So, in light of recent events, I’ve been paying more attention to the doomsday pantry. I finally got around to opening up the Food Saver. I usually just buy ready made, long term food. This weekend, I sealed up 16 lbs of pasta and 40 lbs of rice, in Mylar bags. It was a bit of a learning curve, but...YouTube.
Two mistakes. Penne pasta is sharp, and will puncture even 5 mil. bags. I had to repackage all 8 lbs. with a little padding and double bagging. The 8 lbs. of elbow macaroni were fine. Rice was no problem.
The other mistake was using 2qt gusseted bags, with a ziplock. Smaller, 1qt bags, with no ziplock would have allowed me to fit more in each 5gal bucket. I’ll rotate them out, and use smaller bags going forward.
I also put all my MPS, ready made meal bags and MRE’s, in 5gal buckets, for better protection. They normally just sit on the shelf.
I bought some mason jars and a couple lid sealer attachments for the Food Saver. I’m thinking of canning some beans?
Still a work in progress. Doomsday pantry...
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