Long Term Food Storage

[bigshooter]

I have ordered from both mredepot.com and honeyvillegrain.com multiple times and have been pleased with their product/service.

also these guys:

http://www.shopsimplerliving.com/

[Outlander Systems]

Somebody say long-term food storage?

[Vic303]

Hey Landlord, what are you using to keep track of expiration dates on your stuff? Having had a can of pineapple juice & a can of spaghetti sauce both fail at the same time and leak all over the place, I have become more concerned with canned good rotation than I was in the past.

(you need more Rotel!)
--Vic

[Heavy Metal]

Any pasta you plan to keep for any length of time should be frozen over night to kill off any grain weevil eggs or you could find weevils in your pasta at some point.

[K.L. Davis]

For frozen storage, get a small, clear plastic cup... fill with water... freeze the water... then put the cup in the freezer with a penny on top of the ice.

If you are away, or have not checked that freezer unit for a while... check the cup when you first open the freezer, if the penny is at the bottom of a cup of frozen water, then you lost power long enough for everything in there to thaw.

[SeriousStudent]

K.L. Davis - that Yoder's bacon sounds interesting. Have you tried some? If so, were you pleased with it?

And that is a great idea on the penny, I am going to do that with my freezer, thanks!

[SeriousStudent]

Somebody say long-term food storage?

I love those Idahoan dried potatoes, too! My kids eat those Loaded and Four-Cheese flavors like they are going out of style.

Sam's sells the variety pack here for a good price, and Albertson used to put them on sale for 79 cents a pack. I would stock up and buy 20 when they did that.

I have gotten good deals on big canisters of Stovetop stuffing after Thanksgiving, too.

Vic303 - does TheLandlord remind you of our friend from the bayou country?

That is quite a compliment, by the way. I admire your work, Mr. Landlord!

[chadbag]

Somebody say long-term food storage?

Those Costco shelving units are nice

The only problem is all that food is "perishable" and needs to be rotated quickly (in the long term scheme of things) or else it will go stale. You need a big family for all that

[white spaniard]

Nice setup Landlord but my wife want's to know what is up with the Publix and Target baskets?