Starting our Emergency Food Storage for our Family of 10!

Howdy y'all... a bit much? Perhaps. Today CR is learning a new "southernism" and we are picking up our first order Azure! Y'all wanted to hear more about it and what we got, so here it is! I'm VERY happy with it and plan to keep ordering each month as we fill out storage pantry little by little...
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Editing to add- we are going to wall in that pantry corner with an AC so it will be cool + dark for long term storage :) Right now we are just using as extra pantry space.
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[@thisgatherednest]

Y’all can see if they deliver in your area + order from Azure here: bit.ly/3y9QeQF Oh + I can’t share more yet, but if you’re a Homeschool mom or plan to be, you’re not going To want to miss this, sign up HERE to get all the details first: bit.ly/3i6irlU

[@saras7722]

You can get food grade buckets and gamma lids from Lowes and they ship for free just fyi!

[@gideontheron2705]

Just subscribed, good for you storing more food. The Provident Preppers have a large family too. Maybe their videos would help give you an idea of how much to store. Kind regards,

[@beccascraps8141]

ha! you crack me up. When the pandemic hit, my husband pulled me aside, and he was like, Honey, i know i've given you a hard time and laughed at you for all this prepper stuff, but i REALLY appreciate you now. he was so sincere and it felt GREAT!!!

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Storage area should be dry not humid. Temperature controlled.

[@willowgrove9288]

This. Vital.

[@savannahvick5266]

I would be a little wary of having food in the garage without insulting the garage. Food storage needs to be kept at a stable temperature or it’ll go bad quick. I learned that the hard way! About 3 months of food went bad Bc I kept it in our storage building outside!

[@willowgrove9288]

An FYI on storage. The high temps of an uninsulated out building make for a very poor place to store food. Historically a cellar would be used. Cool even temps. I'd be getting a cool bot set up sooner then later.

[@joytoyouandme4593]

When I build my garage I plan to put in a root cellar, for long term storage and storing my canned goods. I’m surprised there hasn’t been any modern day invention for root storage.

[@willowgrove9288]

@@joytoyouandme4593 actual root cellar temps are too cold for canned goods. You might consider a 2 phase set up. Upper 60s for regular canned, bucketed etc food, and the root cellar for fresh storage.

[@joytoyouandme4593]

@@willowgrove9288 - I live in an area where we rarely get snow. Growing up we kept most things in the root cellar including canned goods. But I will make sure to test the temps and possibly keep jars in the off garbage storage.

[@shelbycarr4104]

We are a large family and I got so tired of having to go to the store daily last year when they were rationing everything. So I cleaned out our under the staircase closet and turned it into a prepper closet. Now we are never out of anything!

[@seachellegramma9847]

Me too! Hubby built shelves and a fifo can unit. It's the best, although my 3 y.o. grandson likes to go "shopping " when no one has eyes on him.

[@stephaniemorgan2699]

Oh my goodness. I used that joke, "more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs," in a monologue in theatre 10 years ago. My charater was Sue Ellen Johnson lol. Memories haha.

[@lulufg7430]

No hate whatsoever but find it so funny when Americans call all types of pasta 'noodles' haha. Do any non-US viewers know what I mean? Noodles to us are Japanese noodles/ramen etc, for shapes of pasta, we would just say their name 'penne' 'spaghetti 'tagliatelle' etc. Also, good for you for making plans to protect your family if necessary. Better safe than sorry x

[@JaZmine147]

I call my python a danger noodle. Does this count? 😂

[@alegnadraw7504]

Yes, it is amusing how different UK and US English language can be.

[@kindnessmatters4068]

Id say it depends what part of the US you're from because I call the different pastas by their names as well! I have lived in PA OH KY MO IN and NC so I honestly don't know which state I would have gotten it from lol

[@jaspriest1997]

Yep! 😂 know exactly what you mean

[@sdmiliotti]

I live in California and call everything by their names. Maybe that’s because we’re Italian and pasta is v important? But I can’t recall hearing others not using their actual name around here.

[@rachelstark2204]

Happy Birthday to the twins, Happy Birthday to Rosie, and last but not least, Happy Birthday to you!!!!

[@tinaconn3989]

Even before the pandemic I wanted to store up food. My husband used to laugh at me and ask me under what circumstances we would not be able to just go to the shop and buy what we needed. After the pandemic hit he stopped laughing at me. It is such a sensible idea especially for large families.

[@ABarfieldBit]

Watch the temps in there with the food storage too. Some can get funky if it’s too hot

[@Frenchie1116]

Not just temperature but humidity, light and mice. I don't think it's a good idea to store in a garage without AC 🤔

[@tanyasweetheart529]

I would recommend placing all those bags into food storage plastic containers or whatever so no bugs rats mice etc get into those brown bags your flour etc came in Plus they store better for long term 🥰

[@reinepoaty6747]

With the amount of humidity in there the food won't last very long. You should definitely get a AC unit to keep the food fresh.

[@christinaaubin8508]

Yes, and leaving those things in paper bags is an invitation for bugs and rodents to move in.

[@debbiecotter917]

The oil and vanilla will spoil in the heat.

[@catworld8119]

Happy Birthday to all FOUR birthday girls in the family. I read it is your birthday this week as well! Rosie is turning ten? My goodness double digits already! 🎂🍨🍩🍰 & for Mama 🍸🍮

[@brianadeeds597]

Thankful I watched to the very end and saw cute Jonah

[@joanshealy1662]

Don’t forget chia seeds they can be used for so many things especially an egg replacement if you need to bake or cook something that needs an egg plus it’s a super food! Pudding is great

[@devereauxmanuel]

I’m still getting super excited to hear “See you later Tweets” 😂🎉❤️ I love that you keep not mentioning that it’s also YOUR Birthday this week.,. Such a mom move... I know because I was born on my moms 30th birthday and I constantly have to tell her that it’s OUR birthday, not MY birthday... but moms always are so selfless and focus on making the day special for their children...

[@shandra413]

My son was born the day after my birthday. It’s so true that it’s about my son and I seriously don’t think much of the fact that I have a birthday too. 😆

[@devereauxmanuel]

@@shandra413 I hope that when he is a bit older that things will level out a bit for you ❤️mammas also deserve to be treated on their birthdays!

[@shandra413]

My kiddos are pretty good at making me feel loved and special on my birthday. I just remember before I had children, I always had such anticipation and plans for my birthday. I guess I was more selfish in a way. Now I tend to focus more on my family. If that makes any sense? 🙃

[@devereauxmanuel]

@@shandra413 it definitely makes sense ❤️thank you for sharing with me

[@terrisouza2692]

Oh my gosh!!! You 2 are the cutest couple I know... the things you say and CR with his comebacks. I'm a 65 year old grandma (widowed and disabled... my back) raising my 3 grandsons and I look so forward to your videos. They keep me so happy!!🥰🥰💞💕

[@fuxwrongwitu]

Angie make sure olive oil is in a dark glass container! Always keep olive oil in a place away from light in a dark colored glass or stainless steel . I see they shipped it in a clear bottle. It keeps it from degrading and going rancid quickly.

[@aimeenelson5683]

We LOVE Azure Standard. We have nearly cut out traditional grocery stores. Embracing localism & small business along with growing food is helping us limit our dependency on big box.

[@laijiazeem]

Angi.. You have no idea how grateful I am to you, for lifting up my spirit every time I watch your vlogs.. It's like your vlogs charge up my battery and I am off on my toes on full energy doing stuff around me.. 🥰😘😘😘 I have sent you messages on insta, but, I guess you haven't seen them.. Thankful that the comment section is back.. Praying that you continue to be on full energy and have good health to be able to motivate people like me.. Love you soooo much.. Stay Blessed always.. 😘😘😘

[@hollygibson7501]

So glad to see so many people doing the same thing and sharing it.😀

[@brittanyh.33]

Angie, go to Foodlion (or anywhere with an in-house cake area) and ask them for their icing buckets. You’ll have to clean them out, but you get food-grade buckets for free 😊👍

[@sheilaray7604]

Also if you have a firehouse subs they will give you the pickle buckets.

[@MrsNewfiefan]

Yes I’ve got icing buckets before. Free and perfect!

[@quiverfullmomma137]

Wonderful, I'm sure you'll work on the humidity level. Being prepared is a good feeling

[@caitlinwightman1694]

I’m no expert. But won’t the garage be too humid for food storage?

[@sadielewis9455]

Or to hot?

[@savebees]

I would be worried about mice😬

[@joanshealy1662]

I would definitely get tin tightly closed containers for everything and invest in a room humidifier to keep humors and moisture out

[@mamabenzing5872]

❤️ We live in a very rural area in WI. Completely surprised they have a drop off 30 minutes from our house next month!!! They also have specialty food items for our families food allergies! ❤️

[@karminimohan]

I am with you on the prepping for in case of emergency. The pandemic has taught us to plan ahead especially for food and meds, even more so when we have kids. I had always maintained a small stock pile of food but have been building on that stock pile recently due to the situation of where I live…Malaysia.

[@lisaparker3751]

Thank you for sharing your first AS order and information! Love how J-man closes out the vlogs! Enjoy those new shoes! Have a AWESOME weekend celebrating all those birthday's! Happy birthday to Rosie, Ivey, and Amelia!!!

[@ABarfieldBit]

We store a lot of our bulk food in Mylar bags with OXygen absorbers in big plastic storage boxes.

[@theresabooth9285]

Long tail cat expression made me smile. My grandma from Georgia would tell me this all the time. People look at me like I'm crazy when I say it.

[@justmeek]

We just went and got a whole bunch of those industrial shelving racks for our garage! Space saver galore!

[@pomeranianmom]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but the labels are perfect to put right on your storage jars. You can re-stick as needed.

[@smurfke008]

Happy birthday Amelia and Ivy, and happy birthday Rosie and Angie 🎉🎊

[@heyitsmet333]

This is such a great idea! I have the same "emergency pantry" in my laundry room. I have so many extra cabinets so I turned it into the food storage pantry. Lots of tuna (the hubby loves tuna) rice, beans,flour,pastas etc.

[@sheilapearson3270]

The Rada tomato knife is the absolute best!!!

[@siri2316]

The sweater you are wearing in the car is so cool😍 Love it!

[@debbieblincoe9880]

Love this - can't wait to see the next steps of this.

[@MsMaddy200]

Great idea on storing up here! However I am concerned about the temperature, humidity, brightness and animals in the garage. This all can and probably will affect the food in a negative way. No criticism, just speaking out of personal experience.

[@brookefrazier1090]

I've heard all of your "southerisms" LOL C.R. had me Cracking up with his reaction!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to Chi-Chi and Millie

[@ryanm7249]

Happy birthday Ivy, Millie and Rosy!

[@loramcclamrock5549]

Happy Birthday to you and Rosie and the twins! Very interesting. Good idea to have backup.

[@carolinesuchman9723]

Love the funky music!

[@Angie-cm4si]

Please can we meet the barn cat that helps keep the mice away. Happy Birthday to the twins and to you and Rosie ❤️😊

[@mariesullivan9154]

Happy Birthday sweet girls!!!

[@megangarrett1233]

If you ever find that you want 25 or even 50lb bags of anything here is a tip. I used to work at a small health food store and getting our order minimum could be tough some weeks but we still needed to order. We had customers that would call us and ask for us to order bulk bags of all kinds of stuff. It helped us meet our minimum so we wouldnt charge them much over cost. Small store owners are usually pretty fair when it comes to stuff like this!

[@lindseyhammelsehn9651]

Yes to the specialty bread and tomato knives!!!

[@jennifernovak4506]

Love, love, love Azure Standard!

[@Pallasathene300]

I‘m a little surprised to see olive oil being sold in clear glass bottles. Because of the light that will go rancid pretty quickly 😅

[@marikiemarie7622]

Usually that's means it's a cheap oil

[@scarletredmagic6724]

@@marikiemarie7622 exactly but it's still good for emergencies canned olive oil is definitely better

[@XamanthaRose]

It’s probably not completely olive oil. Most “olive oil” in the US was found to contain other oils at higher percentages.

[@karbear26]

Happy Birthday twins and early happy birthday to Rosie!

[@kindnessmatters4068]

Three rivers homestead uses azure standard as well! Love that channel as well!!

[@amybostic1439]

Jonahs sweet smile 😊

[@anatechera9852]

Happy birthday Ivy and Amelia!

[@CantTameBeauty]

I love the southernism !!! I’m originally for Massachusetts and living in SC (my accent stands out). But I love it here!

[@joyinallthechaos]

Looks Amazing. Great job y’all. Love the cat and rocking chair joke. I heard that growing up. LOL A dehumidifier is going to be a must.

[@user-ek6mf8jn6m]

Love Azure Standard. Back in the day (25 years ago) until about 10 years ago I would order bulk from them. Having a larger family, food items were cheaper to buy in bulk. I would order 25 and 50 pound bags of wheat, flour, beans, rice, etc. Such a good company.

[@pennyarmstrong1232]

That's what I did beans flour sugar rice etc. I then got free 5 gallon buckets and lids from Kroger bakery the icing buckets. Im also canning my garden veggies! Do you can ? dont forget yeast too!

[@hannahmartin3451]

That's awesome. I've been using azure for awhile now and we love it.

[@marylenhastings6533]

Very cool! Looks like a great project

[@CaliAnimalLover]

Better take the chocolate chips inside before you have one chocolate chunk-period. Happy Birthday to the babies!

[@jend4815]

Happy birthday girls!

[@xoDaRyLlLeEox]

I love Jonah’s husky voice 🥰 too cute

[@SixBlindKids]

This is awesome! So helpful..never heard of this company before. I think we will try it out! Thank you!😉😄❤

[@aplacecalledthere]

Yay colloidal silver!! The gel is also amazing

[@scarletredmagic6724]

Great idea that's what my family has done a food pantry for emergencies powdered milk also is good and if you want you can make your own

[@kyliecasey6428]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mrs. Angela Braniff!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 I hope you get everything you wished for and loads more 🙂 Have A SUPER AWESOME Day! Today! Celebrating THE Best Day EVER! Your BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂💓🎂🍦🍰🍨

[@bebianaribeiro9898]

Happy birthday to the twins!!!

[@theprasterlife6107]

Amazing find! I will definitively order some stuff soon, I looked and they have a drop area 10 minutes from me at a Lowe’s parking lot 😊 thank you!!

[@mandaleemilly6367]

I use my tomato slicing knife more than any other knife I own, you’ll love it!

[@kyliecasey6428]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rosie!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 I hope you get everything you wished for and loads more 🙂 Have AN AMAZING Day! Today! Celebrating THE Best Day EVER! Your BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂💓🎂🍦🍰🍨

[@simplydanlrene4276]

We get our food grade twisting lids that fit on our 5 gallon buckets that we have rice, beans, baking flour, oats, etc at Home depot.

[@saraoviedo503]

We eat a lot of polenta with bolognesa sause in Argentina. We love it!

[@jannethpatterson1472]

Happy birthday little ones and also to u Angie

[@beccascraps8141]

do you live where there's earthquakes? if so, you might want to run some twine through the holes on the shelves where you put your jars. to kind of form a ledge, if that makes sense. Or some other means of accomplishing that. Also, keep in mind that a family your size will go through a LOT of beans. We eat beans regularly because we are mostly organic, and we used about 6-7 cups per week (appx 2 family size meals- 8 in our home) which is about 3-3.5 lbs. And WAIT- Polenta is grits?!? holy cow, mind blown. Another thing, i'm not through the video yet so this might be covered, but with beans and rice you will want a BUNCH of seasonings, beans and rice will get seriously boring otherwise, and mix it up, rice can be savory but also sweet.

[@natalielorenz7543]

How exciting starting your food storage, nothing wrong with being prepared in these uncertain times. 👍🏻 Lots of shelves there for a plethora of paper goods! Toilet paper being the most important apparently-we have all learned this lesson! Lol 🤪

[@newbeginningnewme6788]

Happy Birthday Ivy and Amelia. Happy Early birthday to you Angie and Rosie.

[@newbeginningnewme6788]

@Dylan Elijah I am well, how are you?

[@newbeginningnewme6788]

@Dylan Elijah I am from Oregon, you?

[@newbeginningnewme6788]

@Dylan Elijah no worries! Have a great day!

[@kyliecasey6428]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ivy!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 I hope you get everything you wished for and loads more 🙂 Have A Super AMAZING Day! Today! Celebrating THE Best Day EVER! Your BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂💓🎂🍦🍰🍨

[@Ceelle2]

Loved Benji's face as you said a "hill of beans." It was like Mom...why are you talking like that?

[@heathercheatham2598]

That’s exciting you’ve been able to get the garage done and start making your extended pantry. My grandparents had a spot in their basement they used for storing home canned things and the temp because it was mostly underground was like a root cellar. So you have a place maybe you could put in a root cellar so you don’t have to buy a window unit? I used to do azure standard here in the NGA mountains. I was thinking I’d like to get a few more things again in bulk for our 7 person family but first we must clean the garage so we have some place to put it since we moved into a smaller home last year.

[@neffertinagerman1476]

I was thinking about that for our family too. I already have a stockpile for all of our other items

[@juliebrenner246]

Another vlogger loves this assure pick up

[@jenniferaustin4398]

I say the long tail cat thing all the time!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 People are always, "Where do you get this stuff from!?" 🤣🤣🤣 And the Babe reference, you are my people! 💃

[@tonyahooker5839]

Y’all are in my area! Just a few miles from my home. Your pickup that is😊

[@lovely4833]

Pretty cool. I just checked and they deliver super close to us. Hope to hear an update on how it goes and how you like everything.

[@PlainANDplaid]

How cool!!

[@mkabs19]

I have that shirt!! Love it Angie!

[@kyliecasey6428]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Amelia!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 I hope you get everything you wished for and loads more 🙂 Have A Super AWESOME Day! Today! Celebrating THE Best Day EVER! Your BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂💓🎂🍦🍰🍨

[@courtneycrecca7750]

I love my tomato knife... definitely well worth it!!

[@cathyaddison26]

Happy birthday girls hope you all have a great birthday love from Arkansas

[@lillipad3503]

Im prepping as well. Buys tin foods as well as bottle foods. Dry onions in those huge tins, loads of spices, rice, all kinds pastas, noodles, pkts soups, cubes, flower etc. Also different types of fried sausages (Wurst&Speck). I bottled in mixtures of fresh veggies (paprika/onion/tomatoe/petersil) as basis or side dish. Also going to bake biscuits and rusks etc. Hopefully this would not be needed. Im also eating twice a day and will reduce to 1,5 times.

[@kimberly-557]

Love the music! ✌ xx

[@carolinarodriguez5752]

Happy Birthday Milly Moo and Chicken!! Will we see Grandnonna in a future vlog?! ☺️

[@amybostic1439]

I LOVE grits!!! Real butter and lots of fresh pepper with fried eggs and toast 🐽

[@ShaylaM123]

ROSIE IS 10 ?!🤯 WOW!! , and I have been following since the beginning!!

[@TheAshleyCarter]

We’ve done a drop spot pick up like this before. May have even been from the same company- azure standard. Worked well for us.

[@kated2147]

That seems like a cool service. Unfortunately, I live in a pretty rural area and the nearest drop is a 3 hour drive. It’s just me but I just bought my first house and am planning on building up some storage now that I’ll have the space. Especially since I’m moving to a smaller town and it’ll be a 30 minute drive each way to get to any kind of bigger store like a Walmart/Meijer/Target. I’ll still have access to a local grocery store but that can get expensive so if I can have a solid pantry storage built up of shelf stable things, I can primarily buy fresh stuff at the grocery store and not have to buy as much on weekly trips. I’m already planning a trip to make the hour drive to the nearest Aldi to do some stocking up once I get moved in!

[@waterbird1998]

I’ve heard that saying about the long tail cats. I’m from southern Indiana.

[@shelbyborghi4815]

Happy birthday girls....my birthday is on thursday!! :)

[@terrimccullough724]

I'm with you Angie. I've been on a food prepping kick as well. Just a gut feeling. Had to laugh when you said "not funny when you are hungry" Just said the same thing to my hubby last night!

[@lisadickey1174]

Nothing wrong with being prepared

[@bamaprepper]

great video thank you