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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper are you wondering what's the cheapest way that you can be prepping
have a large amount of food for emergencies how to get started with your
long term emergency food storage and what's an easy simple basic food for Preppers prepping well you may
have heard all the jokes about rice and beans beans and rice but it isn't really
a joke the reason people tell you grab 20 pounds of rice grab 20 pounds of
beans and they tell you to do that first add that first to your emergency survival long term food storage stockpile well there's a simple reason in a real
emergency situation survival 20 pounds of rice and 20 pounds of beans could feed one
person for an entire month one pound of beans equals 1,600 calories
one pound of rice also has 1600 calories if you plan for an average adult to need
2,000 calories per day 20 pounds of rice and 20 pounds of beans are going to more
than equal the amount of food you would need in a month in an emergency situation enough food to eat your 2,000 calories
per day times 30 days in a month is 60,000 calories do some simple math the
1,600 calories times 20 pounds of rice and 20 pounds of beans is going to give
you that correct amount of calorie count in your food for emergency survival situations enough food beans and rice are also
going to be a great way to pack in some carbohydrates and some protein is that
the optimum meal that you want to eat every single day well of course the
answer is no but if you had nothing else to eat in an emergency hardship situation would you be happy to have a pot
of rice and beans that's how you decide if you're willing to stockpile rice and
beans are you willing to spend the amount of money stocking up on 20 pounds
of rice and 20 pounds of beans so that you could have enough food for one
person for a month no matter what the price of rice and beans varies where you live and which
store you go to shop but you can usually find them in bulk prices large bags and bring
them home 20 pounds at a time but if you don't have that kind of money to make
that initial investment stock them up one bag at a time maybe a 1-pound bag
two pound bag of rice or beans and begin to bring home the bags of cheap food from the grocery store when you
shop then little by little you can grow your food storage so that you have
enough food in your prepping suppies prepper pantry stored properly rice and beans can last for thirty years or even
longer but you need to make sure that you store the food in a cool dry place you
need to store the food out of the air in a container that can't be chewed open or
infested by rodents or insects so you can't just bring the rice and beans home in a bag and
put them in your pantry and expect them to remain there fresh as possible for
the longest period of time you need to seal the food up in an airtight container it
can be as simple as sealing them into a jar I like to store rice and beans in my
extra canning jars it's a nice size they're easy to move
around they're easy to keep track of and you can tell in your pantry what you
have how much is in your food storage you can use the metal lids and rings to seal your stored food in jars as is but it's better if you add
an oxygen absorber to the jar or if you have the FoodSaver vacuum sealer food saver to use the attachment that
vacuum seals the jars with the food saver attachment but sealing the food in the
jars is a very good start to keeping the air out some people like to store rice
and beans in food grade buckets you can get the buckets sometimes at the grocery store
go to the bakery department and ask them I've had good luck with that and they
give them away for free every time I've asked for buckets you do need to check and make sure
that your lid has the rubber gasket inner seal that's what's going to seal
it up so that it's airtight if the bucket lid doesn't have the rubber gasket
it's not good for storing food for it to last you could store other goods in your
bucket it's still a useful bucket but you need that rubber gasket to make it
sealed up tight for your food you can just store the food in the bucket with a
tight-fitting lid and that'll store it for a long period of time but a better
way would be to get the mylar pouches and seal it in a mylar bag where you add
an oxygen absorber and seal up the mylar bag one of the
problems with using buckets to store food is that the bucket can hold 30 to 35 pounds of rice and beans and
that could be too much for you to carry around or move or it could be too much
for you to want to open at one time you can get smaller size mylar bags seal food
up into smaller amounts and keep several of those in your bucket another way to
get the longest life out of your rice and beans is to buy them already sealed
in a number-10 can if you buy the food in the number ten cans they have about 5
pounds of food you can buy them from the LDS or the Mormon Church online they
come in a case of six cans of rice or six cans of beans the prices vary or another good option
is to look at walmart.com you can buy the Augason Farms rice and beans
those cost a little bit more than the cans of food that you get from the LDS mormon Church
but they're also sealed up to last for 30 years they're in a size that's handy
to use it's not too heavy to move around and most of us could use up five pounds
of rice or five pounds of beans at one time rather than 35 pounds from a bucket
you can also buy them already sealed in a big bucket from Augason Farms and
the beauty of that is if you're buying them in a bucket or a can that's been
sealed they're already packaged and everything to last for 30 years if you
bring home a big bag of rice you may pay less for it but then you have to figure
out the cost of the bucket you need the cost of the mylar bags you need the cost
of the oxygen absorbers and they may not be readily available where you live so
it's up to you to decide do you want to start small do you want to start with a
middle-sized or do you want to go all in and get a big bucket full of rice and beans for food storage decide for
yourself how much rice and beans would it take so you had enough to feed your
family for 30 days if things go bad in the world that's a cheap way to have a
bountiful supply of foods you can feed your family we never know what's coming
that's why we need to stock up as we go make sure you're buying foods you'll
actually eat and then rotate the food incorporate
these kind of foods in your day-to-day menu plans doesn't mean eat rice and
beans every day serve them once a week every other week there's lots of
different ways to make soups stews casseroles all kinds of things with rice
and beans it's also important to stock up on canned goods packaged goods things foods
you can just open and eat that are ready prepared meals so that in just a
short-term emergency you say the power goes out no electricity you can just open something and
eat it that's not when you want to start cooking your rice and beans short term
emergencies you want to go to your pantry anything everyday common foods
that you're used to eating rice and beans require a lot of water for
preparation these are all dried foods that's why they last such a long time so
for every jar can or bucket of rice and beans that you stockpile make sure
you're storing water then you'll have the things you need no matter what comes along be ready with enough emergency food storage
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