Apr
13
2010
The 5 Gallon Bucket Food Storage Project – Part 1-A
This is the beginning of an on going project where we are going to build two 5 gallon buckets of long term storage items. During the project we will choose more items, keep track of the nutritional profile and discuss vacuum sealing, mylar bags and oxygen absorbers. The first video went a bit long because I explained the total project and went over the first five items so watch part 1-B for the conclusion. The first items in the bucket are 2 packages each of Garbanzo Beans, Lentils, Elbow Marconi, Cranberry Beans and one large Box of Minute Rice.
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By survivalpodcasting, January 30, 2010 @ 10:14 pm
@dsarti1,
Not if you are fully deficient in fat in the first place. Cut fat intake to 1% or less for more then a month and very serious problems result even with plenty of carbs.
By dsarti1, January 30, 2010 @ 10:37 pm
oh come on you have enough fat stored to go several months with out eating extra fat, i could go over a year..besides going totally fat free is pretty hard to do, many plants even have oils/fats
By dsarti1, January 30, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
ps watch my farm update you will see my long term self multypling proten and fat to ad to the diet lol
By survivalpodcasting, January 30, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
@dsarti1
You can debate nutritional facts all you want but it won’t change them. As for how much fat I have, I’ve 25 lbs in the last 6 months, have about 20 more to go & don’t want to do that any faster then over 6-8 months. Faster may make good fad diets but it sends the wrong message to your body & results in a completely F’d metabolism.
Fat won’t be a problem in the project but I hope the folks with 20 buckets of rice, wheat, beans and nothing else have leaned something so far here.
By dsarti1, January 30, 2010 @ 11:04 pm
Well as I tried to explain in my rice in your food storage video, Rice is a great extender. 1 uncooked cup of white rice and some bullion can make 1 chicken quarter feed 3 easally
By FatoDrunkoAndoStupid, January 31, 2010 @ 4:41 am
Thanks for posting these videos.
I was fascinated with my Grandparent’s basement when I was a kid. They lived through the depression and kept enough food, water and paper products (TP, napkins, towels) to last months.
Food is obvious. Water is slightly less obvious. Paper products are often left out… hope you have a large, expendable library at home!
There is nothing crazy about being prepared to survive tough times. More people should be doing this.
By stormpoet76, February 10, 2010 @ 6:46 am
key words to live by
Pantry
storeage what you eat is what you store
organization.
Oh I took away from this something very valuable
Toilet paper,napkins,paper towels.
Essential items. running out of these items will be tough.(not unthinkable but tough nonetheless. Some things that we take for granted are hygene related.
By thinkrevolution, February 14, 2010 @ 5:12 pm
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By Sheepdog627, February 15, 2010 @ 1:07 am
Hey Jack,
As I watched this project again, I had a thought about how to make it better. Could you post that list you’re referring to, or put it up as a spreadsheet on your web site? That would be really helpful! Thanks again for doing what you do!
-Cody
By itisYOUREnotYOUR, February 18, 2010 @ 2:47 am
Why in God’s name are you storing food that must be COOKED? Most canned items will last 2 years – some more than 5 years (like tuna and Dinty Stew, Spam, etc…)
Society collapses and you are the ONLY one prepped with food in your neighborhood, and you will blow your cover the first time your fellow hungrymen smell the home cookin’.
Canned food does NOT need cooking or even warming.
Cooking food after the collapse is a great way to get your house/bug out barn BURNING down Molotov style.
By Sheepdog627, February 18, 2010 @ 3:46 am
You miss the point. Jacks tag line is, Helping you live a better life, if times get tough, or even if they dont. Stored food is great to have even if society doesnt collapse. Perhaps you lose your job. Living on stored food will stretch the dollar a long way.
By Sheepdog627, February 18, 2010 @ 3:47 am
Or what if you get snowed in? If the smell of food cooking brings a hungry neighbor or two, well, then invite them in and share your dinner with them. Thats the idea anyway.
But if youd rather hunker down in your bomb shelter, surrounded by piles of canned food, with your tin foil hat screwed on extra tight, I say you go for it!
By itisYOUREnotYOUR, February 18, 2010 @ 4:11 am
What a cop out.
So…”in case you lose your job”, you will spend $7.50 on a 5 gal bucket, $2 for mylar bag, $1 for oxy absorbers, add shipping and handling, and maybe even costs to keep it cool in the summer and it will cost about $15+ to store $10 worth of beans.
Not a smart investment. You would be better off keeping the money spent on food in a savings account, THEN if you lost your job you can go out and buy the dried food, NOT all the other “survival” stuff to go with it.
By itisYOUREnotYOUR, February 18, 2010 @ 4:14 am
Look, anyone going through the expense to store dried goods for 20+ years is preparing for collapse when food will not be available PERIOD.
Otherwise, they’d throw it in the pantry and rotate it.
“….eat what you store, store what you eat…”
Having said that, for survival, store what does not smell and blow your cover – eg: already cooked food.
By Profit187, February 19, 2010 @ 3:34 am
Huge fan of the SP… been a MSB for over a year… but “Most Americans have too much fat in their diet” is dead wrong… Bad carbs however? Without a doubt… Right on though with “easy to become fat deficient”…
By Profit187, February 19, 2010 @ 3:52 am
Nevermind… seems he covers the fat issue later… would be good to mention in the setup vid though…
By survivalpodcasting, February 19, 2010 @ 2:04 pm
@Profit187, Most American’s do have too much fat in their diets, perhaps it would be better to say too much of the wrong types of fat.
You will get no argument from me though that carbs are what has made America fat. If we create a diet high in protein, moderate in fat and very low in carbs we get very close to the way humans should be eating. Unfortunately it is very difficult to do with long term storage though. Hence why we add in a lot of veggies and combine other storage items.
By acv2s, February 19, 2010 @ 9:23 pm
cute cat in the background! Mine is doing the exact same thing!! hehe oh! the vid is cool too…
By Tikmondo, March 15, 2010 @ 4:28 am
if it’s for a survival situation why just not rely on nuts and legumes for fats and proteins and skip the whole meat and traditional fats. probably healthier anyway.
By SinnermansGuide, March 23, 2010 @ 4:15 am
Its great the way you show that its important to balance your nutritional needs when you select food for storage. I always try to teach that food storage must address the three basic needs for food. These are Calories, Nutrition & Comfort. Any food storage program must be designed to meet these three needs or it fails. Don’t sweat the folks who try to say what your doing is to complex. we are human not apes we can do the math. This is a great series.
By sizzled28, March 23, 2010 @ 8:02 am
@itisYOUREnotYOUR
I have wondered the same thing. I am sincerely looking into things that will last a long time, as well as easy prep food sources.
Being that the health care bill passed today; I look for some serious hard times to follow. Thanx
By sizzled28, March 23, 2010 @ 8:04 am
@itisYOUREnotYOUR
“Having said that!” Hahaha! Where have I heard that one??? Hahaha! Good one!
By sizzled28, March 23, 2010 @ 8:05 am
Great video, Thanx!
BTW, Do you mind saying what part of Tx? I am dead center.
By survivalpodcasting, March 23, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
@sizzled28
Listen to my podcast at my main website at survivalpodcast [dot] com, I say ever day where I am at.
By sizzled28, March 23, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
@survivalpodcasting never mind. Wasn’t that important.