For cheap food prep we have been putting back dried bulk beans. We buy them in ten pound bags and then vacuum seal them in one pound portions.
12 pounds of dried beans and rice fits nicely in one of those five gallon big box hardware store buckets. We toss a cup of salt and a generous handful of whole peppercorns, also vac sealed, into the bucket. Then you apply the lid. Get the ones with the rubber seal.
Ought to keep for at least 5 years that way.
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I sometimes like a bowl of ramen broth, but don’t eat the noodles. When I have a gallon sized bag full, I vacuum seal them and stick them in the pantry. Crap food, but it’s still food. I have some vacuum sealed packs of beans stored, and some rice, but I tend to work on the higher ticket items like canned chicken, fish and beef products. I’m not as worried about the availability of rice and beans. I spent a few months on a Pacific Island eating mostly baked beans and white bread and not much meat due to the scarcity of it. I’m sure that impacted my view of what to prep. My daughter absolutely refuses to eat beans now. Not much point in prepping food one isn’t willing to eat if looking at prepping for the bump in the road vs. zombie apocalypse.
Can one store bulk beans without the vacuum seal?
“For cheap food prep we have been putting back dried bulk beans. “
It takes a while to cook dry beans, doesn’t it? I know you soak them over night. My biggest concern is having the fuel to cook beans as long as needed. I love me some beans.