock these before loading, quite difficult to move afterwards...PS. An old, big freezer trunk works just as fine, thoroughly cleaned and dryed, it worked for my first stockpile and I never had any mould in it.
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@@TheProvidentPrepper In a small house as mine it is not easy, but I manage to put two barrels behind an ordinary cupbord that is placed in a corner to create a triangle. For the boxes, I just put higher feet on a kingsize bed and thus create enough space underneath for a year worth's of longtermstaples. A nice bedcover does the rest. These are really longterm preps I would only use in a grid down situation that lasts. To control and turn them over, it is easier with the boxes, they have all the same content and the packaging dates are on top...the barrels are sealed and only for a very long term problem...
If you turn the #10 can upside down (plastic on the bottom) for storage it would make it more difficult for a rodent to get in.
We reuse our #10 cans for holding used frying oil or kitchen grease from cooking ground beef for canning. We got nearly a half gallon of "meat juice" from the 10 lbs of ground beef we cooked & processed today. Unfortunately we didn't have a 10 can handy, but we'll be hanging on to it for next time :)
I'm reminded of when I first started purchasing and building up a collection of freeze dried food in #10 cans that it occurred to me that they didn't have plastic lids included. Luckily they are pretty cheap to order, so I got enough to have one lid for each different product (not for every can, since I would only have only one of a particular item open at a time). Alternately, you can save the lids if they happen to come with a particular product.
I never thought to reuse my #10s for food storage! Definitely going to get on that. I've reused some for container gardening and some for non-food storage, but most end up in the recycling sadly.
Could one use the clear bags sold for the vacuum sealers in the can instead of the mylar?
Well thanks for the tip and i think i can buy empty paint cans here in Sweden but i will look that up and i think those cans can work pretty good.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Anytime :)
Could salt be placed between can wall and mylar to absorbe any moisture, away from dry goods.
I use the side cutting kind of can opener. Then i put the top back on and then the lid. If i am reusing it, i use packaging tape around the top edge to hold the metal lid on.
How much cc in your oxygen absorber? Where do you get year barrels?
Can this be done with Zip-lock bags rather than Mylar bags, then place in a can?
Great video! Thank you. I was wonder though after using the flat iron about using a drinking straw to remove as much air as possible. Do you think that would make any difference at all?
Vacuum sealer.
Do you know if using the drum will help with extreme weather issues? We live in Arizona where storage space is non-existent. Food storage is really hard to fit into spaces. If we kept a Drum with our mylar sealed bags in our garage, how many years would it be safe?
Do you think it would work to use a used 1 gallon paint can that had held automotive paint that is now thoroughly dry? These can be had (likely free) as recyclables from automotive paint shops Maaco etc.
Just trying to think outside the box (er can).
My thoughts... It seems like if the food is already stored in Mylar that the protective container won't also need to be air tight. A rectangular container that is rodent proof would probably be better for easy access to the labeled Mylar bags than a cylinder, and still stackable. Perhaps a Coleman style cooler since they are easy to open and close, but have thicker plastic than 5 gallon buckets. More spendy certainly, but should last a very long time.
Hi. I really like your informative vids. Question, I’m a single older person & am looking at long term storage in smaller amounts. So far I’ve found smaller can goods however I’d like suggestions on how & what to store single serve items like snacks, cereal, rice, flour...I don’t care for opening & closing or resealing for an occasional serving if it’s just me. Is it possible? I realize your a big family & maybe I’m looking at unrealistic processes. Keep up the great content & I love watching the children get so involved.👍🥰🙋♀️🙏
You may need to vacuum seal small portions then put them in mylar and a bucket. If you buy pint size canning jars you could also dry can some of those items.
I have a fair sized family, but often we use smaller portions. For instance, I buy apple sauce in the individual serving packets and then put them in a bucket with a screw type gamma lid or a repurposed popcorn tin. That way we can store large amounts but only take out what we need.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I have seen the how to store in bottles but never thought about small ones. Thx that’s genius 🙏👍🥰
I love this channel and all the information. Thankyou so much! Love you guys ❤👍👍👍👍👍 lots of thumbs up!
I store most sealed foods in my basement.(never a rodent), do I need to put all my vacuum sealed bagged dry foods into Mylar? Or are they safe enough the way they are? I realize that Mylar will add to the years, but I am guessing from what I have 5 years worth is good until I reach that 10 years worth mark then maybe start using Mylar. I don't know exactly so please help me out. Thank you.
My husband got two 30 gallon metal drums with lids free from work. We currently have half of one other barrel buried as as fire pit. We thought if SHTF we would bury a new barrel to burn refuse. Using same fire pit hole it would only stick up 18 inches but be 36 deep. Now I’m thinking to fill one with food. Barrel was used for welding powder. Can we store anything in there that won’t be affected by temps? We have unheated detached garage in Wisconsin so garage gets extreme temps in both directions.
Putting a water heater insulating wrap around the barrel either inside or outside will help protect the contents from the temperature extremes. Make sure top and bottoms get some insulation, too.
Getting the welding powder residue out would help greatly with what you store inside.
@@MongoTheMad thanks
@@MongoTheMad oh I just thought, paper products would be awesome!
@@yarnprepper Better than food in a barrel that had welding powder. Great idea ! Keep em dry.
How long will beans and peas stay with out the internal bags?
Also, I searched for "cleaning metal coffee cans for food storage", got this video, and there aren't any youtube-suggested videos that address this However, since I recently used a package of dry milk that was over 10 years old and packed in a metal coffee can and was still good, I will continue to do.
Can you do this with a deep freezer that no longer work?
I would think so. Need to be aware of suffocation risk for children. (Keep it locked). And it needs to be very clean. Can be hard to get smells out of an old fridge or freezer. Baking soda might help.?
Empty #10 cans make good one-season flower pots for growing culinary herbs and cherry tomatoes indoors in the winter. Just punch some drainage holes in the bottom and place the cans on trays of aquarium gravel for drainage. When the weather is warm enough for outdoor growing, empty those used #10 cans and recycle them.
For people that don't have the money to buy mylar bags can you just use food grade plastic baggies or vacuum seal bags? And put inside the can?
I've done that. Not sure how long they'll last, and I didn't use air absorbers. I vacuum packed the dry goods in their original store bought bag and put them in a #10 can. Have several cans.
Guess we'll see what happens lol.
Better to have something and to have done your best then to be in need and not have bothered because the storage solutions you had available were perfect.
Disabled mama with 4 little ones and my disabled mother. No way am I hitting the brick wall of need and not have done whatever I could ahead of time. One can always upgrade, watch for sales, keep eyes open for storage deals etc at thrift stores and such. I found a water distiller at Goodwill. Clearances for .99 cents. Not a critical need but a joy to have if the need arises. It was complete and is a high end model. Thankful. I've also found buckets and other oddities from time to time.
Watching this and other channels sometimes helps start the gears going in my head for other solutions or solutions I have IF I purchase the missing piece, then I save up or do so if it is budget suitable.
Just do your best. You learn by doing. Figuring out what works. Temps and other conditions are different all over the place. If one has winter 8 months out of the year, the decisions on storage will look very different as opposed to Seine that lives in a dense and humid area most of the time.
You can figure this out! 💗
I have been storing (and rotating) food for decades and the only food I have in mylar bags is the food that came that way, like my powdered milk. Even those bags are put into buckets for protection from vermin. The point is, even if you don't have the mylar bags, you should still be okay as long as the containers seal fully and are stored in a cool dry place.
@@TheProvidentPrepper heat is a subject we overlook in this conversation. I'm sacrificing a guest room to store food so its quality is maximized and I'm not spending extra time and resources worrying about outdoor bugs, rodents, heat, freezing etc. I can fudge a little here and there knowing weevils and moths are my worst enemies
Wait! Don’t paint cans have a coating that is not safe for food? Saw that somewhere and now can’t find the source. Thanks!
I've been vacume sealing
And putting in food grade buckets.
Rice,beans sugar, oats,
Flour, will this be ok for a few years??
I hope that's good.
I haven't been buying
Mylar or oxygen absorbers yet.
If you use the vacuum sealer correctly, that should suck out all the oxygen, right?
Yes. Proper use of the vacuum sealer gets enough air out that oxygen absorbers are basically redundant. Storing your containers in a stable environment like a basement or root cellar is best. I have neither and go for any available spaces.
Freezing your filled storage bags of dry foods for a day or two will kill any insect eggs present and increase the storage life.
Beans and white rice will keep the longest, as they have lower fat contents. Sugar will keep forever as long as it is dry. Oats need to be rotated regularly, lest they develop a stale taste before going rancid due to their higher fat content. They still store for a fair time when the air is sucked out of the bag. I prefer vacuum sealing as I find it to be more versatile, as long as the bags do not get punctured.
@@rainbocatz6376 Not even a vacuum sealer gets all the air out. It gets enough out that an oxygen absorber is usually redundant, but I know people who toss one in anyway.
Storing your containers in a stable environment away from temperature extremes will increase shelf life and maintain flavor more than anything else.
@@MongoTheMad: I don't have a basement or root cellar, either. And the room temps fluctuate with the weather. But I rotate stored food often because I don't have much storage room.
@@TheProvidentPrepper I also have some large crocks I could store properly packaged dry goods in to keep varmits out.
Do you need to seal the mylar bag?the can is really full, will more oxygen enter in the can?I would like to skip this step because I am going to learn how to live with no electricity ( I live in Poland and I might need to learn this)
@@TheProvidentPrepper thanks,I am going to use only paint can. Thanks for the tip!
Is it possible to keep the lids of the #10 cans and solder them back on? Not sure if it would work. The plastic will eventually degrade and become brittle.
That should work if your can opener opens the outside rim father than tearing through the metal inside the rim.
the heat of soldering might well ruin the Mylar bag inside
Once I have 20-30 #10 cans saved up, I just ask around and usually a daycare provider or school teacher is delighted to take them. They use them as cubbies for their students.
Hi! My name’s Victoria and I have a related question: what about storing Mylar bags full of food in a cat litter bucket such as a Tidy Cats bucket? Many of us have a cat and it’s sad to throw these sturdy buckets away-yet they did contain kitty litter. Is that ok?
Containers have to be food grade. Look at the number on the bottom and Google if it is food grade.
I reuse the cat litter buckets for utility purposes like storing cleaning supplies or a handy mop bucket.
Food grade is indeed preferred but I've also heard that if rinsed the mylar should protect the food. Remember the food normally in a commercial food grade bucket (pickles, cake frosting, etc) actually touches the bucket but ours doesnt.
To be safe, I just use my Target brand cat litter buckets to hold canned goods because of limited shelf space. Example: I got a great deal on canned peaches. However way too many for the shelf. I stacked litter buckets full of peach cans and then stacked and label the buckets. I have closets etc stacked with what looks like litter but it's a grocery treasure trove. (Target is good enough litter and the buckets are squarer and flatter on the bottom than Tidy Cat).
I'm also planning to mylar dry cat food and thinking of using their litter buckets to store those pouches. Gotta cut a few corners and I think they'll be better off than no food 🐾🐾
@@TheProvidentPrepper well then I can relax if your understanding is the same. I don't want to steer someone wrong but I'd rather have my food a little weird sometimes than to run out!!
#10 Cans.... Open with a side cutter can opener. Save the lid. Fill the can, as directed. Put the lid back on the can. Seal it with aluminum DUCT (not duck) tape. Plastic lid may fit over that, if not, put on the bottom of the can, to be used after the can is opened a second time.
#10 cans -
**I 've made "hobo" stoves and flower pots out of them.
** Attach a metal drawer handle to the side with bolts & nuts to make a scoop or dipper.
** Use a "church key" to make holes in the sides at the bottom and turn them into flower / vegetable pots.
** Drill small holes in the bottom. Attach a wire handle at the top. Use to use as a sifter/duster to kill bugs on garden plants.
** Store packets of garden seeds in them.
** Store bits & bobs of water hose repair items, plumbing items, same for electrical, extra fishing gear, wood pellets for a rocket stove. We can never have too many storage containers in the shop, shed, backyard kitchen and more.
I can't find the comment you left for me as I came to respond. The true, metal "tape" might be just what we need. Thanks for the idea. I have dried oats and potatoes and such to put away and have been discouraged. This should help immensely. Got my wheels turning again. Thanks!
Can empty # 10 cans be ordered?
@@TheProvidentPrepper thank you. I have maybe a dozen and our stake still has the canner. Guess when I use the ones I have that'll be the end.
Just grateful I have the ability to store food.
Another question: I have resealable empty cans that once contained food. Do I still need to use a mylar bag? I only have myself to store food for, so I don't need huge containers, and I plan to rotate (use up) the food in the cans often ... Thanks in advance.....
Some people used the mylar bags for an extra layer of protection, but I have been storing food in food grade buckets and jars without the mylar bags for decades and the food has always kept well. Be careful when reusing jars and buckets that had food in them before, though, because any odors left from the prior contents (like pickles) can transfer to the new food put in the container even after the containers have been thoroughly washed.
@@TheProvidentPrepper: dry powder cafe é via and peanuts. I doubt the seals are totally air tight. Cans are really good metal. I'll figure it out......I only plan to store rice, maybe some dry beans in them.
@@TheProvidentPrepper: Thanks for your response!
Thank you so much...
From whence do you get the mylar bags?
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you for all the information! Very thoughtful of you.
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I found with some things I've stored in 5 gallon buckets using mylar, the O2 absorber doesn't quite get all the air out. I sometimes use a vacuum attachment to get a lot out then use O2 absorber & seal.
Is it because of the O2 absorber quality, that it isn't taking all the air out, or what I'm storing??
I'm using 2000cc absorbers
Don’t be alarmed. I read on Amazon oxygen absorbers that oxygen is only 20% of what’s in a bag so you shouldn’t be alarmed if bags don’t get sucked tight.
@yarnprepper & @ the Provident Prepper, Thank You both. I've done 1 bag 2x now & almost a 3rd. Good to know I should be hood.
Glad you asked this question because I was nervous to the point where I opened the sealed Mylar bags and added additional oxygen absorbers😬 because it didn’t have the tight vacuum sealed look.. My vacuum sealer recently broke. 🤦🏽♀️
Will a paint can hold a vacuum?
@@TheProvidentPrepper I found out - they collapse like an aluminum beer can.
Plastic one could be stored upside down possibly.
Great ideas!
@@TheProvidentPrepper Hello :-)
Aloha my Provident Prepper Ohana 🙋♀️🤙this is such a great idea 👍 do you know approximately how many pounds did the beans weigh and how many oxygen absorbers did you use? 300cc? You guys are AWESOME!!! GOD BLESS 👋
@@TheProvidentPrepper MUCH MAHALO! 🙃🤙🙋♀️
I used a lot of #10 cans a few years ago for growing herbs. This past year I dehydrated a few #10 cans of tomato sauce. I have saved the cans to be used as camp stoves and charcoal fire starters.
Love that weed stove.
I literally just put cat food into 3 #10 cans. No internal mylar bags, though. I'm hoping it stays fresher than in the big bag of cat food that I bought because medium was unavailable.
I put chicken scratch in several once when a rouge hen moved into the woods behind my house for the same reason. Had to buy a big bag.
The plastic lids are definitely NOT ideal. They can crack too. I might try using the glue gun on the cat food just to seal off some of the air.
Animal kibble goes rancid very fast. @AlaskaPrepper ‘s dog got very ill from only 1-2 year old kibble. Best thing to stock is canned foods plus extra rice and chicken to make your own pet foods.
@@yarnprepper there are also dehydrated dog and cat food option that have a longer shelf life and are easy to store.
Great idea. Not my first plan but definitely usefuel with all the cans i have laying around the house
the plastic sealed #10 is not rodent proof. they can get that lid off or chewed through in seconds
330 lbs worth of rice in a 55 gal mylar bag- wow!
Hummm. . . Flat iron means a very different
Wrap those plastic #10 can lids in aluminum foil. Supposedly rodents hate to chew on aluminum foil, so though they could chew through it it's one small additional layer of deterrent.
My question is more of a health issue. Definitely don't use used paint cans. And I would be slightly concerned about the can being food grade. Those paint cans may have have harmful minerals, metals and aluminum's, you should definitely find out if they are food grade
@@TheProvidentPrepper even with the mylar bag, there is a hazard that the can could possibly sept through the mylar bag. To risky for my taste. I will stick with sealing my own #10 cans.
I dont like buying used metal barrels on the internet. You don't know what was in it.
I realize it is inside a mylar bag but the bag is a little porous. Chemicals in the can could leech into the mylar bag.
Buy barrels from reputable sources. Every one I have purchased off of craigslist or marketplace still had labels on them. Drove to an organic soda company and purchased empty juice barrelys from them. Identical to what provident prepper showcased. No one is going to sell you barrels with residual chemicals and pretend they were old juice barrels etc. One can be responsible and check them out upon arrived to transport. Blue plastic barrels that are food grade, used to have lactic acid in them, molasses, vinegar. The list is long. Truly. All kinds of safe options in most areas. One needn't be leery. Just do the research and take responsibility. Good luck if you choose to go that route and wonderful if you don't have a need to! >
really not informative from this point .. you are NOT storing the product in a can you are storing it in Mylar - the can / tin is a outer container as far as the title you place not relevant.
I'm not buying mylar bags. This method is useless to me.