10 Food Storage Myths ~ DEBUNKED

10 Food Storage Myths ~ DEBUNKED
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[@jamesnelson1968]

The Chef Prepper channel has opened and tested various canned foods that are well past the best buy date and found them to be just fine.

[@omaeve]

My step mom buys one dozen canned vegetables a month. So that’s 12 months where you’re buying one flat of a dozen and if she’s getting low on a particular favorite vegetable, she buys an extra case when it gets down to three. I had problems with canning jars in my basement the lids rusting so we turned a small 4 x 6 closet near the kitchen into a pantry for all my canning jars.

[@omaeve]

PS: a lot of people in my family gave me canning jars because they didn’t can anymore and they gave me pressure cookers for canning so I could put three on the stove at one time and can all the jars when I got off of work. My mother helped by snapping beans all day while I was at work.

[@mio.giardino]

I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone question me as to why I am buying a certain quantity of items. If I ever did, I would just say that it’s going to the food bank….my food bank, but they don’t need to know that.

[@Bloodhoundjed1]

I've had people make comments about the quantity of items I get sometimes. I will tell them I share with my daughter or I have 6 people living on my property.

[@mio.giardino]

@@Bloodhoundjed1 Good reply! You could also say that you also only shop once a month.

[@renaetyler5135]

I’ve used both these excuses!

[@kimcritchley8231]

@@mio.giardino that's what I tell the butcher when I buy 30lbs of chicken breast, 20lbs of ground beef , 2 whole pork tender loins one slides into chops and cut the second into thirds for roasts. And then about 10-15 lbs of pork cushion meat. Some gets canned, some Freeze dried and some for our daily use

[@susans9491]

I was raised by smart parents! My Dad left the daily operation of the house to my Mom, while he kept up the cars, yard, structure of the house and made a living. Mom always shopped by what she called the ‘pantry principle’. Buy one for now, one or more for later. Restock before you run out. By using the freezer and a pantry, we always ate well pretty much entirely from loss leaders. I have always shopped this way and it made the transition to more extensive food storage very easy. My brothers also do this, if perhaps to a lesser extent. I’m so grateful to have had parents like mine. Some of my friends grew up in an environment where they shopped pretty much each day, and many of them grew up eating a lot of take out and convenience foods.❤🇺🇸

[@ninnymuggins5159]

Exactly right, however both men and women need to know how to run the household and maintain cars.

[@susans9491]

@@ninnymuggins5159 I totally agree, but I grew up in the 70’s and things were a little different then. My parents were also a little older than many of my friends’ parents, maybe a bit more “old fashioned “…not at all a bad thing

[@Bloodhoundjed1]

I have 2 stores that I shop their ads for sales only. And I do my main grocery shopping at a different store, which is usually once a month.

[@ninnymuggins5159]

@@susans9491 I did, too, and when Mom left Dad, he had no idea how to do anything. Men have to learn what used to be called women's work- cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry. It was sad to see how lost Dad felt.

[@susans9491]

@@ninnymuggins5159That would have been very sad, I’m sorry. My Dad died when I was a teenager. My Mom did know how to balance a checkbook, and she had his pension from the Dept of Defense (his employer) so my brothers and I took care of a lot of the rest. I didn’t mean to make it sound like I must have. When my Mom wasn’t home my Dad took us out to eat or grilled. After we lost my Dad my uncle helped my Mom with taxes, choosing a new car, stuff like that. I, and later my husband and I, continued with the yard care and household maintenance when we visited each weekend. It worked out.

[@princessdumbarton9877]

Food storage is very easy. When you shop just pick up a few extra cans or some rice, pasta, beans, peanut butter, water. Put it in a cupboard or closet. Use the oldest things first. It's just putting some extra food in a cupboard.

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Sometimes my pantry items change. If I notice something that is getting overloaded I often take to the food bank.

[@j.l.emerson592]

Commercial food canned in glass jars have an even longer shelf life, as long as the seal is intact. The foods that I most commonly find in glass jars are creamy pasta sauces, mushrooms, olives, asparagus, giardinera veggies, pickles of all sorts, many tomato based foods like salsa, juice, tomato based pasta sauce, etc. I've eaten 8 year old tomato sauce with no problems.

[@donaldlittlepage8424]

I vacuum seal all my meat when I buy in bulk, it lasts for a longer time

[@jaysbaby2012]

Great advice: We have a lot stored in totes/bins, 5 gallon buckets and canned food including home canned goods on shelves. Took us a bit to get it right after learning as we went....had to go back and re-do a lot of it....Thank you Jenni... Have a blessed day everyone.

[@muddyshoesgardener]

We just opened an unopened Nutella from 2021. Totally fine. 🙂

[@deltorres2100]

I’m a bulk buyer .. so I don’t make so many trips to the store. My husband is ill and my father-in-law is ill so it’s not any good for me to take them out their immune are really weak.. So I buy maybe a flat every other month of canned goods I do make homemade meals plenty ..

[@bettyc.parker-young1437]

Thank you so much for this wonderful advice. The only time it has felt overwhelming is when I could not rotate and maintain after my surgery. But I got back in there as soon as I was able. You just pace yourself. 😎👍❤️

[@dianehansen7640]

Common sense, staying within a budget, reasonably store equal amounts of each food so you have a variety. 👍

[@tonette6592]

Thanks. I have a terrible time with family members acting like "best By Dates" are like Cinderella at midnight! I have ALWAYS loaded up at sales. I have bought very little commercial preserved food. I even made my own dehydrated eggs. Dry goods are always vacuum-sealed. We are not going to be able to rotate after a while. Mylar is wonderful, but if people expect to be on survival mode for more than a few years before all changes, they are mistaken. Food storage is not overwhelming but it IS addictive! I prep for my family and whoever God puts in my life, with things that we use and I think will need. A target? Then what happens when we have nothing? GUILTY on 10. I am overstocked. I can't help adding more.

[@Bloodhoundjed1]

My youngest daughter doesn't like getting anything past the date. She claims it's because she has gotten sick from out of date cans.

[@tamara-lnlhomestead1441]

My DIL won't eat anything even remotely close to the best by date 😢😩

[@danrayner4450]

Most caned food is good for at least 7 years after the date

[@princessdumbarton9877]

Tomatoes and acidic things can get bad pretty quick. I would try to use those by the BB date.

[@danrayner4450]

@princessdumbarton9877 you can recan them into glass caning jars but ya if kept in the can have to be careful

[@niesjapavelka9979]

I love what you share. Keep up the good work. I buy from 6 different places. Keep my food in many different locations around my place and I only told a few people. If you come into my home, you don't see any packages of food.

[@g-mawmhatton4751]

Great common sense information Jinne! Thank you. 💖🙏🙏🙏

[@shawnsealeyhomesinc.4751]

We do everything you said the same! Dad always said, “If the top ain’t popped, eat the chit!” 🤣🤣 Do what YOU do people, NOT what others do 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@juliefrink8708]

Thank you so much! We love your down to earth attitude. Blessings to you and your family!

[@maryschillinger2909]

Thank you for sharing.

[@TrekkieMum]

Thank you for taking the time to do this video,I’m from the uk we don’t do a lot of prepping although i think its more important today than ever before so there really isn’t a lot of information in the uk on storing food,i always look to our American friends for help and advice so thank you again 😊

[@seanpenrod]

Sell by date, not throw away date.

[@shirleykunard9763]

We're I live we have case lot sales twice a year.

[@Gina-de8gb]

Great list , hopefully this will help some people out , THANK YOU JINNE

[@joeyhardin1288]

Thank you, great content! I purchased a case of that Boy's canned ravioli and then developed an allergies to certain salts, used in processing a bunch of foods. Had to give them away and now I am a label reader. Haven't had store bought pizza in 4 years.

[@darlakennedy8660]

Absolutely awesome video thank you

[@dawnbaker9274]

My parents were raised by farmers in MN so "preparing for winter" was ingrained in them which they passed on to us kids.

[@TyMoore1234]

Thanks , great video!

[@carolynburge8225]

Hi Jinnie..great video.

[@jenmag0313]

Thanks for sharing this great information about food storage and the myths that people have attached to it.

[@kimcritchley8231]

Mylar bags don't have to go into a rodent proof container unless you have a rodent problem. I'm in South Florida, we converted 1 bedroom into our food storage area. The only thing in buckets is our bulk foods like sugar, flour, different types of beans, rice, oats. These items are in Mylar bags and inside buckets to prevent the large 5gal bags from being damaged and it makes it easier to store the bulk food.

[@dmp4845]

Thank you....still subscribed

[@robinguertin574]

Thank you, Jinne.

[@gingerzelidon3573]

Thanks, Jinne! Great info!

[@tweetybirdmom]

thank you God Bless

[@Christine-lr6eu]

Thanks Jinne. Always enjoy your videos. Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

[@laurievoelker9005]

Good talk. 😊

[@Dotalina33]

Thanks for your invaluable insight that you share continually. It is very much appreciated. Recently we opened a half gal jar of sugar and it went bad! The jar was NOT vacuum sealed. These jars (15) were all smelly where you couldn’t smell sweetness at all. I was told by many that sugar was the one item that would last pretty much indefinitely. I’m wondering if the sugar had additives put in it talcum powder? lol. Have you any idea what is going on?

[@danamarie8718]

It might have been exposed to moisture. I store my sugar in canning jars with a desiccant/moisture absorber. Same with salt.

[@marilynbelt6069]

Great video! Have a Happy Safe Independence Day🗽

[@MichaelR58]

Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

[@Barb-rk5wx]

Excellent video!!!

[@user-vp9tx6sh2f]

Thanks Jinne

[@omaeve]

Do you use FIFO design ensures older product is dispensed first

[@Bloodhoundjed1]

I normally do FIFO, unless the date is sooner than what I have stocked already. I like to use a sharpie and write the month and year of the best buy date on my items.

[@patriciatinkey2677]

Yes, that Sharpie is sure easier to read in a hurry than that print on the can!😊​@@Bloodhoundjed1

[@jeremiahbullfrog9288]

Aside from rodents, what are some other problems with relying on mylar for 30-year food preservation?

[@homeschoolingmomof5225]

@jeremiahbullfrog9288 Mylar doesn’t work well with foods that are higher in fat or moisture. You want to mostly store rice, instant potatoes, pasta, oats, lentils, etc. You can use mylar with flour, but it will only last about 5 years.

[@sue-savedbyJesusChrist]

Holes or tears from sharp edges or getting moved around, temperature fluctuations and improper seals

[@danamarie8718]

Other comments are spot on. Also, you can’t see inside and you have to open the entire bag. I prefer mason jars.

[@darlakennedy8660]

Absolutely awesome video thank you