10 Things to NEVER EVER Stockpile Long Term - Foods For Survival -Survivle Food Storage 

When I was in the Army at Fort Bliss, we went on a field exercise and discovered peanut butter rations from the Korean war or World War II in the desert. I of course had to open one and discovered that they were perfect. Perfect flavor perfect texture perfect taste of peanut butter.

When stored in a mylar bag with a good size oxygen absorber, and stored in a climate controlled place, oatmeal can last 20+ years. Some estimates put it at 30+ years.

Unopened peanut butter has actually stored very well for me.

When I store my dry ingrdients, I always put in a few Bay Leaves, whole...have never had any bugs or gone bad. The important thing is to store well, I put mine in glass quart jars so no mice or bugs can get in. The Bay Leaves will kill any weabble in the flour, sugar, etc...keeps from hatching. Place in dark dry area.

The flour, crackers, oatmeal all last years if vacuum sealed with oxygen absorbers.

I think that this video is more tailored for people on a tight budget, can only store things in the pantry, freezer or fridge and who most likely wouldnt be able to buy many mylar backs, 5gal buckets, oxygen absorption packets, etc. which makes complete sense. But for those that are able to get those items that’ll make em last years then definitely get things like flour, oatmeal, etc.

Too funny!!! Recently opened a #10 can of flour that was 20 years old and made some absolutely delicious biscuits. How you prep for long term is important. That was something stored earlier when I was learning about long term, now I store grain and mill the flour.

Literally just went through my food preps and pulled some peanut butter that was 5+ years past expiration. I tried it on crackers with the thought that I’d rather have food poisoning now than during an emergency…but it would be a good lesson learned on the actual shelf life. I had to stir the oils back into the butter, which had separated…but otherwise, there was nothing about it that would make me throw it out.

You can buy flour in number 10 cans from the mormons with a 10 year shelf life. I store 200 pounds rotating 50 pounds a year in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. No problems. I rotate my peanut butter on a 5 year rotation no problems. Chocolate chips 3 year rotation. I think it's how some of this stuff is stored mine stuff never gets above 65 degrees or below 55.

I vacuum pack all that stuff...lasted for years, up to 10 years now.

It's all on how you store it. Any of those items can be stored long term if you do it right.

Actually everything you said will last, but only if you package it for long term storage properly

Some of that stuff can be vacuumed sealed.

Vacuum sealed flour will last up to 4 years.

I've seen crackers go one year past expiration date. Oatmeal lasts for about 30 year if stored properly. Any prepper knows this. Peanut butter is a great item to prep. Even without prepping I eat peanut butter past the expiration date LOL. Preppers are knowable about all "best by dates". Chocolate is a great thing to store. the more Cocoa (the darker; the richer) the better. It seems like her whole list is incorrect. Is she a real prepper at all? Flour is great to store. There are even #10 cans of flour that lasts 30 years because it is stored correctly. It's not about sending hate mail at all, or even dismissing what you are saying. It's simply that, what you are saying is incorrect. Blessings.

Hi, Flour can be canned in your oven. It will give you at least 5 years and never have bugs. The five years is as long as we have ever held it. No room for more to store so it may last longer. Wife is 84 and she learned from her grandmother so the practice has been around for a while. 200 degrees for two hours, tighten cap when you remove jars from oven.

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I have oyster, town house and saltines that I canned 18 months ago. Still as fresh as when I canned them. I have chocolate that I vacuum sealed 18 months ago. As fresh as when I sealed it. Oh well everyone has a right to their opinions.😉

Our parents taught us by example to do emergency preparedness our whole life, and it is the first thing my husband and I started when we got marred. We babysit houses the first summer we were married, and used the money we saved for food storage, etc. We will celebrate our 49th anniversary in a little over 6 months from now. We still practice emergency preparedness. We store what we eat and eat what we store. This way, it is very easy to be prepared all the time and always have what we need. She mentioned flour as something that is a challenge to store. To manage flour, we store the amount of white flour we can rotate, and store lots of wheat, which we also rotate. Remember to store some kind of wheat grinder. Small batches can be ground in a blender if you have power. I do worry about wearing out our blender, so I have only tried it to know what it is like to do so. We also store a hand wheat grinder and two different electric wheat grinder. CAUTION: If you have fairly flat teeth, as my husband does, avoid the stone grinders (I know, they are supposed to be the best, but some grit tends to get into the flour and can break teeth - the voice of exxperience). We get fine flour with grinders that use burrs instead of stones. I really love to bake breads of all kinds and by the time I was 14 years old have baked bread an average of more than once a week. As our 6 children were growing up, I started a batch of 4 loaves of bread as I was cooking breakfast every morning. This provided for the sandwiches in their sack lunches, and bread or cinnamon rolls coming out of the oven as they arrived home after school. We also rarely bought cold cereal. Once my husband got a nice raise at work. So, as a treat, he bought some boxes of cold cereal. It was a kind act, but one of our little boys started crying at the breakfast table one of the first mornings. He was sad because he wanted cracked wheat. Just start out slowly with the ground whole wheat. Start with a 50/50 mixture with white wheat. It may take a short time for your stomach to adjust to eating whole wheat, slowly increasing the proportion of whole wheat. Also, if you find a source, I prefer white wheat for baking. It seems to be slightly better, but, I use both. I agree with some of the comments, that PROPERLY STORED, rolled oats, etc can easily last for 20 or 30 years. We have put it to the test, and found no problem. Of course, if you live in a very hot area, you will need to take measures to keep your stored food cool. Emergency preparedness can be interesting and even fun! And in times of job layoffs, etc, it really gives a sense of comfort. One more suggestion (Living On A Dime To Grow Rich.channel does well to discuss many areas of emergency preparedness, so they may have covered this on another video, but I will add this just in case). It is good to have a sewing machine that you know how to use and a supply of fabric and patterns. Also, remember to keep your car gas tank as full as you can. Choose an amount for a goal for your family. Example: if the tank registers 1/2 it is time to fill it - choose a level for your family. Good luck and have fun as you study these and other You Tube videos and work on the goals that you set. Identify an amount in your budget that goes to stocking up. You will be glad that you did.

I’ve had great success rotating granola, oatmeal and flour at five years. I repackage and seal in vacuum bags. I agree with everything else. Thank you for sharing!

The way to solve the nuts problem is to prep them properly! Soak in salt water overnight then dehydrate them till crisp! They are so yummy that way and much healthier too!

I don't know what your thinking! My chocolate only lasts 1 week tops! Hahahahahah

Your data on how long some of those items last seems to be in conflict with my storage. We had a windfall of pecans one year. I shelled and bagged them. Then I place the shelled pecans in the freezer. It took me 6 years to run out of pecans, and they were in perfect condition. Flour, I have no idea how it lasts but it is more than a decade. I got an insane price on flour, so I got a LOT. I vacuum sealed it in Mylar bags, then sealed those in 5 gallon buckets. That was 15 years ago and I have a bag of that in my pantry open right now. Crackers, my fiancé likes Rites. We always rotate out, but at room temp they last over a year, not even a bit stale. Oatmeal. I have oatmeal that is about 10 years old. I vaccum sealed those and put them in totes. They are still good. I really have no idea why your stuff is going bad so much faster than mine.

Good tips except for oatmeal. I've had oatmeal 6 years after expiration date with no problem.

Not sure who would leave there product in the factory packaging for long term storage.. They want you to let it get stale so you toss it and buy new. We store our stuff in mylar and canning jars that are sealed either with food saver jar sealer or the oven for dry canning. I Have had oats that where dry canned for 11 years and taste the same as a new container , Just keep Prepping and when you think you have enough Keep prepping!!!

I mill my own flour....I have lot's of different grains....some in milar bags good for 30 years. .

i have had AND still have / store all of the food you have talked about in my pantry (working pantry ) and if you store it right in mylar bags in buckets or vac sealed in jars they last years !!!! .. KEEP prepping people

Your tips were very helpful..Thank you. But, I have peanut butter five years beyond expiration date. Store in a dark cool closet. It was delicioius.I can't speak for food value but the taste was good and I did not get sick. Sorry.

Oatmeal doesn't hold me either. Within 2 hours, I am starving!

We've opened a bag of porridge oats from 1999 that we missed at the back of a cupboard recently, it was fine. It is in a sealed plastic bag though.

Feeling RANCID listening to this

The food industry puts short expiration dates on packages to first of all cover their own rear ends in case someone gets sick, and secondly, to boost sales. We eat expired food all the time with no issues.

The nuts 🥜 and oil is good to know - I just figured that out. I’ve been stocking up on it and didn’t realize how fast it goes bad - some chefs say just a month or two. I did not know about flour! I was just about to buy a bunch of GF flour from Costco. Thanks for the tips! Also your hair color looks beautiful.

God bless you for sharing things to never stockpile! I had NO idea about a lot if them! Please share this video because you may just be saving someone's life and not wasting money!

Thank you for your precious advice! I take every word you say! Once I tried to buy things that I didn't need, to save me time for when I needed them. When I got to them, they were already spoilt!! It's good to have someone reminding you to buy only what you need and use.

You are right that fats can and do go rancid, but it might have more to do with how you are storing these items, and less about what it is. Vacuume seal in glass jars, you will be amazed how long things last.

It depends on the condition. I live in northern Utah and it's super dry. We have food storage in the basement, where it's cold and dry and I find stuff that expired all the time (hadn't been that great at checking dates until more recently). We opened up several packages and they were just fine. I'm surprised how long stuff keeps, but I know not everyone lives in such a dry place.

I think folks get confused with long term food storage and short term storage-

As others have commented, by properly packaging and storing many of these items will last longer. Still it is best to use them earlier for nutritional purposes. If you have a one year storage plan then simply use first in, first out rotation. Most of these items will keep in pantry or freezer that long. If you have a food saver many will last even longer.

I keep flour on the cupboard forever and have never had it go bad 😂 we don't use it often

How about dry canned I remember my grandma doing this .She lived on a farm .

I'm the only one I KNOW who eats oatmeal. Great to know about the flour! I won a year supply of King Arthur years ago and just redeemed the last coupon over Easter.

I agree about flour. You are spot on. I put it in the freezer for a week, then portion it out into paper lunch bags (6 cups), put it in the sealer bags and vacuum seal it. I only keep a years worth or so and am diligent about rotating.

Some thing that nobody ever mentions and I think It’s very important is to have a prayer book and a Bible because you always need to pray you may have prayers in your head and in your heart yes but you need to have a Bible so you can do readings nobody can remember the Bible by heart so don’t forget to keep a good prayer book and a Bible

Yes you can long-term store flour you put it in the freezer kill all the bugs and then you can either use mylar bags with O2 absorbers or even food saver bags with O2 absorbers I do it I’ve had flour for years and I open up a bag every year and check it and I have never had a problem I am currently using a bag of flour that is six years old to make bread

I’ve had nuts in my freezer for 2 years. They are perfect

Re: Flour - I've successfully stored flour, in their original paper bags, for 5 years. To keep them from moisture, I bought a large plastic garbage bin and stored them in there. 5 yrs later when I had a car accident and couldn't work for a year, I had to rely on the food I had already stored in order to feed my children. The flour was just as good as the day I stored it. Ditto the Peanut Butter, Sugar, Salt, rice and beans. But I will never eat black eyed peas again. For some reason I had a glut of those and by the end of the year, the children and I were fed up to the back teeth with them. But the lentils remain a favorite::))

My family have air tight container for flour: absolutely fine

I can always count on you to save me money. I was stocking up on these items now because who knows what's going to happen. Won't be getting more than we will use for 6 months. I will be sure to use up this stuff I bought a few months ago. Thanks for posting this.

Take a sip whenever she says rancid!!

Good info. Thanks for passing it along! For folks storing stuff, I think that a lot of people, me in particular, only store about a years worth and rotate through it.

You can store flour , cornmeal and oat meal, grits, cream of wheat BUT place them in the freezer for several days then take them out and let them come back to room temperature and vacuum seal them they will last for several years

All the preppers I watch don't recommend storing flour for long term and DO recommend storing wheat berries.

I’m only stocking up enough for 3 months. I plan on eating it in December, January and February. I have two types of crackers one don’t expire until next year may, and next year I think August. I have like 5 things of crackers... also I’m stocking up for me and for my boyfriend. I also have like 4 things of peanut butter but they don’t expire until next year may/June

You can vac seal nuts for long-term and I've frozen and vac sealed flour for years! Never a problem.

I've had flour for more than 5 years purely because I forgot about it lol. It was sieved and frozen first and stored in a glass airtight jar. It's absolutely fine ;)

It also depends on how you store you flour

Timely great advice Tawra, thank you. Eating oatmeal or salads, always add a healthy fat. Walnuts, almonds, flaxseed, tsp coconut oil. Or eat a couple eggs, or meat along side. Oats and lettuces lack fats that why we still feel hungry. Many people will find themselves losing weight eating these regularly.

If you put Bay Leaves (just a couple) in your flour it keeps bugs out. My mom always did that for as long as I can remember, and it always worked. Also, if you’re going to have canned food, it’s best in a jar. Metal cans can rust, explode, and turn the food bitter…especially if it’s tomato based. I had cans of tomato paste leak after a couple of years. That won’t happen with jars. Also, a lot of things will last longer if you store them with a food saver & suck out all of the air.

I have personally dry canned flour and ate it 3-4 years later and it's been fine not hate mail just saying with a little work it will last a few years

Girl you are really talking llooonnngggg storage prepping 🙂 Most people are hoping to get enough ahead to make it through the election, hoping things will calm down. Now I'm old as dirt and I can tell you the reason older people I knew ate corn pancakes with molasses and butter for breakfast and cornbread with supper; it's the flour not keeping thing. My family won't be happy if I can't replace the flour if it runs out for sure. I have been posting this in many places. I apologize if you've seen it before. I have never been a fear monger. But concern for my friends and family has pushed me to practically preach this lately. People keep saying I have a month's worth of food stored up or 2 month's or even 3 or more. I want enough stored up to hold me long enough for things I plant next spring to start producing! This is much more than you think you would need. If the losing side is so ticked they try to prove to us what a mistake we made by electing the other guy, it could be much longer than a couple of months. If you say well, I'm going to can food, that's great, are you growing it? The stores still aren't stocked up from the last panic clean out. Even if you can find it to put up, that's part of the temporary!!! Jars and lids are gone around here. Do you know how to root cellar? Can you smoke/dehydrate meat, if your power goes out and you have 3 month's worth of meat to decide what to do with? Put up what you eat, eat the oldest first and replace it. Store things you like. Rice and beans, 3 meals a day for 3 months does not make for a happy table.

Thank you so much for the flour info. I’m going to start putting it in my outside refrigerator instead of pantry

Flour when stored right will last 20 years. Oxygen absorbers in mylar bags will work. This is what I've learned from other preppers who have opened it after 20 years and it was fine.

You can dry can (bottle) flour by putting it in mason jars, heat up in the oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees they put the lid on and it will seal and last for years!!

CHOCOLATE!!! there is no way I could store chocolate long term. That would be beyond my powers of temptation and would have it all eaten within a week - two at the most. : ) : ) Oatmeal does not satisfy me either.

I went to Walmart for the first time in almost a year today and I bought a bunch of can goods to stock up for this uncertain fall winter season approaching.

Instead of flour or crackers just like quadruple bake some hardtack, there’s hard tack that you can still eat from the Civil War era it’s just flour water and salt, although be careful of weevils.

Most of the items you mentioned, I have used well past a year with nothing bad about their flavor, etc. Didn't do this as part of prepping, but I got to the point I couldn't cook or bake much, so things that I went through normally rather quickly, were sitting around and took forever to get use. I will say that I have my walnuts, almonds, and macadamia nuts in the freezer. Currently I have a bag of peanut M&Ms with a best by of 07/2021 so I am eating them as fast as possible so they won't have any chance of going bad! LOL!

The oatmeal thing... me too! I was wondering the same thing. Love and sunshine Jacqui from Australia. PS when you do grocery hauls people are confused unless it is clearly stated to them...that it is FOOD only. I do a shop and buy toiletries and batteries and so on. (Then think its impossible for the price $30 ) I know what you are talking about however some consumers are not ..."with the program." Be safe.

i went through a 25 lb bag of flour in 3 months making bread this spring😮 lol

i bought a couple 25 pound bags of flour and then put them in a space bag and vacuumed suctioned all the air out of the bag and it was like a brick. hopefully that will extend the shelf life

Im hoping putting some of the stuff you mentioned will last alot longer in mylar bags and co absorbers . because I did it.

Good video, and I've heard similar things on other sites, I would add a slight caveat to that, if you look at some of the MRE(meals ready to eat) channels (Steve1989, Oldsmoky, etc.) you'll see items either on that list, or made from those items that can last for decades, although depending on storage conditions and packing, the taste and quality will vary. Most of the MRE items that last well beyond their expiry date are well sealed, so it would be interesting if anyone has done any testing with say Mylar bags and o2 absorbers on some of the items on that list, yes there is a small risk of botullism, but you also have that with canned items as well. Look forward to more storage videos.

I thought you could store flour for up to five years in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers?

I've had no problem at all with oats and I eat a lot of them. My sunflower seeds, flax and chia, no problems either. I use mylar and oxygen absorbers to stoe my foods. I honestly don't agree.

the flour thing got me lol if you store it in a Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers it should last for 5 years

Add berries or an apple or any fruit to your oatmeal , it's what helps me. Also I eat a double portion of steel cut oats....it's light on calories

Oh my gosh I think this video is brilliant I definitely agree with you on the nuts and seeds

I have been using black beans mashed in place of flour....not kidding, super impressed on my baking results.

I by 50 lb. bag of flour and I dry can it in the oven. I do that with my oat meal and corn meal too.

Again, Thank you for your video, you have taught me a lot. I will watch all your older videos..... Thank you. God bless.

Saltine crackers can be stored in Mason jars with an oxygen absorbers and/or air sucked out prolongs its life. Oat meal put in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers last years! Your info is off, unless your talking about storing without these methods. Mylar bags also gives flour a few years, not as long as rice and beans but can be prolonged.

I've stored flour, white, in 5 gal Buckets, sealed w/ nitrogen or Co 2, and in 5 gal mylar bags For 10 yrs now. It still makes Great bis cuts. And cakes, bread. I have over 300# stored..

Nuts in their shell store well. I found a 5 gal bucket of walnuts in the shell in my basement i forgot about from 2017 and they tasted like they were from this year's crop. Very good.

I oven can my flour and it last for years.

What about flour that comes from a place like Augustin farms and is dated out several years?

I have had some wheat berries stored in a Mason jar for 15 years, and the other day I decided to sprout them cus they smelt ok. Most still sprouted then I dryed them out in my food dehydrator and then put in blender to make flour. Worked great. I was surprised they were still good.

Vacuum sealed flour, oats and crackers have lasted going on 10 years and they are just like the day I prepped them.

I oven can flour. Good for many years

Long term storage for grains - protect from bugs and moisture, of course. Since they have trace amounts of oil in them, you also need to protect from oxygen. Vacuum sealing in mason jars is a really good option. Long term storage for oils and oil rich foods - keep away from oxygen and heat... so vacuum sealing those as well is a no-brainer.

Been eating peanuts we put away in 2011 they are fine. Flour gets vacuum sealed rotated within a few years it is indistinguishable from new.

Thank you so much! I am newer to prepping. Wish I saw before I boight two 25# bags of flour. I planned to store in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Glad you caught me before I got more PB! Will get some of the powder to have on hand though.

Flour is good for short term storage. Wheat is for long term storage. I have oats in my long term storage. But I vacuum seal my oats. I’ve eaten oats that are two years past use by date and it was still good

So true about oatmeal! I experience the same thing! Always so hungry about an hour later.

I have had peanut butter go rancid. Even my flour only lasted about 6 months after expiration. Although I didn't get sick from using it for some cookies, it tasted bad. Thank you for mentioning the wheat berries. Im going to look into it.

We have #10 cans of freeze dried oats that have a 25 year lifespan that we've opened and the oats taste great. We do add fruit and other goodies to up the calories. Instead of chocolate cocoa powder will satisfy that chocolate craving that many of us have. A little sugar or sugar substitute mixed with the cocoa powder works wonders. We layer oats, freeze dried fruit, rehydrated milk, and the cocoa sugar mixture in containers or mason jars and set them in the fridge over night. In the morning you have a calorie filled yummy breakfast you can heat up, or eat cold that you can take anywhere with you. We use this method a lot during the summer months when we're hiking in the high country. We prepare it at campsite and stick it in the cooler for the evening. By morning it's ready. We prefer it cold because where we're located it can get really hot. It keeps us going until lunch. It's also great as an afternoon snack, or a great alternative if you have a sweet tooth craving.

Beware of the packaging. Today's packaging/plastic is made to degrade so eventually your food will taste like the packaging. I transfer my packaged items like crackers, nuts, cereals etc. into glass jars. I have a vac sealer with vac attachments for regular/wide mouth jars. That helps to preserve the food: freshness & flavor. I also vac seal items in bags. Recently, I opened nuts that I had vac sealed 10yrs prior & the nuts were edible. Tasted fine. Were not stale in flavor or texture. Get your stockpile food out of plastic!

I store my flour in jars and food saver the lids. Same with sugar.

I've had Biscuit and flour for years and it hasn't gone bad.

I’ve stored flour in old soda bottles for 8 years. Made some cookies with it and they were great.