-Baking powder will keep 6-10 years, but will slowly lose strength. Mine's down about 10% after 5 years. Better to store cream of tartar and baking soda separately.
-Hard to have too much baking soda: baking, toothpaste, first aid, treating dehydration, etc.
-We store butter-flavor Crisco for butter flavor. Storea at least 13 years in a basement just fine.
Better get that stuff in a dark environment, or it will go south half as fast at least... too lazy to cite such evidence but just put the stuff in the dark..! Good video!
The dates, for one, mean quite different things. For instance, "sell by" is more a guide for the store to know how long it can display a product for sale. The "best before" or "best if used by" date refers to a quality or flavor of the food. "Use by" works more like an expiration date, similar to that on medicines, and taking them after the date is not recommended.
has anyone tried spam and cheese? well i cant remember exactly what its called but but it comes in thosw spam cans and its mac and cheeses with chunks of spam
One suggestion - I don't remember seeing in either of your vid's..bouillon..beef & chicken dry broth powder. I store broth in cans, broth in the cartons (which I freeze) & then the bouillon. Very helpful when you are cooking all those beans & rice!
Also spices such as bulk dried onion & garlic. I buy a lot of spices like cinnamon, chili powder, etc in 1 lb. bulk & then store in vacuum sealed canning jars. You'll be surprised how much you will go through when cooking everything from scratch
I try to have more than one option for everything. For example, you can freeze butter. It also has a very long expiration date, so I have quite a stock in my fridge, as well as a ton in my outdoor freezer, but also plan to get some powdered butter. Likewise, things like tomatoes...have canned, frozen & dried.
If you buy a big box of apples ...dehydrate some apple chips (very yummy) & make some applesauce.
It's good to have food storage as diversified as possible
I'm one of the Cheap Lazy Bastards giving a few tips from what I know, I'm watching your vids
Nice videos : )
Important it is to prioritize, and do the most vital things first and of course use all your resources as jealously as you can so you can get more done with what you have
Happiness is mental, survival physical. You need basic things to live, you don't need much to be happy if you get perspective right, but they're nice
I tend to ramble if I have things to say so I'll shut up now lol
Thanks omegahpla. Totally agree. That's why I keep in my storage food items that I know keep my family happy - like Nutella. Even if we are eating rice an beans everyday, knowing that a spoonful of nutella is available will keep us going mentally.
There is survival, then living. I believe you take care of survival first
I think one of the best things to have is a lot of salt. It's a very useful commodity and if you don't have it you would wish you did. No refrigeration? Salt is your best friend, and certain other spices like garlic. Curing hides? Living through a hot summer? Without salt it's hard to function because you won't retain enough water. Salt is so cheap, but I guarantee you, if people run out it will be more valuable than gold
Pippie2010va - Sams (i.e. Wal-Mart) is, in large part the very reason that relations with China has created situations where we must be concerned with [econimic] emergency preps. I guess what I'm saying is Sams club sucks.
That lemon juice won't go out of date by next May. It's acid. As long as oxygen is kept away from it, it should last a long time. I used to work in food production and the chutneys and savoury sauces that were produced for the Christmas market had a date of just less than one year on them. And the only reason that date was put on them was to stop people from storing any jars that they had not used the previous year for the following Christmas so that they would buy more!
@guineapiggy: So true!! So many of our items have dates that are designed to get us to buy more!
If you are worried about something, throw it in the freezer when it gets close to the date. But I couldn't agree more...so many of those dates are a joke!
I was planning on buying a lot of baking supplies this week. Because we make a lot of cookies during the holidays. flour,sugar,brown sugar, spices etc. Buy in bulk to save money and trips to the stores.
Some thoughts:
-Baking powder will keep 6-10 years, but will slowly lose strength. Mine's down about 10% after 5 years. Better to store cream of tartar and baking soda separately.
-Hard to have too much baking soda: baking, toothpaste, first aid, treating dehydration, etc.
-We store butter-flavor Crisco for butter flavor. Storea at least 13 years in a basement just fine.
loganv0410 6 months ago
In my food prep I also have a bunch of "Chef Boyardee" cans of whatever.
testbooster 7 months ago
how you gonna cook without power
TinSoIdier 11 months ago
@TinSoIdier
yea, i got wood, grill, coals, fluids,
MsSanetta 10 months ago
you may have better luck storing,grinding,using whole peppercorns.
KevinMichaelMichael 1 year ago
Great video, do you have water stored up or is that just in another video?
DixiePrepper 1 year ago
02.04 - That's strange, at 02.04 you see a picture of butter buds but you talk about budder buds.
JohnLMcCoy 1 year ago
Better get that stuff in a dark environment, or it will go south half as fast at least... too lazy to cite such evidence but just put the stuff in the dark..! Good video!
BluRibTac 1 year ago
good man
BigRoach1962 1 year ago
good nan
BigRoach1962 1 year ago
The dates, for one, mean quite different things. For instance, "sell by" is more a guide for the store to know how long it can display a product for sale. The "best before" or "best if used by" date refers to a quality or flavor of the food. "Use by" works more like an expiration date, similar to that on medicines, and taking them after the date is not recommended.
sc00b3rt 1 year ago
has anyone tried spam and cheese? well i cant remember exactly what its called but but it comes in thosw spam cans and its mac and cheeses with chunks of spam
piketyl000 1 year ago
Won't the mayo go bad a couples days after opening it?
47Indigo47 2 years ago
One suggestion - I don't remember seeing in either of your vid's..bouillon..beef & chicken dry broth powder. I store broth in cans, broth in the cartons (which I freeze) & then the bouillon. Very helpful when you are cooking all those beans & rice!
Also spices such as bulk dried onion & garlic. I buy a lot of spices like cinnamon, chili powder, etc in 1 lb. bulk & then store in vacuum sealed canning jars. You'll be surprised how much you will go through when cooking everything from scratch
imsailing2 2 years ago
I try to have more than one option for everything. For example, you can freeze butter. It also has a very long expiration date, so I have quite a stock in my fridge, as well as a ton in my outdoor freezer, but also plan to get some powdered butter. Likewise, things like tomatoes...have canned, frozen & dried.
If you buy a big box of apples ...dehydrate some apple chips (very yummy) & make some applesauce.
It's good to have food storage as diversified as possible
imsailing2 2 years ago
I'm one of the Cheap Lazy Bastards giving a few tips from what I know, I'm watching your vids
Nice videos : )
Important it is to prioritize, and do the most vital things first and of course use all your resources as jealously as you can so you can get more done with what you have
Happiness is mental, survival physical. You need basic things to live, you don't need much to be happy if you get perspective right, but they're nice
I tend to ramble if I have things to say so I'll shut up now lol
omegahpla 2 years ago
Thanks omegahpla. Totally agree. That's why I keep in my storage food items that I know keep my family happy - like Nutella. Even if we are eating rice an beans everyday, knowing that a spoonful of nutella is available will keep us going mentally.
boomd1791 2 years ago
There is survival, then living. I believe you take care of survival first
I think one of the best things to have is a lot of salt. It's a very useful commodity and if you don't have it you would wish you did. No refrigeration? Salt is your best friend, and certain other spices like garlic. Curing hides? Living through a hot summer? Without salt it's hard to function because you won't retain enough water. Salt is so cheap, but I guarantee you, if people run out it will be more valuable than gold
omegahpla 2 years ago
@omegahpla
Sams has good size box of salt for 98 cents, we picked some of that and sea salt too. Don't foget your peppers too
Pippie2010va 1 year ago
Pippie2010va - Sams (i.e. Wal-Mart) is, in large part the very reason that relations with China has created situations where we must be concerned with [econimic] emergency preps. I guess what I'm saying is Sams club sucks.
acs5pall 11 months ago
I started storing food also.. Enjoyed the video..
888Ultra 2 years ago
Fresh Butter and eggs can be at room temp for months, check it out. it is so cool.
thanks
badphobar 2 years ago
You're lucky that you have access to stuff that we find very hard to come across here in Ireland. eg: Gulf wax and liquid pectin.
guineapiggypiggy 2 years ago
That lemon juice won't go out of date by next May. It's acid. As long as oxygen is kept away from it, it should last a long time. I used to work in food production and the chutneys and savoury sauces that were produced for the Christmas market had a date of just less than one year on them. And the only reason that date was put on them was to stop people from storing any jars that they had not used the previous year for the following Christmas so that they would buy more!
guineapiggypiggy 2 years ago 2
@guineapiggy: So true!! So many of our items have dates that are designed to get us to buy more!
If you are worried about something, throw it in the freezer when it gets close to the date. But I couldn't agree more...so many of those dates are a joke!
imsailing2 2 years ago
great video...
I was planning on buying a lot of baking supplies this week. Because we make a lot of cookies during the holidays. flour,sugar,brown sugar, spices etc. Buy in bulk to save money and trips to the stores.
2010purple 2 years ago
Looks like you are starting to get a good cache going there, amigo!
Yankeeprepper 2 years ago