STORING RICE 2 WAYS FOR WORLDWIDE FOOD SHORTAGES

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[@laurabee8174]

Good idea rounding the corners of the mylar bags.

[@noreenharewood8675]

Here in the Caribbean, we have always stored our rice in buckets with common salt and Bay leaves ( don't ask me why salt because I grew up seeing my mom do it like that!) When the rice is ready for use we wash it a few times to remove any salt residue. I'm aware that some people don't wash rice but we do. We don't have access to mylar bags so this is the first time I'm seeing it done like that. Interesting video! Thanks and blessings always!

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I'm gonna have to look that up. Maybe there's something behind the salt. I know it preserves meat and other things... I wash my rice too!

[@yhird]

Two days ago I opened a bucket of rice that I vacuum sealed 12 years ago. The mylar bag seal was intact and the rice wad in perfect condition. Vacuum preservation works when done properly. I am certain the rice would have been preserved for at least 30 years in the vacuum sealed mylar bag. Cheers.

[@lynnmorales1965]

Once you open them can you reseal them if you don’t use it all?

[@yhird]

@@lynnmorales1965 I have never tried to re-seal or vacuum a mylar bag after opening it. I use a large 5 gallon mylar bag in a 5 gallon bucket with two 2,000cc oxygen absorbers. This will preserve 35 pounds of rice in a 5 gallon bucket very well. I only open preserved food that I intend to consume. If I need to place the food back into long term storage, I would use a new mylar bag with new oxygen absorbers to make sure the food is vacuum sealed correctly. Cheers.

[@romainejayne1811]

@@lynnmorales1965 Of course and the sooner the better! Or, you can just vac seal in smaller amounts to last like say a month or 3 just to avoid having to reseal product over and over. Keep product intact longer, too! Having sealing!

[@hppyabuela]

You can vacuum seal mylar bags?

[@yhird]

@@hppyabuela Yes. I use oxygen absorbers. I am unfamiliar with other methods to vacuum seal mylar bags.

[@C2yourself]

You're doing great sunshine! Your kid is lucky to have you for his mom

[@initiaphillips6571]

I left my rice in the original bag, and added the oxygen pack’s. In my food grade bucket

[@susans9491]

I don’t know if you have Tractor Supply in your area, but they carry food grade buckets for about $5 each, lids are sold individually for under $3 each.

[@kennethparker2168]

We just opened some beans that were packed in buckets with carbon dioxide to displace the oxygen that was 26 years old and we cooked them up and they tasted just fine

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Awesome!!!

[@davidpotter9462]

I got 4 more buckets for the same thing. I have one bucket with rice and beans, lol. They're in one pound bags. I have 20 buckets for dry goods and one for water. There's one surprise bucket that has sugar, corn meal, rice, noodles, a cake mix, powdered eggs.

[@dagneytaggart7707]

Stores that have more Hispanic foods, often carry many spices in larger amounts, at lower prices. Bay leaves are easy to get in larger quantities in such stores.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Thanks for that suggestion!

[@Pmwalls46]

@@sunshinestatesurvival Hi Sunshine !! Vitacost Organic Frontier bay leaves 1 lb. bag. 20% off right now I think. 🥰

[@Pmwalls46]

@@sunshinestatesurvival I tried to paste the Vitacost link but it wouldn’t let me.

[@muskokaoma7470]

With all the recalls on foods we have been having I tape the portion of the packaging to the container im using for storage so I have the important info like the bar code, lot number and best before date. Makes it possible to find recalled foods in my pantry.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

That's a great idea!

[@carmenn5609]

So True! I purchased the huge peanut butters & then there was a recall and had to take them back to Costco, I didn't have a receipt but they were able to track the item purchased.

[@susans9491]

Good thinking!

[@ronicarbine8723]

Food grade buckets are designed for direct contact with food. I would think if you are storing food in mylar bags the grade of bucket is not that big of a deal

[@jeff-fm5nz]

Not filling 5gal buckets anymore. Im filling large totes..... holds 100lbs of rice and 64 lbs of beans, because I think it will be months not years before we need them. Thanks for what you do and stay safe

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I feel the same. I don't think I'll be storing this stuff for 5 or 10 years...

[@glennagoss7335]

Great. I missed you.

[@JT-2012]

Love how you got them to track down and retrieve the buckets.👍. You're awesome. Nice job. Since there's just the 2 of us, I put rice in gallon Mylar bags too.😀

[@gardengirl7258]

I’ve gotten bug from the bay leaves into my flour. So, freeze the bay leaves first just as you do the rice and flour. After I started freezing the leaves, I’ve not had another problem.

[@ronicarbine8723]

I think if you are storing rice etc in mylar with oxygen absorbers freezing is not necessary. Bugs need oxygen to survive. If you have removed all oxygen bugs can not survive.

[@minivandreamin1789]

The 20lb bags of rice raised by $1 here this week. Those buckets are still $4 something at our Walmart. I guess I need to grab a couple more.

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

One thing's for certain. The least effective way to store food is in cardboard boxes - especially when they're delivered to doorsteps.

[@laurievoelker9005]

Thanks 😊 🙏

[@noreenharewood8675]

It's only in recent times that I discovered that bay leaves are actually bottled and sold. We have such a large amount of trees here in Barbados that we only have to ask someone for some bay leaves. I'd send you some if I knew how.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Well that's great!

[@gloriabrown3805]

They sell at Walmart in the bakery used icing buckets for $1.

[@Inthesouth2]

I bought lid openers from Amazon so the lids can be used over and over. I put a lid opener on every 3 buckets with a zip tie. To remove the lid openers from the bucket handle I twist it and it snaps right off.

[@judiehavard4903]

Bay Leaves are supposed to kill weevils as well.

[@TXJan0057]

I use my tea pitcher to hold up my bags when I fill them. The bag fits snugly so not as likely to fall over or spill.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Good idea!

[@tonijurkones8373]

Hello 👋

[@debrasfrugallife3703]

Home Depot has food grade buckets cheaper if you have one . I buy two buckets every paycheck. I stored rice, beans and sugar . I dehydrate my own veggies and sore in them buckets as well. Great to have

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Thanks. I'll check it out, because Home Depot is not too far from my work.

[@conspiracyfifteensixteenth5756]

I have some buckets that are 5 years old and still no Bug's..

[@lissacrane3898]

Love the tip about cutting the sharp edges! TY!

[@CarolinaOmaSteph]

I go to Walmart bakery every week to get 5 gallon food grade bucket with lid for $1

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I used to go to Publix to get them, but the bakery ladies told me they're no longer giving him away :(

[@pennycox1432]

@@sunshinestatesurvival I've gotten mine from there , but my son works there .

[@nancycarney]

I do use the blue ones for storage of Mylar bags. I do freeze my flour before. I have not frozen my rice. All bags have an oxygen pouch. I also have several 1/2 gallon Ball jars with rice and flour that I heat sealed. I only have sugar, rice, oats and flour in 5 gallon buckets. Working on cornmeal and dried beans in 5 gallon buckets.

[@judiehavard4903]

You can use a bucket with lid to make a bug out bucket for emergencies. The bucket can be your seat as well. And will help keep your items dry. Are easily thrown in the truck of car or back of vehicle.

[@jrm2716]

Thanks for the tip about bay leaf. Yes, I am someone who has had mice eat right through a bucket. They only seem to bother with the buckets out of plain view. I plan on using bay leaf from now on (a move my storage out of sight). I placed an order for bags and some other stuff. I appreciate your advice. Tfs.

[@jdmaine919]

I'm wondering if it would be better to just vacuum seal with my Food Saver and store in a galvanized metal can with a lid? I get that the plastic buckets are easy to stack and move, etc., but they're also expensive. I can get a steel 31gallon trash can with lid at WM for about $26.

[@mjhepburn11]

My mother always kept bay leaves in her 25 lb bag of flour in the pantry, and we never had problems with insects in the bag.

[@jrm2716]

@@jdmaine919 I have my buckets from years ago. So no cost to me. I also have used the large cans and they work fine. The only issue with for me is that the lids sometimes get knocked off, as they don't fit as tightly as the plastic ones.

[@janeywelch9983]

Girl, I love your thorough, foolproof ways! Waste not, not want!

[@IrishAnnie]

I vacuum seal bags and they are air tight. Nothing can live in a zero oxygen environment. They are hard as a brick after sealing them.

[@debbienielsen368]

Our TSC (Tractor Supply) has the food grade buckets for $4.98. (Central Arkansas) If you have one close, check them out. As always, your information is spot on! Thank you! #Keepprepping

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I wish I had one close by.

[@pinschrunner]

@@sunshinestatesurvival we have 2 near us

[@TheresOnlyOneWayToRock]

Good demo. Thanks!

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Great video. Ty sunshine. Love all your videos.

[@yukonsmomma3562]

Thanks Sunshine!

[@kevinhullinger8743]

Well done 👍 thank you 🙏

[@nikkihole2481]

So going to be doing this. Thank you. 😊

[@survivorgal2137]

I have to try this

[@questionasker1749]

Good video!❤

[@salonsavy6476]

Thank you sunshine 🤗🤗

[@nikkihole2481]

I like the bucket with bay 🍃

[@janakubin2547]

Nice to see you 😊☕️

[@briancarr186]

Good plan. Thank you.

[@greekveteran2715]

You're wonderful! Thanks for all the knowledge you share! God bless you all!!!

[@kenbach1574]

Good job lady thank you

[@cottonpreppinpoor2709]

If y'all have a Rural King round there they have em for just under $4 n 50% goes to veterans services.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I don't have one very close to me, but I'd be wrong to take a trip!

[@sherrykelly39]

We enjoy your videos Sunshine

[@daval5563]

Thank you for your video. After hearing about "Bugs in the rice" so many times and never freezing a bag of rice in my life, I went through 35 buckets checking every one with rice in it and not a bug. Some of these buckets were from 2019, 2020. Then again I'm in Canaduh and I think they irradiate all the containers coming into the country to kill any invasive species. But what do I now? Our bags of rice are 8kg (17.6 lbs) and I just leave the rice in the original bag and pack assorted dry goods with it. I never pack glass or wet stuff in a bucket. That way I can stash the dry goods outside and they will not be harmed by our long, cold, and freezing dark winters. Good luck eh? We're all going to need it now.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Well that's definitely good to hear! And that was very diligent of you to go through all of those buckets to check!

[@flakathy890]

If you store the buckets outside during the winter, isn't that like putting the rice in the freezer? I've lived in Florida all my life so I don't know what it's like to live in frigid temps.

[@daval5563]

@@flakathy890 Yep it would work and I only put dry goods that can't be hurt by freezing in my wilderness stash.

[@susans9491]

Here in Vermont we just put the bags of rice in the back of our SUV or car and leave them there for a while during the winter. It’s plenty cold to freeze, and the extra weight can provide additional traction on icy roads!

[@roguegypsy7827]

I buy the square 4 gallon buckets and 25 lbs of product fits in them. Easier for me to handle.

[@phillopez9223]

Love your channel!! Great informative video today!! Will do exactly as you have shown!! Thank you!!!’✔️✔️👍👍

[@dwaynehelton4504]

Great tips I'll have to check out my Lowe's, I didn't know they had the buckets. Thanks

[@shaeden77]

I’ve learned so much from you.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I've learned even more from you guys!

[@susaninthehouse768]

I vac seal in quart bags with absorber and bay leaf, fill bucket up and gamma lid.

[@Bob-67]

We have 5 litre food grade tubs for storing rice. Not too heavy when full. Got them from Amazon.

[@kentuckyready]

Do not use the blue lowes buckets!! I found out the hard way!! I had 4 and all 4 the bottoms split open and I had bugs get in my oats.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

That's why I don't use those blue buckets unless I'm using mylar bags as well. You can tell that the plastic is much much thinner than the ones that are labeled food grade buckets.

[@eddiealexander8362]

We have lots of rice and beans put back as well as sugar to flavor it up

[@MellowBunnies]

I once was taking a walk in the middle of a grown pine tree forest and came soon an old storm cellar. The trees must have been at least 20or 30 years old and grew up around the cellar. I peaked inside and on a shelf was an old glass jar with dry beans in it. I didn't open the jar up but the beans still looked good. I left the jar where I found it when I got out of the cellar. It was there that long and wasn't mine to take. I know this story isn't about rice but goes to show if you package rice or beans properly they will last a long time.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I love this story and it makes me ponder the mindset of the person who owned the celler.

[@MellowBunnies]

@@sunshinestatesurvival I've wondered the same thing. This was back in the late 1980's and I wonder if anyone else found it. I wish I could remember the exact location. Somewhere in Arkansas on one if my hikes.

[@JT-2012]

Cool story. I wonder what happened to the owner?

[@flakathy890]

I need to get out and get some buckets. I think Tractor Supply still has them at a lower price. Dollar Tree carries rubber mallets. My store doesn't always have them in stock but I kept looking until they were restocked.

[@KitchenWitch423]

Freezing it won’t prevent weevil eggs from hatching. I don’t bother anymore.

[@wellarmedwife166]

put your mylar bag in a large pitcher to fill....then use a large funnel to pour...makes life infinitely easier

[@preppersone506]

It warms my heart to know I will be fed and taken care of when SHTF I really don't like rice but you can whip up some other stuff you have and bring me a beer every now and then 😊

[@mjhepburn11]

I've been getting free food grade 5 gallon (and smaller) buckets from local grocery store bakeries. Meijer and Sam's Club have been my best places, but my local hometown grocery store has been good too. The tabbed lids have a gasket, and seal well with a rubber mallet. I'm sure you could purchase the snap on lids from Lowe's if you didn't like the lids they came with. I haven't tried a screw on lid.

[@pennycox1432]

I've gotten mine from Publix ...

[@SpeckledBird1]

I got the lids that screw on after you "snap" the ring on bucket... well..I can't get the ring to snap on...ugh...I bought a rubber mallet and it's not working 🤯...it goes on most the way around but almost half of the one side won't snap down.. I don't know what to do now...do you have any tips for snapping these rings on...HELP! 🤦🤗😄😬🥵🥴going bonkers here😂

[@Pmwalls46]

@@SpeckledBird1 I’ve read if you have that issue to soak the lid in hot water to make it give a little. However I’d be worried about not getting it completely dry and water settling around the gasket, which would surely turn to mold. I wonder if using a hair dryer on the gasket to heat it up a little would make it more pliable would work ? If you try that and it helps, try to share that on your original post (if you can find it) 🥰

[@SpeckledBird1]

@@Pmwalls46 I got them on quite awhile back...took a man with muscles lol...this fibromyalgia 🤦but thank you...I won't be doing anymore rice... stopping at 70lbs lol

[@Pmwalls46]

@@SpeckledBird1 Glad he helped you out 😊. Oh boy, I haven’t acquired that much rice yet, but think I’m getting more today. 👍

[@dottiea.2186]

Gama lids, they are great...good prices too..👍🇺🇸😀

[@SpeckledBird1]

Yeah, I've got 2 and I can't get the ring to snap on the bucket😰🥴🥵🤯 I've tried a rubber mallet even... almost half of it won't snap on all the way down...what am I doing wrong? Have any ideas? Appreciate any help 😁🤔

[@dickcurrey21]

Seeing how I am packing it with the intention of storing it for years I do not trust labels and write with a sharpie right on the lid.

[@Utah_Mike]

💯 great job. This food “may” save your family lives, no reason to skimp. To the rafters means to the rafters!

[@sharriceowens913]

Girl I get my buckets from the flea market $2.50 and I just vacuum seal and put the food in that. You don't need the oxygen absorbers when u vacuum seal..so unsave on that too

[@hoosierpreppingnurse]

You can also use a regular iron and a piece of wood or heat resistant surface.

[@hoosierpreppingnurse]

@The Scourge I firm surface is recommended. I’m not sure about the padding on an ironing board. You could take that off. For a 5 gallon bag I would lower the ironing board to the floor. Those 5 gallon bags can be heavy.

[@Tammy-qi5pk]

Very well-done tutorial! Thank you 😊

[@angelam4258]

should have put the rice bag in the bucket too, less of a workout

[@Inthesouth2]

Girlie I went to Dollar Tree here today. Noooooooo food. Only candy and junk food. I was so shocked

[@herrprepper2070]

My grandmother said that during the Great Depression, hobos would come to the door and ask for food. Times were so bad, that a single soybean would have to feed a family of 8.

[@janet5073]

It is expensive the buckets and Mylar bags I mean. If I can only prep a years worth of rice, beans, and flour then it most likely will not get any bugs or critters within the year (I freeze rice and flour) I store mine in tubs still in original bags.

[@carlabythelake8162]

@Janet I haven't bought a single bucket. I've picked up every single one I have for free from grocery store bakeries. They have to be washed like crazy to get the frosting smell out, but they are FREE.

[@wildrosecottage9844]

Thank you for the ideas to keep on top of the prepping game!! 💜

[@AmyBethB]

Can you show us a link on Lowes for the buckets please.

[@jeannaradford1591]

Go to the bakery and ask if they have icing buckets. Sam's started selling them, but 2 bucks. Lots of other places give them to you free.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I used to get free buckets from Publix, but the ladies there told me that they stopped doing that and they have to send them back to the vendor right now :(

[@jeannaradford1591]

@@sunshinestatesurvival yes at Sam's they started getting annoyed when i asked. Eventually they sell them. I like the 3lb ones i got from Schuncks. They were very friendly about giving them out. I have the kids ask now.

[@Shadowcat1954]

Excellent. I just received my Mylar bags and need to know how to store my rice correctly. Perfect timing. Thank you!

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Awesome!! It's super easy, you got this

[@winterwolf2012]

I dry heat all my white rice, 20# at a time in the oven. Some will go in a 5 gal. bucket, some in vacuum seal bags ... no O.A... Do this & you will never have a problem with bugs from within!!! Even if the seal breaks, rice will remain bug free inside. This is how we do it in the Florida Keys. 250F for 1 hour.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Thanks for that tip!

[@quaysha1]

How long do you keep it in the oven and at what temperature?... also do you know if you can do this with wheat berries or dried corn?

[@pinschrunner]

@@quaysha1 I would NOT do that with corn because it will just make it harder

[@winterwolf2012]

@@quaysha1 Gave reply, someone removed it.

[@quaysha1]

@@winterwolf2012 thanks for replying, i saw your edited comment 💯

[@conspiracyfifteensixteenth5756]

Great Content! I myself also use these same buckets . I just put oxygen absorbers a little tea pouch with bayleaves and some whole dried cayenne 🌶.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Do you put the O2 absorbers right into the bucket with no mylar bags? I might do that, just for good measure. Probably 5 of the 400cc's will be good.

[@romainejayne1811]

Excellent video! You're absolutely correct when the average person catches on the frenzies will begin. I believe it's coming sooner than later, and I've dreaded that day...Yes, I'm 65 with injuries. I use the 4 lbs. white food grade square buckets. They stack very well in minimum space, too. I vacuum seal beans, rice, flour, plain potato flakes, cornmeal, pasta, salt, pepper, onion powder garlic powder, you name in smaller amounts to last me say 3-4 months, so I don't have to keep opening my buckets and resealing. Then I put the separately vac sealed foods in the big 5-gallon mylar bags sealed with 02 absorbers, throw another 02 absorber in the bucket and seal it up!!! And, whoever's reading this do not put 02 absorbers in your sugar. It will cause it to turn to rock. You WILL actually require a hammer and chisel to use it!

[@pinschrunner]

If your sugar hardens, just use a cheese grater. Easy peasy. Not the worst thing in the world

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Keep it up. Keep stacking and doing what you're doing!

[@romainejayne1811]

@@sunshinestatesurvival Thank you!

[@gloriabrown3805]

I read that bay leaves attract them with the smell.If they mistakenly eat it for food they die.🤷‍♀️.Good video.

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Thank you. Because I knew that the Bay leaves kept something away, so I misspoke when I said it keeps rats away!

[@floridaglitz]

That’s exactly how I store my rice….With Bay leaves….Even my beans & never had a problem ❤️ Walmart here just raised the price on the rice it’s $9.78 now…..Running again to grab a couple more….Thanks !

[@tortiecat6459]

Excellent video and great instruction on how to store rice. I've done all of what you mentioned with the freezing it for at least four days, and adding bay leaves, but when it was ready to store, I kept the rice in their original containers and put them in the food grade buckets. For me, it was easier to do. I hope that won't affect the quality of it when it's time to use it. Thanks for another great video.

[@RiceaRoni354]

Someone needs to invent a mylar bag funnel. Something attached to a clip so you can just pour it in through the funnel. And wouldn’t round mylar bags be cool so they fit flat in a stack?

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

You need to patent it!

[@ortizblancajazmin]

🥹 I have my buckets inside a shed out side and yes I am from florida too , every morning I open the shed door but still hot , sadly I don’t have enough room inside my tiny house , what I can do ??? I don’t want my food to go bad

[@tc41089]

Food grade DE is good to use to keep buggies out .

[@pinschrunner]

Food grade DE does not keep bugs out but it does slice their innards IF they consume it

[@deborahpierce1504]

Bugs can’t live without air. I vacuum seal my rice In small portions and place in bucket. Place some bay leaves.. think I am good to go. Right?

[@kingmanta7679]

I didn't let my frozen rice thaw for 4 days, just 1 day. Hope its not all moldy. Now I'm worried

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I probably go overboard letting it thaw for 4 days...You might try opening one of your packages of rice to see what it looks like inside.

[@carlabythelake8162]

I vacuum seal my rice first into bags, then freeze. Then I leave it out to warm up, and wipe off the condensation. Then into the bin it goes. I check it periodically and so far so good.

[@deloresmelly8060]

I always freeze my rice, flour, grits for 3 or 4 days, then out for 3 or 4 days. I put Bay Leaves in all my dry ingredients to store for long terms (Mylar bags). Thanks for sharing. Stay safe & stack as much as you can or can afford.

[@DianaTorez]

Idk why but no matter how hard I try not to spill rice I always do lol

[@SlimShady771]

Do u eat the wevel eggs to when u cook the rice? Lol had to ask. Haha

[@alejandrocabrera3380]

I would like to know how many pounds of rice per person per year to store... ? I was looking for this info but couldn't find anything

[@lisalou2789]

hi thanks for all the great tips! 💞 So when you use the buckets you only need bay leaves you dont need to put oxygen absorbers in?

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I usually don't use oxygen absorbers unless I'm putting things in canning jars or in my large bags...BUT I did another bucket of rice the other day and added 4 of the 400cc oxygen absorbers to the top, just because. I guess I'll find out if it works in a bucket!

[@jackieperez9922]

I tried the smaller 2.5 gallon bucket (lowes) but had trouble getting the lid to seal. Anyone else have that problem?

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I haven't tried the smaller buckets from Lowes...

[@jeny73]

Thank you for this very helpfull video.I have one questions.If you put the rice flour or sugar the buckets you put inside oxigen absorted also or just bay leaves? Thankyou for answering☺️

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I've done both with and without O2 absorbers. If your bucket has a gasket, and you use enough oxygen absorbers with the rice (loose rice), it does create an air tight seal. You need quite a few O2 absorbers

[@Pmwalls46]

@Anisz 73 Just don’t use oxygen absorbers in your sugar. It will turn into a rock.

[@Shadowcat1954]

I have a gasket sealed, Sterlite container that I have stashed about thirty boxes of pasta. They cost more but I have used to store pasta bags and boxes. Dang if I didn't see a weevil crawling in there after I just added four more boxes. Obviously from the store. Should we freeze pasta before storing? In Mylar bags, too? Also, how to store oats. I put them in Ziploc bags and froze them. Do I now need to do moisture absorbers and the oxygen absorbers in the Mylar bags?

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I suppose it can't hurt to freeze pasta, as long as it doesn't make it more brittle and break/ crack. I'm wondering though, if you stored it with the store packaging, if the packaging itself was the problem...

[@Shadowcat1954]

I think so. I just read a post on a prepper site stating they bought two loaves of bread. Froze one. Opened the other to eat and found weevils! I've never found weevils in a loaf of store bought bread. Thanks for helping with my questions. Blessings❣️

[@AJK278]

You may have covered it in a previous video but I would love to know how you are storing your dog food?

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

I can't get very far ahead on the bagged, dry dog food because it will go rancid over time, so I isually juat have 70-100 lbs on hand. I just store it in a large food tote, that has a snap on lid/ gasket to make as air tight as possible. I like to store up canned dog food, because it will last quite a bit longer than the dry dog food. And as a backup, I know my dog will eat just about any kind of canned meat (although its high in salt, so it may need to be rinsed off a bit), canned carrots, peas and rice... And probably just about anything else he can get his sneaky little paws on.

[@pennycox1432]

I wonder if you can do dog food in mylar bags too.

[@danniemcdonald4903]

Are the cheaper lids one-time use? If you open them, can you re-use them? I was confused when you mentioned "zipping it off". If so, you would have to wait until you had enough to completely fill it?

[@noreenharewood8675]

If you can imagine how a vial with tablets that is sealed looks,then that's how those lids are. I would imagine that they can still be used after the seal is broken but you would have to use a mallet to close them firmly. I have one bucket with the same lid sealed with rice but I have no intention of opening it up in a long time

[@danniemcdonald4903]

@@noreenharewood8675 Thanks!

[@Pmwalls46]

@@danniemcdonald4903 They make a certain tool to remove those lids. It’s just called a bucket lid opener. Amazon and hardware stores sell them and they’re not expensive.

[@CrazyCatLady0410]

I'm doing mine in jars. It's only me and I can't carry to heavy of things

[@sunshinestatesurvival]

Awesome! Do what works best for you :)