Besides having a three-month supply of everyday food, you should also have a one-year supply of basics: oats, rice, wheat, and beans, for example. Stored properly, each of these foods has a 20-30 year shelf life!
These basics can be stored in #10 cans, mylar bags, and/or 5 gallon buckets. For more information about storage, read our blog post about how to store longer-term food storage items.
Check out this food storage calculator to determine how much food your family needs.
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Beans
Wheat
Rice
Oats
Besides these 4 basic foods, there are a few other things that I like to have a large supply of. I'm not necessarily aiming for a year's worth (not until I have the basics done, anyway), but I certainly like to have more than three months' worth. These "extras" include:
white sugar
yeast
powdered milk
bouillon cubes
pasta
white flour
honey
salt
Everything in the above list (except for the honey) can be stored in #10 cans, mylar bags, and/or buckets - the same way you store your basics. (Note: if you are canning up your own white sugar, do not include an oxygen packet. If you do, your sugar will become rock hard!)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Does yeast last in mylar bag & oxy packet storage? I've read where it will last and where it won't last, what's your results with yeast?
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