Longer-Term Food Storage

[Lil Bear]

Thanks! I bought a couple more large cans of potato flakes and 5 gallon buckets. My wife bought a couple of cases of bottled water last night. We are having to rearrange things again to put our rations in order. That in it self is a job. We cleaned and rearranged the meat freezer last night as well. My daughter is at my parents for a week, so we are trying to get done what we can while she is gone.

[Skyowl]

What do you use to seal the mylar bags, or can you just pinch closed and fold over?

I utilize the Wife's steam iron set to just below max setting. I iron the bag shut with a constantly moving iron. Have not had aanyting stick to the iron in over 60 bags sealed thus far.

[Oscar Wilde]

Oh.....:o
O.W.

[herbalpagan]

use a linen type towel or "pressing cloth" and there will be no scorched plastic. I also shelled out $15 bucks at the craft store for a heating iron for a project I was doing. It's small and will heat at hot as an iron and it's made for sealing stuff.

[Oscar Wilde]

[I'm going to use my food saver for the smaller bags and an iron for the larger bags. I don't thin a clip would work since the idea is to have an airtight seal.]

Duct tape? Saves havin to scrape all that scorched plastic offin the iron.
O.W.

[herbalpagan]

I'm going to use my food saver for the smaller bags and an iron for the larger bags. I don't thin a clip would work since the idea is to have an airtight seal.

[Lil Bear]

What do you use to seal the mylar bags, or can you just pinch closed and fold over?

[herbalpagan]

Thank you so much! Just placed an order. Got the buckets this weekend in town, just needed the mylar and h2o absorbers to go with it.:)

[Skyowl]

Oxygen absorbers = http://www.sorbentsystems.com/order_...FQkzawod-SIJoA

Mylar bags for 5 gal buckets = https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/e...orage_bags.htm

5 gallon buckets = http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...roduct_id=9715

Don't forget the lids = http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/var...iant%5Fid=2287

[herbalpagan]

Where do you get your mylar bags and oxygen absorbers from? (I'm going cross eyed from an internet search on the dang things after watching that video of dehydrating! lol)

[Skyowl's Wife]

For the larger containers, I do split it up into vacuum bags and then toss into a bucket. :)

That's how I do it too :).

[unswydd]

This is really great news Oz! Thank you! I had worried about this kind of stuff.

[Lostinoz]

Thanks! On the potato flakes, do you leave in the seal can or do you vacuum seal in smaller bags?

Hey Bear! The potato flakes in the #10 cans I leave as is.. For the larger containers, I do split it up into vacuum bags and then toss into a bucket. :)

[Lil Bear]

Thanks! On the potato flakes, do you leave in the seal can or do you vacuum seal in smaller bags?

[Skyowl's Wife]

Tooo cool!