This is the beginning of an on going project where we are going to build two 5 gallon buckets of long term storage items. During the project we will choose more items, keep track of the nutritional profile and discuss vacuum sealing, mylar bags and oxygen absorbers.
The first video went a bit long because I explained the total project and went over the first five items so watch part 1-B for the conclusion.
The first items in the bucket are 2 packages each of Garbanzo Beans, Lentils, Elbow Marconi, Cranberry Beans and one large Box of Minute Rice.
Duration : 0:7:25
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cute cat in the …
cute cat in the background! Mine is doing the exact same thing!! hehe oh! the vid is cool too…
@Profit187, Most …
@Profit187, Most American’s do have too much fat in their diets, perhaps it would be better to say too much of the wrong types of fat.
You will get no argument from me though that carbs are what has made America fat. If we create a diet high in protein, moderate in fat and very low in carbs we get very close to the way humans should be eating. Unfortunately it is very difficult to do with long term storage though. Hence why we add in a lot of veggies and combine other storage items.
Nevermind… seems …
Nevermind… seems he covers the fat issue later… would be good to mention in the setup vid though…
Huge fan of the SP. …
Huge fan of the SP… been a MSB for over a year… but “Most Americans have too much fat in their diet” is dead wrong… Bad carbs however? Without a doubt… Right on though with “easy to become fat deficient”…
Look, anyone going …
Look, anyone going through the expense to store dried goods for 20+ years is preparing for collapse when food will not be available PERIOD.
Otherwise, they’d throw it in the pantry and rotate it.
“….eat what you store, store what you eat…”
Having said that, for survival, store what does not smell and blow your cover – eg: already cooked food.
What a cop out.
So …
What a cop out.
So…”in case you lose your job”, you will spend $7.50 on a 5 gal bucket, $2 for mylar bag, $1 for oxy absorbers, add shipping and handling, and maybe even costs to keep it cool in the summer and it will cost about $15+ to store $10 worth of beans.
Not a smart investment. You would be better off keeping the money spent on food in a savings account, THEN if you lost your job you can go out and buy the dried food, NOT all the other “survival” stuff to go with it.
Or what if you get …
Or what if you get snowed in? If the smell of food cooking brings a hungry neighbor or two, well, then invite them in and share your dinner with them. Thats the idea anyway.
But if youd rather hunker down in your bomb shelter, surrounded by piles of canned food, with your tin foil hat screwed on extra tight, I say you go for it!
You miss the point. …
You miss the point. Jacks tag line is, Helping you live a better life, if times get tough, or even if they dont. Stored food is great to have even if society doesnt collapse. Perhaps you lose your job. Living on stored food will stretch the dollar a long way.
Why in God’s name …
Why in God’s name are you storing food that must be COOKED? Most canned items will last 2 years – some more than 5 years (like tuna and Dinty Stew, Spam, etc…)
Society collapses and you are the ONLY one prepped with food in your neighborhood, and you will blow your cover the first time your fellow hungrymen smell the home cookin’.
Canned food does NOT need cooking or even warming.
Cooking food after the collapse is a great way to get your house/bug out barn BURNING down Molotov style.
Hey Jack,
As I …
Hey Jack,
As I watched this project again, I had a thought about how to make it better. Could you post that list you’re referring to, or put it up as a spreadsheet on your web site? That would be really helpful! Thanks again for doing what you do!
-Cody
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key words to live …
key words to live by
Pantry
storeage what you eat is what you store
organization.
Oh I took away from this something very valuable
Toilet paper,napkins,paper towels.
Essential items. running out of these items will be tough.(not unthinkable but tough nonetheless. Some things that we take for granted are hygene related.
Thanks for posting …
Thanks for posting these videos.
I was fascinated with my Grandparent’s basement when I was a kid. They lived through the depression and kept enough food, water and paper products (TP, napkins, towels) to last months.
Food is obvious. Water is slightly less obvious. Paper products are often left out… hope you have a large, expendable library at home!
There is nothing crazy about being prepared to survive tough times. More people should be doing this.
Well as I tried to …
Well as I tried to explain in my rice in your food storage video, Rice is a great extender. 1 uncooked cup of white rice and some bullion can make 1 chicken quarter feed 3 easally
@dsarti1
You can …
@dsarti1
You can debate nutritional facts all you want but it won’t change them. As for how much fat I have, I’ve 25 lbs in the last 6 months, have about 20 more to go & don’t want to do that any faster then over 6-8 months. Faster may make good fad diets but it sends the wrong message to your body & results in a completely F’d metabolism.
Fat won’t be a problem in the project but I hope the folks with 20 buckets of rice, wheat, beans and nothing else have leaned something so far here.
ps watch my farm …
ps watch my farm update you will see my long term self multypling proten and fat to ad to the diet lol
oh come on you have …
oh come on you have enough fat stored to go several months with out eating extra fat, i could go over a year..besides going totally fat free is pretty hard to do, many plants even have oils/fats
@dsarti1,
Not if …
@dsarti1,
Not if you are fully deficient in fat in the first place. Cut fat intake to 1% or less for more then a month and very serious problems result even with plenty of carbs.
some people dont …
some people dont eat meat now and survive just fine without it
Your body will turn …
Your body will turn excess carbs into fat
@pshinspections
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@pshinspections
Your last comment was removed by accident. I apologize for that it was a mistake BUT.
I am sorry but you clearly did not LISTEN to the entire video, watch part 1-B or part 2 or Part 3-A and 3-B.? I am suggesting no such thing.
This is a LONG TERM on going project. We are just getting started. There will be well over an hour in total video by the end may be two hours.
Please don’t go correcting people if you don’t listen first. Your not as tuned in as you claim to be.
I am CONFIDENT …
I am CONFIDENT because I have meats & foods stored for YEARS to further my current dietary intake and not cause a SECOND crisis by forcing my body to adapt to foods I dont already eat DAILY.
The body doesn’t work that way.
I am not making fun of anyone, guys. I implore you to be prepared, and I applaud SP’s videos or I wouldn’t watch them. But don’t knock the preps of someone else who has already field-tested the food stuffs for months and knows what the body will expect on a daily basis.
@ …
@ FatoDrunkoAndoStupid
Yeah, for a month maybe, at a survival rate of less than 1 oz per day.
People, successful survival must equip you to be MORE active than you are now, not LESS. Forget about planning to just survive.
Lose the emotions over survival matters, dude. Get serious.
pshinspections, Did …
pshinspections, Did you watch the video?
He owns a cat AND a dog. Do you think he’s going to feed them in a survival situation?
He has more than enough fresh meat walking around his house and backyard to get him through a life threatening emergency.
@3charter How do …
@3charter How do you make those symbols like that?