If you put your bags of rice in the freezer for 2 weeks and then take out, You will have to blot dry the package for dampness, it will kill All bug eggs and then can be stored in tightly sealed plastic jars without the worry of bugs, Same goes for flour, cornmeal
@@lz8484 If you are cooking old beans you may need to soak them longer than normal but that is the only downfall. Officially, dried beans have a minimum shelf life of one to two years, per the USDA. Unofficially, they last… basically forever. Dried beans are considered non-perishable according to Quora.
My personal 23 items: : 1. white rice, 2. beans, 3. 🩵 grits, 4. oats, 5. honey, 6. salt, 7. sugar, 8. black pepper, 9. flour, 10. water, 11. pasta, 12. cornmeal, 13. pancake mix, 14. syrup, 15. lard, 16. vinegar 17. bullion cubes, 18. broth base seasoning, 19. 🩵 coffee, 20. powder coffee creamer 21. tea 22. vegetable oil 23. cold cereal 🩵 my Cheerios, lol, I’ve never had a problem with them going stale I just seal them airtight.
Great info and even more good info in the comments. One tip from me and it concerns pantry moths etc which oats and grains almost always have. Before storing put your product in the freezer for 24 hours. It won't freeze the grains but will freeze and kill bugs etc. I do this for my everyday use as well.
I got moths one year and it was a real pain in the a$$. I lived in an apartment in Florida. The apartment below me had been empty for a couple of months. They left behind pasta and cornbread mix. I had to throw out everything that wasn’t completely sealed 3 times because they wouldn’t go clean out their apartment pantry. I store everything airtight now. I saw bugs I never knew could infest food. It’s been YEARS and I still can’t eat anything that has cornmeal in it. 🤢🤮
Finally, you need a dark cold dry storage which is big enough to store all your food and a lot of air tight containers which are enough for your food and water.
A great way to keep most of these things in a waterproof / damp proof environment is to vacuum seal them. It would be easy enough to seal them in packages in the amounts you would use each particular time so you wouldn’t have to reseal the container each time. Ball jars can also be vacuum sealed.
This video is an absolute game-changer! The idea of stocking up on foods that never expire is not only practical but also provides peace of mind in uncertain times. The selection of 15 foods showcased here offers a diverse range of options, ensuring both nutritional value and longevity. From rice and beans to honey and dried fruits, this list covers all the essentials for building a reliable stockpile. Thank you for sharing these valuable insights-I'll definitely be adding these items to my pantry!
This is one of the most beneficial videos I’ve ever seen. So much wonderful information that I never knew..…all in one spot. Thank you for taking the time to research and share. There are a lot of cutesy, sarcastic comments….i am at a loss as to why.
@@SunshineCatwomanwater does go bad. There are multiple ways to make it last longer. Storing things properly does go a long way. The issue is that it is very easy to mess most things up. I don't remember if it was the video or a commenter that mentioned storing things by usage size. For example, if you use 1# of dried beans in a soup or stew, store 1# in a jar. Each time you open a container to use an item, moisture has a chance of getting inside before you reseal it. You need to look at most containers and clean them regularly. Just water in some containers can cause leaching of the container. Many clay water pots from many countries contain lead. Some of those countries have laws against this, but they don't normally enforce them. Honey is the only item that I have read any material about not spoiling. I would need to check the natural maple syrup as it has many similarities with honey. Other than these two, most of the other items easily spoil with a little water, which includes high humidity. Good storage helps, but constantly opening the container for using a little at a time increases the chance of water or humidity getting inside. Yes. Humidity is water. I worded it that way due to some people using recently cleaned, but not completely dried utensils to dip into a jar of sugar or beans or whatever.
Here's a new subscriber for you, if that's something you want. I completely agree with the wisdom of storing food that have a (virtually) unlimited shelf life.
Dry are fine, and will last longer than canned. The thing with dry is to soak them long enough, and if you have a pressure cooker, you can get them done in not a lot of time. Dried beans were what got us through the Great Depression. We don't have any problems at all compared to the Great Depression and World War II. In fact I can't believe how good it's been or for how long. Except for those of us who have been blessed with a very long life, no one remembers how bad it has been, nor how far from being bad we really are. As a child I couldn't have imagined there being strawberries in the grocery store in January of February, but these days every well stocked grocery store has strawberries in January or February. And they have Raspberries and blueberries, and oranges and grapefruit and tomatoes, and things which come from the opposite side of the world! Any time there were canned beans in the store, they were way more dear than we could afford. We only wood burning stove, but we'd soak some beans overnight, then change the water in the morning, then start them cooking in the pressure cooker about an hour before supper. They'd always be nice and soft and creamy by supper time. It was the soaking that made the difference, and changing the water kept the toots down, if you know what I mean. The great thing about pintos is that you can grow 50 lbs of them in not a lot of space, let them dry on the plant, then harvest them, and you'll be set for a long time. You'll probably get good an sick of eating beans, but they'll keep for years, you can grow more from what you have, and they will fill the empty spots.
@@Chompchompyerded when you soak all night, they take only 15 minutes in a pressure cooker only, i cook always dry beans, theyre far better than canned
@@Sunshine-uz4cx Just trust me, it's wa-a-ay easier with an Instant Pot. I've tried overnight soak and "quick cook," and an Instant Pot gets the best results in the least time (unless you count quick cook, which doesn't give satisfactory results). I'd even go so far as to say an Instant Pot yields better results than overnight soak even disregarding time, in that your control over consistency with a little practice is so precise and done in 1/10th the time.
It is very good to know about these long life foods...it is not so improbable that another war might break put with all the unrest we have in the world today.
If we had politicians who stopped using our tax $ for funding war in the middle east to protect their oil, and instead used our $ to help us, it would be a huge leap in a positive direction.
@@kristinetravis-ot6bb The United States has been involved in a number of wars in the Middle East over the past several decades. The reasons for these wars are complex and vary depending on the specific conflict. However, some of the most common reasons include: To protect US interests in the region, such as access to oil or military bases. To counter the spread of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. To promote democracy and human rights. To support allies in the region. The wars in the Middle East have had a significant impact on the region and the world. They have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions of others, and destabilized entire countries. The wars have also cost the United States trillions of dollars. The consequences of the wars in the Middle East are complex and far-reaching. They have contributed to the rise of extremist groups, the destabilization of governments, and the spread of instability throughout the region. The wars have also had a significant impact on the US economy and foreign policy. It is important to note that there are many different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East. Some people believe that the wars were necessary to protect US interests or to promote democracy. Others believe that the wars were counterproductive and have made the region more unstable. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars in the Middle East were justified. It is a complex issue with no easy answers. It is also important to note that the wars in the Middle East are not the only reason for the region's problems. The region has a long history of conflict and instability, and many of the problems that exist today are rooted in that history. The wars in the Middle East have certainly exacerbated these problems, but they are not the sole cause. It is important to be aware of the different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East and to consider all of the factors that have contributed to the region's problems. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars were justified, but it is an important question to consider.
I believe he included them with beans. They are a "legume". (Not sure why he separated lentils out from the other legumes like beans, chickpeas, etc.) @@joannehendershot1408
@@piacash5216 Canned food has a best by date not an expiration date. Only baby food and formula have expiration dates. Food used past a best by date may look a little bit different or the box of cake mix may not rise as much due to the rising agent being old but it is still edible. Google it and find out for yourself. The best by date is used to trick you into throwing out food to buy more! Also, if you use heavy cream and it goes past its date and becomes sour you can blend it until it separates into butter. Dump out the liquid and the sour goes with it leaving you yummy butter to use just rinse the butter and add a little sea salt for flavor!
@@joannehendershot1408 The liquid in a can of chick peas can be used as a substitute for eggs when baking. 3 T is equal to a large egg. They are also a good source of protein!
To go along with this list, you should buy a few cases of mason jars. And one of those battery operated sealer for the mason jars that sucks all the air out. Store all these ingredients in those mason jars and we should be good to go how old else also store, black pepper, and some other seasonings
It's nice to hear someone actually saying something correct about salt for a change. It simply regulates our fluid level. If we eat too much, we get thirsty.
That's not quite accurate. Salt causes you to retain fluid, and in some cases that can be bad (for instance if you have heart of kidney disease). It is a necessary electrolyte, but you can get all you need for those purposes just by eating the right fresh foods. Eating too much of it will cause problems for you long term. Like everything, it's a trade-off though. Some people may like it enough that they're willing to knock a few years off their life, or spend the last years in a nursing home where they hide the salt shaker from you, and feed you horribly bland food. In the end, it's your choice. If you know the dangers, and that's what you want to do anyhow, then who's to tell you to do otherwise? Certainly not me. Probably not the loved ones which you'll leave behind either. They'll be devastated whether you go sooner or whether you go later. So you do you.
@@ChompchompyerdedI'll cheerfully tell you something else as well. There's a lot of medications that do far more damage and cause a lot more fluid retention.
@@Chompchompyerded it is a case of everything in moderation. Too much salt and too much sugar is certainly not good for anyone, Everyone has to be treated accordingly.
When I lived in Alaska I had filtered water I took from a lake and after about two years it was definitely not drinkable. I did keep it in a cool dark...ish place. Sugar, salt, flour, and honey I had stored for lots of years and it never went bad.
Small organisms (even ants) can't consume carbohydrates without water as a coolant. Ants, for example, don't get into sugar unless it's in solution because they can't afford the body fluid necessary to process it.
WE are so doomed. Survival packs...HA!! Why?? You will have to defend them, and they will keep you alive longer because.....you aren't waiting for FEMA are YOU??!!!!! You don't think anyone is coming???!!!! The world would become a rabid jungle with unfettered mayhem everywhere. Remember the black out in New York? or the Rodney King riots? Or J6? or Katrina? You think the border is bad NOW??!! Practice stretching so you can grab your ankles long enough to KYA goodbye. Get hold of those little blue pills unless you want to watch your wife being mauled while you bleed out. People writing these comments stalk about it like a camping trip in the park when every thing turns our okay in the end ahahahaha.
Interesting to watch this but some several errors and other things that are not mentioned. Honey is naturally safe and can last for millenia, Tinned foods can last for centuries (ignore sell by dates on cans) the food is preserved in a vacuum and cannot go off) - just need to store tins in a cool dark place. Regarding water, any stored water is safe - if you boil it then let it cool when to use - it is safe. Sea water can be boiled and then cooled and can separate water and salt to be stored when needed. Finally dried pulses, rice, dried fruits and dried pasta can be kept indefinitely as long as it stored properly
When I was younger (early 20's) , I wouldn't eat anything past the dates on the package. I threw so much food out. Now that I'm older and know better, I don't even care about those dates. I think about my mom and grandparents and how they used the smell and taste test for canned goods and the like. That's what I do now. Saves a lot of money.
I think dry fruit also could be added to the list , like almonds, dried figs , pistachio, dried dates , raisins etc , there are methods of drying meat , and fish , which can be kept for a year atleast . Puffed rice .
I seen rice cooked in a pressure cooker and it popped just like corn so that would take care of your puffed rice...I personally stopped buying rice cereals after seeing Alton brown say why not just use cooked plain rice....I enjoy it a nice warm breakfast with milk and fruit and some honey
15 long shelf-life / long-term storage foods or forever foods when stored in air-tight containers in cool and dry places away from direct sunlight 1 water 2 salt 3 honey 4 sugar 5 distilled white vinegar 6 pure maple syrup 7 dried pasta 8 dried beans 9 rolled oats 10 dried lentils 11 powered milk 12 ghee or clarified butter 13 hard tac / ship's biscuits 14 buon cubes / stock cubes 15 dried corn / particularly in the form of cornmeal or whole dried kernels
Add a hazelnut tree to your yard but get a spliced one as otherwise are mono gender. Hazelnuts produce the most protein per size of nearly any plant. In dry area almonds. If you are a deep prepper Nut trees attract squirrels to your yard you can trap..... I won't but you can.
Do your research on trees of all kinds before purchase. Some trees need multiple to produce nuts (4 females to one male) or fruit due to cross pollination. Also check your growing zone!
If you’re having a bug out situation where you need to hurry up and get out, you can’t take all your canned food with you, so it’s best to preserve dry and wet goods for just in case scenarios.
I keep canned soup n foods in heavy cardboard boxes , so that if we have to evacuate in a hurry we can just pick up the boxes to quickly get it all in the car....
I have a suggestion: in really tough times (when the stuff hits the fan) , can you suggest goodies for kids that have a long shelf life. I literally have candy and cookies stored for my grandkids; keeping kids happy in tough times ain’t easy.
Seriously in times of emergency, potential starvation, survival and power outage, I doubt candy is top of the list. I just don’t get your 1st 🌍 question 🤦♂️
@@shazzabbegg9934 I’m glad I’m prepared to help the helpless in times of trouble, and if helping them means I can also make them happy, I will not be afraid.
Great video, thank you! what do you think about peanut butter's shelf life? And what about copper vessel for the water? I heard it has a purifying effect, if it's true - wouldn't require any power, just 15 mins for contents to be purified although I have not done the research - just heard word of mouth.... 🤔 Would value any expert knowledge and opinions. 👍🏻
Peanut butter goes rancid pretty quick, say no more then a year...probably less... in shelf-life. Great for short-term storage where you are going to regularly rotate your stock but not so good for long-term storage.
I think that's what the ghee is for. Oils can last awhile but they can go rancid faster than the shelf life of these items. This is a list of things that last "forever" so to speak
I've read that coconut oil lasts forever so I've bought a few tubs. I don't know how accurate this is, though. I've had Avocado oil go rancid after opening it.
I store in 2 quart mason jars these are readily available and easily found at certain times of the year. I was surprised that "dry canning" was not mentioned since many of these items will contain insect eggs and dry canning destroys them and also kills any mold and bacteria. There are many TH-cam videos on this method of preserving dry foods.
Seeds! A nicely sealed set is pretty cheap in terms of their worth in the future. Might not be needed right away but for longevity that would be one heck of a regret to have.
@@davidwoolley707 McDonald’s burger and fries still ‘fresh’ after 10 years There’s a story that McDonald’s burgers last forever, so one fan kept a burger and fries from 2009 to see if it was true. Today, they still look fine to eat, with no sign of mould or decay
In South Africa we make raw dried meat called biltong and also dried sardines, they can last many years but usually don’t because it’s a favourite of every single person.
Your right about beans make a nice soup with carrots and curry powder and turmeric and ginger and onions and stock cubes vegetable 2 and water and cooked on simmer for a hour then blender and put milk in 400mls very tasty and put pepper in
This should've been titled "Do You Have a Cool Dry Place?"- I say store everything in a cool/dry place- some stuff needs it- and it won't hurt the stuff that doesn't. I can't think of anything that needs to be store in a hot.... whoa... I almost did it huh? Yeah- you get my point anyway. If you hang'em all, you'll get the guilty. And the best cool/dry place I can think of- underground. The only problem- no air flow, its stagnant- and tends to get damp. The ideal setup would be an enclosed underground space where you could ventilate and reasonably control humidity. A storm shelter- it would work perfectly- and I need one anyway- I live in the new tornado alley- in north Alabama. For the last few years, we've gotten more tornadoes than the traditional tornado alley that ran up through Teas and into the Midwest. So now they're saying this is the new "tornado alley"- which sucks- we would gladly give that honor back if we could. That said- we can't- and the only shelter I have stays flooded and is horrible- we no longer use it. It was built over 40 years ago, by hand- they just found a steep bank and dug into it- built a square concrete block structure with a slab top. Which sounds good and can work- but they failed to build it correctly and it fills with water., molds, and becomes a nightmare of a place to try and go into. The bats have taken it over now.
@@cherylperkins7538 Good for you Cheryl- I on the other hand don't have a basement- nor am I upset about that or being negative. Why are you such a bitch Cheryl?
Just about said a hot dry place? You're right if that's what you were going to say. That's why there is hardly anything edible in the desert. A little bit of greasewood, a little bit of rabbit brush, some cactus which has juice that is so alkaline it will kill you in a little bit of no time. Yup. Store it in a hot dry place and it will either be spoiled or dust before you can think of eating it. Back in the day, when refrigerators were tiny and cost a whole year's wages, we had root cellars. We put canned goods and things like cabbages, beats, carrots, and potatoes and squash in there and eat off it all year long. Those things would over-summer and over winter as well. It would be getting low by the following summer, but when the crops started coming in, we'd fill it up again. We never wanted for anything. We always had a sack of beans in there, and that would tide us over in really tight times. It may not have been fine dining, but it kept us alive. You learned a few tricks such as soaking your beans over night, then changing the water and soaking them a little longer before putting them in a pot and putting them on the wood/coal burning stove for the rest of the day until supper. You'd get tired of beans after awhile, but that just made it that much better when something else was on the menu. Even as tired as I used to get of eating beans, I have to admit that I still get a hankering for them sometimes, especially if I can have them with some hot, fresh baked bread and a bit of butter. Nowadays we're kind of spoiled. We can get any food we want, even things from half way around the world. We can get strawberries in January if we're willing to pay enough. If we don't have butter we think we're deprived, and we'd better have meat at least two meals out of three, and three out of three if we want. We live in good times, and it's been good times for so long that most people don't remember when it wasn't good times. Yet we let politicians and video makers who just want more money tell us that it's bad and only going to get worse. Well I'm here to tell you that I've lived a very long and blessed life, and it's not bad, and it's not likely to get bad any time soon unless we fall for the silliness that certain politicians are trying to scare us into believing. We have it good, and the fact that we're not the only ones that have it good anymore isn't a bad thing. It's proof that our way of life works wherever it is adopted. In good times like these, how good our lives are depends mostly on us. If we have a really bad day, or a really bad run of luck, remember that the sun rises again tomorrow, and that each day you have a chance to make the lives of people who cross your path a little bit better, by giving a smile, or giving comfort, or countering untruth were ever you find it. Do your very best to be kind to others and to do no harm, and your life will be fine. I have lived a long time, and I probably won't live very much longer, but I know that life is good, and I know that your life will be good too, if you take a tiny bit of time out of your day to make the lives of others better. To the person whom this is a reply to, You're doing a great job by pointing out that you need a cool dry place. I see the one reply that accuses you of being negative. I don't think you are. You are trying to help by sharing that little bit of knowledge. It's unfortunate that if what you say blows up someone's dreams you'll be attacked for it. But if it gets that person to thinking on down the line, or if it gets someone else thinking, then it was worth saying. You will never know if it was or wasn't, but that's not what matters. What matters is that you tried. Good job, and keep up the good work. Just one little side note, I live in the original tornado alley. It's like it's always been, and maybe a little worse. I'm sorry to hear that it's getting worse where you are. Do what it takes to make yourselves safe. Maybe build a safe room in your house which is so sturdily built and re-enforced that a tornado can't break it. As long as you get through with your life you've got it made. The tornado may take your home and everything in it, but if you have a place to shelter safely from it, you will always have your life, and as long as you have your life, you have all that it takes to help people, and by doing so, to make your life more worth while, and therefore happy. Happiness doesn't come from money or what you have or what you don't have. It comes from within, and how you use that which is within. Never do harm, and always do kindness, and everything will be fine. Love and kindness conquers all. I hope you find a lot of it in your life, no matter how dark or how good things may get.
@@cherylperkins7538 In some places you can't have basements because the water table is too high--like Florida, the west coast in Oregon and even in the valley floor in Utah because it's so close to Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake so lots and lots of people don't have the ability to even have basements. She's stating a fact--not being negative.
@@bethteer1509 no, genuinely interested. Dehydration means the water is removed? Take the water out of water you end up with nothing. To rehydrate something you add water. This is not logical.
Egyptian red lentils non irradiated like grown Idaho. With some peanut butter add after disaster grown squash onions and or carrots. Orange yellow veggies are as important as greens people. So don't forget mylar sealed squash seeds.
People with allergies to wheat and dairy, have to rethink the list, ( Like chick pea flower, and amaranth and quinoa flour for baking if you are allergic to wheat) Dried Quinoa is fantastic, also, where are the nuts and seeds, that should have been on the list, also some dried fruits, and dried mushrooms too, spices, Engevita yeast ( B vitamins) Dulce, ( adds iodine) Canned soups and beans. Also Red lentils are the fastest to cook, and you can buy huge bags of this for little money at an Indian store, you can grind down and make into flour that can be made into chapati's, cornflour, and chick pea flour are good alternatives.
You're talking hardtack and showing chocolate chip cookies....? You mention "air-tight" containers but don't tell how to keep them air-tight. - what about air absorbing packets? Just be sure that you cover all the pertinent information when showing these videos.
Verry good subject, dry vegetables, fruits and nuts when stored properly can be kept for more then 3 years. Personally we eat this year walnut &dried apples done in 2020
@@sheelathackorbhaga7871 Dehyrate or freeze dry fruits. Nuts are harder. Dehydration will help prolong them, but nuts contain oil that becomes rancid. Freezing works great, but that’s not possible in a grid down situation.
@@sheelathackorbhaga7871 If canned (about 18 months), dehydrated (up to 3 years), or freeze-dried (25 to 30 years). If you don't have the $3,000 - 4,000 for a freeze-dryer, consider getting a 9- or 10-tray dehydrator ($100 to $250). The round ones can be a real nuisance, but the ones with rectangular trays are convenient! If you get a dehydrator or freeze-dryer, also get a vacuum sealer so you can immediately seal the foods to not re-absorb moisture again. If dehydrated food is going to be eaten within a few months, you can just pack it in Ziplocks without vacuum sealing. But for freeze-drying or longer storage of dehydrated, get a vacuum sealer. I'll be glad to anser more questions about freeze-drying and dehydrating. I'm not a canner.
He is not screaming 😱 He is just emphasizing in his voice how important these things are to our survival that’s all. He means well. Believe me….😮We will be doing this and should be doing this now and doing our Medical and medicine 💊 stocking up too.
Good to know. We recently moved into a farmhouse with our friend's mom & her kitty to help her out & be able to keep all 4 of our kitties til we can hopefully get a house. I've been evicting mice & trying to keep them out. Cleaning up & sealing off places/ holes, too. Also had to change how she was storing her cat food since her cat & the mice were getting into it. I switched her kitty to our kitties' better quality food. I now put the bag on a high shelf with the laundry soaps/ stuff (she doesn't get up there & neither do our cats) & I have 2 plastic containers to pour the food from as needed, 1 in the bedroom for a feeding station & 1 in the kitchen for the other feeding station. I keep their food bowls out 24/7, if the mice try to eat it, they're a good target for the kitties. 😆 Her kitty is a good mouser too. Not so sure about ours since they're indoor only & we haven't really had a mouse issue before. Gotta love living in BFE with all this Ohio farmland around us. 😅
Yes! google shelf life of your food when in doubt. The dates on canned food is not expiration dates it is best by dates. Do your research you will find out that food lasts a lot longer than you realized.
3 years is nothing compared to their potential shelf life. As long as they're stored right they'll stay edible for decades. "Best Buy" and "Sell By" dates are totally arbitrary except for fresh dairy like milk. The USDA now says that commercially canned foods are good forever, but they will not be as tasty.
Dried Jerky+ In heavy salt solution boil small pieces of meats in it for 3-5 minutes. (For anti MOLD and flavor.) Drain it and then smoke it in what for us looked like a large outhouse with sheet metal steel roofing 45 FT high to prevent fire destruction of rough lumber Fir wood. Oak, Alder, other smoking woods for 3 days. I have some that tastes just fine that was made in 1972. Rock hard and sealed in jars that were heated to 165 degrees and sealed in half gallon jars. Put a small piece in the mouth and it will draw saliva to soften a bit at a time. 4 oz. dry weight is equivalent to a 1/2 lb of fresh meat. A stone walled smoke house can last an easy 100 yrs.
In North Carolina I saw a rural smoke house on a former plantation gone to crap that was built in the late 170's or early 1800's in excellent condition that was at least 14 x 20 ft inside and still smelled of smoke and smoked meats. THAT is longevity.
Bro you forgot one very important item. POPCORN. It doesn't require water to prepare and can be popped in a few minutes. You may get sick of eating itbut it'll keep you alive in hard times.
We actually tried storing popping corn and it did not fair well. The water in the kernel that causes the pop eventually dried out and the corn would no longer pop.
Living in a hot humid climate (Florida), even though I have AC, we have power outages. There are a lot of things here I do anyway for short term storage. The comments have a lot of good advice too...thanks guys:)
My sister lived in Florida where there was such high humidity that water condensed and ran down the outside of her windows. The siding of her house mildewed and she had to have it power washed every year. We grew up in Maryland where there is high humidity, too. My mom never let us open more than one box of cereal at a time because it'd get soggy. I live in a dry climate now and it's so nice because I can open however many packages I want to at the same time and the contents stay crisp. Sugar and salt stay fine. I only had one big bag of salt turn hard because it was in a paper bag. We broke it into chunks and used it to melt ice on our sidewalk so it wasn't wasted. We have smaller containers of it stored now.
The thing I sometimes wonder about survival storage is that the longer you require survival rations for, the worse the ongoing situation is. Food for a few weeks due to transport or electricity outage - good. A month or more worth for large natural disaster or civil unrest - worrying. Food and supplies for a year or more due to full blown war, epidemic very worrying. Most people wont have more than a few weeks to a months worth, and then what - Mad Max?
Then panic sets in. Those with "arms" will take everything from those without. Unfortunately, many will start taking within the first weeks because they haven't prepared. So you need more than just a cool dark place to keep your food.
@@ttttia4734 We saw empty shelves and panic buying just a few years ago during the pandemic, but lots of people think it was a one-off and shortages like that won't happen again in the West. No one expected it, but those of us who planned ahead had enough food--and toilet paper!--for our families and didn't even have to go to the store. Look at Ukraine--three years ago it was a prosperous country, but no longer is. I imagine people who sat around restaurant tables outside in the sunshine had zero hint that their country would be war torn in just a year.
Plz suggest the best water filter jug in US. I have seen negative reviews for so many that need advice! Another question, people who are sensitive, should they have raw& unfiltered honey if they never did? Or the regular honey in shops is good?
1. Water - stored in a cool dry place.
2. Salt - Air tight, water tight container
3. Honey
4. Sugar - airtight container
5. Distilled white vinegar - cool dark place
6. Pure Maple Syrup
7. Dried beans
8. Dried pasta - cool dry place
9. Rolled oats
10. Dried lentils - cool dry airtight container
11. Powdered milk - airtight container
12. Ghee - airtight container
13. Hard tack - airtight cool dry container
14. Bullion or Stock cubes - airtight cool dry space
15. Dried corn - corn meal or dried kernels
Thank you ❤
Thank you so much
I'm going with you when the poo hits the fan.
Thanks for putting this list together!👍🏻
You can put rice in with your salt to keep it dry.
When storing my rice, flour, and pasta I place a dried Bay Leaf in to keep the bugs out. It works.
If you put your bags of rice in the freezer for 2 weeks and then take out, You will have to blot dry the package for dampness, it will kill All bug eggs and then can be stored in tightly sealed plastic jars without the worry of bugs, Same goes for flour, cornmeal
Thank You.
OK thanks 😊 😊😊
Using a stick of spearmint gum does the same thing!
Thank you, I never knew this
I ate dried beans that were more than 30 years old after cooking them in the crockpot. They tasted delicious and I had no adverse effects.
I have a bag that's at least 10 years old, thanks for posting!
@@lz8484 If you are cooking old beans you may need to soak them longer than normal but that is the only downfall. Officially, dried beans have a minimum shelf life of one to two years, per the USDA. Unofficially, they last… basically forever. Dried beans are considered non-perishable according to Quora.
Where do you get 30 year old beans?
@@wilbur813 You find them behind the 29 year old dried peas in your pantry 🤣
@@rachaelsupadventures😂😂😂
My personal 23 items: : 1. white rice, 2. beans, 3. 🩵 grits, 4. oats, 5. honey, 6. salt, 7. sugar, 8. black pepper, 9. flour, 10. water, 11. pasta, 12. cornmeal, 13. pancake mix, 14. syrup, 15. lard, 16. vinegar 17. bullion cubes, 18. broth base seasoning, 19. 🩵 coffee, 20. powder coffee creamer 21. tea 22. vegetable oil 23. cold cereal 🩵 my Cheerios, lol, I’ve never had a problem with them going stale I just seal them airtight.
Great list I agree with you except por the bullion cubes the texture after expiration date is weird 😮
Can’t several of those items get weevils?
@@catmandoo956 i’ve never had a problem storing any of these items, so far, I’ll check on the bullion cubes more closely
Number one for me is definitely water! No ifs, buts or maybes.
@@Mar-Azull consider Orrington Farms brand
Great info and even more good info in the comments. One tip from me and it concerns pantry moths etc which oats and grains almost always have. Before storing put your product in the freezer for 24 hours. It won't freeze the grains but will freeze and kill bugs etc. I do this for my everyday use as well.
I got moths one year and it was a real pain in the a$$. I lived in an apartment in Florida. The apartment below me had been empty for a couple of months. They left behind pasta and cornbread mix. I had to throw out everything that wasn’t completely sealed 3 times because they wouldn’t go clean out their apartment pantry. I store everything airtight now. I saw bugs I never knew could infest food. It’s been YEARS and I still can’t eat anything that has cornmeal in it. 🤢🤮
My understanding and I could be wrong is 72 hours. It could just be a source that thought tell 'em longer to be sure.
In an emergency, can pantry moths be eaten as a source of protein?
Never heard of pantry moths before
Great tip. Thanks 😅😅😅😅
Finally, you need a dark cold dry storage which is big enough to store all your food and a lot of air tight containers which are enough for your food and water.
moral of the story, store EVERYTHING in a cool dark place in an airtight container
Cool dark dry
All stored in glass
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Dark cool and plastic big container put them in . ❤ it
Also for your dank memes.
A great way to keep most of these things in a waterproof / damp proof environment is to vacuum seal them. It would be easy enough to seal them in packages in the amounts you would use each particular time so you wouldn’t have to reseal the container each time. Ball jars can also be vacuum sealed.
Yes, it is. Thank you 🙂
Thanks for your insightful information, love to you all from Jamaica 🇯🇲 that enjoy this guy and his time putting this information together.
Jamaican dishes are great!😅
This video is an absolute game-changer! The idea of stocking up on foods that never expire is not only practical but also provides peace of mind in uncertain times. The selection of 15 foods showcased here offers a diverse range of options, ensuring both nutritional value and longevity. From rice and beans to honey and dried fruits, this list covers all the essentials for building a reliable stockpile. Thank you for sharing these valuable insights-I'll definitely be adding these items to my pantry!
16. Buckwheat. Also has powerful antioxidant properties.
It's high in protein vite B and it's related to the rhubarb plant
@@samthunders3611 Rhubarb! I did not know that!
Why the rascals never got cancer.
Rice and canned food. Water and salt. Honey ,garlic, dried herbs. Lentil. Salted fish. Vinegar and bleach.
This is one of the most beneficial videos I’ve ever seen. So much wonderful information that I never knew..…all in one spot. Thank you for taking the time to research and share. There are a lot of cutesy, sarcastic comments….i am at a loss as to why.
Because honey is the ONLY food that never expires.
@@SirDigbyChickenCaesar Water never expires, and all the other foods mentioned in the video will never expire if stored properly.
@@SunshineCatwomanwater does go bad. There are multiple ways to make it last longer. Storing things properly does go a long way.
The issue is that it is very easy to mess most things up. I don't remember if it was the video or a commenter that mentioned storing things by usage size. For example, if you use 1# of dried beans in a soup or stew, store 1# in a jar.
Each time you open a container to use an item, moisture has a chance of getting inside before you reseal it.
You need to look at most containers and clean them regularly. Just water in some containers can cause leaching of the container. Many clay water pots from many countries contain lead. Some of those countries have laws against this, but they don't normally enforce them.
Honey is the only item that I have read any material about not spoiling. I would need to check the natural maple syrup as it has many similarities with honey. Other than these two, most of the other items easily spoil with a little water, which includes high humidity. Good storage helps, but constantly opening the container for using a little at a time increases the chance of water or humidity getting inside.
Yes. Humidity is water. I worded it that way due to some people using recently cleaned, but not completely dried utensils to dip into a jar of sugar or beans or whatever.
@@thatgayqueen2826 Maple syrup will mold. It begins to ferment; had it happen.
Here's a new subscriber for you, if that's something you want. I completely agree with the wisdom of storing food that have a (virtually) unlimited shelf life.
Dried Beans you better have a lot's of energy to cook them, I recommend canned or lentels which can be cooked in 20 min or loss.
Dry are fine, and will last longer than canned. The thing with dry is to soak them long enough, and if you have a pressure cooker, you can get them done in not a lot of time. Dried beans were what got us through the Great Depression. We don't have any problems at all compared to the Great Depression and World War II. In fact I can't believe how good it's been or for how long. Except for those of us who have been blessed with a very long life, no one remembers how bad it has been, nor how far from being bad we really are. As a child I couldn't have imagined there being strawberries in the grocery store in January of February, but these days every well stocked grocery store has strawberries in January or February. And they have Raspberries and blueberries, and oranges and grapefruit and tomatoes, and things which come from the opposite side of the world!
Any time there were canned beans in the store, they were way more dear than we could afford. We only wood burning stove, but we'd soak some beans overnight, then change the water in the morning, then start them cooking in the pressure cooker about an hour before supper. They'd always be nice and soft and creamy by supper time. It was the soaking that made the difference, and changing the water kept the toots down, if you know what I mean. The great thing about pintos is that you can grow 50 lbs of them in not a lot of space, let them dry on the plant, then harvest them, and you'll be set for a long time. You'll probably get good an sick of eating beans, but they'll keep for years, you can grow more from what you have, and they will fill the empty spots.
@@Chompchompyerded when you soak all night, they take only 15 minutes in a pressure cooker only, i cook always dry beans, theyre far better than canned
@@roudaynahelou6121Yebo!!!! Soak beans over night and you have a shorter cooking time.
@@roudaynahelou6121 Ever since we got an Instant Pot, I do the same. With one of those, you can cook the hardest-to-cook dry beans inside of an hour.
@@Sunshine-uz4cx Just trust me, it's wa-a-ay easier with an Instant Pot. I've tried overnight soak and "quick cook," and an Instant Pot gets the best results in the least time (unless you count quick cook, which doesn't give satisfactory results). I'd even go so far as to say an Instant Pot yields better results than overnight soak even disregarding time, in that your control over consistency with a little practice is so precise and done in 1/10th the time.
Boullion can be used to make a hot drink to carry with you on a cold day. I use my stainless steel water bottle to maintain the heat.
I put dried rice in with my salt to absorb any moisture.
It is very good to know about these long life foods...it is not so improbable that another war might break put with all the unrest we have in the world today.
civil war will be isolated to a few areas; but there will be losses on both sides.
@@ChickenMcThiccken in gaza?
hell no . america@@henrikfox8960
If we had politicians who stopped using our tax $ for funding war in the middle east to protect their oil, and instead used our $ to help us, it would be a huge leap in a positive direction.
@@kristinetravis-ot6bb
The United States has been involved in a number of wars in the Middle East over the past several decades. The reasons for these wars are complex and vary depending on the specific conflict. However, some of the most common reasons include:
To protect US interests in the region, such as access to oil or military bases.
To counter the spread of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction.
To promote democracy and human rights.
To support allies in the region.
The wars in the Middle East have had a significant impact on the region and the world. They have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions of others, and destabilized entire countries. The wars have also cost the United States trillions of dollars.
The consequences of the wars in the Middle East are complex and far-reaching. They have contributed to the rise of extremist groups, the destabilization of governments, and the spread of instability throughout the region. The wars have also had a significant impact on the US economy and foreign policy.
It is important to note that there are many different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East. Some people believe that the wars were necessary to protect US interests or to promote democracy. Others believe that the wars were counterproductive and have made the region more unstable. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars in the Middle East were justified. It is a complex issue with no easy answers.
It is also important to note that the wars in the Middle East are not the only reason for the region's problems. The region has a long history of conflict and instability, and many of the problems that exist today are rooted in that history. The wars in the Middle East have certainly exacerbated these problems, but they are not the sole cause.
It is important to be aware of the different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East and to consider all of the factors that have contributed to the region's problems. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars were justified, but it is an important question to consider.
Coffee. Also rice and canned food are good to keep at home.
Tuna can, corn, chickpeas,
But they have an Expiration on the Canned Foods…
Why chickpeas?
I believe he included them with beans. They are a "legume". (Not sure why he separated lentils out from the other legumes like beans, chickpeas, etc.) @@joannehendershot1408
@@piacash5216 Canned food has a best by date not an expiration date. Only baby food and formula have expiration dates. Food used past a best by date may look a little bit different or the box of cake mix may not rise as much due to the rising agent being old but it is still edible. Google it and find out for yourself. The best by date is used to trick you into throwing out food to buy more! Also, if you use heavy cream and it goes past its date and becomes sour you can blend it until it separates into butter. Dump out the liquid and the sour goes with it leaving you yummy butter to use just rinse the butter and add a little sea salt for flavor!
@@joannehendershot1408 The liquid in a can of chick peas can be used as a substitute for eggs when baking. 3 T is equal to a large egg. They are also a good source of protein!
To go along with this list, you should buy a few cases of mason jars. And one of those battery operated sealer for the mason jars that sucks all the air out. Store all these ingredients in those mason jars and we should be good to go how old else also store, black pepper, and some other seasonings
It's nice to hear someone actually saying something correct about salt for a change. It simply regulates our fluid level. If we eat too much, we get thirsty.
That's not quite accurate. Salt causes you to retain fluid, and in some cases that can be bad (for instance if you have heart of kidney disease). It is a necessary electrolyte, but you can get all you need for those purposes just by eating the right fresh foods. Eating too much of it will cause problems for you long term. Like everything, it's a trade-off though. Some people may like it enough that they're willing to knock a few years off their life, or spend the last years in a nursing home where they hide the salt shaker from you, and feed you horribly bland food. In the end, it's your choice. If you know the dangers, and that's what you want to do anyhow, then who's to tell you to do otherwise? Certainly not me. Probably not the loved ones which you'll leave behind either. They'll be devastated whether you go sooner or whether you go later. So you do you.
@@Chompchompyerded If you have heart or kidney disease it's ALWAYS Down to sugar. Not salt. So don't blame salt for the damage sugar has already done.
@@ChompchompyerdedI'll cheerfully tell you something else as well. There's a lot of medications that do far more damage and cause a lot more fluid retention.
@@Chompchompyerded it is a case of everything in moderation. Too much salt and too much sugar is certainly not good for anyone, Everyone has to be treated accordingly.
The big take away I got about salt is for persevering meat.
When I lived in Alaska I had filtered water I took from a lake and after about two years it was definitely not drinkable. I did keep it in a cool dark...ish place. Sugar, salt, flour, and honey I had stored for lots of years and it never went bad.
Lake water needs more than being filtered. It needs to be boiled or sanitized with bleach.
wheat flour,becomes lumpy in 2 years or less
Your water may have been filtered but it wasn't sterilized.
Small organisms (even ants) can't consume carbohydrates without water as a coolant. Ants, for example, don't get into sugar unless it's in solution because they can't afford the body fluid necessary to process it.
P@@trombonemunroe
It's much, MUCH more than having food... It's keeping it.
WE are so doomed. Survival packs...HA!! Why?? You will have to defend them, and they will keep you alive longer because.....you aren't waiting for FEMA are YOU??!!!!! You don't think anyone is coming???!!!! The world would become a rabid jungle with unfettered mayhem everywhere. Remember the black out in New York? or the Rodney King riots? Or J6? or Katrina? You think the border is bad NOW??!! Practice stretching so you can grab your ankles long enough to KYA goodbye. Get hold of those little blue pills unless you want to watch your wife being mauled while you bleed out. People writing these comments stalk about it like a camping trip in the park when every thing turns our okay in the end ahahahaha.
Interesting to watch this but some several errors and other things that are not mentioned. Honey is naturally safe and can last for millenia, Tinned foods can last for centuries (ignore sell by dates on cans) the food is preserved in a vacuum and cannot go off) - just need to store tins in a cool dark place. Regarding water, any stored water is safe - if you boil it then let it cool when to use - it is safe. Sea water can be boiled and then cooled and can separate water and salt to be stored when needed. Finally dried pulses, rice, dried fruits and dried pasta can be kept indefinitely as long as it stored properly
Dried pulses?
Chickpeas also known as garbanzo beans are pulses.
When I was younger (early 20's) , I wouldn't eat anything past the dates on the package. I threw so much food out. Now that I'm older and know better, I don't even care about those dates. I think about my mom and grandparents and how they used the smell and taste test for canned goods and the like. That's what I do now. Saves a lot of money.
Not all "tinned" can foods are equal. Plastic in some commercial canned stuff has a plastic liner that breaks down.
Thanks! What about nuts & seeds? Do you think there's a way to store them safely for long periods?
This 30 minute video could've been done in 5 minutes.
Stock water in glass mason jars...celtic or sea salt in mason jars... store lots of food items in mason jars.
Protect all of those glass jars, even if you DON'T live in an earthquake zone.
Ceramic, not only to preserve it, but also filter it. Plastic is the most convenient and the number one available thou
@@_DROM_Plastic has its own bullshit going on with it tho
So expensive in UK
Wish I could find bigger ones than the quart jars
I think dry fruit also could be added to the list , like almonds, dried figs , pistachio, dried dates , raisins etc , there are methods of drying meat , and fish , which can be kept for a year atleast . Puffed rice .
All of those things will eventually go stale, but in the short term (a year or so), they are excellent choices.
@@ChompchompyerdedCream Of Wheat..And Water…Vitamins,Minerals,Calcium,And Shelf Live Is Forever If Kept Packed Nicely
I seen rice cooked in a pressure cooker and it popped just like corn so that would take care of your puffed rice...I personally stopped buying rice cereals after seeing Alton brown say why not just use cooked plain rice....I enjoy it a nice warm breakfast with milk and fruit and some honey
I need to update my online grocery, thank you for sharing this list!
Great video ! I will be trying your recipe this next week. It will definitely go on our menu. Your hair looks very nice . May God bless you .
You need good hair to survive. Everyone knows that
Thank you so much. Learing a lot again. Blessings.
Thank you for a great & informative vid. Definatly life saving in time and need. Much respect.!!!!
15 long shelf-life / long-term storage foods or forever foods when stored in air-tight containers in cool and dry places away from direct sunlight
1 water
2 salt
3 honey
4 sugar
5 distilled white vinegar
6 pure maple syrup
7 dried pasta
8 dried beans
9 rolled oats
10 dried lentils
11 powered milk
12 ghee or clarified butter
13 hard tac / ship's biscuits
14 buon cubes / stock cubes
15 dried corn / particularly in the form of cornmeal or whole dried kernels
Thanks! I couldn't keep up writing fast enuff - succinct list I can copy!!
@@SnarkasticSunny
You're welcome.
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@@jumnarumol1309p
I just found you and I’m so glad I did. Thank you and God bless!
Add a hazelnut tree to your yard but get a spliced one as otherwise are mono gender. Hazelnuts produce the most protein per size of nearly any plant. In dry area almonds.
If you are a deep prepper
Nut trees attract squirrels to your yard you can trap..... I won't but you can.
Do your research on trees of all kinds before purchase. Some trees need multiple to produce nuts (4 females to one male) or fruit due to cross pollination. Also check your growing zone!
@rachaelsupadventures Exactly! They certainly won't grow in South Florida zone 10b.
Put everything in a dry, dark, and cool place in a sealed, air tight container
Please he is absolutely right all these items will be around Generations from now it's stored properly
Thank you so much for all of this important information, I appreciate you and life saving info
If you’re having a bug out situation where you need to hurry up and get out, you can’t take all your canned food with you, so it’s best to preserve dry and wet goods for just in case scenarios.
I keep canned soup n foods in heavy cardboard boxes , so that if we have to evacuate in a hurry we can just pick up the boxes to quickly get it all in the car....
It’s gonna be hard to store some things in Florida as it is not “cool and dry” here 😬
And we don't have basements, or food cellars.
But we Floridians can store dry food in #10 cans with O2 absorbers. I've stored rice and beans for several years with no problem.
@lancerevell5979 Even with the #10 cans it's best to store them in a cool dry place. But it's good to hear it can be done.
Thanks Jinne,
Nice Haul.
Haven't been for a few weeks.
I need to Reorganize and Sort. Lol.
Happy Valentine's To You n Your Family ❤❤❤❤
I have a suggestion: in really tough times (when the stuff hits the fan) , can you suggest goodies for kids that have a long shelf life. I literally have candy and cookies stored for my grandkids; keeping kids happy in tough times ain’t easy.
Really
I've never seen a candy cane go bad.
Freeze Dried Ice Cream Bars…And A Lot Of Other Freeze Dried Candies
Seriously in times of emergency, potential starvation, survival and power outage, I doubt candy is top of the list. I just don’t get your 1st 🌍 question 🤦♂️
@@shazzabbegg9934 I’m glad I’m prepared to help the helpless in times of trouble, and if helping them means I can also make them happy, I will not be afraid.
This is soooo helpful ... THANK YOU !!!
Great video, thank you! what do you think about peanut butter's shelf life? And what about copper vessel for the water? I heard it has a purifying effect, if it's true - wouldn't require any power, just 15 mins for contents to be purified although I have not done the research - just heard word of mouth.... 🤔 Would value any expert knowledge and opinions. 👍🏻
Peanut butter goes rancid pretty quick, say no more then a year...probably less... in shelf-life. Great for short-term storage where you are going to regularly rotate your stock but not so good for long-term storage.
Peanut butter has oil in- goes rancid after a few months- opened or not. Rancidity causes cancer & other inflammation.
Very interesting, thank you so much for this information. I had no idea there were so many options
Oiive oil would be a must for me.
It spoils after a year even in a aluminium no light container. I mean u still can use it but the taste starts to decay
I think that's what the ghee is for. Oils can last awhile but they can go rancid faster than the shelf life of these items. This is a list of things that last "forever" so to speak
I've read that coconut oil lasts forever so I've bought a few tubs. I don't know how accurate this is, though.
I've had Avocado oil go rancid after opening it.
I store in 2 quart mason jars these are readily available and easily found at certain times of the year. I was surprised that "dry canning" was not mentioned since many of these items will contain insect eggs and dry canning destroys them and also kills any mold and bacteria. There are many TH-cam videos on this method of preserving dry foods.
A very good list, Id also suggest TVP for it's high protein content, longevity and low cost
TVP?
Hmm, What is TVP?
@@viktormogilin307 me, too! What's tvp?
If you find out, please let me know. @viktormogilin307
@@viktormogilin307
It's Textured Vegetable Protein. Normally soy based.
Can be used in pies, stews etc.
Seeds! A nicely sealed set is pretty cheap in terms of their worth in the future. Might not be needed right away but for longevity that would be one heck of a regret to have.
Thank you for this video. I have watched hundreds of vids and alot of them overlook water and salt.
Thanks for the excellent information
Many thanks for the great informations
I'd say that too if it weren't for the fact that I saw so many things in it that I knew for fact was wrong.
RICE!!! is a must- lasts for years!
So does pasta. 🇬🇧
@@andrewdaley5480 and a McDonalds with fries
Read the headline again
Tell us your Asian without saying you're Asian 😂
@@davidwoolley707 McDonald’s burger and fries still ‘fresh’ after 10 years
There’s a story that McDonald’s burgers last forever, so one fan kept a burger and fries from 2009 to see if it was true. Today, they still look fine to eat, with no sign of mould or decay
Good advice. But first I have to build a bunker to be prepared for the nuklear winter. Or maybe astronomical inflation who knows.
To be honest, I wouldn't even want to live through a nuclear winter. There are worse things than dying.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I really appreciate it. 👍🤗
In South Africa we make raw dried meat called biltong and also dried sardines, they can last many years but usually don’t because it’s a favourite of every single person.
Your right about beans make a nice soup with carrots and curry powder and turmeric and ginger and onions and stock cubes vegetable 2 and water and cooked on simmer for a hour then blender and put milk in 400mls very tasty and put pepper in
I love 💕 what he said.
Let's respect water. And not take it for Granted
I respect water too. I would never have known how important water was if I missed this video. Lol
Now that I respect it I'll never have to worry about it disrespecting me
Very important to remember ❤ thanks
Good information to have. Thank you.
This should've been titled "Do You Have a Cool Dry Place?"- I say store everything in a cool/dry place- some stuff needs it- and it won't hurt the stuff that doesn't. I can't think of anything that needs to be store in a hot.... whoa... I almost did it huh? Yeah- you get my point anyway. If you hang'em all, you'll get the guilty. And the best cool/dry place I can think of- underground. The only problem- no air flow, its stagnant- and tends to get damp. The ideal setup would be an enclosed underground space where you could ventilate and reasonably control humidity. A storm shelter- it would work perfectly- and I need one anyway- I live in the new tornado alley- in north Alabama. For the last few years, we've gotten more tornadoes than the traditional tornado alley that ran up through Teas and into the Midwest. So now they're saying this is the new "tornado alley"- which sucks- we would gladly give that honor back if we could. That said- we can't- and the only shelter I have stays flooded and is horrible- we no longer use it. It was built over 40 years ago, by hand- they just found a steep bank and dug into it- built a square concrete block structure with a slab top. Which sounds good and can work- but they failed to build it correctly and it fills with water., molds, and becomes a nightmare of a place to try and go into. The bats have taken it over now.
I have a cool basement. I keep a fan on in really humid periods. Simple. DUH.. JUST FIND AN EXCUSE TO BE NEGATIVE
@@cherylperkins7538 Good for you Cheryl- I on the other hand don't have a basement- nor am I upset about that or being negative. Why are you such a bitch Cheryl?
Just about said a hot dry place? You're right if that's what you were going to say. That's why there is hardly anything edible in the desert. A little bit of greasewood, a little bit of rabbit brush, some cactus which has juice that is so alkaline it will kill you in a little bit of no time. Yup. Store it in a hot dry place and it will either be spoiled or dust before you can think of eating it. Back in the day, when refrigerators were tiny and cost a whole year's wages, we had root cellars. We put canned goods and things like cabbages, beats, carrots, and potatoes and squash in there and eat off it all year long. Those things would over-summer and over winter as well. It would be getting low by the following summer, but when the crops started coming in, we'd fill it up again. We never wanted for anything. We always had a sack of beans in there, and that would tide us over in really tight times. It may not have been fine dining, but it kept us alive. You learned a few tricks such as soaking your beans over night, then changing the water and soaking them a little longer before putting them in a pot and putting them on the wood/coal burning stove for the rest of the day until supper. You'd get tired of beans after awhile, but that just made it that much better when something else was on the menu. Even as tired as I used to get of eating beans, I have to admit that I still get a hankering for them sometimes, especially if I can have them with some hot, fresh baked bread and a bit of butter. Nowadays we're kind of spoiled. We can get any food we want, even things from half way around the world. We can get strawberries in January if we're willing to pay enough. If we don't have butter we think we're deprived, and we'd better have meat at least two meals out of three, and three out of three if we want. We live in good times, and it's been good times for so long that most people don't remember when it wasn't good times. Yet we let politicians and video makers who just want more money tell us that it's bad and only going to get worse. Well I'm here to tell you that I've lived a very long and blessed life, and it's not bad, and it's not likely to get bad any time soon unless we fall for the silliness that certain politicians are trying to scare us into believing. We have it good, and the fact that we're not the only ones that have it good anymore isn't a bad thing. It's proof that our way of life works wherever it is adopted. In good times like these, how good our lives are depends mostly on us. If we have a really bad day, or a really bad run of luck, remember that the sun rises again tomorrow, and that each day you have a chance to make the lives of people who cross your path a little bit better, by giving a smile, or giving comfort, or countering untruth were ever you find it. Do your very best to be kind to others and to do no harm, and your life will be fine. I have lived a long time, and I probably won't live very much longer, but I know that life is good, and I know that your life will be good too, if you take a tiny bit of time out of your day to make the lives of others better.
To the person whom this is a reply to, You're doing a great job by pointing out that you need a cool dry place. I see the one reply that accuses you of being negative. I don't think you are. You are trying to help by sharing that little bit of knowledge. It's unfortunate that if what you say blows up someone's dreams you'll be attacked for it. But if it gets that person to thinking on down the line, or if it gets someone else thinking, then it was worth saying. You will never know if it was or wasn't, but that's not what matters. What matters is that you tried. Good job, and keep up the good work.
Just one little side note, I live in the original tornado alley. It's like it's always been, and maybe a little worse. I'm sorry to hear that it's getting worse where you are. Do what it takes to make yourselves safe. Maybe build a safe room in your house which is so sturdily built and re-enforced that a tornado can't break it. As long as you get through with your life you've got it made. The tornado may take your home and everything in it, but if you have a place to shelter safely from it, you will always have your life, and as long as you have your life, you have all that it takes to help people, and by doing so, to make your life more worth while, and therefore happy. Happiness doesn't come from money or what you have or what you don't have. It comes from within, and how you use that which is within. Never do harm, and always do kindness, and everything will be fine. Love and kindness conquers all. I hope you find a lot of it in your life, no matter how dark or how good things may get.
So interesting a report. Did not know. Am a big fan of Alabama, especially Lookout Mt.& Demopolis. Am in Louisiana wch I also love.
@@cherylperkins7538 In some places you can't have basements because the water table is too high--like Florida, the west coast in Oregon and even in the valley floor in Utah because it's so close to Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake so lots and lots of people don't have the ability to even have basements.
She's stating a fact--not being negative.
For best nutrition corn meal should be prepared with lime. The traditional method was stone grinding on limestone.
I am all sorted with water, got loads of the dehydrated stuff stored, you would be amazed how much dehydrated water you can store
Dehydrated water?!
@@alanalee9437 Yeah they are fantastic, come in tiny tablet form so can store loads and when rehydrated they make 500ml of water per tablet.
@@alanalee9437I believe that was a Snarky comment?
@@bethteer1509it's called having a laugh
@@bethteer1509 no, genuinely interested. Dehydration means the water is removed? Take the water out of water you end up with nothing. To rehydrate something you add water. This is not logical.
Would be great to actually see and be able to read the list. I’m glad someone in the comments made a list that they use.
Egyptian red lentils non irradiated like grown Idaho. With some peanut butter add after disaster grown squash onions and or carrots. Orange yellow veggies are as important as greens people. So don't forget mylar sealed squash seeds.
I love listen to this stuff. 🍯
This guy's got a good voice.
Good to know.
People with allergies to wheat and dairy, have to rethink the list, ( Like chick pea flower, and amaranth and quinoa flour for baking if you are allergic to wheat) Dried Quinoa is fantastic, also, where are the nuts and seeds, that should have been on the list, also some dried fruits, and dried mushrooms too, spices, Engevita yeast ( B vitamins) Dulce, ( adds iodine) Canned soups and beans. Also Red lentils are the fastest to cook, and you can buy huge bags of this for little money at an Indian store, you can grind down and make into flour that can be made into chapati's, cornflour, and chick pea flour are good alternatives.
You're talking hardtack and showing chocolate chip cookies....? You mention "air-tight" containers but don't tell how to keep them air-tight. - what about air absorbing packets? Just be sure that you cover all the pertinent information when showing these videos.
Verry good subject, dry vegetables, fruits and nuts when stored properly can be kept for more then 3 years. Personally we eat this year walnut &dried apples done in 2020
And if you freeze dry them, 25-30 years.
Fruit can be good for years?
Can you educate me on fruit n nut storage plz ❤
@@sheelathackorbhaga7871 Dehyrate or freeze dry fruits. Nuts are harder. Dehydration will help prolong them, but nuts contain oil that becomes rancid. Freezing works great, but that’s not possible in a grid down situation.
@@sheelathackorbhaga7871 If canned (about 18 months), dehydrated (up to 3 years), or freeze-dried (25 to 30 years). If you don't have the $3,000 - 4,000 for a freeze-dryer, consider getting a 9- or 10-tray dehydrator ($100 to $250). The round ones can be a real nuisance, but the ones with rectangular trays are convenient!
If you get a dehydrator or freeze-dryer, also get a vacuum sealer so you can immediately seal the foods to not re-absorb moisture again. If dehydrated food is going to be eaten within a few months, you can just pack it in Ziplocks without vacuum sealing. But for freeze-drying or longer storage of dehydrated, get a vacuum sealer.
I'll be glad to anser more questions about freeze-drying and dehydrating. I'm not a canner.
Another advantage of Ghee is that it will not clog your heart, since all the bad stuff has been removed,
been doing my own for the last 32 years.
Ghee wiz. I didn’t know that!
A lot of things society do not want us to know so they can work on us, like doctors.@@Michael-yi4mc
He is not screaming 😱 He is just emphasizing in his voice how important these things are to our survival that’s all. He means well. Believe me….😮We will be doing this and should be doing this now and doing our Medical and medicine 💊 stocking up too.
Good to know. We recently moved into a farmhouse with our friend's mom & her kitty to help her out & be able to keep all 4 of our kitties til we can hopefully get a house. I've been evicting mice & trying to keep them out. Cleaning up & sealing off places/ holes, too. Also had to change how she was storing her cat food since her cat & the mice were getting into it. I switched her kitty to our kitties' better quality food. I now put the bag on a high shelf with the laundry soaps/ stuff (she doesn't get up there & neither do our cats) & I have 2 plastic containers to pour the food from as needed, 1 in the bedroom for a feeding station & 1 in the kitchen for the other feeding station. I keep their food bowls out 24/7, if the mice try to eat it, they're a good target for the kitties. 😆 Her kitty is a good mouser too. Not so sure about ours since they're indoor only & we haven't really had a mouse issue before. Gotta love living in BFE with all this Ohio farmland around us. 😅
As a temporary measure you can pack mouse holes with stainless steel pads which mice won't chew through.
Great info Thanks for sharing
I have bags of beans and rice I bought during the pandemic are they still good?
Yes! google shelf life of your food when in doubt. The dates on canned food is not expiration dates it is best by dates. Do your research you will find out that food lasts a lot longer than you realized.
3 years is nothing compared to their potential shelf life. As long as they're stored right they'll stay edible for decades.
"Best Buy" and "Sell By" dates are totally arbitrary except for fresh dairy like milk. The USDA now says that commercially canned foods are good forever, but they will not be as tasty.
Dried Jerky+ In heavy salt solution boil small pieces of meats in it for 3-5 minutes. (For anti MOLD and flavor.) Drain it and then smoke it in what for us looked like a large outhouse with sheet metal steel roofing 45 FT high to prevent fire destruction of rough lumber Fir wood. Oak, Alder, other smoking woods for 3 days. I have some that tastes just fine that was made in 1972. Rock hard and sealed in jars that were heated to 165 degrees and sealed in half gallon jars. Put a small piece in the mouth and it will draw saliva to soften a bit at a time. 4 oz. dry weight is equivalent to a 1/2 lb of fresh meat. A stone walled smoke house can last an easy 100 yrs.
Add to dried veggies in water for stews and gumbo's is a great use.
That's a great idea for a video, building a stone wall smokehouse!
In North Carolina I saw a rural smoke house on a former plantation gone to crap that was built in the late 170's or early 1800's in excellent condition that was at least 14 x 20 ft inside and still smelled of smoke and smoked meats. THAT is longevity.
This a very good reason why I said that don't waste salt on the snowy roadside or on the ground.
No chance of running out of salt, so using it to prevent unnecessary car accidents is helpful.
The Earth has salt in abundance. It's not wasted if it saves lives...which it does.
5:26 Did he just call me "honey"?
I like the way you relate food to other important considerations pertaining to overall health. Very important. Great vid. Thanks.p😅😅😅😅😅
Bro you forgot one very important item. POPCORN. It doesn't require water to prepare and can be popped in a few minutes. You may get sick of eating itbut it'll keep you alive in hard times.
I think you stop watching too early,it’s the last item mention
@@jacynthetondreau3325 Dried corn is not the same as popcorn. It takes a special corn for popcorn.
@@shaggydog5409 yes only kernel dry corn turns to popcorn,non the less,I was just stating that he mentioned ”dry” corn 😉
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We actually tried storing popping corn and it did not fair well. The water in the kernel that causes the pop eventually dried out and the corn would no longer pop.
What are the best air tight containers?
You mention Maple syrup having a lower Glycemic level than sugar, where does honey appear on the Glycemic Index? (I’m a diabetic type II).
Monk Fruit sugar is good for diabetics.
as far as i know, most of dried food can be saved for a long time if you saved it in vacum condition and no direct sunlight
Very educational! Thank you!
Interesting storage tips THANKS
Living in a hot humid climate (Florida), even though I have AC, we have power outages. There are a lot of things here I do anyway for short term storage. The comments have a lot of good advice too...thanks guys:)
My sister lived in Florida where there was such high humidity that water condensed and ran down the outside of her windows. The siding of her house mildewed and she had to have it power washed every year. We grew up in Maryland where there is high humidity, too. My mom never let us open more than one box of cereal at a time because it'd get soggy. I live in a dry climate now and it's so nice because I can open however many packages I want to at the same time and the contents stay crisp. Sugar and salt stay fine. I only had one big bag of salt turn hard because it was in a paper bag. We broke it into chunks and used it to melt ice on our sidewalk so it wasn't wasted. We have smaller containers of it stored now.
Can i store oats in the plastic that they comes in while storing the in container
Yes in an airtight container.
Excellent video.
Would a nonworking refrigerator that still has great door gaskets be a good place to store most of these dry foods?
The thing I sometimes wonder about survival storage is that the longer you require survival rations for, the worse the ongoing situation is. Food for a few weeks due to transport or electricity outage - good. A month or more worth for large natural disaster or civil unrest - worrying. Food and supplies for a year or more due to full blown war, epidemic very worrying. Most people wont have more than a few weeks to a months worth, and then what - Mad Max?
Then panic sets in. Those with "arms" will take everything from those without. Unfortunately, many will start taking within the first weeks because they haven't prepared. So you need more than just a cool dark place to keep your food.
And then bend over & kiss it all goodbye...
@@ttttia4734 We saw empty shelves and panic buying just a few years ago during the pandemic, but lots of people think it was a one-off and shortages like that won't happen again in the West. No one expected it, but those of us who planned ahead had enough food--and toilet paper!--for our families and didn't even have to go to the store.
Look at Ukraine--three years ago it was a prosperous country, but no longer is. I imagine people who sat around restaurant tables outside in the sunshine had zero hint that their country would be war torn in just a year.
I pray that more people will turn to God . He is on top of my list . He's first . God bless us all .
Thanks for sharing 😊
Outstanding!
Back in 1922 when they opened King Tut's tomb, they found The Boy King's stash of Twinkies, still edible. 😅
LOL--actually Twinkies get stale just like any cake product
Glass is the only completely safe way to store water.
thank you for those bits of information.
I feel like if I don't store my food in a cool, dark, dry place in an air/water tight container, this guy is gonna yell at me 😂
You missed one very valuable item. LARD! Lard is rich in vitamin D and is very shelf stable and can also preserve meats.
Yes! You can also get oil from a plant that is easy to grow -- black oil sunflower seeds. But it as bags intended as bird seed, and plant them.
Eww!!! 🤢
Water (+purification methods)
Salt (kosher 🧂 sea salt)
Honey
Sugar
Distilled White Vinegar
PURE Maple Syrup (additionally pancake/waffle mix)
Dried Beans
Lentils
Pasta
Rolled Oats (dried fruits)
Powdered Milk
Ghee (shelf stable butter)
HardTack or ShipBiscuits (cracker)
Bullion Cubes (Spices)
Dried Corn
This guys voice is so soothing to the ears
Wow thank you for the educational info 👍👍👍
Plz suggest the best water filter jug in US. I have seen negative reviews for so many that need advice!
Another question, people who are sensitive, should they have raw& unfiltered honey if they never did? Or the regular honey in shops is good?
Glass. It's the only 100% safe storage that doesn't put harmful chemicals in your body like plastics.
Glass. It's the only 100% safe storage that doesn't put harmful chemicals in your body like plastics.
Berkeley, research it.
Excellent, sharing with many.