To: Kartographer
I use a FoodSaver vac sealer to make 5lb bags of rice and 1Lb. bags of beans/lentils/etc...
Then I seal them in 5 gal. buckets that have rubber O-rings.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
The reason you use Mylar when packing long term storage is it is virtually impenetrable by oxygen. Plastic even that used in vacuum bags allows oxygen in over time.
8 posted on
08/18/2011 12:31:50 PM PDT by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
How many bags can you get in one bucket?
Good idea, just curious.
I've got more ammo "in storage" than I do food.
Time to correct that error.......
Thanks.
10 posted on
08/18/2011 12:35:22 PM PDT by
LasVegasMac
(Have ya hit 'em in the a$$, Never let off the gas 'til ya rolled into Victory Lane?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
We also use a Food Saver to vacumn pack dried goods we buy at the grocery store. We take a bag of rice or beans and just put the whole bag in a food saver bag and then vacumn pack it.
We also make up 5 gallon buckets of wheat, oats, rice, 9 grain cereal, ezekiel mix, and different beans. We get the buckets at the grocery store bakery for $1 each and then line them with Mylar bags and put an oxygen absorber in each bag, seal it up and put on the lid. We also keep a few cases of MRE’s and #10 cans of freeze dried veggies and TVP meat.
45 posted on
08/18/2011 1:23:29 PM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Food saver bags don’t last very long. They get very brittle.
55 posted on
08/18/2011 2:20:55 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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