I remember mom putting some rice in the table salt shaker to keep it from becoming a brick in texas!!!! 💞💞💞💞😸😸😸😸

@sandrainontario6710

3 жыл бұрын

Me too also in Texas!

@naomiminnick6416

3 жыл бұрын

I still put it in salt and pepper shakers

@happyrapture1370

3 жыл бұрын

I remember everyone did that. Even in the restaurants. Yep In Texas

@LadyTSurvival

3 жыл бұрын

I use a half of a saltine cracker in the shaker

@notyourfriend5899

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandrainontario6710 yup- Texas! I still do it

I'm shocked that you don't have more likes on this video. I appreciate your efforts and sharing your knowledge.

@PrepperPotpourri

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

I store salt in buckets without rice, no problems. I am using salt from my storage from November of 2011.

This is a timely video for me, lol. About two years ago I found your channel through the, "dehydrating potatoes" video. I was always a person who liked to be prepared but after watching your channel it made me want to be more prepared. I watched your salt storage video, and thought, I can do this, just grab a small container of salt or two each week at the grocery, it's affordable. I filled up a bucket full of small containers of salt and even labeled them and put rice in per your suggestion. Fast forward two years, we move from a tiny apartment to a house, we didn't have time to label many of our boxes. We start to cook a meal in the early days in the house and we couldn't find the salt we were originally using in the kitchen(it had been packed away in an unlabeled box). I said wait, "I know exactly where we can find salt, we have a big white bucket, labeled salt!" (Lol) So my husband, who has always been half on board with prepping has cut me slack since then, also, since the event that happened last year, he is more for prepping. So, my salt has only been in storage for two years, not long, but it is still very well. No clumps, no moisture, no yellowing.

The (its squeezy ) had me giggling ! Thats pretty cool it stayed perfect ! My wife always puts rice with the salt . Even in the shakers ! Thanks for sharing !!

I had a couple boxes turn to brick so I just grated it. Going to do this method.

@flutey28

3 жыл бұрын

I love it

Exactly the information I needed. I seek and you provide. Thank you, sweet lady ! I love that you followed up on your early storage efforts and shared with us. Also, how you keep it simple.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This was a solid good information video. Real life example and I appreciate that.

Wow! Thank you for this video. This is the type of videos I'm always looking for.

That's awesome! Thank you for all the tips on storing! We need them now more than we have in a long time!

Thanks for the video! It will give me peace of mind. I have not found another unpacking video anywhere, and I would have had that worry in the back of my mind. Your packaged salt looked great, not even yellowing.

I'm amazed! I thought for sure it would be more of one big chunk. Well done! Thanks for sharing this.

3rd video on salt. Have learned so much from you in the past and am grateful, thank you. Looking forward to some fresh information/recipes/videos in the future.

This is a really good method! It made me realize that I need to store a lot more salt and I'm going to do it the same way!

This was excellent information and a learning curve. Thank you again for the fascinating videos!

@honeybee2356

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!

I just love your channel!! You always have the most informative information. I do thank you for all the time you take out of your life to share with all of us. You do make a difference.

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Glad to see your salt storage method worked well :-)

I moved from a very dry environment to a high humidity one, went to get my salt, only to find it looking like a science project! Thank you! I will now go shopping and due this!

Great video as always!!

Thank you! This was very good!

Iodized salt contains anti caking agents so I am not surprised that it wasn't a solid block. Back in the 17 and 1800s salt and sugar came in solid blocks or cones and you chipped off what you needed and then ground it up in a mortar a pestle so even if it did solidify and turn yellow it is still fully useable.

Nice! I've stored it loose in gallon plastic jars, just in case it does get hard, so far it's been OK. But you can't store a lot that way. This pail method looks good. Thanks!

I stored canning salt in 1/2 gallon mason jars and vacuum sealed they are like yours. I also only have in containers Iodize salt. Truthfully I didn’t give it a thought. Glad I watched. Thanks for sharing

Thanks I will add rice and put my salt in a bucket. :)

Thank you for this informative video. I’m ready to watch your linked video, with Salt, bucket, gamma, & rice, ready to go. I have just been waiting for the confidence that I can do it right. 💖💕

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

That was AMAZING !!!! Thank you for sharing :-)

Very cool video! Thank you.

Thank you for the knowledge amazing I will be using your method

Love the outcome!

I'm just preparing to store Salt and the rice idea is great! I would think that the rice would also be good because the salt would dry out and kill any bugs or weevils that might be hiding. Have a blessed day and thank you!

I've never long term stored salt before but do have extra in my pantry now. However I grew up in the Philippines which is extremely humid and hot. We always put a few granules of rice in the salt shakers to prevent clumping and it worked like a charm. I'm betting the rice you put in there did it's job!!

I love this! Thanks have a blessed day

We're kind of miserly on re-purposing things so we re-use 16-ounce plastic pop bottles for salt storage. Salt stored since 2015 is still pourable. Saw a video where someone stored those round cardboard containers of salt next to canned vegetables. The cardboard got wet, leaked out and ruined the cans. Those plastic pop bottles seemed a solution! We rinse them out really well, then rinse with water and bleach, let air dry, then fill with salt. So far, so good! We also re-purposed some old cabinets for basement storage, and buckets just take up too much room in them. Wish I had space for them, though, since buckets are so labor efficient opposed to individually packaging things. Congrats on your science project :-)

Rice for dinner? Excellent as always, 👍🏻

I store saw in the original container also. I put fourteen of the twenty six ounce containers in a five gallon bucket and I make a cloth sack that can breath with about a cup of instant rice and seal up. I have stored in my home or a temperature cotrolled building here in eastern NC for eight yeaes with no issuues.

Great video & thanks for sharing, I've learned alot from you!

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing

I also have salt from 2014, I poured it into a pretzel plastic container outside the box...its still grainy and white.

What a great idea!

thank you for sharing

I try to store a lot of salt. It can be used in so many ways. I have heard that the iodized salt can ture yellow over time but you can still use it. I store iodized, plain and canning salt.

Thank you

Great review, thanks for the video. God Bless, stay safe.

I'm so glad you did this. I'm always curious about the reality of how things hold up several years down the road versus our research on how they "should" hold up. Just as a side question, did the rice seem to have any difference to when you first sealed the bucket (it was a little hard to tell on the video and you didn't mention)? Thank you for sharing!

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

No. The rice didn't even discolor.

@michelleallen6415

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperPotpourri Awesome. Thanks again!

We use rice and also noodles. We also put it in our salt shakers.

Awesome!!

I stored salt in buckets more than ten years ago. It was solid as a rock. But then it was also solid when I stored it. I buy livestock blocks. Thats 50 lbs of perfectly edible salt at @ $5. So what if I have to chip or scrape it to use it. I currently have 20 salt blocks stored in buckets. Thats one half ton for just $100. Great barter item too. Btw, I use the square buckets for this. Perfect fit. I also dry canned about one hundred lbs of granular salt. Be certain to use the coated lids though.

Awesome tyvm

Good to know about how to store salt, I live is Hot and Humid South Florida. It would be interesting to see if the rice is still good and OK to eat.

Great video

Sounds like a plan. I’ve never thought about storing salt. I love salt myself.

A great use of white rice!

I'm sharing this! It's Valuable information!

@PrepperPotpourri

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

rice on top is a great idea.....even if it was a block, easy to chip up and if it was wet (only wet and not moldy) it's really easy to dry out..that is how I harvest salt from sea water...just evaporate out the salt. :) ....thanks PP

I hear iodize salt 🧂 you shouldn’t put away because it can spoil but you should store sea salt or pure salt nothing mixed. I’m very amazed and loving this channel so far.

@jackieparent5027

2 жыл бұрын

I never heard of ionized salt or any other salt spoiling. ?

I store my salt in small glass jars with plastic lids. That way I only need to take out a little at a time. The first two weeks after I packed it I shook the jars daily to spread out any moisture. It worked great.

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

Love the rice thing. It really works.

I'd venture to say the Gamma seal lid may have helped a bit with keeping out moisture. We live in a swampy area and have to store items in an outdoor shed. We use buckets and Gamma seal lids with great results. I wouldn't know how well table salt would compare though since we don't use it & it typically it would have an additive that keeps it from caking. My first attempt at storing sea salt (like a dummy) I vacuum sealed it in a quart bag. It's a brick. I haven't decided if I'm going to take a hammer to it, add it to the base of our new rock garden or just open it up and hope for the best. Subsequent attempts at storing salt we just kept it in its original packaging and slipped it into a ziploc bag. That goes into a 5 gallon bucket. No need to add a bag of rice. At the bottom we add a couple large moisture absorbers. We keep kosher salt, pickling salt, prague powder, lava salt, Himalayan salt and smoked salt in the same bucket (separate packages and bags). So far no flavor drift after 18 mos.

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Your moisture absorbers are like my rice

@vinlago

3 жыл бұрын

@@rivjoy I have a feeling our sugar will wind up that way. Lol Wish we bagged it separately like the salt or used smaller packages like the OP. Live and learn.

@vinlago

3 жыл бұрын

@@rivjoy thanks!!

I call that successful storage!!

Awesome

iodized salt stops the forming of goiters.

i need to check mine

👍👍👍

Great video, thank you! I was only wishing you would have tasted it. I've never encountered it myself but remember that in the Bible there is mention of salt losing its flavor so that was something I wondered about...how did it taste? No difference?

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Tastes just fine

I will try your way.

I just chop chop with a butter knife.😊Nothing wrong with it at all. I sealed recent boxes though.

Great video! I appreciate the nuts and bolts stuff. Do you have any old sugar stored? I know not to use O2 absorbers with salt or sugar. I have been vacuum packing sugar both in the paper bag it comes in and just poured directly in the vacuum bag. I wasn't sure which was better or if both ways will result in a solid block. I now have mylar bags to use. How do you store sugar? Thanks!

@firehorsewoman414

3 жыл бұрын

@Playinatlife never heard that about o2 absorbers. Does it turn it into. A brick? What happens?

@playinatlife5778

3 жыл бұрын

@@firehorsewoman414 From what I have heard, salt or sugar when stored with an O2 absorber turns into a solid brick.

Iodized salt has anti caking ingredients already in it. I'm wondering how kosher salt or pickling salt does or even Himalayan pink salt. I only use iodized salt in my shakers if our meal needs a little extra salt for personal taste. Was always told we need iodine in our diet and salt is the best way to get that but for cooking I do prefer kosher salt.

@Michelle-oz1jc

3 жыл бұрын

And is the salt you use Kosher Coarse salt? I have a lot of the coarse salt and wonder if that’s ok in everyday cooking.

@Jomama02

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michelle-oz1jc yes, I use it in everyday cooking to season food while cooking it. Salt is salt. The only thing I do differently is watch how much I use of it. A pinch is still a pinch, and a teaspoon still a teaspoon but with the Crystal's being coarse I have a tendency to want to use a little more of it than necessary but that's just my goof....😂🤣

@Michelle-oz1jc

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jomama02 thank you

@firehorsewoman414

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michelle-oz1jc while salt is salt is mostly true, there are some things where types make a difference. We make our own sausage and storing natural sausage casings in salt you do not want to use anything but non-iodized table salt. We also do not use ipdized salt for anything other than the table shaker (that is our personal preference). When we make our sausage recipes up, we use nothing but diamond crystal salt and this is where you need to be careful because a teaspoon is not always a teaspoon. 1 teaspoon table salt = 1 1/2 teaspoons Morton kosher salt = 2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt. Edit: learn the gramweight and measure ingredients by weighing for more accurate results

@Michelle-oz1jc

3 жыл бұрын

@@firehorsewoman414 thank you- that helps

I started as far back as 2012 putting salt in Mylar bags inside 5 gallon buckets. I think the last couple ones I did was in 2018. I also did different types of Beans, Rice, Sugar, Coffee, Wheat, Flour and Powdered Non-fat Milk the same way. I bought canned Powdered Butter from one of those long term food storage places back in 2015 and really wonder how that has stored. Once I learned about Sea Biscuits in 2018 and how long they last I started making them putting them in sealed Mylar bags inside sealed 5 gallon buckets. The Sea Biscuits will last longer than my Grand children's lives and very possibly longer so I can pass those storages down the family line. The Sea Biscuits are a proven survival food as far back as the Pilgrim's coming across the Sea to America the Revolutionary war and civil War. The Sea Biscuit can be soaked in water, Coffee or tea and softened to eat or grinded into flour to bake a warm bread. Sea Biscuits are simply made with flour, salt and water dehydrated in a oven.

@PrepperPotpourri

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I might have to make some sea biscuits in my dehydrator.

@casper3130

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperPotpourri they come out rock hard so don't try to eat them unless you soak them in coffee to prevent breaking a tooth. Soldiers in the Civil War soaked them in coffee or whiskey according to history.

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment, but is this what we call hard tack ?

@casper3130

Жыл бұрын

@@aliciaspears7847 yes Sea Biscuits & Hardtac is one in the same.

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

@@casper3130 ah, I thought so ! Thanks for the reply. I started making & storing hard tack last year. Your comment made me realize production fell off around Christmas. I better get back to it !

I’m going too store lots sugar in bags placed into5- lb bucket. No Mylar bags can’t afford those. Will it be okay?

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

Keeping sugar longterm all depends on humidity. Sugar will last forever but it can be a hard brick. Right now I keep sugar in half gallon canning jars with lids. I rotate through my jars about every 18 months. So far fine.

I would rather have a solid block of Salt then no Salt at all..I'm sure if the Salt turned into a Block of Salt it can be ground back to a granular state.

@PrepperPotpourri

Жыл бұрын

True

Can you store salt and sugar in the same bucket?

3:29 Salt is important... I only use 2-3 #'s a year at most. Who is They ?

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

LDS and others. It is also important for food preservation.

@ForgetU

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperPotpourri Thanks for the reply. I know salt is important (Iodine) especially in your neck of the woods (pun intended).

Did you check the boxes near the bottom of the bucket as well? It should be fine but I'm curious.

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. All fine.

@happygardener28

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperPotpourri Great!

Awesome! What about rice getting weevils?? Infecting salt??

@PrepperPotpourri

2 жыл бұрын

I have never had a weevil infestation

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

Old comment, but just wanted to say that if you're worried about weevils, you can freeze the rice for a few days and then defrost it. Let it sit for 24 hours before putting in your bucket so you don't trap any condensation. Weevils suck. Don't ask me how I know....

it contains anti caking ingredients

Do you put rice in with sugar??

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

No

But rice has bugs and needs oxygen absorbers so I see it’s okay to add rice w no absorber tuvm

Does your salt have an anti caking agent?

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

Iodized salt does

Great info. I stored salt in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Should I repackage? If it is a brick because of no oxygen (vs moisture), won’t it come ‘back to life’? 😊 thanks!

@PrepperPotpourri

3 жыл бұрын

It might

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

Old comment thread, I know, by I'm curious if you checked your salt and if so, what did you find ?

@tlrice72

Жыл бұрын

@@aliciaspears7847 I haven’t checked the salt but I had packaged sugar the same way. It stayed like a brick. Had to pound it/grate it to use. Kind of like they did a long time ago. It’s usable but it doesn’t come ‘back to life’ 😋

@aliciaspears7847

Жыл бұрын

@@tlrice72 thank you so much for the reply. I appreciate the info very much !

A little long winded, but informative

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