Storing in Buckets

Storing in buckets is very easy and another great way to preserve your food.
I offer buckets ranging in size from 1/2 gallon to 6.5 gallon.
Depending on the size of your family you can store in 3.5 gallon, 5 gallon or 6.5 gallon. It will also depend on how fast you go through stuff, for example your flour, sugar, wheat, etc.

How to store in Buckets:

For every gallon of your bucket you want to use 1 oz. of dry ice. So for a 5 gallon bucket put in 5 oz. of dry ice. Put the dry ice in the bottom of your bucket, dump the food on top and then ONLY seal down your lid half way. DO NOT SEAL THE LID ALL THE WAY CLOSED, or you will have lids exploding off your buckets. You will finish sealing your bucket when all of the dry ice is gone. To tell if this has happened, feel the bottom of your bucket. If it is still cold then you are not finished yet. This process will take a few hours, so it is best to do it in the morning and then check it every so often throughout the day. As soon as you can not feel any more cold spots on the bottom of your bucket, finish sealing your lid. To seal the lid down, you can use a rubber mallet.
You must use dry ice on anything that you put in buckets, except white sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar and salt. These food items don't need anything. Simply dump them in the bucket and seal down the lid.
DO NOT USE OXYGEN PACKETS, they will not work in buckets.

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Barrels for Water Storage

Water...Water...Water
Lets face it; water is probably one of the most important food items you can store not to mention the cheapest!

How to store and purify water:
Here are the amounts of bleach that you should add to your water when you store it. Remember to ONLY USE unscented bleach.
5 gallons- 1/2 tsp.- for clear water; 1 tsp.- for cloudy water.
55 gallons- 2 TBLS. - for clear water; 4 TBLS.- for cloudy water.
You can also purify water by boiling for 3-5 minutes at a rolling boil. For every 1000 feet in elevation add one minute. The time listed here is for the elevation of sea level.


WAYS TO STORE YOUR WATER BARRELS!
Always make sure that your barrels are not in direct contact with the ground. Put something under them, either a piece of plywood, old piece of carpet or a pallet. You can stack the water barrels on top of each other, but only 2 high. There is also the water barrel racks that you can store your barrels in. Please see the picture slide below for the racks.
Rotate your water once a year.

Shelf Stable Milk

We have found a shelf stable milk product. It is regular cows milk that has been processed at a higher temperature so it is shelf stable for two years. It comes in quarts and in 8oz boxes with straws. It has no preservatives and no hormones so it is an all natural product. If you buy it in the quarts it is just a little over $4.00 per gallon and the little boxes are between 41 and 43 cents per box.

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Canning Tools and Gadgets

Make Home Canning Fun, Fun, Fun!

There are many items here that help make home canning very easy and fun.

The food strainer sauce maker helps make apple sauce, jams, tomato sauce and many other things a walk in the park.
The apple slicer peeler corer helps make apple pie filling a breeze.
Dehydrating is another great way to preserve foods.

A hand wheat grinder is a very important tool to add to your food storage. Let's face it, without one, what are you going to do with all that wheat?

To order any of these items, please email your order and any questions to www.rugettingprepared@yahoo.com