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@kaepeach7588

Жыл бұрын

PP as always terrific info. The Wallaby bags, for us and our experience as compared to others brands, by far the best on the market. Thank you.

@citygirl138

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kay!😊

Here in South Africa I place the beans and other products in the Deep Freeze for 1 to 2 wks and then I store them in 2L cold drink bottles with Bayleaves.

@doctork1708

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@pinehawk9600

Жыл бұрын

​@@doctork1708 what's so funny

@cherylferrell6163

Жыл бұрын

If you place things in a freezer more likely they're going to be damp therefore it could produce mold.

@kimskluckers5665

Жыл бұрын

Of course with anything you put into the freezer you bring them back to room temperature before storing them in whatever you choose. This way you prevent mold from being an issue.

@robertdelaria3512

Жыл бұрын

@@cherylferrell6163 WRONG!!!!!The freezing kills mealy bugs.

You are all so encouraging!. I started canning moose and salmon in Alaska over 50 years ago. Now I can everything I can get my hands on. I source jars at garage sales, thrift stores, from people who no longer can, etc. A good thing about canning beans and veggies, etc., is that the liquid you need to eat them with is already in the jar. This saves water. I learned several good ideas on this channel. Praise the Lord and pass the beans!

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and keep on canning

@mfdixon2265

Жыл бұрын

Sheila….can you tell me how long I have to water can meats?

@itsnotthesamething

9 ай бұрын

Sheila, you may know this already, but I wanted to mention it anyway. When your canning jars are empty, store water in them. Just use a clean used lid and a ring. When you're ready to use the jar for canning, dump the water. Maybe use it to water a potted plant. This way, you have extra stored water for emergencies while your jars are not in use.

Just a hint, store some baking soda with each batch of dry beans. Cooking the beans with a little baking soda in the pot, they cook alot faster!

@lyndarina9839

Жыл бұрын

Morning Light, How much baking soda do you add to how much beans? Thanks for this tip.

@morninglight7544

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndarina9839 I add a heaping teaspoon to each pot of beans...and no need to drain then after. For really old beans, I add a really big heaping teaspoon. It doesn't seem to matter the exact amount.

@lindaburrows509

6 ай бұрын

Baking soda also when your soking your beens , before you cook them it exspells the Gass that's in the beens

@cynthiadodge3089

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I always add a big heaping teaspoonful of baking soda when I soak my beans! (Reduces the gassiness of the beans!) I always rinse the beans very well, before cooking, too!

@brendahoffer5534

Ай бұрын

Awesome idea!!❤❤❤

What I do, is take either 20 oz or 16.9 oz soda bottles. I rinse them out and allow them to dry. I then put my beans in the bottle add an oxygen absorbers and crank the lid on tight. The bottle is watervaporproof and you will find the bottle sucks in due to the oxygen absorber. The beans will store for 20-30 years but be in much more usable amounts.

I have one bucket each of beans and rice. The rest is split up between vacuum sealed and put in totes. Each tote contains beans, rice, freeze dried mixed veggies, spices we use and bullion cubes. I store enough water for each tote to be able to cook them. I also think it's easier for when family or friends needing help to keep things individually packaged and I keep certain names on the totes for those I may need to help.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Very organized

@marilynparmelee

Жыл бұрын

@@PrepperPotpourri Thanks. Doing my best. Live out in the country so am on a well. No electric, no water. We have a basement so we have plenty of climate controlled space to store what's needed.

@coloradopackratprepper

Жыл бұрын

Be careful storing water in totes with the food. Plastic bottles in particular can start leaking.

@marilynparmelee

Жыл бұрын

@@coloradopackratprepper Thanks, but I don't store water that way. Appreciate you trying to be helpful

@karenlackey6650

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Light bulb moment. 💡 Thanks for sharing!

1/3 Home Freeze Dried, 1/3 Home Canned, 1/3 Dried, stored in a 5 gallon bucket. Nice video!

Turn a cake pan upside down in front of the vacuum sealer. Place the bag in position, before closing the lid, flatten the beans neatly. Seal it. Now you have a flatter more space efficient package for storage.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Good tip

@rmason5477

Жыл бұрын

I will do this as have dehydrated mixed vegetables ready to be sealed 💯👍

@sheilal3172

Жыл бұрын

perfect!

Don't forget to DATE THE OUTSIDE of EVERYTHING you store!!! It works great to put the contents on the label as well. Also, the weight of what's stored. That way, nothing gets lost, you can easily share😁

@sheilal3172

Жыл бұрын

I use 4 digits. 2303 is for 23d year and 3d month. I just look for the smallest number. For dates like Feb 2000, I'd use 00-02 so it doesn't look like the year 2002!

@susandrwiega4342

9 ай бұрын

When do you add the five years to the package. From the expiration date on the bag or from the day you seal it. Nobody has explained it. I just found some of mine from 2018 and wanted to vacuum seal them. Yes on this?

I have stored beans in a plastic ice cream bucket for up to fifteen years and they were just fine. Also I put my rice in the freezer for a couple days and then I leave them in the bag in a plastic container. As long as it's stored in a cool dry dark place, they will last a long long time. That's how my dad stored rice and beans and that's how I store rice and beans. They didn't have mylar bags when I was a kid and there were fourteen of us kids.

@rosemolina3225

Жыл бұрын

Why the freezer?

@patriciabutler9463

Жыл бұрын

​@@rosemolina3225 supposed to kill bugs if any is in rice from what I have learned

@terrychrist1383

Жыл бұрын

@@rosemolina3225 To kill the bugs and eggs in the rice. Always rinse the rice until the water runs through clear. Add a little lemon juice to 1 cup rice to 2 cups of water and you will have very fluffy and good rice. God bless you and your family 💕🙏

@ributsurjowati9255

10 ай бұрын

How about if I live in Indonesia where everyday the sun shines brightly

@inowillie

9 ай бұрын

Using several bay leaves also keeps the bugs away@@rosemolina3225

OH! I like the idea of just cutting the corner off and leaving the label and all that instead of pouring the beans in a vacuum bag. That's a tip I will be using in the future. Thanks

Yes, those were the first two items I put away. I love rice and beans but my husband does not. I've just started gardening, canning and dehydrating in the last two years. I have a long amazing road ahead of me - and - with awesome women like you sharing information I will be successful!!!

@sheilal3172

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you will!

@kallasusort2986

8 ай бұрын

add salsa to your rice and beans - YUM

We store beans by vacuum sealing. They're then placed in a cool dark basement. Just made ham and bean soup last week with Great Northern Beans from 2016. Love 15-bean soup! IIRC, we talked about this 2-3 years ago. I bought individual bags of beans (legumes!) in 15 varieties and blended and vacuum sealed in 1-lb packs. Then found an 38-ounce bottle of ham seasoning powder (to be added when beans are cooked). Calculated savings of 80 cents a bag, so saved $12 over the pre-packaged mixes. Ok, not enough to let me buy a condo in Florida, but it was actually a fun process. There's a couple ham bones in the freezer which need to be cooked down - canning ham and bean soup this week - you did a video on that, too! Going to check out the Wallaby bags - thank you!

@tammymiller5801

Жыл бұрын

I vacuum seal mine as well and store in food safe buckets. Sadly, I don't have a basement.

@gsdalpha1358

Жыл бұрын

@@tammymiller5801 We're lucky to live in an area where basements are somewhat common. We actually call it the dungeon since the house was built in 1895 - lol. I rode out an intense tornado by escaping to a basement - wouldn't have a home without one!

@brendahoffer5534

Ай бұрын

Watch your stores too! I found ham for .49 cents a pound, bought every bit of it! 150#! Canned it all! People thought I was crazy!❤❤❤

@gsdalpha1358

Ай бұрын

@@brendahoffer5534 That was a GREAT price! We've found turkeys after the Holidays for that price, then roasted and canned them. But ham at .49 is awesome!

@brendahoffer5534

Ай бұрын

@@gsdalpha1358 just bought 90# of assorted beans for .88 cents a pound but also got rain checks for more!

I had some beans that were still chewy even after a 24 hour soak and almost an hour in the pressure cooker. That 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and another 10 minutes in the pressure cooker softened them up just right.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it

Lots of good information here! I've probably tried most storage methods, but one I like for shorter term storage is to place the beans, etc. in a 1/2 gallon or quart sized canning jar, and vacuum sealing a lid. I will store these in a dark area of the pantry, and the products stay fresh for extended periods. Thanks for sharing! :-)

@darrinsobel1946

Жыл бұрын

Maybe add an oxygen absorber for long term storage?

@johnschiffermuller4930

7 ай бұрын

I do the same with a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in the jar first, but I use any leftover large glass jar that will take a canning lid, then pack them in cardboard boxes taped shut to keep the light out.

I store it in all sorts of ways. I also store seasoning mixes with them. So I always have a way to season them.

Ordered the bucket openers.. I have a dog rescue and been using 5 gal buckets full of dehydrated meats for them . 🐾

Thanks for all the different ideas.

Thank you for all the great information!

I have beans in big jars that have been sealed, rice is in a big bucket. My pantry is loaded and am trying to find all the recipes I can find to make items like: cream of soups, breads, and anything else I can do to get wal-mart gone. I will never be able to get that store out for ever but the less I buy from them the better for me.

Loved all of the great tips and info, you are the best!

Another informative video on storing properly. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day!

Thanks for the balanced, straight forward presentation. It's well appreciated.

Very helpful! Thank you!!

So many great tips from you and the comments below. Thanks to everyone, and especially you Prepped Potpourri. I am reorganizing my pantry.

That's a great idea keeping the original bags. I have a bunch of beans I need to do. Thanks!

Wow thank you for that tip on the lid opener.

Great Tips! And a true simple time and space saver!

As always, you've given such important information!

Great ideas you have shared, another way I store beans is putting them in mason jars and vacuuming sealing the jars! Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your channel.

@gogogardener

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Quart jars work for my small family. It means less plastic waste. Also, I don't need to repackage when I move a jar to my kitchen. I keep two boxes of quarts in a legal file drawer. One case for legumes and one for rice and other grains. That's somewhere between 18 and 24 lbs of various legumes in one case of jars. I use O2 absorbers. Some of my beans are quite old, but still cook up well after using this method. Packaging can be folded and put in the jar or taped to outside if desired. In the Fall, I refill empties, because that's when the crops come in and inventories are their freshest. Personally, I mostly use canned beans.

storing beans for long term is a great fall back on this was helpful to know how to store thank you

Thank you for your time. I have learned so much from your videos

Simple, straightforward and you cover many questions that one asks. Love your presentation!

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this timely video . I have lots of bagged beans & was going to take care of them this week ..

I vacuum seal beans and put in a plastic storage bin. I just finished off the 2015 beans and they were fine.

Great advise. I'm new to canning and prepping and I'm really enjoying your show.

I love wallaby bags! They have worked well for us.

Thank you so much for this.

Thank you!!! Blessings to All!

Been using beans in our meal prep so we get use to them

Perfect timing. I found a bunch of dried beans on clearance yesterday at Rural King.

Very informative! Thank you! 🙂

I have canned beans for convenience; and store dried beans on the counter in mason jars (first use beans) or in their original packaging in a cabinet. As a single senior, buckets of beans are simply "overkill". When I cook dried beans, I cook only half a package and it produces enough for 2 meals and a freezer portion for a quick meal a few weeks down the road.

Besides the vacuum sealer that uses the textured bags, I also have a "Magic Sealer" that is made to seal mylar bags as well as ziplock bags.

Thank you for the information. And I love your hair! God bless you, Connie

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

LOL my hair has a mind of its own.

This is my first time seeing your videos and I just love you so much :). Thank you

Thank you for your video of how to store them. I’ve just been keeping in the original bag in my pantry. Going to get some Wallaby Mylar bags & oxygen absorbers to try.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Storing in bag it came with is good if you give food away & person may not know how to cook the beans. I love my bucket opener, Gamma Lids but use regular lids for long term storage! Love my vacuum sealer but don't "over kill". Canned beans are awesome for quick meals, Canning beans so far I have only done Pinto & Black Beans. Thank you for tip on grinding old bean's for bean flour! Love your channel!

Thank you for sharing all the different ways! I will vacu-seal some and I put some in 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids. It's encouraging to hear I'm not doing it the "wrong" way, as some videos suggested. I also appreciate that we can vacu-seal in the original package. I started doing that after dumping some out. It seemed to make more sense, then I watched a video saying that was not correct and I wondered why. The only explanation given was that there could be some "water" in it from the grocery store, but my beans were dry, so it left me confused. At that point I started putting things in buckets (which does work for my large family) and I was hoping the others would be ok. Again, thank you for sharing ALL the different ways to do it. You are right, there are more than one way to do things!

I now also keep some soaked and canned. Such a great way to make quick meal. I also can just reg bean soup but when I take one jar sometimes I add kale and Italian seasoning and serve with Parmesan on top like a Tuscan bean soup. So great!

I do canned, and mylar in half gallon size and rotate through both. I am in an apartment to no large buckets. Great video as always.

This video is perfect timing for me. I have about 70lbs to store now. I love Hurst's beans! That little flavor packet is magic.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

I also love the flavor packages

My family eats lots of beans. I have them in cans, jars, frozen, mylar bags and buckets. Beans, peas, lentils, barley. Works well.

Love your channel. I don't understand putting the date when packed instead of expectation date when product last best by date .Thank You Ever Soo much. Love those myler bags.

Love this idea!

thank you for your great content! I have been putting off getting milar bags because I have just been using food saver bags or canning jars sealed with the food saver for beans/rice/legumes. I'll get some of the Walaby bags to try out.

I home can baked beans and pork and beans. Also store canned kidney, black, and garbanzo beans, and dry Northern and navy beans, in their original bags. Wow! Never realized how many beans I actually have stored. 😊

I say it again; you are so lovely. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I really appreciate it.

@PrepperPotpourri

8 ай бұрын

And thank YOU for watching!

Excellent job on dried beans, I hope newbies find this video.......

Thank you for your demonstration on beans. Your information was wonderful. May God be with you always.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

I am preparing to store beans & rice for long term storage as we rarely eat either currently on a low carb way of eating. Since it may be necessary at some point to have that nutrition & caloric intake level, I'm not opposed to eating what we need to survive. I have small granddaughters so we collect half gallon juice bottles which are easy to fill & store. Plus I'm a canner & I just bought 20 cases of quart jars used (on top of still having at least 75 left in my stash from the last purchase of over 150. I canned 20 pints of ground beef & pork yesterday so I know that I'll have plenty of meat to make a variety of the beans, rice, & pasta we'll have for emergency.

I have some home canned. But, I use mostly the vacuum seal method. Works great for us.

We have some canned beans (dated for rotation), and bags of dried beans. Thanks for vacuum sealing suggestion. We have buckets to organize our grains.

I have beans stored in about all the ways you demonstrated and a few vacuum sealed in half gallon mason jars. Rice too. Also home canned beans.

Great video, thank you ma'am, I'm off to get some mylar bags and beans and start my first prepper project 🙂

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

This is a great intro to storing beans. I use each method. I figure I can rotate from each type of storage over time since I keep a spreadsheet of what I have.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of storing beans. I have a medium sized plastic tub with bags of beans/legumes in my pantry. I also have a few store bought canned beans, and home canned beans and bean soups. I don't have any long-term storage. I will also have a garden to grow more beans. Beans will be coming out of my ears. 😆 I just recently purchased a vacuum sealer, and I received a Cosori dehydrator for Christmas. I'm planning on cooking and dehydrating beans. I'm going to make bean flour, too, and add to baked goods. I'm in the beans this year. 😆

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you will be busy

❣I have beans in #10 cans, in mylar bags, and big buckets in mylar bags. I also have store bought beans in cans and I can my own beans.

Good morning. I don’t use Mylar bags, but I do vacumn seal occasionally. Thank you happy weds.

We do this alot, mostly mylar and buckets for long storage. Vaccuum seal in bags or half gallon jars for the house.

Alright thanks for this upload and info.👍

GREAT TIPS! Thanks!’

Thank you, I do pretty much the same - I don't have any large buckets any more - too much weight when I changed duty stations in the Army. Now, I put them in a quart mason jar and use a suction pump to suck out the oxygen.

Thank you for the bean flour suggestion, if they are to old or not stored properly. We’ve had some very old beans. Great idea. Thank you:)

@girlnextdoorgrooming

Жыл бұрын

I think bean flour is from cooked, dehydrated beans.

@leahrowe847

Жыл бұрын

So many people here are saying to use an instapot (bean setting), & they turn out perfect. You can also add baking soda to soften them & cook for an extra day. I have some 15 year old beans that got misplaced we tried cooking & were just hard that I'm gonna try out these methods on to see if I can salvage the beans... I just didn't have the heart to toss out a whole Tupperware bucket, as it's such a waste. Probably should've stored it differently, but I was just beginning & it was airtight. Guess I'll see.

Awesome video! We eat beans/,legumes way to frequently to store them long term buuut I do need to massively increase my stock of beans/legumes & think about a long term way of storing & then remember to keep those aside! Thank you friend for sharing 🖤

I love using a vacuum sealer and since it’s taking all the air out of the bag, it’s a savings on oxygen absorbers because you simply don’t need them getting rolls of it instead of premade bags is a lot cheaper

I have them canned on the shelf both home canned and store bought for short term use. I have them vacuumed in food saver bags and put into a square hard plastic tote with a gasket for longer term storage

You are so cute and funny as well as knowledgeable. I'm giggling. So glad I found your channel.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!!

I vacuum seal beans the way that you showed. Cut a small slit in the original bag and vacuum seal. I also have an assortment of canned (from the store) beans. I want to pressure can some eventually.

I like your idea of keeping the beans in the bag & glad to know to cut of corner to truly seal. A lot of less writing on bags for recipes of idems. I don't like the idea of wasting jars on dried beans. I have got to start this. Tks.

Thanks for the great info. I ordered the Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers. My daughter has a high dollar hair straightener so I can seal them with it. 🤣 I used your link and discount code.

@PrepperPotpourri

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

I've done most of my beans in the original pkgs and vacuum sealed. I didn't cut the corners though and I can see the benefits for that.

Mixed my favorite beans & vacuum sealed in 1# bags. Ready for my pantry.

Now that we are retired and seldom can things in quarts any more, I utilize my quart jars for dry goodcwhich I vacuum. Using the undamaged used canning lids they store well in a dark cool srorage space set aside for food storage in our small home.

I vacumn sealed my beans in 1/2 gallon jars, with exception of beans with flavor packets. When we open a jar, I usually can the remaining beans for fast meals, refill the jar the next time I shop and put to the back of my bean shelf, always rotating them.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

What a fantastic lesson. Thank you very much. I wish I would have seen this before I stored my beans in plastic and glass jars. I did use oxygen observers

I'm glad to see a video about portioning. I have portioned mine in half bag portions for years, because for me, that is enough to last me for several meals without compromising the rest of the beans. I admit that I laugh when I see people filling the five gallon mylar bag and sealing it up in their bucket.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is a Newbie Prepper mistake

@annieb8928

Жыл бұрын

Might be good for a really big family that likes only pinto beans (or chick peas).

@YT4Me57

Жыл бұрын

I know! Unless you're feeding an army, it's way too much!!

Thank you so much for your video. I found a Hair gizmo at the Thrift Store that works like a charm to seal the bags, BUT! it does tend to get a little hot so I unplug it before that happens. The great thing about the iron is that it's temp controlled. Have a great one and good luck.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

You too

Very good informative video, thank you.

I use mylar bags in buckets as long term. Many varieties vacuum sealed in ½ gal mason jars fill a closet turned pantry. A good many I've grown and they can double as seed if need arises. I also keep a good many that I can and some store bought for quick meals. I only worry about rotating through the canned and jarred ones.

Thank you !

I've been pressure canning beans like crazy this winter. Not only did my husband bring home 2 pound bags of EVER BEAN IN THE STORE during covid, but we also had foolishly bought a ten pound bag of pintos just before covid hit. They get harder to cook until soft as they get older, so canning was the right thing to do for our small household. The one drawback? A much bigger footprint!

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

True

@christinagardener1889

Жыл бұрын

This is food insurance

@AcornHillHomestead

Жыл бұрын

An Instant Pot does a fabulous job on older beans. No presoaking. I bought the Instant Pot Ultra 6 quart 3 years ago. It has a bean preset also a rice preset I use them all the time. All the pressure cooking guesswork is taken out. I have 50# beans and rice stored and there is just the two of us. I have cooked 10 year old beans and they are just fine. Additionally, pressure canning dry beans is sooo easy. Whippoorwill Holler has some awesome recipes and shows the step by step. Her ranch beans are fabulous. Happy prepping.

@Nana-zi9xq

Жыл бұрын

If you have beans that won’t seem to soften add a tablespoon of baking soda to the pot. This will take about another hour

@dancinginabundance

Жыл бұрын

I live in a fairly high elevation and must soak beans every minute of 24 hours. When I get to busy to cook them or they're older beans I just rinse and put fresh water in for another 24 hours. Season and can those babies! We're having beans and cornbread tonight and I didn't have to plan dinner 2 days ago.

Thanks for the video your awesome

Wipe down beans original bag with sanitize wipe. Then bag it in vacuum bag once dry. For new people reason for putting original bag in vacuum bag. Sometimes beans have little rocks in them and it could keep bags from completely sealing. I used to sort through beans then seal. To much hassle.

I have 5lbs of just about every kind of bean and legume imaginable, most stored in mylar bags or glass jars in my cellar (which is always cool to very cold . I am vegan and we eat a lot of a beans, so 5lbs is not too much for us to reasonably go through. To save storage and freezer space (I was sometimes keeping quart size bags of cooked beans in my chest freezer) I will sometimes batch cook a quantity of beans in my instant pot and then dehydrate them. I do this with rice, especially brown rice, as well, for quick rehydrating on busy days.

I home can beans, have them dry with oxygen absorbers and also in cans. I am learning to rotate. I grew up with rice and beans as main staples.

I appreciate this bc I'm past having a bunch of kids at home so small packs stored is great. I also don't eat daily how I would eat in a SHTF situation... I rarely eat canned/boxed food... so this gives me an idea on how to plan for that... I'm wondering of I can do this with small rice packs too

@PrepperPotpourri

8 ай бұрын

Yes you can.

Would love to see a video on what to do with bean flour.

Very informative video.

Thanks for the great video