Hello everyone, and welcome to the Survival Prep Shop.
I'm TK, and it's great to have you with us as we delve into some essential survival wisdom.
The perspectives I'm about to share are part of my own story, crafted through years of experience and learning.
As soon as possible, you need to have your food supplies set aside for your long-term survival. But for food to keep for any length of time, it has to be properly stored. Not all foods are good for long-term storage, but many foods are. Certain foods, if properly stored, will last for years and your goal is to have a long-term food supply so that you can be self-sufficient.
The list below names foods that you should buy and put aside for the future. These foods will keep well:
- Beans in bulk quantity for a supply of protein.
- Grains such as wheat, oats, rye, cornmeal, brown or white rice, and barley.
- Powdered milk, lasting at least 20 years.
- Dried or freeze-dried fruits which can be reconstituted by adding water.
- Dried corn, sugar, honey, tea, coffee, peanut butter, nuts and seeds, salt, and canned goods including meats.
- Pasta and necessary oils like olive oil as well as fats like lard.
- Formula for babies who need it.
Just buying the food isn't enough. If you don't know how to store it, the food will go to waste. Foods that are put back in storage are susceptible to oxygen, light, moisture, and temperature changes – especially heat.
You want to store the food in a cool room where the temperatures are less than 60 degrees. To properly store your food, you can use food-grade containers. You can get buckets like this at no cost from grocery stores and restaurants, or you can purchase them. Many people put a Mylar bag into the container first and then put the food down into the bag. The top of the bag is then sealed using a heat source. The Mylar bag helps keep out what would destroy your food source and makes it last even longer than it would last just in the container alone. To help absorb the oxygen, you can put silicone gel packs into the containers or you can use salt.
Make sure that you date-stamp the outside of the container so that you'll know the month and year that you put the food into storage. Rotating your food stores is one key to maintaining a healthy food supply.
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TK – Survival Prep Shop
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