I grew up Pennsylvania Dutch. I was taught from a young age to be frugal and stock up. Having 6-12 months worth of food for my family of 7 gives me a sense of peace in a crazy world.
My grand parents lived thru the Great Depression and ww2 rations. They had 6-12 months of food staples from things they canned from their garden and all the hunting and fishing my grandpa did. Funny… they never ate bread or pasta. They were both very healthy ! No Dr visits and no pills. Both lived well into their 90’s living off of veggies and meat mainly. No sugar in their house either.
I’ve shopped Mennonite and Amish Grocery Stores for years to save money. My grandparents taught me how the Great Depression impacted them and how they adapted and overcame it. I learned canning and pressure canning from my grandmother. Self-reliant skill sets seem to be, sadly, diminishing as time progresses.
My family has a place in PA. I grew up visiting my grandma etc. I always liked going to the Pennsyslvania Dutch restaurants and gift shops etc. I know what Amish are and Mennonites.. What does it mean exactly to grow up Pennsylvania Dutch....? serious question
And "prepping" is what preppers call what to many has long been just the way of life. Raising your own food, having a basement or pantry full of jars preserved from the garden and staples to get you through the winter. A life not dependent on frequent trips grocery store. It's a way many have always lived, it just wasn't called prepping, it's life! It's great that those not familiar and so dependant on buying from the store things you can make yourself from your own ingredients are learning this. Maybe someday again, it won't be called "prepping", just living! ❤
2 or 3 other channels are saying wd have 2 months before panic sets in. Please be prepared. I have not gotten enough salt, oats, shampoo, dried fruit & nuts. More prepping in my future. We put up 100# of flour. Froze first before we loaded a small freezer with other food.
I'm 82yrs.old , tou are a very smart young lady. I enjoyed your list, wrote it down. Will probably get some of the thing you spoke of. Already started my list
It is amazing to hear you talk about being ready for a rainy day. I am 66 and my Mom is no longer with us but those were her exact words to me when I was young. She would count the jars we had canned and say, if we have peaches once a week I need 52 jars to last until the next canning season. I buy extra when I find a good deal and figure out how to save the rest for another time. Mom passed many of those ideas and habits on to me and I am very grateful. Her knowledge saved us alot of money and we always had the best food! Thanks for sharing that knowledge with others!
Yes, I grew up on a farm and we grew all our food. I live in a condo now but one bedroom is set up for our food room/prep pantry. We can, we freeze food, and we stock and cook homemade. We have food to keep us if one of us loss a job or anything. Such a peacefull feeling to have food 🍲 n hand.
Hello! I’ve been of the prepared mindset for about 5 years but trying to be more mindful of it the last few years. It can be overwhelming as regular grocery purchases can take all the money so easily. But I have slowly added things here and there. And I garden and can and we have meat and milk animals and just got chickens. So all those skills you talk about is a lot of my focus adding to the preparations. A blessing I have to share. I prayed and asked the Lord to provide me a grain mill if it was something he saw would benefit me. And guess what…??!! Some one out of the blue gave me a really nice manual grain mill and is throwing in some wheat with it! Praise the Lord! What an amazing answer to prayer 🙏! God is so good! 🥰
And jugs of water….power goes out will you have water to flush toilets, wash with and drink. Learn how to dehydrate veggies and make your own green powder….zucchini can be made into flour, dehydrate to add to smoothies…..shred carrots and dehydrate….get to bake with, cook with and powder up…. If you can’t afford a dehydrator then read up on how to do in your oven, even in a car …..
I love you guys! You don't go for the shock value, you're not trying to get your political views across...you are just genuine good people trying to share and help others. I live in the Suburbs of Los Angeles so there are no farms available but I still have gotten so many great tips from you! I wish you were down the road from me so I could get fresh farm food from you! 🐝💗🐝💗🐝💗🐝💗
@@kandy7581 Thanks Kandy! I live in Torrance and we do have several farmers markets but they are very expensive. I still go to support local farmers but I more meant it would be nice to have a farm down the road to purchase my milk , eggs etc. My friends have a place in pine mtn and when we are there we always hit a farm or farm stand nearby
When it comes to broth, I make chicken, beef, vegetable, pork and also ham bone broth. Ham bone broth is awesome for soups or even making yellow rice. I let bones simmer for a long time….until they are falling apart. I don’t let bones go to waste anymore and it’s great to have ready made broth available when you need it.
Love your list. I also stock up on baking powder, baking soda, corn starch, Epsom salts and alcohol (use for cooking, sterilizing, sickness and even bartering if needed), cocoa powder and molasses.
I would add distilled water for my husband's c pap machine, dry milk that I use in my bread machine, canned evaporated milk, saltine crackers. I also have a supply of hand soap, body wash, shampoo and conditioner, razors, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, vitamins, aspirins, bandages. I have 3 bottles of oil that are for my oil lamps if the electric goes out along with candles. I also have a stack of blankets sealed in plastic so we have them ready if needed. This is the first year I have done a prepper's pantry and my husband and I are getting a good stock of items we eat along with items to share with my 96 year old father if he needs anything. Unfortunately the only freezer is the one above our refrigerator and that holds what we eat in a two weeks time frame. Thanks for the wonderful videos.
@@lapreciosayayis The blankets are in plastic vacuum bags to protect them from getting wet. Three weeks ago our sump pump quit during a time of three days of rain and everything on the floor got wet. The blankets were in a basket and we had an inch of water in the basement so the blankets got wet. Once they were rewashed we decided to put them in plastic to protect them and they are on the top shelf now. The crackers were taken out of their boxes and put in plastic containers. Each container holds six sleeves.
I think having books. Cookbooks, how to books. KNOWLEDGE can't always be pulled off the internet. Get tangible books. Thrift stores is the best place to shop for them.
Every time I get enough jars to fill my canner, I can something new for my pantry. Trying new recipes from all the different canning channels that sounds like something the family will like. It gives you comfort to know I have stuff on the shelf that my boys can open up and heat it easily. I even learned how to make bread from scratch. Took me a bit to learn but I’ve got the hang of it now.
Annie those dry beans you can also plant them as well. If you know you like kidney beans. Soak in water for a little and then plant in your garden. Cheap way to buy a seed for your garden.
Azure suffered a fire at one of their processing facilities yesterday. It was reported by Azure that it will affect their liquid products. Seems to be many fires happening at food processing plants.
@@firegirl441fromga6 It used to drive my aunts and uncles CRAZY, but my grandmother used to save all her used foil for reuse, She had piles of it stacked in her kitchen! Me? I keep grocery bags, bread wrappers and other plastic bags for garbage use, used kitty litter and doggy doo! I grew up on a small farm. Canning, freezing and selling overages, plus my parents hunting served us well.
@@faythejmm7577 Yes my great grandmother and grandmother did the same things 😊 Thank our Lord I spent summers with both of them who taught many things including canning and preserving.
I make sachets to place in my pantry of bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, mint, and some rosemary. I have done this for years after becoming infested with weevils from the store. I live in an area that is warm 10 months of the year, and this has made a huge difference. Im careful to package everything in airtight containers, but these sachets even keep the moths away.
I was freaking out about storing bulk sugar and flour ect.. I went to the local bakery and got buckets with lids from them for cheap (I can't afford those fancy 5 gal lids) I feel so much better now!
Azure has the gamma lids to fit the 5 gallon buckets in a pack of 12 for like $82 if they haven’t gone up since last month when I bought them…much cheaper by the dozen if it will fit your budget over time…that is what I did…saved $20 a month until I could get the pack of 12😊
After spending the last 2 years learning about food preservation; canning, freezing food, freeze drying, storage, fermentation, sourdough, ect, and how to use them, l am so happy to have all 25 and many more, I am now in a position that I feel like I live in a restaurant.I save alot of money by only buying items when they're on sale or a good price. Spending time learning from other awesome people has paid off royally. This week I learned how to preserve garlic and limes, After the first year you should have a good idea what you use and how much to store. Thank you for sharing in you're great videos.
Yes, we do this. We don't put the bay leaves in with open flour, only sealed, because I don't want to mess with the flavor. And Julianne has placed bay leaves all over our Root cellar to keep critters away.
I’ve been learning and doing many of the things you’ve mentioned in your video. Canning, raising my own, cooking from scratch, being self-sufficient. My kids are now grown but have the same mentality to pass on to their kids.
Hi Annie! May God continue to bless and prosper your family! ❤️ What I would add to the list is “personal items”! Toothpaste, soaps/washes, feminine products, Listerine, razors etc. thank you so much! 🙏
Great additions! As a former first responder instructor, I used to teach my firefighters to keep sanitary pads in their Responder’s Bags for bleeding control and bandaging and tampons for gunshot and penetrating wounds injuries…both work great in these situations 👍
Yes! Try reusable cloth pads if you can. These last ten years if hand washed, saving a lot of money. You can make your own from scrap material or op shop clothes/material to save money too.
Annie this is one of the best videos I’ve watched in a long time. We have been preparing for years and it’s all so easy now but I remember how hard it was in the early days trying to know how to start. You have made it simple for those just getting started. Thank you!!
Me too! Because that crash almost caused us to lose our house and everything.. our kids were small and there were days I wouldn’t eat to make sure they had enough …
For those that live in/near an area where maple syrup is cheap (or can make your own) you can make maple sugar which is good as sugar or to add a slight maple flavor to oatmeal.
Good list. I would add cacao or cocoa which will last many years. I would also add sproutable seeds which will provide greens year round. Seeds like chia has so many other uses as well and packed with protein, fiber, and nutrients. The way I think of food storage is based on how long certain foods will last. I may not stock a whole year specifically, but I have a good amount of foods that will stay good many years. That way I do not have to worry it will go bad. Then I have food that will be good a few years which I have less of and then foods less than a year. This helps me determine how much to get of what. It is good to stock up on the long lasting foods and then have a good 3-6 months of items you commonly eat that you can continuously replenish.
Great point on the seeds! I’m stocking up on seeds to grow greens and veggies I can feed myself and hubby and chickens and rabbits in case we can’t buy food at some point.
I truly don’t know much about them but I know mung beans can be sprouted and I was at our local Asian market here in FL and they had packs of dried mung beans that were inexpensive so I bought some to try sprouting! 😊Any tips or ideas?
@@elizabethlane4617 I have not yet sprouted mung beans but definitely want to try. I sprout using the mason jar method which is easy and sure it will work with mung beans as well. You put in beans, soak 24 hours, then rinse once or twice a day until they are sprouted. Pretty simple. Maybe mung beans have something special about them but not sure. Can't hurt to experiment. Also a good source for sprouting seeds/beans and equipment is True Leaf Market.
I like Redmond salt I order from them often...I'm just learning to prep it makes since for people to do that..I bought my first dehydrator excited about that...Thank you for this videos.....God Bless
Everything on your list are items my family have been stocking for about two years now. We have moved on to other items such as candles, batteries, and first aid. I am in the process of your knowledge tip. I've been reading and watching as much as possible to learn new skills. Thank you for your words of wisdom and many blessings to your family.
I like your Point 25 the most. Knowing how to prepare food from the pantry, knowing how to make cheese or yoghurt from raw milk, knowing how to plant a garden - this is really important. And it makes you more independent.
Thank you for sharing such great information and such wonderful recipes!! I'm looking forward to your video on how to make chicken broth and also excited about the Mexican Soup recipe with white beans!! Sounds so yummy! Grateful for you and your beautiful family!
I would add specific foods to accommodate for my dairy allergy. However, your basic list covers most the items. Nuts, rolled oats, coconut meat, dairy free condensed milk, and dairy free chocolate chips. I prefer real milk but it does agree with me. After 48 years suddenly I can no longer consume milk or milk products. Thank you for compiling this list for us.
Your list was very good as a base point for food at home. Pet food, we now have a rolling 6 month stock of pet food in our house so we're back to very normal buying again (buy this month's supply and put it at the back of the stacks). I would add "Vinegar" to that list --we use apple cider, white, and balsamic in many of our recipes or for cleaning (white vinegar). It's cheap (well, balsamic vinegar can be pricey) but if it isn't there, then you do miss it. While you're looking at vinegar, I would also look at cleaning supplies that you use at home. We use a lot of baking soda for laundry and cleaning. I buy it in the huge bags at Costco. Paper towels, if you use them --we've gone to cloth towels for most kitchen use, but I still use paper towels for some uses in the kitchen. A couple of extra bottles of your favorite shampoo and some extra packs of soap. You don't need to go crazy here, but during Covid I couldn't get my favorite soap. And also during Covid, I couldn't get plain old bleach that we use for a lot of cleaning chores. I now make sure we have a gallon or two beyond the bottle we are using.
Excellent video and information. I just finished putting up 10 lbs of pasta, vacuum seal w/ oxygen absorber. I need to re-organize our basement pantry as we're running out of shelf space. I also need to can some of the meat in our freezers to free up more space there too. Our biggest challenge is the granddaughter being so picky and loving her snacks, which don't keep long. Keep up the great content.
Thank Ms Annie. I appreciate and love you and your family. I am learning to make bread because of you. The crusty bread was a success. May God Bless you all! I have been stockpiling over a year and I am grateful for the advice.
Thank you so much for this video! I wrote down your list. My plan is to check my own stockpile, to see what I am missing. Then I will plan accordingly. I agree it is always great to have a list. I don't feel so lost. I know this sounds crazy. We had/have pets who require specialty diets. You can bag up their food, place in the freezer, and pull out when needed. The more expensive food seems to go stale quicker so this is an easy way to keep it fresh.
Recently discovered tour channel, and have found it so encouraging! We are expecting our 7th baby nex to month, and moved to our 3-acre homestead 2 years ago. I've been trying to buy ahead, connect with local farmers, and do what we can on our homestead. It can be overwhelming with a large family, and knowing I'm limited right now with this baby coming adds to the complexity. I appreciate your simple breakdown of how to do this. My overwhelmed pregnant brain is finding solace in this, and realizing I've made good progress and even have done similar things of counting live animals as meat.
Great list! I would add "preserving supplies" as another category. Have jars, canning lids (the Tattler kind if possible), a dehydrator, fermentation weights, etc. so you can do something with the food you buy/produce. I bought both of my dehydrators at a thrift store for $5, and they opened up new options for preservation. A set of 2 Ball fermentation weights (springs) and lids is about $8, and I use them to ferment vegetables that have just gone past their prime so we get the benefits of the probiotics and the nutrition of the food instead of the food just becoming compost.
Annie, I've been watching ya'lls videos for quite awhile. I haven't watched a video fom yall that I haven't learned something new. I love how your family works together. Thank you for all yall do!! God bless
Thank you so much for your wonderful, informative videos. I’m always looking for something new to learn, and appreciate the wide variety of things you share.
Great video! I've been basic prepping for a year and a half...I have so much to do and eager to learn new skills. Love your starting points and most of all, your positive energy! Thank you❤
Really excellent video! I live nowhere near a farm, but we do have a farmers market on weekends during growing season. So, overall my stockpile is canned and frozen veggies. (NOT my favorite, but it will have to do in a pinch) .Thanks to your many helpful videos and tips, I have now a comfortable amount stocked. I dedicated one of 3 garage spaces to the "emergency pantry" Sturdy floor to ceiling shelves and an extra freezer. That garage has a/c and heat, so it is well controlled as far as temps go. I keep it all under lock and key AND all shelves are covered up with curtains, to distract any curious eyes.
Please encourage people to stock up for years, we're going into severe depression. The very First thing is water. Three gallons per person per day , as much as you can. The last depression lasted 10 years. She's wrong, please don't have all your food in one place. I'm so grateful that you're giving this info. I know you're a wonderful mom and wife. Thank you for all you do.
I learned thanks to Hurricane Rita that I absolutely have to have a pantry and a way to cook the food I stored without electricity. After we went a very long time with almost nothing in the house and nothing in the stores I learned. My family thought I was crazy for the garden and learning to can and my pantry. Then 2020 happened (pandemic + getting sick + Multiple hurricanes hitting us) and the shortages which are still happening and showing signs of getting worse. They changed their tunes and are working on their own pantrys.
This was so informative Annie. I thank you so much. I learned a lot today. I must work on the knowledge and know how to fix the things home made that you talked about. Be blessed.
Just found your channel. What I find refreshing is that you stock up on healthier version of each ingredients. For example, I saw on another channel they stocked up on peanut butter that was filled with hydrogenated oils and other unhealthy ingredients. I rather get healthiest version for my family. Ultimately I rotate through my stock, so I want things that are good for us.
Thank you for this video! I have been stocking up, but really need to go through and make my list to make sure I have enough food for a year! Thanks for the reminder! It's a rainy day here and that is a good way to spend my time today! :)
Thanks for the great info! I had to laugh about your tuna. Our family loves tuna also and I have more thank 150 cans of tuna stocked up right now. I can get it at the local grocery for .79 a can so every time I shop I can at least 10 or 20 cans! Again thank you! Have a blessed day 🙏😊
I made your challah bread recipe for Easter - what a delicious recipe 😋 looking forward to making French toast with the frozen leftovers! Thanks for your channel, love it
Love this list. I already have some of them but great reference and place to get started for sure! Instead of yeast I have a sourdough starter that I made myself so if I ever kill it I can always remake one with just flour and water. We love sourdough bread, dinner rolls, bagels, English muffins, and cinnamon rolls. All very simple to make once you have the hang of sourdough down.
I wasn't taught to stock up on food or anything else. In fact if we had to much food my mom was overwhelmed. I'm learning how to actually stock up and use my food. I'm learning how to cook from scratch and bake. I'm also learning to can foods and preserve them in ways that I can use them differently. I'm having fun learning and taking it one breath at a time. It can get overwhelming if you let it. This was a great comprehensive video. I created me a speadsheet to write down my must haves, my wants and the rest will come if I can get it.
Love 💞 your videos, just recently found you and am binge learning 😊 I am very interested in learning how to store eggs and how to make dog and cat food. Thank You so much for sharing all this wonderful information with us.
Thanks this helps so much. I have heard over an over only stock what kids will eat.Tuna is so cheap an so are so many other things something is better than NOTHING Thankfully my kids eat anything. But learn an teach kids now to eat these things. experiment now .Learn didn't ways to fix them .you are right learn now how to make bread ,cook, can. Why supplies are plenty. If our grandparents can do it we can.
@@anniemcelroy2812 I hope to get a berkey soon. Just saw your granola recipe link and can't wait to try it! Thanks so much for the content you guys put out!
We live in South Georgia so can grow 9-10 months out of the year and year round in a greenhouse so it is easier to feel one can survive here if seeds are on hand and water is available. This is going to sound weird so I am stocking up on hard candy and gum for hubby as he is a smoker who has cut back greatly but can’t seem to totally break his habit but it has cut down to one pack a week since the price has gone so high by chewing Extra gum that doesn’t stick to his partial and eating a hard candy when he gets the urge to smoke. I pray he completely breaks his habit soon since he has made such great strides. I just wanted to point this out because someone else may have a family member who needs this sort of “helping hand”.
love your list (especially item# 25!) thank you. We have many of the same on our list. It may not technically count for your list, but I would add stock up on perennial producers for the garden (orchard, berry patches, asparagus patch can last 30+ years once planted), make sure you are optimizing use of your land and plant food producing trees and shrubs, etc. Thank you, I loved your video and subscribed, blessed to connect
I just followed you. A great video. I have started to grow herbs and spices so that I don't have to buy them. Cayenne peppers to make pepper flakes and ground pepper and so many other herbs and spices. One item you should have mentioned is growing your own garlic. It's easy and a real money saver.
Being a 75 yo with a husband who’s diabetic and living in a small house, the top 10 items on your list are high-carbohydrate foods that often take up room to store. I’d love to hear your ideas on how people like us can do some food prep in this situation.
I grew up in a family of diabetics. Both grandparents and my mom and her sister. We always had lots of green beans, peas,beans, a little corn and some low glycemic fruits like berries. There was always big bags of artificial sweetener too. Eggs were also a must along with peanut butter. Bread and saltine crackers in moderation. Also my mom kept juice on hand in case someone’s sugar ran low. I’m gonna date myself and say that was when diabetics were treated with insulin only. Things have come so far since then. Try planting salad mixes in pots or tomatoes. Stock up on as many proteins as you can since it is so helpful at keeping the numbers down. God bless!
Great list. I would have to add popcorn and pickles to my list!! I agree with everything you suggested but love number 25 most! New subscriber here, I just found your channel.
I store my flour by 2 cups in brown paper bags, roll it up and put in freezer bags and seal them...You really don't have to use the expensive sealer bags. Same can be done with corn meal ect.
This is in my "someday" list. Especially for fresh Garden herbs. I've heard that it preserves the color and flavor so much better than hang drying the herbs.
Annie thanks so much for such a comprehensive and organized list I have been watching your channel now for almost a year and you and your wonderful family have taught me so much!! Thanks a million!!❤
Agree that bone broth made is best.. but also agree have better than bullion and other powdered bullions because it takes less space to store long term. Of course water then is an issue, but it's hard for apartment city dwellers who have to make choices that work in smaller spaces.
Thank you for this list. I am new at this and I was a little overwhelmed. This is exactly what I needed. I thought about some things but there were other items I hadn't. Going forward will be more organized and not so stressful.
I decided after the awful crash in 2008 and our pay was cut into 1/3 over night that I would never not know how I was going to feed my kids ever again … I’ve been building and rotating ever since .. I’ve always gardened and canned but it was more because I was raised doing it … now it’s super serious
Favorite condiments (beyond basic ones): soy sauce, balsamic vinegars, liquid smoke, molasses, browning liquid, vinegars, mirin, Worcestershire sauce, other specialty vinegars such as red wine and white wine vinegars, and apple cider vinegar. Also bouillon cubes or paste when you don’t want to open a jar full of broth. With these condiments (plus ketchup, mustard and Mayo) you can make all kinds of other sauces and dressings. Don’t forget hot sauce and Sriracha sauces, relishes and pickles for Tartar sauce. Oyster sauce and fish sauce may also be helpful. One of my favorites is bourbon to make bourbon sauce, which is great on so many things!
This was a great video full of useful information. Thank you for taking the time to make it! While watching this video, I went onto Rural king's site & put a few things in my cart to pick up tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to watching the videos on storing eggs as we're about to get chickens. Have to done a video about caring for chickens?
