I didn't see you put oxygen absorber in the flour

I place the whole bag of flour in the 5 gallon bucket in it's orginal packaging which is not air tight. I place a 3000cc oxygen absorber in the bucket, cover it then use my vaccum sealer to seal the bucket. I also put a bay leaf inside the bucket to deter bugs. I use food grade buckets that I can buy used for $3 cdn with the lids. I just bought 25 buckets for $75 cdn.

Please check the integrity of your mylar bags as we found microscopic pin holes in the bags. Test them by going to a dark room (ie. bathroom) and with the lights off put a flashlight inside of the bag look for any light on the outside of the bags.

Thank you!! I needed to know all of this!

Thank you for them information. Haven’t been getting notification on your videos. Went back and checked it see if I was still subscribed. I was, I’ve got a lot of new videos to watch. Thank you for being a great teacher!😊Regina

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you made it back! :)

@johnreginahenderson7032

Жыл бұрын

@@AModernHomestead me toooo! Thank you!😊

freezer is the secret ,keeps the flour fresh , you can use freezer twice ,put the flour in the freezer for 3-4 days then take it out and let it come in a room temperature and then put it in the freezer for one more time ,every egg-bug will die then its ready fore storage thank you

Awesome video

I store flour with bay leaves

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Love that! Do you freeze it first?

@susanwilliams1881

Жыл бұрын

@@AModernHomestead yes

@Mel-vu9ss

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@donnaemslie5729

6 ай бұрын

What do you put the flour? I’m not doing thing’s right 🤪 How do you do pasta?

If you seal flour in mylar bags n suck oxygen out bugs cant live . I skip freezer step because nothing can servive without oxygen. I put flour in paper lunch bags and fold top over a couple times n then into bags n then suck air out it then goes onto 5 gal bucket and lid goes on. That way I can take out 3 lbs about in each bag at a time.

@AModernHomestead

11 ай бұрын

Sadly this has not been the case for us, so freezing is essential. We lost a LOT of dry goods by skipping the freezing step, even with mylar, oxygen absorbers, and using a vacuum system to remove the air. Not sure how or what happened, but I don't want to risk it again! :-)

I live in Michigan, if I’m going to store flour, I’ll leave it outside in the freezing cold for three days, and I use painters tape to write on. Should I choose to rep purposes the buckets at a later date

Can you use a hair flat iron to close the mylar bags?

I store 1 canister of whole wheat flower in the freezer immediately after grinding to keep it fresh. I use this flower to make sour dough bread when needed which is also immediately put into the freezer after it is baked. I store the wheat berries which I grind the flower out of in 1/2 gallon mason jars which I evacuate with a vacuum pump. I believe that there is not enough air left in the jar for eggs to hatch and ruin the wheat. I did do a test where I put hatched out moths in an evacuated jar and after about 3 days they died. Storing the wheat in smaller 1/2 gallon jars gives less of a chance for a single infestation from ruining 5 gallons of wheat and there is no way rodents will get into the jars.

Does anyone know of a safe way to nitrogen purge containers prior to sealing?

Home Depot orange buckets are not food grade safe but if you use a mylar bag in them it’s ok. Unlike the food grade buckets from Azure you don’t have to use mylar bag’s.

No oxygen absorber?

Just passing by due to being up next recommended video. Freezing dry goods does not kill all bugs. Some bugs hibernate when it's cold, even at freeing temperatures under 0°. I have had bugs in my bread flour even after placing in the freezer for 4 days. So, I decided to heat my flour at or just above 200° in a pan, kettle or mason jars. I've been canning/jarring perishable and non-perishable foods for over 37 years. I'm not deterring how viewers process or determine their methods on canning, I'm just suggesting ideas.

@user-ru5oh9jy9n

24 күн бұрын

True, they may hibernate, but not forever. So once they wake up, they will die

I'm curious, would vacuum sealing do the same as the mylar bags? I can't get mylar bags where I am, have to import and stupid money

@lauraIngleswilder74

9 ай бұрын

Vaccum sealing works great. I have done it for years

I use oxygen absorbers in my rice, beans and oatmeal. Why doesn't the flour need oxygen absorbers?

no oxygen absorber or anything?

The corner of your shelf isn’t full seated at the 6:22 point in the video, please address that before you lose everything on that shelf. Great video

@AModernHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's actually bit hit with a mallet many times, it's a far down as it will go. Thank you again so much, that would have been awful if it had settled!

In the UK those buckets are invariably $30+

Thank you for your instructions on storing flour … not sure if I missed it but how long will the flour last when stored?

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

10+ years if done this way and stored in a cool dry place 😊

@daniellacansancaopopovic1898

10 ай бұрын

​@@AModernHomesteadDear madam, is it possible to do this method with whole weat flour? Thamk you.

@AModernHomestead

10 ай бұрын

@@daniellacansancaopopovic1898 Yes! You can use this method for beans, rice, and any type of flour you'd like. Enjoy!

Maybe I missed it, but did you use oxygenabsorbers?

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

We don't, I have done a lot of testing and the oxygen absorbers didn't make a difference at all when the bag is sealed properly, and the air is pushed out reasonably. So we save the money and don't add them :-)

Where is the oxygen absorber???

WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE FOR ALL-PURPOSE EINKORN FLOUR. Can not get that in Alberta anymore…

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear that! :-(

didn't use oxygen absorbers?

Where is oxygen absorber?

So what is your definition of "long term storage"? in a cool, dry place how long can you store flour like this?

@AModernHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Theoretically, 10-15 years. I haven’t tested it that long (because it gets used and replaced), but we’ve used it after 3 years and it’s great.

@Hal09i

7 ай бұрын

Thx!@@AModernHomestead

Do you have this in written form, Please?

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Not currently, but here's a summary of the video: 1. Put any flour in the freezer for at least 24 hours (I prefer 72) 2. Remove bags and let it come to room temp overnight 3. Place a 5 gal mylar bag into a clean 5 gallon bucket (I get mine from Home Depot) 4. Fill the bags with 20 pounds of flour 5. Use an iron and wooden board to seal the very top edge of the bag, leaving the last 3" open. 6. Push out any air and seal the rest of the bag. 7. Put the lid on securely, and store in a cool dry place. I hope that helps!

@kellcanabc

9 ай бұрын

written for? put it in a bag and seal it up

How do store flour

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Hi Teresa! I did a whole video on that here

Why don't you buy the eincorn berries and then grind it when you need it?

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Because whole wheat is not our preferred flour type, though we do also have a large supply of berries and a grinder. Many people prefer having all-purpose flour, so I wanted to show them how to store it. :-)

Thank you for your video. You could skip the freezing because the Oxygen Absorbers will make the environment impossible for bugs to live in. I picked up a straight Iron for hair at the thrift store for $5 and it's the rig for sealing Mylar, IMHO. A 10kg (22lbs) bag of flour last this family unity about two months when we're baking bread. We seem to be having a break from that at the moment. We rotate about four to six bags of flour and I'm down to two at the moment. I just packed away 100kg of flour in Mylar and I believe it's good for at least ten years. So I'm just going to keep buying fresh while I can and keep the stash stashed. I expect if I ever need to get into it, my consumption may well have changed a little because I have almost a ton of whole Wheat that I could Mill and mix fifty/fifty with the white flour and make it last a little longer. I do have buckets full of products that will not be harmed by freezing and it never gets too warm where they are stashed BUT! There's always the threat of rodents. We live above a Harbor with a Fish Plant, ... it's a constant thing here. I have Bait stations, traps, and leave an access to easy food for them so they don't bother with the buckets, and it works, so far anyway. I really stay on top of things like rodents. Keep up the great work and good luck.

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm glad you have been able to do all of that! Sadly, we haven't had a good experience skipping the freezing part. We tend to do a bunch of testing, so we had some bags that we frozen, some we didn't... some with oxygen absorbers, some without... and when I opened a sealed bag that had the "proper" amount of oxygen absorbers, but hadn't been frozen, I found a bunch of live moths. It was awful! But all the bags we freeze and seal in this method have been fine. I know lots of people who do it your way too, and as long as it works, I'm all for it! It just didn't work for us :-(

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

@@nanmaco Lol! That's one way to look at it! :-)

@theirishcailin333

Жыл бұрын

​@A Modern Homestead oh that's awful about moths in the bag with oxygen absorbers, was always lead to believe nothing would survive. Would your absorbers have been bad?

Why don't you just vac pack it?

Do you us oxygen absorbers. Just sayen.

why would I like and subscribe in 30 seconds into this video means it's false I just want money

@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot74

2 ай бұрын

It doesn’t cost anything to subscribe

What you just demonstrated right now was no different than leaving the flower In its own original bagging, what you needed to do was put an oxygen absorber inside the Mylar bag. That's the difference in prolonging the life and the natural taste of the flour, is the oxygen absorbers, it will kill anything living or any bacteria in there, Because nothing can live without oxygen or humidity. So no, this is not a good video.

No oxygen absorbers?

@AModernHomestead

Жыл бұрын

Nope. We've done a lot of tests and the OA made zero difference while the freezing step was crucial :-)