Posted on 05/14/2012 6:54:22 AM PDT by stillafreemind
I am an avid canner, and I also buy flour in bulk. I was intrigued by the 15-20 year storage life for canned dry goods. If you like sales and buying extra flour, rice, dried beans and cornmeal, this may be a great help to you! You don't need a pressure canner, just your oven.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.yahoo.com ...
I’ve six 10 Kg bags of all purpose flour
and five 2.5 Kg bags of whole wheat flour.
Given a fairly dry environment, how long will flour stay good in the bag?
Are bugs a big concern?
The water, when boiling, supports the lid. In the oven there is nothing to prevent the rim of the jar from penetrating the seal all the way to the metal.
Is it possible to heat the flour then vaccuum pack it instead of canning it?
Yes, the article at the top is what we did and it is long-time storage. Stuff just cannot have oil in it.
We bought some rice flour too and will be canning it. BUT I don’t think I would can the almond or the coconut..I think there’s too much oil in it and I’d be afraid it would go rancid. But I’m always up for learning that I am wrong about something.
ping for later
I think it would basically be the same thing..so I think you can do it with no problem.
The seals would melt.
Looks interesting - thanks for posting the link. What’s the shelf life of the Keystone beef?
Makes sense.
OK. Guess I’m wrong. I was wrong once before.
Thanks for the link, COT60s. I just ordered several cases directly from them for my storeroom/stockpile.
Here:
Keystone 5yr-
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=173926
Here’s some other long-life foods:
Wise 25yr-
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=213596
Yoder 15yr-
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=173774
Wise:
http://www.wisefoodsupply.com/
Camping Survival:
http://www.campingsurvival.com/camechbu.html
MRE Depot:
http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-364/Yoders-Celebrity-Canned-Bacon/Detail
I grind my own wheat and corn for flour and cornmeal so it is fresh right then. Since baking powder doesn’t keep indefinitely, I have lots of cream of tarter, baking soda and corn starch stored to make my own baking powder.
I will do that, too. I wonder how long baking powder does last since I have several bags of SR flour and meal.
Thanks Cart, this is the type of info I pay you the big bucks for:>)
http://shop.conserva.de/long-term-food/What-about-the-shelf-life-of-canned-food
And that is why I'm not spending a fortune on MREs. For a few hundred bucks you can lay in 6 months worth of food for 2 adults.
My pleasure!
We've been experimenting with it to see how it works best.
You can use it to make hash by frying with diced canned potatoes and canned carrots. I also made some very good beef stew with it.
If you come up with any good recipes, ping me/us.
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