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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper everyone needs to have food stored on hand it's important
because you never know what the future can bring it could be as much as a
winter storm a power outage someone in your family is sick or economic hardship
it doesn't have to be an apocalypse for you to need a long term emergency survival food storage have some
emergency food on hand at all times and build up your stockpile supply of food until you have a bountiful long lasting
supply there are food storage rules the first rule for good food storage is to
buy shelf stable food shelf stable food is food that can store in your pantry
doesn't need to be refrigerated and has a pretty good shelf life for at least
say six months that would be food things like canned foods packaged foods dried foods
foods that can be stored live in your pantry and don't require refrigeration I know
personally in the last seven years I've lost the food in my refrigerator or my
freezer because of power outages and appliance breakdowns so don't have foods
in your freezer or your refrigerator be the only foods that you count on having
in an emergency situation then you need to store foods that you like don't stock
up on food just because they're on sale if it's not something you eat on a
regular basis you're less likely to want it when you're tired hungry or in an
emergency survival situation store what you eat and eat what you store figure out what food you
eat over a period of time keep track of how
many servings of different things you have and stockpile more of those foods
don't stockpile things food that you don't eat stock up on things food that you do eat
regularly and make sure you have plenty of them food on hand so that you can continue
to enjoy the food things that you like then you want to store the food so that it's
first-in first-out rotate your canned and packaged food how to rotate if you already have say tuna or beans on hand when you buy
new push the old ones to the front of the shelf and put the new
to the back constantly be eating the older food first and put the newer food
in the back just like they do in the grocery store if you're not rotating
your food you end up with food that becomes lost in the back of your pile it
becomes expired it may not be good anymore and then you don't want in a
real emergency that that's all the food you have left something that's ten years
old and possibly spoiled if you like to eat fresh foods that doesn't mean you
can't have a food stockpile think of the foods that you like to have fresh but in
a time of need you can have the food item you like in a canned form or a dried form if you like
bananas buy some dried bananas if you like peaches get some canned peaches if
you like grapes stockpile some raisins there are ways to
still continue to have the food things that you like in a shelf stable and
longer-lasting form of food then you want to store basic foods once you get a
supply of things foods that are easy to eat quick open and serve meals then think about
longer term food storage long term get some dried foods foods that by nature lasts a long time
stockpile some dried beans and rice get some things foods like honey salt sugar those
are shelf-stable foods for many many years and basic foods that will last and last make
sure you check the serving size and calorie content and be aware of what
would be an entire day's meal from the things that you stockpiled then you want
to store your food properly it food needs to be stored in a cool dry place things
that are in a jar need to be stored in the dark the light will also cause your
food to degrade and you don't want your food to be spoiled or wasted make sure
you buy a variety of food there's nothing more disheartening than having
the same thing over and over and over look at your family on a regular basis
who looks forward to the last leftovers of something that you made
days ago no one so if that was all that you could continue to serve and eat them day
after day after day people are going to become sad disgruntled and you don't
want to have to deal with food fatigue so look at the things meals food that you eat
stockpile those food items in a shelf-stable form and then rotate them it just makes sense
to have extra food on hand you never want your family to go without the
things they really need so stock up on basic foods make sure you also have
water have some hygiene supplies first-aid gear and things that make your
life run smoothly on a day to day basis those are the things that you need to
have on hand so that you can continue to live the life that you have you want and
enjoy if you have the things you need in times of emergency you can maintain the
life that you're living while you figure out what to do next
that's a real comfort in my house