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How to Can Flour and Dry Goods for Long-term Storage
Yahoo ^ | May 3rd, 2012 | Sherry Tomfeld

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.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: canning; canningflour; flour; food; foodprep; preppers; preservation; survival
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To: ArtDodger

I’m sure it may lessen it a bit..but it kills off the bugs and gets the moisture out so that it can tolerate the 15-20 years storage life in good shape.


21 posted on 05/14/2012 8:28:46 AM PDT by stillafreemind
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

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22 posted on 05/14/2012 8:36:47 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: stillafreemind

Information on how to pack food for long term storage, water purifaction, and dozens of other preparedness subjects can be found my Preparedness Manual. You can download it at:

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23 posted on 05/14/2012 8:40:05 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: stillafreemind; Kartographer

Excellent. Thanks for the article and ping.


24 posted on 05/14/2012 8:46:09 AM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Cowman

That’s my strategy - store the grain, buy a hand grinder.
Country Living Mill, btw.

Get the “power bar” attachment so that people with smaller forearms than popeye can grind wheat, too.


25 posted on 05/14/2012 8:46:53 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: stillafreemind

Great find - thanks for posting it.


26 posted on 05/14/2012 8:49:46 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Repubbies paid as much attention to Rush as the 'Rats we wouldn't be in this mess)
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To: editor-surveyor

I don’t mean to be argumentative, but if that were so you couldn’t use boiling water bath or pressure canners. Pressure canners reach much higher temperatures than 200 degrees, and you must pressure meat for 90 minutes.


27 posted on 05/14/2012 8:52:32 AM PDT by Library Lady
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To: PapaBear3625

You are probably right. Makes sense to me. I know air bubbles out under the lids when doing BWB, but since these are dry ingredients, it might not work that way.


28 posted on 05/14/2012 8:55:36 AM PDT by Library Lady
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To: stillafreemind

Does this method the article discusses also keeps dry goods for 15-20 years too?


29 posted on 05/14/2012 9:04:21 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: stillafreemind

Interesting..

I would have thought that the flour would last quite a while just being stored in a seal container...


30 posted on 05/14/2012 9:05:11 AM PDT by know-the-law
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To: stillafreemind
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31 posted on 05/14/2012 9:21:15 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Kartographer

Thanks for posting the link...


32 posted on 05/14/2012 9:28:59 AM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: stillafreemind

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33 posted on 05/14/2012 9:52:07 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow (Can't afford a ticket back from Suffragette City)
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To: ArtDodger
This is a great idea. I wonder, though, if any nutritional value is lost in the 200 degree heat of the products...Not being nit-picky, just curious..

It's always a good question to ask. If you think about flour, however, it's typically used in a product that is baked at 350 degrees or even higher, so it's kind of a moot point.

Some of us in my family are gluten free, and so we use a lot of almond, rice and coconut flour. Rice should be ok, but I am wondering if this will work due to the fat content of almond or coconut flour. Anybody have thoughts on this? The flours are ridiculously expensive, so I'd love to preserve my investments in these products.

34 posted on 05/14/2012 9:58:49 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Julia!!!!!! Don't Let Him Fool 'ya!!!!)
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To: stillafreemind

Sounds interesting. I store rice, oatmeal and pasta in 1/2 gallon canning jars. But I buy desiccants and oxygen absorbers to put in when I seal them.

For those of you who would like some good beef for long term storage (instead of just canned tuna and chicken) I found this source:

http://keystonemeats.com/home/

I am impressed with the quality. Basically it’s like chunks of pot roast in a can, nothing else. Some Wal-Marts carry it in Kentucky and Ohio, don’t know about anywhere else. I ordered a couple of cases directly.

You might want to call them and see if they are in retailers in your area.


35 posted on 05/14/2012 10:06:13 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: two23

Oh yeah, well I use Neon gas and replace all gas in the container with the inert neon gas then i place a rod of cobalt-60 into the container.

My food has a shelf life that is cobalt 60’s half life!


36 posted on 05/14/2012 10:09:55 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Kartographer
Hi - wondering if you have ever heard of this...whether it works or not -

Wonderbox thermal cooker pattern

37 posted on 05/14/2012 10:10:53 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Julia!!!!!! Don't Let Him Fool 'ya!!!!)
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To: Cowman

“doesn’t dried grain have an almost unlimited shelf life?”

I’ve had things like whole wheat flour and brown rice go rancid. I think it’s the oils in them that cause it.


38 posted on 05/14/2012 10:11:30 AM PDT by Outraged Infidel
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To: Cowman
Dried grain/meal is extremely vulnerable to pests, even “airtight” storage containers won't protect the contents from insect eggs already in the grains. For most people who use the product within a few weeks of purchase, this is not noticeable, but when stored for many months, meal moths and similar critters can make your grain or meal pretty nauseating to look at if nothing else...

The heating process kills the eggs.

39 posted on 05/14/2012 10:22:25 AM PDT by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
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To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
The heating process kills the eggs.

That must be why the bulk grains we used to get back on the farm lasted for months. They were dried using a hot air drying process.

40 posted on 05/14/2012 10:29:58 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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