Last podcast, I started a small series on Repacking for Food Storage, where I talked about what my goals were and how I was increasing my food storage and how I was going to go about doing that, specifically, in how I was going to repack the bulk foods that I’ve purchased.
In this part, I continue my discussion on the issues I’ve been having with various aspects of repacking food, including issues with mylar bags and old O2 absorbers. Discussing the various aspects of using Mylar and Foodsaver bags for food storage and giving tips for using both.
Food storage should be an important part to your preparations, but from experience, I know that this can be one of the more challenging aspects to getting prepared. By sharing the errors and successes I’ve experienced, I’m hoping to spare you the time and expense of making the same mistakes I have.
One of the things I did was to transfer the Morning Moo (milk) that I bought into mylar bags and reseal it in the same bucket. These types of tasks, including doing inventory and inspection on your food, is hard work, but it’s worth it.
(Listen to The Preparedness Podcast on any of your favorite audio players. Find us in iTunes here: Preparedness Podcast iTunes Link or go to PrepCast.info for direct links to the audio files.)
I just listened to your podcast. If you have a foodsaver for sealing, it’s worth the less than $10 investment to get the jar sealer attachment. I never use the foodsaver for the bags. The jars are wonderful. You can store nuts, chocolate chips, coconut, etc. along with other things. One cake mix will fit in a jar (but you would want to put it in a bag and then in the jar so the fine flour won’t get into the jar). Some people store their favorite cereals in it. I had some left over chex mix from Christmas one year and put it in a half gallon jar and sealed it. The next year we opened it up and it was just as crisp and good as it was the year before! Here’s a link so you can see what I am talking about. You can get an attachment for wide mouth and regular mouth jars. Here’s one from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-T03-0023-01-Wide-Mouth-Jar-Sealer/dp/B00005TN7H
I thought I mentioned that I had one of those on the podcast(s). I use it all the time to seal food and other items in mason jars. Works great and is at worth having a Foodsaver just for that feature.