Hi Sweet Friends, Today I am discussing the BEST Long Term Food Storage Containers for Your Prepper Pantry - Buckets, Mylar Bags, Glass, Foodsavers, and More! And if you ever struggled with getting the ring onto your Food Storage Buckets for your Gamma Lids, I show you an easy and foolproof way to get the job done! ➡️Be sure to head over to my RU-vid channel’s Home Page where I share lots of organized playlists of videos that I think you will enjoy. Here is the link: RU-vid.com/MarysNest ➡️SUBSCRIBE: RU-vid.com/MarysNest ➡️WATCH THE ULTIMATE PREPPER PANTRY SERIES: ru-vid.com/group/PLkRuW3pBo2U0WCxRNWm60Yt0ihEQbfpUl ➡️FREE 36 PAGE ESSENTIAL TRADITIONAL FOODS PANTRY LIST (Printable): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--N8Vy2aL7CQ.html Perfect for adding to your Kitchen Journal. ➡️TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:45 5-Gallon Buckets 23:27 Mylar Bags 29:23 Glass Storage 33:40 FoodSavers ➡️RELATED VIDEOS: • How to Stock Your Prepper Pantry with Real Food: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hj71sxN6jCE.html • How to Stock Your Prepper Pantry for $5 a Week: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gw8oq66-hwU.html • 10 Best FOREVER Foods: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ld5D44-1R9o.html • Homemade Self Stable Pantry Staples: ru-vid.com/group/PLkRuW3pBo2U2lE7lUe4IYApi8AJPhR4GQ • Master the Basics of Traditional "Nutrient Dense" Foods Cooking: ru-vid.com/group/PLkRuW3pBo2U3b4eu0QraZReKlGzA11h3y ➡️VISIT THESE OTHER CHANNELS: 1. Suttons Daze: ru-vid.com/show-UC_JPNIxSg8llJJTOupC86jQ 2. Purposeful Pantry: ru-vid.com/show-UCr1z0KOnOnALfbxq8vqv_6w 3. Rain Country Homestead: ru-vid.com/show-UC6LntleHjrsHuh4QJmiVjNw 4. Rain Country Homestead “Break Bleeder” video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-biMgUOdJXV4.html And for more in-depth info...➡️JOIN THE TRADITIONAL FOODS KITCHEN ACADEMY (Optional Membership Community): ru-vid.comjoin This is where I share in-depth “Vodcasts” (like a podcast but you can watch and listen or just listen) all about Traditional “nutrient dense” foods, plus 1 monthly LIVE STREAM. This is for those who are interested in delving into all these Traditional “Nutrient Dense” Foods topics in greater detail. BUT DON”T WORRY…this is completely optional, and I will continue to produce all of my free public videos too. I’ve got lots of great public videos coming up here on my channel, so stay tuned. 😉 Thanks for watching! Love, Mary
I don't see a link for the foodsaver jar attachment that removes the air. I've had a hard time finding it... And would be happy to purchase through an affiliate link so you'll get credit! Thanks for the wealth of well organized information!
You are so kind. I think I put the link in the description under the video (you have to open the description). But don’t worry if you can’t find it. Do whatever is easiest for you and head on over to amazon or wherever you shop and order it. Also...I recently saw them at Target. Love, Mary ❤️🤗❤️
If platic buckets are not rodent proof, then I don't understand why people do not use galvanized trash bins for long term food storage. They are not food grade, but we could put food in a mylar bags plus some sort of insert, so food wouldn't touch it. Is there some sort of negative to using them? People store bird seed and animal feed in them, so why not food for humans?
Note: DE (diatomaceous earth), has to be Food Grade, is an excellent solution to bed bugs, safe for your children and pets. When we purchased our home, the previous owners, left it very clean, which was appreciated. However, they had an infestation, which was not visible, of bed bugs. Bed bugs come out to feed every six weeks or so, and they hide behind baseboards, creases of bed mattresses, carpets, etc. I used DE and laid down a line around the baseboard (using a used/cleaned mustard plastic container), sprinkled it on the mattress, making sure to get every crevice, and, then put clean linen over it. It did a fantastic job of getting rid of the bugs. I repeated monthly just to ensure that I got any new bugs hatching. We've been bug-free for years. Mary thank you for all that you do to educate us on living a wholesome life.
@@1Happygranny Well, now you know, and you can help someone else who's going through the same problem with bed bugs. Food Grade DE is awesome in the garden as well.
If you use food saver bags for dry goods storage, should you still use oxygen absorbers in the bags? Also would they be as good as Mylar bags. I love your videos. Thanks for all your help.
What I do is freeze my rice for 2weeks and then bake them dry at 300°F, sift with a mesh strainer and store. This has worked for me by making sure they're extra dry and also that anything that may be in them is dead and sifted out.
I've been doing this for about 12 years, something that I've learned...If you're going to use gamma lids, check them often...Myself and several other people have had problems with them cracking (for no obvious reason)...Personally, (since I rotate my food storage) I have "storage" buckets with regular lids, and "working" buckets with gamma lids...when I open a storage bucket I transfer the contents to a working bucket that I'm taking stuff out of...(less worry about the lids, and I can change them out pretty quick if one cracks on a working bucket)...
@@randd3217 As long as things like rice, beans, lentils, sugar, salt, oats, etc stay dry they're usually good well past their expiration date...to store them long term put them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers...I hope this helps...
I use the metal popcorn tins I get at Christmas to storage mylar bags with food. I also use two stripes of double sided tape with diatomaceous earth on it. I didn’t know about the bay leaves. Excellent and informative video thanks Mary.
Mary, thank you for your detailed explanations and giving reasons for why things need to be done a specific way. I've noticed an increase of food storage/prepper "experts" this year, especially during September, our National Preparedness Month. One could exhaust themself commenting on each video with misinformation. Thank you for continuing to be a reliable source with sensible information. The knowledge you share is so important, especially in our current time.
Diatomaceous Earth is made up of diatoms, which are ancient fossilised creatures and it is also silica. Diatomaceous Earth is good internally, but not good to breathe in. I use it in my chicken feed when I have some. I have noticed since I haven’t used it in their feed they have had more health problems. It is good to use around the chicken pen to keep insects out.
I’ve been using the 5 gallon buckets to store all of my prep foods about 30 years. I have never use diatomaceous earth. To keep little critters out if I have a 50 pound bag of flour in the freezer for at least 24 hours preferably 48 that’ll do great. I opened up flower that was five years old and it tasted just like I got it at the store Bay leaves put a half a dozen bay leaves on top after you seal it in your plastic food grade bag. Or on top if no bag is used. It works amazing, if you have an Amish store bull bay leaves are a great price
Mary, you are such a sweet and good friend, not only in appearance, but what you offer with your friendship. Your knowledge of these things that you teach and share is nothing short of amazing to me. How completely full circle our need for knowledgeable, organized, REAL food skills has come. Our knowledge and understanding of all these aspects of kitchen, pantry/larder, and food itself has been become embarrassingly depleted. Thank goodness that you are here and prepared to teach sweetly! Thank you, Mary!
aluminum trash cans with lids are rodent proof --- not air tight but a good alternative for storing Mylar bags --- usually pretty affordable at a local tractor supply or farm supply store --- and available in several sizes for small to larger spaces
Another way to snap the gamma ring on is leave in the warm sun for a while, then put ring on a hard flat surface open side up, then position bucket upside down over the ring. Use your body weight and/or a mallet to apply enough pressure to snap ring on - check that it is completely attached. It is just a bit more leverage for those of us who are older, not as strong and don't have a strong guy around when putting these together. Edit: use a clean, hard, flat surface, of course
Very informative video-thank you. Texas does have some earthquake areas, so I knit 2” long bands out of leftover yarns to slide over glass jars. Prevents cracking even when moving cases of jars. Or even faster, cut off the cuff of an old sock and slip it on the jar.
Helpful Hint: to use Food Saver Machine attachment and food saver mason jar attachment, pull off the clear section on end of hose that extends from the food saver machine, then the remaining hose end will fit nicely into the mason jar attachment!
Thank you for featuring Frontier Co-op Bay Leaves! I have been a member of that co-op for 27 years since I owned a bakery. All of their products are top-notch, so I used their herbs and spices in my baked goods.
As a new Prepper primarily inspired by you, I began gathering extra staples this past Summer. I finally made room for a 5 shelf metal rack in our storage basement. Space is limited as this space also houses all of my extensive holiday decorations and catering supplies. I have tons of jelly, pickle jars, etc. that I have saved. Since I neither have a lot of room for buckets and do have to purchase them I am thinking that I will put as much as I can into these “found jars” along with the many jelly jars I have from years of making jams and jellies. I do have plastic storage tubs and there is room for them on the floor under the multiple shelves and metal racks that I have in my store room. So, I think I can put things into my excessive jars, use oxygen absorbers in them, then put all of these jars into the plastic tubs. My tubs have wheels, so they can bed heavy but on the cement floor I can pull them out, open, get what I want,and snap on the lid and push back under the shelf. Do you see anything faulty with my thinking? I am 77 my husband is 82….we are in generally good health, but our strength is decreasing….and lifting large heavy buckets is something we struggle with. Why at our age am I becoming a Prepper? We live at 8,600 feet (our home is at that level, many other things go much higher around us. It is cold (outside only), we get snow September through May. I love to cook and cook from scratch. We have freezers and refrigerators, yes plural. We have never had difficulty getting to a grocery store in our lovely Rocky Mountain town, but we are getting to where when it is down in single digit temperatures and snowy/icy we would just prefer to not go out for more than we need to. We have a very large home, and it houses many of our interests and hobbies. Then, with the world political issues, and climate issues, we have set ourselves up on how to cook and stay warm without electricity should that every become necessary, or simply desirable. So, our long term storage is in the form of freezer, and dehydrated and freeze dried, and at this point, commercially canned meats. We prefer fresh fruits and veggies and meats….but I have all the basics to make our favorite meals through that long term storage. I have a Kitchen Garden,and have been expanding what we grow reasonably successfully, and it is adequate for two seniors. I also have mylar bags so think that should work with my tub system as well. ? We have no rodent issues, and very few, if any, bugs. We are very low humidity up here. I am not storing whole grain flours for long term, or brown rice. I use them, but if I run out for any reason I do not think it is all that crucial for survival. I do freeze my flours for a while before putting into long term storage. Then with oxygen absorbers. I do not have much interest in pressure canning, I MIGHT consider water bath canning….mostly concerned about maybe canning meats….especially good ground beef. But,that is in the future. I am praying that our country does not go into a real famine kind of situation. So, to get through potential limited power outages, or a few months of transportation strikes, etc. we are very very well set up. I keep watching you,and repeat many of your vlogs. I am finally retaining a lot of your information. Thank you!
Mary, you were correct in telling viewers to not just store things in Mylar bags. I lost a lot of freeze dried good I prepared when rodents made it into my pantry.
Mary. I’m new to your channel. Love it. The food saver attachment is also for jars. You have to remove from the top not the bottom. 🤗 It works wonderful.
IGLOO COOLERS CAN BE USED FOR FOOD STORAGE IN CASE THE POWER GOES OUT IN YOUR FREEZERS. Store plenty of bags of ice in a large freezer in case you need to use your IGLOO or YETI COOLERS FOR FROZEN FOODS WHEN YOU HAVE EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES. It may be a good idea to buy an extra freezer and a back-up battery (solar is good option) for this purpose.
@Mary’s Nest - I am glad I found your channel just now! You are “the light” and your love & happiness are contagious!!!! Love watching you and learning every corner on each item, no need to search anywhere else. Please keep teaching people like me and God bless!!!
This video was more informative than any I’ve seen so far. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. I know that there was a lot of trial and error involved in gaining your knowledge and all us really appreciate that you are saving us a lot mistakes along the way. Thank you so much.
I love your channel Mary. You're such a wonderful teacher. I'm changing the way I run my kitchen because of you. I've always wanted an extended pantry but I was afraid i'd wind up wasting a lot of money because i had no clue how to handle the 4 corners! Now, I do. Thank you so so much.💖
Good info to know. I store most of my items in those giant Costco size pickle jars. I also cut a piece of plastic bag to go between the jar and lid. Problem is I'm running out of space to store them. Thank you for sharing 🌞🌞🌞
Thank you for all the great information. I just love you and your calm, quiet manner. You are a comfort. I once stored flour in a Tupperware large container. When I moved, it was stored for several months in the garage on the concrete. Weevils bored thru the container and infected my flour. There were 20+ holes that you could stick a pin through. Keep your food off the floor especially concrete.
The big eggs are in the flour. They hatch and make the holes getting out of the container. If you freeze the flour for 2 weeks, and then take it out of the freezer for a couple of days before putting it in a airtight container it is better. If you use an oxygen absorber bugs can’t live in your container.
I start with 1/2 tsp for the first week, and increase the amount by 1/2 tsp each week until I get to 1 Tbsp and I stick with that amount for about 3-4 weeks. And then I take a break from it for about 2-3 months and then start the process all over. So basically it's a quarterly detox that I do.
I love it as a detox, but when you mix it with your stored rice to kill the bugs as they hatch, do you not worry about eating the dead bugs/moths? Knowing they're laid on heavily chemically treated plants, has been my biggest hesitancy.
Ikea has a lot of glass storage options, too. I like them because all of the round containers have the same lid size, and ditto with the square containers.
Sweet Mary!.. you remind me of the 'Janet' from The Good Place. She holds all the information of the Universe. You too are quite amazing... thank you for sharing, and explaining things so clearly.
Hello Miss Mary. I love your channel. I’ve learned so much and it’s helped me with my long term storage. I have stored my dry goods in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers inside of a metal trash can with a lid. The cans are then stored in my basement on two cinder blocks in case of flooding. I’ve heard that rats can eat through the metal but mice can not. Also when you put oxygen absorbers in Mylar bags it will suffocate the bugs and the eggs so they won’t hatch. That’s the best defense against bugs that I know of that’s full proof because the bugs need oxygen to breathe to survive. I can’t wait to watch more videos of yours! You are a wealth of knowledge you’re amazing to me with how much knowledge that you have on food value and storage. You’re incredible Miss Mary! ♥️
I'm sure their is a comment in here somewhere already about the FoodSaver marinating/accessory attachment but the black top piece pulls apart from the clear piece to use on those jar lids to seal them. To put it back on just rub a little water around the rubber ring and push it back together
Careful on the gamma lids. The screw on top with the seal is made from two halves melted together. Where the two pieces come together there is usually some production flashing. There is where the problem lies. The flashing will push out the rubber seal or gasket allowing air and water to get in. I check mine, and if flashing is found I just sand the flashing down and then it’s ok. So check your lid by removing the gasket and look for that flashing.
Mary, It looks like you have the same food saver machine there on your island that I have. I just discovered I can use the vacuum accessory on that machine to vacuum seal the jars, just like you do the hand held vacuum machines you demonstrate. It took some trial and error, but I have discovered if you push down on it firmly and hit the accessory button to turn it on, it works! You will hear the change in sound as well to let you know. Just wanted you to be aware in case your handheld fails, you can always use the vacuum accessory on the machine in a pinch if you press down really firm.
Hi Mary, I have been putting my grains into the freezer and in my refrigerator, I find that it keeps very well, thanks for you tips, I have become much more conscious and wisest of what I throw out
I live in a tropical Island, and what I do to store my flour in half gallon glass mason jars. I use a flat wood mallet and pound it down pack it keep pouring flour and pack it down tight all the way to the inch head space. And instead of putting a silica gel pack I add put a bay leaf, then crush dry coffee filter to absorb moisture and put a oxygen absorber then the lid and vacuum saver adapter and vacuum seal it with my Foodsaver Gamesaver silver vacuum sealer. I have jars that are still vacuumed sealed.
Great tips. I store our rice in a 15 liter square bucket my mother gave me. Haven't had a problem with rodents or bugs in it just using the original lid. It has an indentation under it that makes it easier to take the lid off without any tools. Daniel and I tend to eat 2 cups of rice per day normally and 3 to 4 cups when I make sinigang (Filipino sour soup which both of us love) so we go through it relatively quickly. I store our salt and flours in wide mouth half gallon size Mason jars. I need to get non metal lids though as some of the metal ones rusted. Likely because it's humid here in the Spring and Summer. It's dryer here in the Fall and Winter. In a recent Rain Country video Heidi demonstrated a vacuum sealing chamber Patrick built. Unfortunately it only works with narrower and only up to a certain height jars.
I've watched this video twice now and I feel like I've learned so much. I think if I had teachers like you at school I would have actually payed attention 🤣 thank you for such great, informative and helpful videos, I'm a first time mum and really want to do the best I can when it comes to preparing and storing nutritious foods for my family, and you've made that easy and also enjoyable, not stressful and scary like some videos! So glad I found your channel. Thanks again, and much love from my little family across the pond ❤
Thank you for through explanation of food storage. I'm just beginning to learn and loved the easy way you explained. I felt like this was something I could do after watching.
Wonderful video as usual! Rose Red Homestead has a hack for sealing the jars with the big food saver using the jar lid attachments. She puts a second flat canning lid upside down as a spacer on top of the one on the jar. Then it seems to work!
God bless your heart! You sweet thing, spending so much time and effort helping all of us Prepper's properly store our food. I certainly appreciate you♥️😁 And you worked so long on this one, packed it so full, you pooped yourself out. I sure hope you treated yourself to something special. Big hug!
I have the cheap white plastic lids from Walmart. Since they are not air tight, I just wash a used canning lid or use a new canning lid under the white plastic lid. It may not be sealed, but it's pretty air tight.
Love you and the other channels your referenced! Love that you’re not afraid to mention the others. You have a absolutely amazing channel. So early to understand your instructions!😉👍🙏
You are such a sweet lady! I enjoy your videos... You taught me how to make bone broth and I have been doing it ever since... I found my bone broths great for canning , adding to so many foods. Most recently I pressure canned roast chicken breast chunks in my home made chicken broth, also used my beef broth for making pressure canned beef stew...
We found out that mice are much smarter than we thought they were. In the basement we had dried food stored in sealed canning jars without the rings. The little critters were able to pry up the sealed lids with their teeth. So far they have not tried to unscrew the rings, that we know of. Be sure to use the rings on the canning jars for long term storage
I just love you and your videos so much! You're SO knowledgeable and generous with the information you have to share. You have the sweetest demeanor and personality which makes learning so much more enjoyable. Thank you for your videos!
Hi Mary, thank you for this wonderful video! You're the best! I just thought you'd want to know that FoodSaver has a separate extension hose that is made for their jar sealers. For simplicity, I switched to 2 gallon buckets for dense products (beans, rice, sugar) after having several handles break on me using the larger buckets due to weight.
Oh Mary I just cooked a brisqué using your recipe!! One more winner together with the chicken in the instant pot, absolutely delicious! Thank you for everything I learn from you.😊
Hey Mary, saw your video on food storage. A Great FYI, I have the identical “Food Saver” machine. You certainly can use it to seal jars like you did with the hand held devices. The hose gadget separates, but not where you thought, it separates where the black plastic part with the loop and hose attach, joins the clear plastic tube. Just rock it side to side and pull it apart. It then merely snaps back together.
Yes that's right... exactly how I use mine. I had figure it out while guessing at it. I wish the company would give us a better step by step video to make it a little easier to use their machines lol
I just thought I would share that I have consumed diatomaceous earth and it did not make me sick. It tastes like dirt, but it did not make me sick. I have heard that it does upset some people's tummies though.
@@NoMore-gc3gi A natural anti-parasitic. I take a heaping tsp daily and put it on my pets food daily (you have to look up the amount to put on pet food per weight of the animal). IF you sprinkle it around like Mary said in doorways etc.. to keep bugs out, u may want to wear a regular mask.
Mary, one of the things I do to save money is to use tidy cat buckets to put my mylar bags in. Since the food does not touch the bucket it is safe. They hold as much as a 5 gal bucket and they stack better than the round buckets. I have about 30 of these buckets and they were all free. I like free!
Mary, thank you so much for your calm wisdom. I am so grateful…I am wanting to help my family survive these currant threats and so grateful for your advice. Feeling almost lost but you have thrown a life line. Sorry ! Grateful! Desperate! Alas still worried! Oh heck…
Jody L: I only just found that out myself and also (being in the U.K. where getting the food saver lid attachments is nigh on impossible unless you pay a fortune to get them shipped from the US) that if you have the 3 storage jar set and put your jar inside one of them, if you suck the air out as normal it will seal the lid on your jar. 👍
As I prep my stuff and store it, I think... "If I am no longer around to use this food, I hope it finds its way to people who really need it." Bless your food and it will find its way to some grateful person's table as a hearty meal!
Tests have shown that Bay Leaves do not keep bugs out. DE is safe and works! You are recommending WAAAY too much thought 1/2 cup DE is absolutely adequate per 5 gallon bucket. And you are correct about not breathing any more than possible. Thanks for the video.
Thank you Mary, this was very helpful. Not only do you tell us but you show us as well. I am a visual learner and feel you share valuable information. Thank you for all the effort you put into making these informational videos.
Hi Mary, I've been enjoying your lessons so much! Thank you for so many inspiring topics. I just ordered the Mockmill attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer after watching your Pantry Prepper video and this Food Storage video, although the promocode didn't work. Anyway, so exciting! Thanks for the recommendation and all the information.
I have learned how to make sour krout and Vegetables using only two tablespoons of salt and two cups of filtered water inside a large jar watching you! I was hesitant to eat it to begin with, but not anymore! I just made my second jar of krout this week. We are in the burping stage not. This time I followed your lead and made it wit extra water. We have been eating a small amount daily to build up our probiotics. I have completely used up my cauliflower, vegetables mixture . Of course our gardens are gone, but I intend to buy some more cauliflower and make some more. I have used half a gallon, eating it with sandwiches and rice dishes. Thanks for the instructions!
Hello Mary, I have watched you about 5 times and I can honestly say I have learned a lot. Thank you for being so specific since there is so much to perform properly. 11/27/21 Barb
I have the white handheld Foodsaver and shocked to see it’s over $100 on Amazon! I used it on both the wide mouth and regular adapters last year to seal mason jars and absolutely love them. You couldn’t find them last year, when you did they were overpriced.
Vacuum seal avacado in a glass jar. They usually turn brown so fast.....It will stay green green green. That way you can just take out a small amount if you don't need a whole avacado.
The gamma lids that fit the 5 gallon buckets will also fit the 3.5 gallon buckets. I also found some gamma lids for 2 gallon buckets. You do have to look around to find the 2 gallon buckets that fit the gamma lids as not all 2 gallon buckets will work with the gamma lids. I like the 2 gallon buckets as they are lighter weight than the 5 gallon buckets and work well for smaller items.
