What have you done this week to prep?

[Lex Concord]

If not canning then you should really vacuum pack the grains to keep the bugs from it.

I've stored grains for years at a time in buckets with tight lids and plenty of O2 absorbers... never had an issue with bugs... plus, could just think of it as free protein

 

[jerrob]

MCgrease, I like that idea and it keeps me from borrowing my sis' vacuum sealer and buying bags.

CM, canning rules. It is expensive until you get past your initial investment of a quality canner and a good supply of jars.

PistolBob, go to YouTube and search "canning ham and beans". There's a guy that cooks them in a large, tabletop roasting oven, then cans them up. It looks like it would be a weekend project, but puts a buncha jars up all at once.

 

[churchmouse]

MCgrease, I like that idea and it keeps me from borrowing my sis' vacuum sealer and buying bags.CM, canning rules. It is expensive until you get past your initial investment of a quality canner and a good supply of jars. PistolBob, go to YouTube and search "canning ham and beans". There's a guy that cooks them in a large, tabletop roasting oven, then cans them up. It looks like it would be a weekend project, but puts a buncha jars up at once.

That is our issue with canning. Time. We do not have entire weekends to devote these days and my spouse is not up to this either. I have friends that do a lot of canning and they trade out over the winter with us so there is some really cool foods on the stove in the dead of January.

 

[bwframe]

Spouse picked up at sams. Not repackaged as yet.

The rice was in 5# packages as were the beans.
I am looking at ways to seal/store it as I am somewhat new to storing rice/beans in bulk.

Thank you sir!
I pick up my bulk rice at Kroger, because I'm already there for shopping anyway. I don't have a source for bulk beans, dropped the Sam's club membership years ago when I got Amazon prime.

Save your 2-liter bottles. A 10 lb bag fills 5-6 bottles.

I use Kroger vinegar gallon bottles for the same.

 

[Thor]

We picked up our bulk storage rice at Gordon's Food Service...#50 bags. Stored in sealed steel drums with desiccant in the coldest darkest corner of the basement.

We like to can, we like to brew our own adult beverages too...but as with CM, there are only so many hours in the day.

 

[churchmouse]

We picked up our bulk storage rice at Gordon's Food Service...#50 bags. Stored in sealed steel drums with desiccant in the coldest darkest corner of the basement.

We like to can, we like to brew our own adult beverages too...but as with CM, there are only so many hours in the day.

Bingo.....and available space.

 

[d.kaufman]

This week ive added some more rice(10lbs), a few more ozs of silver, 4 (24) packs of water and just for the hell of it a 458socom upper. Pretty good week for me, lol

 

[DWT]

I've been adding toilet paper, water, and ammunition. We're pretty good on many things, and we have a little homestead. But imagine being without TP.

 

[churchmouse]

I've been adding toilet paper, water, and ammunition. We're pretty good on many things, and we have a little homestead. But imagine being without TP.

Not with 3 woman and 4 under 8 girls.......hell no.

 

[Thor]

I've been adding toilet paper, water, and ammunition. We're pretty good on many things, and we have a little homestead. But imagine being without TP.

That's when you get to find out where the saying 'getting the ****end of the stick' comes from. Bucket of water, community ***wiping stick. Just put it back in the right way folks.

 

[Thor]

My (latest) 1k rnds of 7.62 NATO showed up!

 

[Thor]

Not with 3 woman and 4 under 8 girls.......hell no.

That is a purgatory that should not have to be endured. In point of fact might not be endurable.

 

[churchmouse]

That is a purgatory that should not have to be endured. In point of fact might not be endurable.

I am swimming in a sea of estrogen with no escape in sight.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

We picked up our bulk storage rice at Gordon's Food Service...#50 bags. Stored in sealed steel drums with desiccant in the coldest darkest corner of the basement.

We like to can, we like to brew our own adult beverages too...but as with CM, there are only so many hours in the day.

A couple of years ago we got several hundred pounds of rice, beans, rolled oats, and corn. I got a bunch of 5-gallon buckets, mylar bags, and O2 absorbers, and we spend a weekend packing the stuff in. It was a big job, but when we were done, we felt much better about our food situation.

A couple of times since then, I've taken the big mylar bags and cut them down into half-gallon sizes and put up a bunch of those with dried milk and other stuff with smaller O2 absorbers. If you do it right, the mylar bag draws up tight like it's been vacuum sealed. I pack those smaller bags in under-the-bed totes.

 

[Lex Concord]

A couple of years ago we got several hundred pounds of rice, beans, rolled oats, and corn. I got a bunch of 5-gallon buckets, mylar bags, and O2 absorbers, and we spend a weekend packing the stuff in. It was a big job, but when we were done, we felt much better about our food situation.

A couple of times since then, I've taken the big mylar bags and cut them down into half-gallon sizes and put up a bunch of those with dried milk and other stuff with smaller O2 absorbers. If you do it right, the mylar bag draws up tight like it's been vacuum sealed. I pack those smaller bags in under-the-bed totes.

I once collapsed a 5 gallon bucket by adding a few too many O2 absorbers. Fortunately, it was still well sealed.

 

[OutdoorDad]

I am swimming in a sea of estrogen with no escape in sight.

Shall we call you Caitlyn?



I bot some more pankake mix. Put it on the shelf. 90 servings. No one has noticed yet.

 

[indyjohn]

I built an old school military grade box to carry my ammo press if I need to go mobile.

 

[teddy12b]

Shall we call you Caitlyn?

LMAO

 

[churchmouse]

Shall we call you Caitlyn?



I bot some more pankake mix. Put it on the shelf. 90 servings. No one has noticed yet.

 

[churchmouse]

I built an old school military grade box to carry my ammo press if I need to go mobile.

Nice.