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- Hi, I'm Jerry James Stone and in today's video,
we're gonna talk about canned goods.
Specifically, the essential items you need for your pantry
and what their food storage times are.
Let's get to it.
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Okay, so before I get started, one little thing.
If you open up a can of whatever
and it smells off, it tastes off, or it doesn't look good,
just use common sense and toss that thing out.
So, what I'm about to share with you
are just sort of general standards storage times
but use your common sense.
Please don't eat anything that you may think is bad
but because I told you it would last for a few years.
That's really, really important.
And also just store everything properly.
I'm talking about everything being stored properly
in the list I'm about to give you.
So that means storing stuff in a dry, cool place,
that sort of thing.
Make sure it's properly stored;
don't store your canned goods above the stove
where they're exposed to heat
or next to the stove where they're exposed to heat.
You really wanna store them in a place that's dry and cool.
It's just really important for keeping them for the long run
so let's get to it.
Okay, so we're gonna start off with canned veggies,
specifically, tomatoes.
Canned tomatoes, whether they're whole tomatoes,
stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes,
any form of canned tomato except for tomato soup,
here's the storage time.
Canned tomatoes, ones I just listed,
they'll last a couple years unopened.
Once you open it, it's gonna last about a week in the fridge
but if you freeze it, it'll last actually up to
three months in the freezer.
So that's canned tomatoes.
Once again, not tomato soup, just everything else.
So, the next items I'm about to mention
will last up to five years unopened in your pantry
but once you open them, it's four days in the fridge
and then two months if you decide to freeze them.
For that list, it's canned corn,
canned green beans, and canned peas.
Okay, so now we're moving on to fruits.
The next four items that I'm about to list
have the same storage time.
So basically it is two years unopened,
one week once you open it if you put it in the fridge,
and then about two months if you freeze it.
And that goes for canned fruit cocktail, canned peaches,
canned pears, and canned pineapple.
Last thing on our fruit list is coconut milk.
So, coconut milk will last about five years
unopened in the pantry.
Once you open it, about a week in the fridge
and if you wanna make it last longer,
it'll actually last up to three months in the freezer.
Okay, so now we're moving on to broths.
So, just basic general broth, whatever broth you have
from vegetable to chicken,
it'll last about five years unopened in the pantry.
Once you open it up, just about five days in the fridge
but if you put it in the freezer,
it'll last about six months.
Next on our list in the broth and soup department
is canned mushroom soup.
So, unopened, this'll last in the pantry
for about five years.
Once you open it and put it in the fridge,
just about four days
but if you actually put it in the freezer,
it'll last about six months.
And coming back to that tomato soup I talked about before,
here's why it's different.
So, canned tomato soup will last two years in the pantry.
Once you open it up, it'll last about
four days in the fridge
but if you freeze it, you can actually make it last
for another six months.
And now onto beans.
I'm talking black beans, Navy beans, kidney beans,
garbanzo beans, all of the beans.
So, canned beans will last about five years
unopened in the pantry.
Once you open that can up,
about four days in the refrigerator
and then if you wanna make it last a little bit longer,
you can put them in the freezer
and they'll last up to a couple months opened after that.
And lastly, some of our holiday favorites:
canned cranberry sauce.
If you have it in your pantry,
it'll last about two years in the pantry.
Once you open it, it actually will last
up to two weeks in the fridge
or if you decide to freeze it,
it'll last two months in the freezer.
And last but not least, pumpkin puree.
You need it for pumpkin spice lattes or pumpkin pies
or whatever you wanna use pumpkin for.
It will last about five years unopened in the pantry.
Once you open it up, it'll last about
a week in the refrigerator
but if you freeze it, it'll last another three months.
So, those are the essential items
for stocking up your pantry when it comes to canned goods.
As I mentioned, use common sense here.
If you open up something and it smells off
or it looks off or it tastes off,
when in doubt, toss it out.
Do not consume those goods.
They should be stored properly to reach these storage times.
That means don't store them next to heat;
don't store your cans above the stove or next to the stove.
They need to be stored in a cool, dark place
and if you do that properly, you'll be able
to have these things last for a really long time.
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Okay, so we're moving on to fruits now, canned fruits.
So these next four items that I'm about list--
Why can't I say that word?
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List.
Not listen.
Okay, one more time.
Okay, so we're moving on to fruits now.
So, canned fruits.
So, these next four items that I'm listening--
Listening.
Listing?
So (beep) close.