Food/Fuel Storage

Food storage types:

1. Fresh food. Refrigeration.
2. Root cellar. Book.
3. Dehydration. Dehydrator
4. Canning. Product
5. Cold (dry/humid) storage. (Is this the same as "root cellar"?) Keep with 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit. Maximum 60 degrees.

Fruit storage

• Harvesting and storing apples. PDF from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, 2008 revision. Most apples will last 3-5 months when stored at 30-32F and 90-95 percent relative humidity. If the humidity is not maintained, apples dehydrate and shrivel, particularly Golden Delicious. Apples should be kept in containers lined and covered with polyethylene to help retain the humidity. Apples can be stored in unperforated polyethylene bags. However, the bags should not be tied shut. After the fruit has cooled down, the open ends should be folded over.
• Polyethylene bags at Amazon. 18" x 24" FLAT, open at 18" end. Cost $18 for pack of 100, as of December, 2021.
• Polyethylene bags at Walmart. You have over 1000 choices to meet your needs.

Kitchen storage

• Cabinet DIY completed and tutorial.
• 60+ Innovative Kitchen Organization and Storage DIY Projects.

Canning

• CANNING BEANS will Save us SO Much TIME!! Duration 18:15. Author purchases from AzureStandard.com.

Rocket stove for cooking and water pasteurizer:

• (YouTube) Building a Water Distiller for a Grid Down Emergency. 4/11/2015. Uses (1) Stainless steel coil and carbon filter purchased from Amazon, (2) 6-gallon bucket from beprepared.com, (3) Norprene tube from usplastics.com, and (4) water filter from local hardware store. See the tested distiller here.
• Waterwise 1600 Non-Electric Distiller. Probably the best out there, but expensive.
• SilverFire.us. Their Survivor Rocket Stove is the best rocket stove in the market (even better than BioLiteStove). You should read their lengthy description on that page on why it's the best. You should also buy it with the Dragon Pot with Steam Basket accessory for a complete "survivor" rocket stove solution.
• (YouTube) How to Make a $12 Rocket Stove. Uses mixture of 80% (perlite or vermiculite insulation) to 20% concrete. Uses a 4-inch pipe, so 12 inches length of chimney (vertical portion). For concrete use "Crack Resistant" (fiber reinforced concrete mix). The video uses perlite, but glass blowers use vermiculite to allow their art work to cool. Maximum usable temperature for perlite (vermiculite is comparable) is 800 C which far exceeds those generated by any stove.
• BioLiteStove.com. They sell the best camp stove using rocket technology.
• Grover Rocket Stoves. Range in price from $135 to $235. A novelty and expensive. Better to build your own.
• Rocket Stove Design Base.
• Rocket stove. Boils water or cook with less than half of the wood used by other methods.
• Rocket stove mass heater.
• (YouTube) Rocket stove principles diagramed.
• (YouTube) Rocket stove with sterling engine providing combined heat recovery and electric power. Concept video.
• StoveTec SS Water Pasteurizer. Also see YouTube video on StoveTec water pasteurizer review & an experiment.

Resources

• FoodSaver Jar Sealer for Vacuum Sealer Food Storage with Accessory Hose for Regular and Wide Mouth Mason Jars. At Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-FCARWJAH-000-Wide-Mouth-Regular-Accessory/dp/B016OL1AB6
• Dry Bean Food Storage Myth – Actual Shelf-Life Revealed. Beans cooked 5 different ways after 25 years of storage tasted great. Used a little bit of baking soda to soak the beans in water for about 4 hours before cooking. The stored beans should not be exposed to light and it will affect the flavor.
• Storage Life of Dried Foods. Stored at 70 degrees and in the absence of oxygen, brown rice will last 1-2 years. If you can get the temperature down another ten degrees, it will double the storage life again. Because of the essential fatty acids in brown rice, these oils quickly go rancid as they oxidize.
• (YouTube) #1 Best Food Storage Seminar! Wendy DeWitt. An hour and a half well worth watching.
• (YouTube) Vacuum Seal a Mason Jar with a Handcrank Pump. Consider using this Mityvac MV8000 pump or the better built Mityvac MITMV8500. I may try the electric MealSaver to see how it works.
• Bulk Desiccants. Alternative to oxygen absorbers. Oxygen absorbers need to be used within 15 minutes of opening the outer container. Roughly speaking, a 500cc oxygen absorber can service a #10 can of beans, wheat, etc. See a good description of oxygen absorbers here.
• (YouTube) Building Barrel Root Cellars.
• Mormon food storage calculator. You'd be surprised how much food you consume in a year.
• Quality wheat from wheatmontana.com.
• Buckets for cold storage: qcontainer.com (Quality Container - have to buy in bulk of 120 buckets.) $4.40 each. Get smaller quantities from usaemergencysupply.com. Also see honeyvillegrain.com. ChrisMatherson.com uses usplastic.com
• Pressure cooker. All-American Pressure Cooker/Canner from allamericancooker.com
• Mylar bags. from usaemergencysupply.com. See also survivalunlimited.com. ChrisMatherson.com uses sorbentsystems.com
• Solar One batteries from stovesandmoreonline.com
• dieselsecret.com
• Chris Matherson: Emergency Preparation and Food Storage Info from Lowesville Seminar links
• Grain mills (stone, burr, impact) overview at internet-grocer.net. See also kodiakhealth.com
• WaltonFeed.com provides food already in storage containers like flour here. Suggestions on how to use Walton Feed at thesurvivalmom.com
• Augason Farms - Cereals & Grains. They sell brown rice which is sometimes carried by Costco. Shelf life: Sealed up to 7 years, Opened up to 1 year under ideal conditions. Stored in an air tight cans or pails with an oxygen absorber. Best when stored in a cool dry place at temperatures between 55 and 70 degrees F (ideal humidity is 15%).
• TheReadyStore sells Saratoga products. For example, whole wheat flour in #10 cans here.
• Lundberg (Bulk Rice). You can order a wide variety of 25 lb. bags of rice, including Organic Short Grain Brown Rice here.
• Lundberg (1 lb. Rice). Colored rice blends such as Wehani and Black Japonica.
• (YouTube) The Preppers Last Meal. What you can cook with two ears of dried corn.
• More Cheese Wax Controversy?. Wax your own cheese, which can last years. The process is explained here: Cheese Wax Will Save Us All. The video course is found here: For the Love of Cheese!.

Grain mills

• (YouTube) Grain Mill Reviews: Manual Grain Mill Comparison. The WonderMill Jr. and Country Living Grain Mill look good.
• OnlyGrainMills.com. Manual Grain Mills.

Books:

1. Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long from amazon.com
2. Stocking Up III: (Preserving Guide) from amazon.com
3. Lots of information from NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture).
4. Precipitation around the country from PRISM

Notes:

• The One-Year Pantry, Layer by Layer. Your food storage layers: Layer 1 (0- 72-hours), Layer 2 (4-30 days), Layer 3 (31-99 days), and Layer 4 (100-365 days+).
• Can rotation with 1,000-can capacity.
• Can rotation using cardboard structure.