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hey guys
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jennifer here and welcome to the family
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fudge in today's video i'm going to be
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taking you on a tour
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of the food storage system i've been
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working on for my family
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i'll be sharing my best tips and tricks
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when it comes to
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food storage as well as my top 20 items
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that i always try to keep on hand in
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case of an emergency
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now i know the words food storage can
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feel overwhelming
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totally foreign or straight up extreme
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to some people and that's totally fine
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but for me food storage is an idea that
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i grew up with
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in this video i'm just here to share
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what's been working for
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my family just in case you're looking
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for some inspiration
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but really when it comes down to it what
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works for my family might not work for
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yours and that's okay
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with moving to a state that is affected
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by hurricanes
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several times a year and with how the
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stores have been
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recently i knew it was time to take a
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better inventory and get everything
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in order because you guys at the end of
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the day i
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love my family and i want to protect
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them whether it's an emergency
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an illness a job loss or even a natural
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disaster
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i still want to be able to provide for
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them and protect them
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and that's really what having a food
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storage system is all about
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now before i get on to my list of 20
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items i wanted to share a little bit
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about my philosophy when it comes to
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food storage
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first of all i do not believe in panic
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buying or
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shelf clearing for that matter so please
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don't think you need to run out to the
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store
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right now and spend a fortune keep in
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mind i've literally spent
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years gathering these items slowly over
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time
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and as my budget would allow if you're
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just getting started i recommend
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picking up one or two extra things each
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time you go to the store
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and definitely shop sales as much as
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possible
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next when it comes to food storage i 100
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believe in the phrase store what you eat
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and eat what you store
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that means i do not buy or store foods
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that my family doesn't want to eat now i
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also believe in having a working pantry
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and what that means is that i'm
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constantly rotating
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using and replacing items in my
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stockpile
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that way nothing goes to waste and as
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i'm using and replacing items i'm making
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sure to
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rotate them so that the older items are
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in front and they get used first
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next in my food storage system i've
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broken everything down into three
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main components first i have my short
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term
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supply so that means foods that last at
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least
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six months to one year then i have my
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medium term
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supply and those are foods that last for
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two years or more and then finally i
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have my
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long-term food storage and those are
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foods that can last
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five years or more i'm talking way more
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i have some things that last
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up to 30 years no joke and then finally
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i also have set up
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three different spaces in my house where
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i store
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the food the first area is my house
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pantry
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and i'll go ahead and link that video
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down below if you want to check it out
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this is where i keep foods that we use
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pretty much on a daily basis
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the next area is what i like to call my
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prepper pantry
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now for this space my sweet hubby
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definitely helped me out
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he built me some inexpensive but very
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sturdy shelves in this little hallway
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area between
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the living room and our garage and
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unlike my garage
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which gets super hot and humid since
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this space is climate controlled
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and i don't get any creepy crawlies in
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here this is the perfect
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extra pantry space for my family and
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then finally there's
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the garage this is where i keep most of
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our long-term
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food storage i also have our old fridge
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in here
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and a small chest freezer for storage as
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well now i can go ahead and get into the
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list of
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20 items that i like to keep stocked at
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all times now these aren't in any
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particular order
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but i am going to go ahead and start
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with water because obviously
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water is very important now according to
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fema
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they recommend that you store at least
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one gallon per person
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per day for at least three days so for
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my size family that's a lot of
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water so i've decided to store it in
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three different ways
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we have smaller bottles of water if we
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have to grab them in a hurry
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we have a larger gallon size bottles of
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water as well
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and then i recommend that you look into
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having a water filtration system as
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well we recently invested in this berkey
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water filter and it works
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really well but they can be kind of
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pricey so a less expensive alternative
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could be to go ahead and purchase
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yourself a brita water filter
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pitcher this is on the smaller side you
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can usually find these at target
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walmart i know that costco has a really
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good deal on them right now if you get
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one of these i recommend that you pick
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up some extra filters
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as well next up in my food storage i
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like to keep
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drink mixes especially if you're having
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to filter your own water
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it might still taste kind of funky so i
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definitely recommend some simple
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drink mixes to make that water taste a
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little bit better
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i found this a big old thing of a
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gatorade at costco
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and this will actually stay good on my
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shelf for at least one year
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you could also stock up on some lemonade
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mix like these little guys here
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these actually have a shelf life of two
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years if they're unopened
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and you guys even if you're not a fan of
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tang definitely think about getting some
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of this
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as well because it has a lot of vitamin
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c in it and then finally in my
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long-term food storage i have a couple
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of these number 10
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cans of drink mix so this is basically
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like
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powdered kool-aid in here and this drink
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mix can last
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up to 10 years also in the drink mix
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category don't forget about things like
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hot cocoa i like to keep some of this on
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hand
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and of course if you are a fan of tea or
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coffee
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you're also going to want to stock up on
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those next up i have my
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meals ready to eat category so these are
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the types of food that you really want
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in an emergency
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because they're either ready right out
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of the can or
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you just have to add water in my
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short-term storage i like to keep these
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bags of soup
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i get these at walmart and they're
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usually pretty inexpensive these come in
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lots of different flavors and
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one bag makes about eight servings and
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they have a shelf life of about one
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year i also like to keep lots of cans of
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soup on hand as well
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now this is one of the items that always
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sells out if there's a hurricane
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headed our way so i definitely like to
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stock up on these
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i like the campbells i like the
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progresso i really like the kind that
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has
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meat and veggies and these have a really
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long shelf life too of about
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two years also in this category i have
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some boxes of deluxe mac and cheese
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and these are really great because they
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have about a one year
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shelf life and you don't have to add any
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milk or
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butter the cheese is already ready to go
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next up on my list i have beans and or
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rice
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now i know these ones seem a little bit
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obvious but i've actually
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store them a little bit differently
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first up let's talk about the beans
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now beans are actually a great source of
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protein and fiber
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and they last a long long time when it
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comes to
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beans i like to stock up on smaller
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sized cans in all different varieties
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these are great to add into so many
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different things they have a shelf life
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of about one
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to two years so they last a long time i
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also went ahead and dry canned some
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beans of my own
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recently this was actually a pretty easy
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process and i'll go ahead and link a
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video down below if you want to learn
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how to do it yourself
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and these can last for years if unopened
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and speaking of yours check out these
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number 10 cans of beans
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no joke you guys these say that they can
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last up to
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30 years now let's move on to the rice i
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have several different kinds of rice
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here
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first off in my short term food storage
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i like to keep some of these
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nor brand rice pouches now this is not
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something that we usually eat on a
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regular basis
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but they do make really good quick
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emergency food
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these are perfect to stock up on because
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they're also really inexpensive i got
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these ones at sam's club and they were
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less than
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70 cents per pouch another favorite of
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mine are these little bags of rice
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i was able to find these at walmart for
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just about a dollar a bag
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they come in lots of different flavors
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and because of the kind of packaging
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that they're packaged in they actually
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have a really long shelf life
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of up to two years and here's a tip you
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guys
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to keep all these little bags of rice
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organized and fresh
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i like to actually put them in a food
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safe five gallon bucket
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i had a nice tight lid on there to keep
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everything fresh
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now just like with the beans i also
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added rice to some mason jars with
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oxygen absorbers and then i
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also have some number 10 cans of rice
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too
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and just like the beans this rice can
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last up to 30 years
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next on my list i have fruits and
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vegetables
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now for my fruits for my short term
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supply i
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actually have a good stock of frozen
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fruit now i got these ones at
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aldi's so they were actually really
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affordable and you guys believe it or
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not the
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dates on these packages say that they're
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good until 2022
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of course if you keep them frozen that
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is another thing i like to keep on hand
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are dried fruits
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so things like raisins apricots
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mangoes we love all of those especially
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missile lily here
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and of course if these are unopened they
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can last anywhere between one
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to two years as well also in the fruit
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department i have some smaller cans of
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fruit
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and some number ten cans of fruit and
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these have a shelf life of
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pretty much the same time about one to
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two years
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whether they're big cans or small cans
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is pretty much the same
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i also have lots and lots of smaller
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cans of veggies
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but i did just buy the veggies that my
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kids prefer
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so things like carrots and green beans
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mixed vegetables corn
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things like that these can last about
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one to two years on the shelf
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and the same thing with the bigger
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number 10 cans and my favorite place to
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stock up on these types of food items
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are either aldi
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or walmart okay guys next up on my list
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is
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flower flower was one of those things
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that disappeared off the shelves a
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couple of months ago
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first i have a smaller container that i
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just keep in my pantry
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now if you're someone who likes to use a
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lot of flour
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think about getting yourself a food
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grade bucket like this
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that way you can get a big old bag of
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flour from costco
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and you can keep the entire thing fresh
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in here and then as far as my long-term
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flour storage i also have some in number
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10 cans
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and these have about a 10 year shelf
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life now after
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flour i have to talk about other baking
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ingredients
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and i'm going to kind of lump this group
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together because you really just want to
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store the type of baking ingredients
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that you like to have
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i know for a while yeast was really hard
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to find so i did go ahead and get
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several packages on amazon they were a
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little more expensive than they used to
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be
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but this will definitely last me a long
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time definitely think about adding
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baking powder
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baking soda and baking mixes to your
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stockpile as well
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these tend to only have about a one year
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shelf life so i try not to stock up on
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these too much
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okay guys next is i think my biggest
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category
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which would be pasta and noodles because
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you guys
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my kids love pasta pasta is cheap and it
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can stay good for a super
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long time now first up i definitely
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stocked up on the mac and cheese
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when they were on sale these have a
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shelf life of about one
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to two years the same goes for the
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ramen noodles these again are super
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inexpensive
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and you guys if you take some of this
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ramen and add things like chicken or
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other veggies
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it makes a really good dinner another
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way i store
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pasta is in these oxo containers these
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keep things fresh for a super
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long time i also have several plain
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boxes of pasta
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and then for my super long-term food
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storage i also have
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some pasta in number 10 cans so these
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are macaroni noodles and then
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spaghetti bites and spaghetti bites are
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really just
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smaller pieces of spaghetti now of
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course to go with the
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pasta i also have a good supply of sauce
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of course you could make your own sauce
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if you want to
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but these ones from sam's club are
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pretty good they have a shelf life of
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about two
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years i also have several bottles of
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alfredo sauce these don't last
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quite as long just about one year on
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these guys
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back here i have some cans of pasta
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sauce they have a two year shelf life
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and then if i get to the point where i
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need to make my own pasta sauce
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i also have a few number 10 cans of both
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tomato sauce
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and crushed tomatoes so i can do that
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and speaking of making my own
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sauce i also recommend that you keep
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your favorite spices
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in your food storage now some spices
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don't stay good forever
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but they really do have a pretty long
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shelf life and if you buy these
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containers at
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sam's club or costco they're actually
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pretty inexpensive and you guys
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don't forget the salt salt is very
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important to stock up on
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you need it in your diet and my favorite
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salt
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just happens to be this kind that comes
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from utah next up is the
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milk category now i know a lot of people
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like to keep
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dry milk on hand but honestly i'm not a
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huge fan of dry milk so instead
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i went ahead and stocked up on these
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boxes of milk from
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the dollar tree this is shelf stable
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milk so it can stay good on the shelf
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for
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one year also in the milk category i
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have some almond milk that can stay good
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for a year
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and then i also have several cans of
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evaporated milk
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and sweetened condensed milk so that
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brings me to
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the oatmeal category and i have a pretty
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wide variety of oatmeals
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in my short term supply i have this big
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canister full of
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rolled oats i also have lots of oatmeal
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packets now these don't stay good as
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long just about six months to one year
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but these are really great in an
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emergency because you really just have
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to add hot water
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also in the oat milk department i have
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some in mason jars
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these can last several years and then
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also i have
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lots of number 10 cans full of oatmeal
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as well
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and these can last 30 years oh yes and
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as i'm going through these number 10
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cans of items
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you'll notice that some of them have
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lids on them that doesn't mean that
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they're actually open
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i just store the lids with the can so
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the lids don't get
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lost up next is the meat category
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now as of right now i don't actually
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have a lot of meat in my freezer
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but i do have lots of canned meat
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now i know not everyone's a fan of
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canned meat but
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if it comes down to having canned meat
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or no meat
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i'm gonna go for the canned meat i have
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things like vienna sausages
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i have spam lots of spam i also have
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some cans of corned beef hash
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those are pretty tasty and then i just
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have a couple
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of number 10 cans of freeze dried meats
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these tend to be pretty pricey so i
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don't have a lot in my stockpile
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right now up next is the sweet category
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so things like
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sugar or honey i definitely like to keep
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some of both in my stockpile
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i just have this small container of
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white sugar i do have some powdered
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sugar i would like to go ahead and pick
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up some brown sugar
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as well of course sugar can stay good
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for a
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long long time especially if you have
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some in number 10
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cans like these and then of course honey
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also has
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a really long shelf life in fact i've
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heard some people say that honey really
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never goes bad like ever
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i'm not sure if that's true though now
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as far as the oil goes i have several
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different kinds
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in my stockpile i have olive oil that
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lasts about a year
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i have avocado oil that also lasts about
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a year
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i have coconut oil which has a two year
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shelf life
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and then i also have some vegetable oil
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now when it comes to
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vinegar i like to keep plenty of white
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vinegar
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and apple cider vinegar in my stockpile
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i actually have several bottles of each
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of these because i think they are really
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handy of course apple cider vinegar has
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lots of health benefits
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you can also make some delicious salad
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dressings
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and the white vinegar there are so many
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different things you can do with this
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you can clean vegetables with it make a
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multi-purpose cleaner
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and sometimes i even like to add it into
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my laundry
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okay guys now we made it to number 19
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and this is kind of the potato category
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one thing that i really like to stock up
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on are instant potatoes
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these little packages here are really
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inexpensive
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i find these for less than a dollar a
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bag at walmart
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and these are the kinds that you just
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have to add water so they're really
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great in case of an emergency
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they last about a year on the shelf and
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they come in lots of different flavors
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too
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also in my stockpile i have some canned
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potatoes
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which aren't my favorite but they do
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last a long time
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about two years for these and then i
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also have some number 10 cans of potato
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flakes
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and these also have up to a 30-year
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shelf life and that brings me to
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the peanut butter category now of course
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if you are allergic to peanuts you can
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definitely
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leave this off your list but peanut
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butter is an excellent source of
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protein you can get it pretty
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inexpensively at most
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stores and this has a really long shelf
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life as well
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for up to a year now you guys i have
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just a couple of honorable mentions on
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this list
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things like cereal some have a
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surprisingly long shelf life especially
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if it doesn't have any nuts in there
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or fruit all of these cereals have a one
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year shelf
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life next in the honorable mention
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category is pancake mix
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i really like the stock the kind where
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you just have to add water
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those are great in emergencies these
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have about a one to
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two year shelf life okay guys i want to
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thank you if you've made it to the end
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of this list i feel like i've been
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talking forever
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but i hope this gives you some good
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ideas of where you can start if you are
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interested
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in building a food storage system for
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your family
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now let me know in the comments down
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below if you have any food
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storage tips because i'm always
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interested in learning
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more and i would love to know what
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you've come up with i want to thank you
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guys so much for watching and i'll see
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you
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in my next video
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