I lived next door to and rented from a very well known chocolate maker for many years. He told me that the 'bloom' is just the sugar seperating from the chocolate. There's nothing harmful in it.

@sue-savedbyJesusChrist

3 жыл бұрын

Ty @3rdEyeOpen I was wondering what it meant.

@notabiologist7162

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know!

Great review on the crackers! Recently, I spent a considerable amount of time comparing expiration dates on the variety of crackers at Sams, and found that the CLUB crackers had a longer shelf life, so those are what I have in storage. ALSO, while in Kansas city, Mo, I visited the Arabia Steamboat Museum, and got to meet the Owner and excavator of this ship that had sunk in the Missouri River back in 1856. The ship had a HUGE cargo of food and supplies and many of the CANNED foods are on display still intact. (the food had been preserved in mud underground all those years) The excavator said he recently opened a Jar of pickles, and they tasted fresh! Mind you, those pickles are more than 150 years old!! I always think about this when I think of food preservation. I home can my own meat and totally not worried about how long they've been on the shelf! Thanks for sharing!

I put up m&ms and crackers 2 years ago kids opened the m&ms and they tasted like fresh I vacuum sealed mine

@larrybair2029

2 жыл бұрын

I have vacuum sealed Easter, Halloween, Christmas & all occasion candy that we always have around for our 12 grandchildren. My hubby also likes candy. I vacuum seal all sorts of snacks including cookies. Get these items at todays prices to save money plus find them.

@janeyd.6228

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrybair2029 I've also vaccumn cake mixes with coffee filters on the very top with instructions cut from box and put inside jar then vaccumn sealed. I've also taken cup cake muffin liners and put on top of pudding, and jello mixes then vaccumn sealed them. I read you can't save anything with oils, or eggs, does anyone know if this is true for vacumn sealing?

@crystalross4044

Жыл бұрын

@@larrybair2029, hello, do you take them out of the package or vacuum sealed or oxygen absorbers used?

Wow this is Awesome on the crackers !!! Now we know they last 5 years. Thank you for the video and all your sharing !!! Blessings ✝️💟

@merryanneadair4451

3 жыл бұрын

Love the pic of the Myles! Are they yours? Do you use them?

Who on earth could dislike this video? These are my favorite!

@julieclearythefeistyrebelg5660

3 жыл бұрын

Steffan White Probably someone who thinks that any sort of sweets is bad for their health, other than that, I honestly don't know, lol!!!

@rosesanchez7579

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Shame on them. THIS IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL INFO and I learn so much EVERY TIME. Thank GOD he even decided to do these video. We b screwed. 😄😄😄

You don't want to taste the candy because it's early in the morning? I'll eat it 24/7/365! That's probably why I'm fat 😞😂😂😂

@gypsybelle4757

3 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀️Agreed! Plus it’s for science and public service...right?? 😃👍

@jeanbean1390

3 жыл бұрын

@@gypsybelle4757 RIGHT!

I experimented with Cheez-Its and Chocolate Chips. The Cheez-Its I put away were 5 years old and tasted the same as if they came out of the bag today. The chocolate chips were 6 years old and were great. I had 3 different flavors of chocolate chips and all were excellent. Girl Scout cookies are great after years stored too. Love your channel!!! Learning so much from you!!

@JB-dt9ef

2 жыл бұрын

Hello! Can you confirm whether you vacuum sealed them or just sealed them and added the 02 absorber. Thank you!

@crystalross4044

Жыл бұрын

Hello, can you tell me if you used an oxygen absorber or vacuum sealed.

@crystalross4044

Жыл бұрын

Can you let me know if you used a vacuum absorbers or vacuum sealed.

@barbiedoll1107

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, missed your question. I put them in Mason jars and used oxygen absorbers, plus used my jar sealer on my food saver. Didn't need to use my food saver jar sealer attachment, but I have it so no reason not to.

@barbiedoll1107

Жыл бұрын

@@crystalross4044 answer below.

Im kinda startin to dig your experiments. Stuff we may need to know, ya know.

I absolutely love when you show "the reveal" of your preps! They are so informative.

Don’t ever stop making videos, I’ve learned so much from you!! Thank you 😊

Oh yeah....pint jar of M n M's...pfft. I store quart size...lol.

@termodog7951

3 жыл бұрын

They don’t last long enough to go bad!

@oldbroad7672

3 жыл бұрын

I was laughing about that, too!

@roggie77777

3 жыл бұрын

Remember Ball makes 1/2 gallon jars also. LOL

@JT-2012

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

@chomama1628

3 жыл бұрын

I do mine in half gallon! Lol

Temperature is huge. We just threw out a large amount of hotrods, crackers & peanutbutter and kraftdinner... all bad and stinky after 3yrs. They were out of the sun but cold in winter snd hot in summer. Waste of food 🤨 temperature is so important people!!! Dont be a Travis N!!!

I appreciate these videos more than you know. Being new-ish to long term food storage, these help tremendously. Thank you!

@cbass2755

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

Thank you for this! It answered a question that's been burning in my mind for a while. You're the best Alaska Prepper! ❤

Your "blooming" is just the residue from the candy coating 😊

This was great to know AP! Thank you for showing us these great preps!

I love that you test your storage items💙

@tammybrennan2040

3 жыл бұрын

Me too , especially because I’ve stored m& ms s & chocolate 👍❤️

@michellejones4755

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! And the cooking from preps!

Thanks AP. Glad to see it as a success. My cheese is in the dehydrator working so hopefully I can put a good amount of cheese away that way. The cheese waxing has been ok but very messy and the freeze dry cans are really expensive

Thank you Rudy - will be doing this in the not too distant future. Just yesterday I did another batch of Ghee just the way you taught me on your Ghee video. My Husband loves the idea that we can save & use the Ghee foam - we love using that instead of regular butter. Your videos are so important, so precise, so detailed & we so look forward to each & every one (especially the learning ones). Thank you Rudy. Judi

Again..another interesting video! Thank you for adding your fur-family clips..Karma is so adorable ❤

Great idea to prep some sweets also, thanks Rudy!!

The 2 reveals I've been waiting on!!!! Thank you!!! I can't believe I've been watching you that long! I remember you putting those m&ms away! What size oxygen absorber did you use??? Blessings to you and your family!

Love these experiments, AP. Very good information. I was especially surprised with the cracker results. Very encouraging. Thanks and God bless!

Thank You for this video! I have been searching and you are the first if not the only channel who did a follow up on the cracker storage. This is the first video of yours I have watched but reviewing your channel it looks like it is going to be very helpful to me. Subscribing now!

Thank you for this video. I often wondered about storing M&Ms to keep as a morale booster. Plus my family like sugar.

That's very exciting! I'm fixing to oven can crackers and hope they hold up too!🤗

I love these videos. Thank you for letting us see the results.

Whoop 🙌 Whoop 😃 Long live M & Ms 💚❤️🧡💛🤎 😃 And its good to know I can have crackers with my tuna salad!

Awesome AP! Thanks for sharing! Helps alot!

Lol, I vacuum sealed candy 3 weeks ago and it is already gone😂. Thanks for the great info- I love your ending and say it along with you. 😊

I threw some Oreos in a half pint jar and used the food saver on it once. They were fine a year later.

@larrybair2029

2 жыл бұрын

I did also ..

Thank you so much these are my favorite kind of videos. God bless you!💕🙏

Thank you for this video. I've been wanting to vacuum seal junk but I never knew how they would hold up.

Excellent demonstration AP. God bless you for being the forerunner

Fyi, I put two dates on everything I package for long term storage. I notate the Original Best Buy Date as "OBB 12/01/21", for example. I include the date I repackaged them as "RP 11/17/20". I like knowing how far before or after the best buy date I packaged them.

@kellyhamilton460

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Because there might be recalls in the future, I always put where I bought meat etc...like Costco, Fred Meyers etc. That way I can know I bought recalled product from that store around that date.

@mariannerapp411

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellyhamilton460 I do that, too. When I dehydrate frozen veges, for example, I'll notate the brand, and that they were frozen.

@thefirstnoob5577

3 жыл бұрын

I do the same.

@mariannerapp411

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefirstnoob5577 GMTA!

@susanlacey6846

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

I oven can my dry goods, indefinite shelf life, plus cereals stay crunchy in milk. I've also baked cakes in wide mouth jars, lid and ring when done. Shelf stable, fresh, and delicious 1 year later.

I never thought of putting away m&m’s looks good ... I am going to do crackers too thanks

Thank you for sharing! Very impressive result! :)

I put up saltines and ritz style in 1/2 gal mason jars and use the food saver jar attachment suck them down and get two years out of them on a rotation schedule

That’s exactly how I stored our M&Ms for hurricane stash… Thanks for testing them for us because I was hoping this would be good but I did not put O2 observers in there so I’m wondering if I should add them

I love watching your videos. I have prepped some bought 25 year prepper food and some water filters. Just getting into more long term storage bc I’ve always have a good short to mid term pantry, fridge and freezer already. But now when at Aldi’s I’ll pick up some tuna packets, sardines etc I like your respect for the people watching. I can’t wait to get bags to do my crackers (to have with the cheese, that the wax is on the way) in 5 years or whenever it’s needed. Maybe sooner bc I think we’re headed for a depression 😢💔

Thank you AP God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏

I love that the cat came over to the dog to see what all the hub bub was about! 😆

MAN that is very very good to see that on the crackers and especially goiid on m&m comfort food!!! Blooming is interesting how much is good? Thanks for sharing

Hey Rudy...happy to see your show

I have a box of Pilot Bread that is over 10 years old and every now and then I try one and they taste the same as new. Not even sealed up beyond their normal bag / box.

what a great video. really good info. i'm now gonna dry pack lots of crackers and goldfish and cheezits. thankyou ap

@larrybair2029

2 жыл бұрын

Do it !

Love it, karma's karma was not working well, but the cat wanted to get into the 'box" 🤩 fun

I but goldfish crackers in a soda bottles with an oxygen absorber. I opened them 3 years later because my son ran out. He thought they were delicious. He ate on that liter bottle of them for awhile and said he wanted them like this because they were crunchier than the others left in the container they came in.

Good stuff 👍 Blessings to you and your family 🙏

Impressive results. Some of those jars of M&Ms have my birthday on them so I think you should send them to me--just kidding!

Great video AP !!!

Thank you that gives me hope

🤣🤣🤣 I was LMBO over Karma and the cardboard. Pebbles came over to help her but then backed off. 🐕 😄😄😄🐈 Hilarious. I canned some crackers years ago. After 5 years, I opened a jar of saltines and they were as good as fresh. Opened a jar of Tricuits next and they were good too. It's more than a year later so time to open another jar. 😃 Will let you know how they turn out. Dark chocolate keeps the best. I have several jars of the regular & dark M&M's. Thanks, AP. Blessings AP and AP friends. 💙✝ 🤗🤗🤗

@The_Healing_Facilitator

2 жыл бұрын

When you vacuum seal in your jars, do you also add an oxygen absorber?

Thanks for another great video!

That's funny I just opened up some ritz crackers I stored for years ago they were perfect

Perfect...I just bought crackers and M & M's today. I was going to do both in the Mylar bags.

I have 2 boxes of saltine crackers I need to do like this! They're for my prepper pantry

Made my day!!!!!!!!! Thanks for doing this video!!!!!

QUESTION #2!!! Hey AP its always a pleasure to watch you videos. Do you think turning your dehydrated cheese into powder from is wise?

Greetings and Salutations! Aloha Kakahiaka from the Big Island of Hawai'i'! AP -- mahalo ni loa for sharing and caring! You are such an inspiration!!!

@jeannehart4351

3 жыл бұрын

@@tamezfamily8077 -- were you able to figure it out? (I was teaching a lesson and couldn't follow up until now ... Happy to help if needed. :-)

Great Idea!!!! 💡 Thank you! 😎

I oven can crackers & am even happier with them when I open the jars than when they they were put in. They seem much crispier!

@JT-2012

3 жыл бұрын

That's how I do mine, oven canning. Works great. 👍

@JT-2012

3 жыл бұрын

@Wanda Tolbert I learned from North Carolina Prepper, a long time ago. 😄kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKeXqrh6qLLFqsY.html

Happy Happy Happy! Now I will have crackers to go with my cream cheese you taught me to make.

I’ve done something very similar to what you just did, I took fresh made brownies and fresh made chocolate chip cookies then put them in bags sealed them with oxygen absorbers and I’m going to check them at the six month mark and then the one year mark. If it works I am thinking of doing blueberry muffins.

@leatherneckprepper4477

2 жыл бұрын

@@Richard_Eze awful

@Troubles0125

2 жыл бұрын

Me too that is why my sugar is up

Have a great day AP

Since you got me hooked on GOYA crackerscookies a few months back, I have several tubes of those stashed away in a a 5 gallon bucket for later. I was hoping these might be GOYAs like you had earlier.

Great job! Always excited to eat M&Ms!!!!

Hey I’m first. Glad you did this video.

Excellent video!

Karma is a really cute puppy. Tell Lil' Miss AP she has good taste in dogs.😎👍

@Alaska Prepper Chocolate that melts and re-solidifies blooms MUCH faster (almost immediately), so, I wonder if the ones on top of the regular M^Ms may have gotten heated by the oxygen absorber briefly? Might be worth checking lower in the jar to see if those bloomed too or not (if not, probably the absorber).

I was curious to see if they would do well. I guess I need to do some now. Have you checked out Ramen soup?

@JT-2012

3 жыл бұрын

I sealed up a 1/2 gallon jar of Ramen last year and stored the spice packs in the freezer.. Will have to give it a try next month and let everyone know if they survived. 👍

Thanks!

This is a dang good experiment. I suck at storing crackers, but now I know what to do

I am as green to prepping as those green M n M's are🤣. I am doing my best to watch from all my Prepping brothers and Sisters are KZread. I am sooooo grateful for you all. ORDERING , PREPPING, STOCKING! I has a clown of an adventure(told a friend about it and she laughed so hard she had to excuse herself to use the bathroom 🤣). It took me 4 days to prep Rice and Bean Jars😳. I was fit to be tied, lots of English and Spanish expletives 🤣. But! I DID IT. 24 JARS!!! I am so grateful for my prepping family/familia🤗💞🙏!

Thank you ap

Wow love this I was wondering how long you could keep cracker and see candies ...

Great ideas!

I was thinking of adding m&ms to my stock too. Now I have seen your experiment, I am confident to go ahead and get a couple of large bags to store away. Is there a particular reason you chose glass jars over mylar bags to store the candy? By the way, thanks for the crisper video!!! Focus is great in those close-ups!!!

@HomesteadHopefulTara

3 жыл бұрын

I just had a dumb brain moment. I read your post while halfway spaced out and when you said you were thinking about adding M&Ms to your stock, I thought for a split second you meant like chicken stock, and I was like, “Why would you add... ohhhhhh”. Silly me. 😂

Nice 😋 thank you.

I have a chocolate chip cookie experiment going. In December I'll be opening a vacuum packed chocolate chip cookie that is 6 months old and then I have another one to open 6 months later which would be a year.

I was wondering - were the crackers just sealed in mylar bag with o2 absorber or were they vacuum sealed in mylar bags.

I have several vacuum canned dark chocolate morsels that are four years old. There is blooming on only two of them. The rest are absolutely clear chocolate. Not certain what went wrong with those ones. I didn't use oxygen absorbers in any of them, and they were all from the same bag, so it isn't that.

I have stored plain M&Ms for YEARS in mason jars WITHOUT oxygen absorbers and had no issues. This year I got the big pantry jars from Sam’s of each holiday color. I have Red,White and blue, Halloween, and now Christmas. Hoping they get Easter before my free membership expires!

@Amychristensonn

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there, the ones that you get at Sam’s, in the big container do you think they would stay OK just like that. If you do not open them?

@yarnprepper

3 жыл бұрын

@@Amychristensonn I’m sure they would. My OCD needs to put them in glass. Depending where you store it, mice can chew threw plastic.

@larrybair2029

2 жыл бұрын

I also buy this way & vacuum seal in mason jars.

Glad to see this i purchased too many boxes of saltines!

I just put away 8 sleeves of saltines in my wide mouth jars for the future. I put an oxygen absorber in their and vacuum sealed them. I’m running on faith they will be fresh in the future when opened. I’m prepping like crazy and faith is all I got. I trust they will because I did what you and others have shown and I’m so greatful for everything your teaching me! ❤️❤️

Hi there, thank you very much for your videos. I enjoy every morning and learn from you. Can you also put in Mylar bags peanut butter crackers and similar cookies? God bless

Unreal.. I loved this video..

M&Ms done and I'm placing crackers in mylar bags right this minute! Thanks!

Yay , cat and puppy.

Amazing!

Yay! People should finish up at least a 3mo prep ASAP. Truckers STRIKE NOV.29TH is planned...

No when chocolate has light parr’s is from being frozen. That’s why Mars pays truck drivers to go around mountains vs getting frozen ie the Rockies.

If you hadn’t put absorbers in there and Mylar bags would have been stale and chocolate would have had worms in it. Experience! Good job! Also make sure you only get what you will eat every day! 🤔😉👍🏻🙏🙏❤️🙏

Rudy, Please save me the blue peanut M&M’s!!!

Thanks for sharing yay m&ms and crackers

I dont have Mylar Bags but have seen Crackers Vacuum Sealed in Mason Jars I am going to Try. I like to try new Storage Techniques. Who knows what's in the Future you may need to know.

Great to see, I vacume seal mine 😀👍

you forgot to mention your able to store the nutz not so much due to the vacuum seal but more because the oxygen absorber but because the absorber takes away the oxygen but more importantly because it leaves the nitrogen inside which helps keep the preservation