basic food storage SHTF food storage prepping coronavirus pandemic emergencies
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper we don't know what the future holds but we can be certain
that hard times come to all of us we don't know if there's going to be a
pandemic coronavirus if there's going to be a winter storm an economic downturn the latest
emergency of the day seems to be people are concerned with is coronavirus we
don't really know what the future holds for any of us on any single day but we
do know that emergencies will come it's a great time to talk about basic food
prepping what's basic food prepping it means making sure that you have a nice
supply of shelf-stable foods pantry foods that you could open and eat or you
could prepare with very little cooking very little preparation very few
additions and you could serve a meal to your family if you did become sick coronavirus do
you really want to have to go out to the store if there is a trucker strike what
are you going to do if there isn't any resupply in the stores what if there's a
winter storm power outage and you can't get out to the store there are all kinds of reasons
why having a supply of food on hand just makes sense having a supply of food on
hand means that you store what you eat and you eat what you store that means
you're rotating your foods so you want to have a nice supply of foods that you
know that you and your family are willing to get a nice variety of things
and get multiples of the food you eat so that no matter what you can open your pantry
open a can or package of stored food and prepare meals in a hurry from your prepper pantry sometimes we're just over
scheduled and being able to get a meal on the table in a hurry can avoid an
emergency situation there's all kinds of just sensible reasons to have a supply of
food on hand and because it's important to rotate your foods I've been going
through using up the prepper pantry stored foods foods I have on-hand and trying to replace the food with
foods that we like foods that when they're on sale when possible and foods that
make sense you enjoy eating considering what your tastes are and
what you're emergency situation you are prepping preparing for what do you expect to be able to do with your emergency food stockpile what
kind of meals can you make from the foods that you have on hand your stored food stockpile well this is
my latest shopping trip foods I bought for my long term food storage emergency supply and this food is going to go into the back of my food storage pantry because
you always want to be rotating your stored foods how to rotate stored foods first-in first-out so after you
use food in your pantry you want to push the remaining foods in the back of the shelf to the front of
your shelf just like they do in the grocery store and then the new foods
that you buy go behind them in the pantry shelf so that you're rotating the
food the ones in the front are the ones you eat first and they're the oldest
foods and then the new supply gets put in the back does that make sense how you
resupply and you restock it you put the new food in the back if you just keep
piling it pushing things to the back and pushing the food in front you're never
going to rotate the foods in the back and then sometime when you really need
to eat out of your pantry you may find that you have lost foods that have been
in there so long the stored food is no longer good they're expired they're no longer safe to eat or and they may
have even leaked or exploded and caused a disaster in your pantry canned and
packaged foods come with a date it's a best buy sell by or use by day it's not
an expiration date it means that the food is guaranteed by the manufacturer
to still be the best top-quality good to eat tasty and still full of the
nutrition food that's written on the label and start to deteriorate after that date
many stored canned and packaged foods can last long past the expiration date but it's not a good idea
to plan to use the foods long after I've have lots of videos about foods that I
have prepared long past what some people call the expiration date but they're not
expired it's the best buy use by sell by date many of those outdated foods are still
good to eat a few of them not so much so it's best to try to use up foods within
the guidelines dates on package but if it goes past that date
don't be afraid to open it and give it a good inspection if you ever notice that
a can is leaking and something doesn't look right a package looks maybe like
rodents chewed on it something doesn't smell right anything that like if you
open a can and it bursts or it smells off or just doesn't look right if you ever
have a bad feeling about it throw it away it's only a dollar or two worth of
food and it's not worth getting sick over trying to get the last cent out of
your expired food don't plan to eat to the very last bite because it's just not
worth it if food is questionable and that's when you throw it away I've
recently been to the store this is the new food storage stockpile that I bought and like I
said this is going to go at the back of my prepper pantry long term emergency survival food stockpile because I've been using up the
foods in my pantry let me show you what I have and some of the reasons
why I chose each food item or food storage first I have a nice variety of fruits and vegetables
it's hard to find fruits and vegetables with a sealed up can it's getting more
and more that you can only find fruit food things with a pop-top can some people think
that the pop top cans aren't as sturdy and don't last as long it's nice to buy
the cans with a solid ends when you can find them available it's also nice to
have some smaller sizes if you just want to have a snack put one serving of fruit in a lunch
stick some food in your Bug Out Bags food for your bug out bag spread some small servings of fruits foods around throughout the children with
a plastic spoon in case there's no power then there's no dishes to clean up you
already have food in a serving size container what are some forever foods for long term food storage pasta should be considered a
forever food if you store pasta in a cool dry place it keeps for years and years
I've kept pasta for ten years it was still good when we ate it it tasted just
fine as long as you take pasta out of a paper package and you store it safely out
of the air and away from any bugs that can contaminate it I always figure a pound of
pasta goes with a jar of sauce for my food storage pantry stored foods emergency meal plan get a nice variety of different sauces they come in
different flavors different varieties it helps you rotate and have fuller flavors
and adds varieties even if you serve the same type of food over and over if you add
spices or you get different varieties of sauces it can change it up so you don't
get food fatigue and boredom consider having something like the Parmesan
cheese in your emergency food storage stockpile to sprinkle on top it doesn't have to be stored in the refrigerator as
long as it hasn't been opened I like to stock up on tomatoes canned tomatoes and
tomato products like picante sauce you can stir it with some of your rice and
beans make something different and I even have stored a few cans of bean dip
bean dip keeps about a year gives more variety to your food if you're only eating out
of your pantry and stored food stockpile then macaroni and cheese is a nice food to have on hand even if
you don't have butter and milk you can boil the noodles macaroni and add the cheese packet
and these packages of macaroni and cheese can last pass their expiration date but after a couple years the little
cheese packets don't seem to last but the macaroni is still good so never
throw it all out if you find that it's expired or past the best by use by
sell by date because the noodles macaroni themselves would probably be fine even
if the little cheese packets aren't I also chose a couple of organic and white
cheddar mac and cheese that are just a little different flavor variety of just
macaroni and cheese those have a shelf life only of about a year and something
I don't normally buy but I thought well it's good to have a few extra other
different kind of things on hand some of these kind of chow mein hot and spicy
noodles ramen noodles these would be good they have a shelf life about a year
they're easy to prepare just add water to the food package if you see something different kind of food you've never
tried before don't buy a bunch of that food if you don't know if you like it buy one
take it home try it out if you like it get more of that food for your food storage
if you don't like it be thankful that you didn't buy ten of them and then you can use
your grocery dollars and your food storage dollars to try things foods that you
will find that you like more I'm a huge fan of already prepared ready-to-eat
meals that are in a can they keep for many years you can open them eat them
out of the can if you have no way to heat foods up and they're still going
to be fully cooked meals ready to eat meals heat and eat heat and go and you're not going to have an additional
emergency that you have to boil water or cook food it or prepare food it in some way you
don't have to prepare meals when you have already ready to eat go meals that are already in a can so
look for full meals ready to eat foods things like chili ravioli baked beans refried
beans and soups soups come in so many different flavors and varieties soups are
easy to open them up heat them up and you can extend the meal of a can of soup
by adding noodles pasta rice serve soup over mashed potatoes there's all kinds
of ways that you can make a can of soup into a hearty emergency meal soups come in so many varieties
you're bound to find flavors that everybody would enjoy and if you did get
sick and you got of the coronavirus flu or a cold a nice warm bowl of soup can help you feel
better canned meats are an important way to have protein in your food storage that you're stored with
your food if you enjoy eating meat find canned meats that are palatable to you
spam is a great meat to have on hand if you don't like spam don't buy it or store it just
like anything else store what you eat and then eat what you store people in my
family think spam is the greatest thing ever I don't particularly enjoy it but I
have it on hand for my family members who expect to
find spam on occasion in an emergency would I eat it probably but not
everybody would and to think that people will eat whatever they can get is not
really true so don't store food you're not going to
eat have on hand foods that people are willing to eat and as normal as possible
is what you're trying to do maintain your regular mealtimes serve meals of foods
people are familiar with and see your way through to figure out what to do next
then after you have a nice pantry supply
of foods stock up on some dried foods like rice beans and oatmeal they're very
long-lasting long term longest lasting food storage foods like rice beans oatmeal wheat are inexpensive you can add the rice to lots of different things
to make a meal go farther you can soak and cook some beans 20 pounds of rice
20 pounds of beans can feed you for almost a month if that's all you had but one
way to stretch your food is to serve some rice some beans every day and then
as supplement make your meals full tastier and more nutritious by using the
other canned and packaged foods that you have in your long term emergency food storage stockpile prepper pantry you can incorporate the rice and
beans into nearly any meal to help your stored pantry food go farther for much less money
having a variety of food is what helps you avoid food fatigue make sure that you have a
varied diet and you're probably going to have a better nutritional balance if
you're eating a wide variety of foods whatever you're preparing for from
coronavirus pandemic winter storm earthquakes hurricanes economic
downturns power outage tornado SHTF civil unrest there are lots and lots of
reasons why we might have the need for food in an emergency basic food storage SHTF stockpile food is readily
available now so stock up on food buy extra food while things are readily available so that
you'll have the things you need mo matter what comes your way if you like my video
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