The most important prep is KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS learn and do!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Right on!

We are far past go time. Feels more like the bottom of the 4th on a do or die drive to force overtime. Glad we started prepping years ago

On occasion, I've found single serve items for 10 cents a pouch on the clearance rack at any given grocery store. It's nice to see these on hand when my husband or grandkids get hungry for a snack before going to bed.

@PraxisPrepper

11 ай бұрын

Single serve is great too. No contamination of the whole batch when you go in for one of them. I do some of those too.

Pressure and/or slow cookers help with cooking older beans. A vintage pressure cooker(s) you are able to use over a camp stove (non-electric) is a wonderful idea.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I've heard that about beans. Havent tried it yet. My tollerance for less that awesome beans is aparently higher than my tolerance for needing to wash my awkwardly giant pressure cooker. ;)

@PraxisPrepper

10 ай бұрын

I just realized with your reply here that after this chit chat with yyou 2 months ago and some peer pressure from some IRL friends, I finally took the leap to get a pressure cooker for using for food (and not just for canning). I didn't want to get the big canner one dirty with food, so got a small one for just food and (like you suggested) it cooks beans SO SO SO well. In fact, I just used it again today for some chickpeas. So tender! Thx for the tip 2 months ago!

@paemtff9412

10 ай бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper Great to hear.

Today i picked off sweet potato leaves. Cooked the leaves like spinach and the stem saved to cook in a stir fry. I LOVE SWEET POTATO GREENS

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that they were edible. I believe sweet potato is related to English Ivy. I know that English ivy leaves are tough, but I wonder if they're edible. I honestly don't know at the moment. That's interesting about the sweet potatoes though. Thanks for sharing!

If you get a dehydrator you can dry frozen peas carrots etc for less than bying freeze dried. Store them in a jar.

The Kens Greek Dressing was utilized by me recently, mixed with pasta, salad supreme seasoning, chick peas, & pepperoni. U can also grate some cheddar onto it. Eaten hot or cold. Any Italian dressing also works well.

Your channel just showed up on my feed. Interesting and informative so I subbed! I live here in the PNW. great pantry!!😎🇺🇸

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Canadian Prepper recently did a collaboration with me and it seems to have reminded KZread that my channel exists. It's been fun getting to interact with new people. I hope you enjoy my channel. If you want I summary of some of what I think is the best stuff here, I made this summary video recently: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYRs3Ll_mpjLds4.html

Wow!! What a lot of great info. Thanks so much for putting my mind at ease about weevils and botulism. 👍😊

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Just found your channel, I appreciate you talking about your experience with the different items

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I like to stick to what I know, so that's pretty much all I do here. I'm glad you appreciate that sort of content.

Such a practical fellow…..in the way you speak/express your points and views. Subscribed.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin. :)

Very helpful video!

Life is balance, I do not disagree that food preps are important. It is however first of all complex, what people can eat is a variable. I for example am a diabetic, my girls are not and I can supply them easier than myself. Then there are economic issues to contend with and trust me on this one, most of us have limited resources. After that you have to contend with storage space. There is also the slight matter of families having difference of opinion of just how much is enough. You have major advantages in many of these areas than I suspect most of your audience does not. It is good to see what you considered important you clearly have done a good job. I think you do have a tendency to consider yourself as normal in the prepping world, for everyone like you there are hundreds that lack the resources you command. Most of us have to make harder choices, having a place to sleep for example no matter what. You and I are both lucky in that respect, (I am assuming you paid as you built and do not have a mortgage.) Yes defense is a prime requirement, I put it right up there with water. It is part of the equation to have balance in a prepping sense. The world today is dangerous, in a teotwawki world, the barbarians will rule. They will not care if you have anything worth stealing but even if you do not have food, it is a certainty you have something they will want and will take. Females especially are at high risk and will pay a higher price than most of us males who would simply be killed, assuming they did not get off on torturing us to death first. That would be far more than a certainty for females, they would not be simply killed. Starvation is only one risk in teotwawki. We have a need for shelter, water, food, heat, defense, communication, transportation, medical resources. My point here is really simple, life is balance, you have to do everything to whatever level you can. Part of the equation of prepping is also how you live, where you live, the people around you. Is there going to be any possibility of trade, is any government going to be intact or not, will they turn to evil more than they already are? I am concerned because I do see a lot of the prepping channels going to the stack food to the rafters. I wish we all could but we cannot. Life is complex and while we may feel the end is nigh, we also have to plan on life running its natural course and deal with our civilization just teetering on the edge. By the way we have the same taste in salad dressing though I buy the Italian vinegarette because it has almost no sugar in it. Kens makes a good product. Still I agree with your basic premise, do what you can as you can.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

That's a very true statement. In fact, i made a video a couple of years ago when i was finishing up the new homestead where I said flat out that a lot of people might start finding my videos to be a bit out of touch becaus eI was about to step into a very different new normal. I always need to balance talling about what I'm honestly doing myself and trying to meet people part way.

@rockyduck9133

Жыл бұрын

I would encourage learning foraging, even some plants that are outside of your current area. I don't know your living situation, but if you have any bit of a yard, then start planting only things you can eat, even your flowers or ornamental plants. When my husband and I lived in an apartment we had a tiny balcony and filled it up with vegetable plants and even a box with potatoes growing. I'm starting to see more videos about vertical gardening indoors with grow lights. Try to get seeds or cuttings from plants in your area. I go to estate sales and buy the food from the pantry. I had not been fishing in a very long time so I went and got my fishing license and went fishing the other day. I want to learn how to make traps and snares to catch small animals. I kept chickens and rabbits in the past and learned how to butcher them. Even if you can't do those things now, knowing HOW to do them may save your life later. I think a lot of people prep because of a strong will to survive. Heck, the cavemen didn't have grocery stores and yet here we are. If they made it then a lot of us can, too.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@rockyduck9133 Super well put RD!

Thank you, Praxis, for very informative video! It is very helpful 🌞

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! It was a lot of work, but I like how it came out.

Good stuff! Thank you!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Great vid - thanks!

@PraxisPrepper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. You're welcome. :)

Great info as always. Thanks Praxis

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! This one took a bit to put together.

I enjoyed this video. Please make more like this.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I'm planning to. Canadian Prepper challenged me to put a bit more time into my vids when he did that collaboration with me. I feel like I dont want to let him down after he put his faith in me. Thanks for the kind words on this video!

Thank you! Very good information.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I'm glad it was useful to you!

This is strange. I came by to see if I missed a notification (you know how that goes) and the comment I left was deleted by KZread. 🤨 Giving a rewatch since I am here. Maybe the comment will stick this time

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Your comment stuck this time. I wish I'd gotten to see your last one... but KZread probably did the right thing in deleting it. I appreciate their protecting me from your dangerous words and ideas... as much as I appreciate them protecting you from my videos. ;)

For gluten free people , i recommended king auther flour and rice and pick your favorite gluten free grain buy at least 25 pounds of it. ( some people will stock up on bean flours these will need to be kept cool but not frozen, can spoil faster than other flour.)

AND - I LOVE the Goonies shirt! A family favorite movie for sure!

We have different “layers” in our pantry. Shtf long term survival basics, favorite long term rotation items, supply and economic breakdown special items ie things that can’t be sourced/grown locally like coffee. And our well rounded every day or convenient long and medium shelf life stuff like home grown preserved stuff. We raise almost all our own meat and have a freeze dryer so we cycle older frozen stuff to the freeze dryer for the shtf layer.

Great video as usual mate 👍

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was happy with how this one came out. I'm trying to up my game a bit since Canadian Prepper challenged me to put in a little more time on vids.

You are doing pretty much what I'm doing. I like your approach to it better than some others that seem to use the "kermit the frog" approach. You know, waving their arms and screaming....still waiting on season 3....hope we win....

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a prepping channel host sing The Rainbow Connection in Kermit's voice.

For gluten free diets i recommend a good gluten free flour like king authers or Red Bob Mill. Rice or dried potatoes in instant mashed ( watch out for brands that have milk in them they are not good for long term because of fat content) also dried shredded and freeze dried diced ( pick a company online) Rice noodles are available on line if local Asian markets are not available. ( they also have bean thread)

Great tips. Accessible to all.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you, great video !

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed.

It’s always inspiring to see other people’s pantries…thank you for sharing this!…(I hope you do a bookshelf tour one day too…I’d bet my pantry that you have a pretty fascinating library as well)…there are a few other things I consider when I’m storing food now…and for me, most of those choices begin by deciding what is its maximum lifespan divided by my burn rate and which storage layer it is for…ie: fridge/freezer/pantry/deep storage…the longer I plan on having something around, the more I think about oxidation, loss of vitamins, things going rancid, etc…I wasted a tragic amount of food when I first started prepping because I just stacked and stacked and stacked and even with first in first out rotation, there were some things I just didn’t get to before they went rancid. It was an expensive lesson. Fridge layer time is pretty self explanatory…ie: I could probably only eat 14 avocados a week if I really tried…so getting a case of them makes no sense unless I have the time to make and freeze a big batch of guacamole and then actually do it…but if butter or bacon are on sale, I’m mostly concerned with available freezer space because, if the freezer is cold enough and the food is well packed, a lot of things will be good in there for years…most canned foods are often good for years after their “best by date” depending on acidity and as long as the can isn’t damaged…can life is usually the critical factor…but dry goods are where the storage methods and conditions really make a huge difference. Take flour for instance…in a perfect world, you grind it right before you use it for optimal nutrition…flour value drops off precipitously after three or four days…but more realistically, I keep about enough flour for a month in jars on my shelf…it would be better to keep the glass jars in the fridge, but I’m using that real estate for avocados, sorry flour…then there is maybe 5-10 lbs flour in the freezer…and this gets replenished with regular shopping…but Storage with a capital S is where the set it and forget it wheat berries go to be forgotten…this isn’t so much food as it is edible insurance…and for this layer it’s all about banishing oxygen and light with oxygen absorbers, mylar bags, buckets, gamma seals, cool storage, etc. Everything so that the little wheat berries can sleep peacefully in a nitrogen environment for decades and re emerge later, just as viable for sprouting, grinding into flour or boiling like rice. Rolled oats are only good for about 18 months, after that, whole groats are the way to have good oatmeal in year two. White rice will last damn near forever, but brown, black, and red are going to start to go rancid in 6 months to a year…so brown, black, red and emerald rice go in the pantry in glass jars in six month increments…none of those go in my deep storage. I’ve also started focusing more of my attention on the amounts of carbs vs fats vs protein in my deep storage…when I took a closer look, it was really high in carbs so lately my priorities have shifted to adding more canned fats and proteins…Red Feather canned butter from New Zealand is my new happy place and if I had to throw something in my pack and scoot, pound for pound it’s the densest energy there is. The topic of protein, politics and ethics aside, is still such a tangled web of bio availability vs amino acids that I just aim for variety and volume…and eggs are one of the best options…farm fresh, fridge, freezer, freeze dried…I keep some in each layer.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I love having our egg laying hens here too. Just had another birth last night. I actually made a library video in the last year or so. Maybe time to revisit?

@user-tz5rr9mx3w

Жыл бұрын

Yum…What is the library video titled?

@user-tz5rr9mx3w

Жыл бұрын

And congratulations on the new baby chick!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@user-tz5rr9mx3w kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4mTmdKYYdS_csY.html

@mamadoom9724

11 ай бұрын

Lots of good info here but I’ve kept oats for way longer than that and they’re still good

Thank you!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

Great video, came over from CP. Going through your ET videos, loving it funny and informative. Food prep I think is the the most important prep for me. whether it be gardening, animals or storage. Thanks for the channel.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! I have a playlist of some of my fave funny videos. Also, all my shorts are snippets from comic openings.

@chrisgibson9629

Жыл бұрын

Cool thanks will look them up. BTW im from upper Mississippi.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisgibson9629 You're welcome. What qualifies as "upper Mississippi"? Is that up in the Dakotas? Or if the entire northern half considered "upper"? Just curious.

@chrisgibson9629

Жыл бұрын

Lol Hernando, Mississippi south of Memphis, right along the Coldwater river.

I buy my pails from Canadian Tire. They are food grade.

Very good information. Thanks

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Good information.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

great presentation, excellent stocked pantry!! One of the things Im working on this year is making pemmican because there is such an abundance of blueberries here in Alaska and good local sources of meat to use. Haven't finished that alien invasion first season yet.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

We have family in AK that i'd love to visit someday. That seems like a beautiful place to live... for at least 2 months of the year anyhow. ;)

@greenhousegrower3830

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper Im originally from the Adirondack Upstate region of N.Y, in comparison the climate in Alaska in my view is similar. I view the weather in the Tug Hill, Adirondack, St. Lawrence River seaway region as more extreme than that of most places in Alaska. Upstate has times during January and February of going from -20*F to 60*F and then back down to freezing. If weather events like that start to happen here in Alaska in those months, there would be a lot of problems. I was in my teen's when the microburst of 1997 happened and the ice storm of 1999, big reasons for why I try to be prepared. Now granted I know Fairbanks, North Pole and Cantwell had larger amounts of snow fall than usual this year. Our weather is colder this year, dandelions did not start to pop out of the ground in the Wasilla area until the end of May, normally they are out in the end of April beginning of may. IN CONSIDERATION: I do believe that the data points with the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption and others + the smoke from Canadian wildfires may = a year of no summer like 1816. If a tactical, or any from of nuclear detonation happens I believe it will be a catalyst to help something like that along.

Awesome video

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge …. Prepping on the move and in the desert …God bless ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Prepping on the move is both a challenge and an opportunity. It's a different animal in many ways that stay-in-place prepping.

I've been canning my own vegetables for decades, which of course implies how old I am! So...I love seeing other people's pantries. While yours has more store-bought items like salad dressing (I make my own), it is still very nice! If both you and your wife are working outside the home, it is very difficult to fit in canning to the degree of someone who is retired. Here is something I just learned about: pressing your own oil. There is a book out there for $29.99 on it, but I think I can glean enough from KZread do get the job done. After all, people have been squishing oil out of seeds for hundreds if not thousands of years! There are hand crank and electric versions. From what I gather, pressing seeds and nuts warm provides more oil. The 'cake' that comes out can be fed to animals, and in the case of peanuts, you get peanut butter. The video I watched named all sorts of food that you can press, peanuts, black-oil sunflower seeds, hemp, sesame, pumpkin/butternut squash seeds. Black oil sunflower seeds are 30-35 percent oil! I have quite a few pumpkin varieties planted, because I give them to the chickens throughout the winter, but it was still the right time of year to plant more. Oil that you buy in the store might have been expressed via chemical reactions, which includes hexane. Having a little oil press means that you can do your own small batches. And who doesn't want to look at a ton of sunflowers? I make my own moisturizer and other household things and the oil I buy is very expensive, compared to corn oil, etc. . But moisturizer is crazy expensive in the store! Thanks Praxis! You always share interesting viewpoints. :)

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I used to can a lot more when i lived by annorganic grocer that let me raid their dumpster on days when they were discarding old produce to make room for the new. Those were fun and exciting days - so much for free! Now I just can at the end of the season from my garden. I still have a smaller garden though so not much to can. I love doing it though. On the seed pressing, i have a grain mill that can grind nut butters and that works pretty well. I'm still looking for a good place to permanently install them at our new homestead.

@driver3899

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper Do you have a video about milling grain or the machine you use? Cant seem to find one, it would be a great topic for a video if you dont already have one on it!

@driver3899

Жыл бұрын

Friends of mine recently worked at an large olive farm.. they told me not to work on one or I would never be able to look at olive oil the same way again haha I asked more about it but they said I really didn't want to know so I don't know how bad the commercial process is for that but it must be pretty bad Having an oil press of any kind sounds like a great idea and a fun thing to learn about, being able to make your own moisturizer is pretty amazing too

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@driver3899 Now I really want to know the dark secret of the olives too.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@driver3899 I might have made one WAY back when I first started. I use a hand cranked wondermill jr. It's good for milling flower or making the nut butters. I don't recommend going back and forth though. Cleaning out after nut butter making is a bit more time consuming than seemed appealing to me. So I invested in a second mill just for the nut butters so the first one I had could just be for flour milling.

Excellent and informative video as always. Thank you! Still a little apprehensive about foraging, afraid I’m going to screw up and poison my silly self.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I 100% promise you that if you start small with some of the easy plants, you'll be 100% safe. It's like bird identification. Someone might confuse some finches for some sparrows, but ain't nobody gonna be confused about what they're seeing if they see and ostrich. There are plenty of plants that are like that ostrich.

If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me, it's good enough...!!! Weevils getting hotboxed nice. I like it. Never thought about that solution. I'm also not that concerned, but I did over research on that topic and froze from the kill the Weevils before storing. I love sardines. You are correct " Not all nuts are created equally "

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Brad at full spectrum talls about freezing a lot i think.

@heidi22209

Жыл бұрын

Look at the big brain on Brad.... he seems way more sterile than myself. ( Brad, don't hurt me. )

great video! thanks! love the shirt! Great movie!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

It's surprised (and delighted) me that Goonies hasnt suffered from a terrible reboot yet. I love that film too!

@fishnbees8491

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper so glad they havent. no way it could be any better! SO many great lines from that movie! :-) crosses generations too! my grown daughters still watch it and have shown it to their kids! so cool! Just a fun movie! keep up the great work! really enjoy your videos!

Intrigued with the Indian simmer sauce. Time to hit the ethnic grocery stores.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

This is the brand I like: amzn.to/3CUJ72u Do NOT buy it on Amazon though. WAY more expensive there than at a grocer. Cans should be around $3 per 16 oz can.

Iodized sea salt has more different minerals than plain iodized salt. In case of extensive diarrhea with cholera, potassium chloride can be a life-saver to replace lost electrolytes. Where water softener salt is sold you can usually get a huge bag of potassium chloride (KCl) for about 10 dollars and in case of cholera it can save your life.

@paemtff9412

Жыл бұрын

Wallie World had big bags on clearance for $1/bag so I grabbed 4 of them last year. No-brainer.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@lunabeta3516

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know any of that. ThanX

Dollar General had sardines on sale for $1 a can this week. I bought a bunch for my cats.

@PraxisPrepper

9 ай бұрын

Thx for sharing! Sardines are a great nutritional food.

Awsome

I had looked at Lowe's for the buckets and lids. The kind of lid that unscrews, I couldn't get it to fit there food grade buckets. I bought a different lid that had a gasket but really want the other. And Lowe's price is higher than ten dollars.

HEY praxis hope you're doing well I'm doing well Here in Wisconsin still prepping...

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Wisconsin's a nice state. I know some people that run a wilderness school there.

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper where at exactly Here in Wisconsin?

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@jessegolden3589 I haven't been to it, so I don't know. It's run by the mom of one of my good friends.

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper oh ok no biggie

Excellent stuff! What are your thoughts on quinoa and lentils for storage? Not like 5-10 years but 1-3.

@SaItyStudios

Жыл бұрын

Quinoa and lentils are awesome they can be dry stored if properly 5 to 10 years and also if bought dry then stored in freezer it can last really long probably indefinitely

@user-tz5rr9mx3w

Жыл бұрын

If you store organic or at least non irradiated lentils, then you can also use them for sprouts and/or really yummy micro greens

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I have both and some of both stocks gotta be pushing a decade old now. I still use them now and then and they all seem fine still.

Oxygen absorbers are one time use. Silica gel packets I put on top of the fire place for a week, and they can be used again. They probably don't need a week, but I do it for good measure.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I love me overkill too. Nothing helps me sleep more soundly.

I like sardines but they give me heartburn. I might have to get some and deal with the heartburn, it's better than starving.

Good info thanks. Hope you make of these type of videos. BTW i can never keep Sardines long enough to store them, i eat them as fast as I buy them. My local grocery store is Portuguese owned and they have a lot of products of Portugal i.e. The Sardines. Also one of my fav is the Portuguese Tuna. You never tasted Tuna like this, if the think Chicken of the Sea Albacore is good, the Portuguese Tuna is way better IMO. I eat it without Mayo, that's how tasty it is.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I dont really eat tuna anymore. But now with your tip, next time i do, i wont waste my time with anything but the Portuguese variety. :)

@mannyfragoza9652

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper buy a can and try it. Maybe its genetic im 1/2 Portuguese not sure what 1/2 yet

Any kind of bean (or anything else) is apt to be deficient in some kind of amino acid or another, so it is good to store a variety of beans. Corn is low in lysine and a few other amino acids.

@SaItyStudios

Жыл бұрын

thats why you Nixtamalize the corn so your body can properly use all nutrients and if you can hunt and do jerky by smoking for helping with amino acids

@driver3899

Жыл бұрын

9 parts soybeans to 1 part oats gives all the amino acids needed (and its easy to store) I agree variety is important in food though

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Variety is my fave way to fill in all the holes I didnt even know were there.

The thing that I find interesting when people buy a "kit" of food, so much of the food is stuff that my family wouldn't eat anyhow. So, it's a waste of money and food.

When I started, my biggest mistake was not rotating my food properly, I had so much food, it was a pain to rotate, today I decreased the amount of food I store and created rotation gaps to rotate my food properly, this has worked great for me, I started this once I started producing more of what I eat.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

That's the trick is to get the new stuff to the back of the shelf and rotating through it. I'm still working on that here. For some items that i know have a crazy long shelf life, i can be pretty lazy about not always making sure to snag the oldest one on the shelf if it's not convenient to grab due to newer stuff pack in front of it.

For the nuts that you mentioned, are they shelled or unshelled? Thanks.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Neither shelled nor unshelled peanuts ever had any shelf-stability for me (per the way I store them w/o using oxygen absorbers etc) The cashews that I buy are without shell, and they last forever. The almonds last way longer than the peanuts (not as long as the cashews), and are without shells. For what it's worth, the cashews I buy are salted with some onion powder on them. Both of those flavor ingredients likely are helping to increase the shelf life.

What do you think of dry canning of dry goods eg. oatmeal, rice, pasta, for long term storage?

@PraxisPrepper

7 ай бұрын

I've never done it. I believe prepper potpourri has videos on that if you want to learn though. She has an EXCELLENT preparedness channel that's super under rated.

My understanding is the buckets with the lid are not air tight. Gama lids are great and way better than regular lids. Has anyone put liquid in the bucket with a gama lid and ck to see if it leaks?

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I do believe that the 5 gallon buckets with lids that have gaskets CAN be air tight. They routinely are used by the restaurant industry for shipping food. That's actually where I got a ton of mine for free. The Gamma's are definitely easier to use than the original ones though. I haven't done a test for air tightness. In this case, I'm taking the manufacturers at their word that they work... which admittedly isn't always a guarantee!

I wonder if you could put diatomaceous earth in the buckets? Would that help with bugs?

@PraxisPrepper

11 ай бұрын

I know that powder is troublesome for many bugs. I don't know if that's true of all of them. Stepping back, I'd maybe say that if there are bugs in the buckets, there are probably problems that need to be fixed earlier than using diatomaceous earth to try to kill the bugs. The bugs are either getting into the buckets and that should just be fixed by getting better seals or they're hatching from within the buckets in the grain itself, in which case, they'll already be in the grain even if there is diatomaceous earth dust in the bottom of the buckets. So it might be a way of slowing down the bugs' rampage, but I'd suggest that even if one did add that into the buckets, if there's a problem, other solutions would be desirable anyhow. I like the out of the box thinking though. 100%! :)

I had a plant that looked like lambs quarter but wasn't sure. There is a plant that looks similar but wasn't sure if it was poison so I cut it down.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Better safe than sorry for sure. I cant recall if lambs quarters has toxic look alikes. Once you get familiar with wild edibles its a great feeling to be able to eat so much fresh veg that grew without any work. Some years wild edible weeds are my garden's biggest crop! ;) On the lids, they can be snug to get the ring on. I snag mine down on one side and then the opposite side, and then work the middles in. Seems to be easier than starting on one side and working to finish on the opposite side.

curious what your thoughts are on freeze drying your own meals? the idea being use fresh produce (ideally home grown) while its in season, make large meals and freeze dry them for storage

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I think it's a great way to go if one has a freeze drier. I might go there someday. But at the moment, spending available cash on other projects. Canadian prepper is all about it for sure.

@driver3899

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper thanks for the reply, you seem to know a lot of things about a lot of things so I always enjoy hearing your opinion

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@driver3899 I like to think that I know a moderate amount about a moderate number of topics.

@stevebreedlove9760

Жыл бұрын

​@@PraxisPrepperthat describes me too. Jack of all trades, master of none. 😀

you have a great pantry . do you have hand can openers other ways to cook lighting your home filter water etc dehydrate/freeze dry food etc , do you have skills to grow a garden can/freeze hunt fish gather process wild game make pemmican . can you mill grains to make your flour etc .

@PraxisPrepper

6 ай бұрын

That's a lot of questions. Did you mean those rhetorically?

It's so hard to set back and stock food in my house because I have family that GORGES IT DOWN!! UGH!

@PraxisPrepper

3 ай бұрын

That's a big issue with a lot of preparedness plans. Often times people set back stocks based on the idea that people need 2000 calories per day, but in reality (especially if people are working hard) they eat a lot more than 2000 calories.

Maybe even more important, physical preparation and the home gym

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I've done videos on this before and I was actually thinking of doing one again. I agree it's very important. In fact, the topic is as important as it is totally uninteresting to most people out there.

@optimumperformance

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper agreed. People do not realise the level of conditioning required to perform in TEOTWAWKI and the different modalities needed.

Does your sister have a you tube channel as well. I have canned good and some freeze dried food and some in mylar. I do not spend more than 100 each month for all my preps.

@PraxisPrepper

10 ай бұрын

I don't know if my sister has a channel. I also don't recall mentioning her on my channel... though I must have in this video. Now I'm curious and shall check WTF I was saying in this video about my sister!! ;) $100 per month budget for preps is a great idea! Over time, that'll really build up into a very impressive and helpful tool.

How cool/cold should a long-term storage room be?

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

The cooler the better (as long as it's above freezing. 40 would be great. 50 is more doable since 50 is a common underground temperature for basements to be. I try to keep mine under 60. This is all F not C of course. I'm actually having a bit of an issue right now with the temp of my pantry due to some of the green tech that I was forced to buy for my house build. Ironically, the fact that I was forced to buy that green tech has forced me to buy the first ever air conditioner I've ever owned to compensate for the heat the tech bleeds off. My last house had an easy constant 50F basement, but the pantry in here would be 70 if I didn't compensate with electric air conditioning. If the government really wanted for me to save energy... maybe they should have let me design the house the way I had planned (which worked incredibly well in my last location). Newer is always better right? ;)

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the rant - obviously, I'm still irritated by the situation.

@lunabeta3516

Жыл бұрын

@PraxisPrepper I think I understand your frustration. Perhaps alittle disgust. Am using an air conditioner myself and it doesn't go below 60°. We have a tractor and I've been asking my husband for a root cellar for few yrs. There's so much to be done. It can be hard for couples with jobs, and/or disabilities and/or more family members they're caring for , then to do the gardening and work it takes to prepare things...uhg. I understand why he hasn't done it yet. Also having things nit all in 1 place is important. I wish we were part of a community. I think it'd be easier on everyone. More productive. Thank you for your reply.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@lunabeta3516 If you want to try to get that air conditioner to run lower than 60F, there's a device you can use to hack the heat sensor and bring it to lower temps. I've been using one for a bit and it works pretty well as long as the humidity in the space is pretty low. It's called coolbot - www.storeitcold.com/

@lunabeta3516

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper Thank you !!!

Peanut vaccumed sealed by the manufacturer last long than in bags where pinholes can happen and there goes your peanuts

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Good point!

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Besides your supposed to wash the Rice because of arsenic. In Short should rinse at least 3 times before consuming

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I wasnt aware that the arsenic in rice could be washed off. I do know that much of it is deposited in the outer skin, which is why briwn ri e has more of it. Are you sure washing can help? I havent looked into that before.

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper yes washing The Rice in Cold water is The only way keep washing till the water is clear not grayish color

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper brown or white rice must be washed

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@jessegolden3589 I looked into this a bit myself as well. It seems to me that you're right about the washing. Soaking for long periods might be even better, and changing the water during the boil is rather effective as well. It also seems that the more arsenic is removed, the more iron and folate is also removed. So removing what's bad also removes what's good. Not a reason NOT to remove arsenic, but something important to understand. It's such a shame that our planet is turning into what it is. The crazy eco-freaks like me had been trying to get people to put the brakes on this alteration of our world for so long. It became apparent to me a couple of decades ago that people were never going to stop the destruction, so the best I could do would be to get ready for the results as best I could (aka prepping). It's such a shame though. The Earth that people have thrown away in order to have the one that we are inheriting is so much lesser than it could have been. I remember reading accounts from Louis and Clark that they saw whales swimming up the Mississippi River. Water used to be safe to drink, food used to be safe to eat, air used to be safe to breathe. Industry gives us so many really great things (like the laptop I'm typing on right now). But the cost is seeming to be so high. I wonder if in the end our kids will feel it was all worth the trade - our fun, for their struggle.

@jessegolden3589

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper yes I agree it's a shame how we have treated the greatest gift we got from God our mother Earth As for our future I think it's going to be bleak youth are uncaring adults are uncaring it's just going to be bad we can try our best to Right things but it's going to be a battle. It's really sad how we as a nation has sunk so low

1:14 you‘re *SO* much smarter than I do look! 😁👍🏼

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

But the question for me is, am I smarter than I myself look? ;)

@thehikinghessian836

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper errrr… 😄

I noticed you didnt start people off with getting the buy by meals. People very new to this find it helpful to buy everything for a compleat meal that is on sale when money is tight. Like spaghetti tomato sauce can of beans and an extra vegetable for a meal. Box of just add water pancake mix bottle of suryp and box of dry milk or shelf stable juice. Mabey a can of fruit. For a meal. ( people whom DO NOT EVEN HAVE 3 MONTHS OF STOCK UP WILL FIND THIS AN EAISER WAY TO GET STARTED) its better than having a case of 1 item and then loosing a job or no. Car for 3 months and nothing in the house.

@PraxisPrepper

2 ай бұрын

Buying bulk ingredients vs prepared foods is cheaper. That's why I do it and why I recommend it for people on a budget. Your method works great too, but just costs a bit more. I have plenty of that stuff in my pantry as well. I just focus on the low cost stuff to get people more bang for their buck.

Practical advice, well presented! I cringe a bit when I see all that cardboard…..a bit too attractive to bugs? Prep on, folks!

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm always checking that cardboard for exactly that same concern, but so far so good. I think the low humidity is helping me.

@joannc147

Жыл бұрын

@@PraxisPrepper absolutely - that a/c is handy!

I'm planning on taking the easier route. I'll be meeting up with my Creator sooner, than later if this world destruction shows up. The only reason I'm here on earth is to serve my Creator. My goal/Destiny is to have enteral life with my Creator.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Maybe your creator might want for you to stick around a bit longer than you might prefer in order to help other people? A point of view like this reminds me of a kid who doesn't want to go out and engage with the world because his dad will bail him out and he can always move back home. While any loving father is happy to support and help his son when his son needs help, that same father doesn't WANT for the son to disengage and not put in his best effort in life. I feel as though a father god would be the same. He'd want to see us go out and give life our all, help others, make the world a more beautiful place - not so much see us fail to engage because we know we can always move back in with him someday. That's my feeling anyhow... presumptuously interpreting the desires of God.

Do you play Minecraft? Legit question, I love the game 😅

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I do, and I agree it's a great game.

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Lol if ive got the means to defend something i can damn sure plunder

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

One of the reason that i prep is so i never feel the pressure to become a plunderer. Not a life I'd want to live. Not a person I'd want to be.

Good job on stocking up. Not so good on the quality of the food.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

We def have some less than ideal foods mixed into our pantry. That bag of white rice is actually from my "food to give to other people in a crisis pile". We use better rice ourselves. Also, I think I noticed a colorful box of gummy bears in there somewhere. Anything in particular that caught your eye that you felt was a questionable choice?

I have plenty of baloney stashed. how bout you . . . smoked hogg jowls too.

@paemtff9412

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a bunch of bologna.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

At this point i dont do too much meat. But we'll be adding chicken to our meat preps soon. Even with egg laying hens, if you want to maintain a flock, you need to hatch new chickens now and then and the flock gets violent with too many roosters. So some need to be killed to maintain peace in the larger group. Sad but seeminly true. It kills me a little inside when I'm faced with killing one. It's hard for me to care FOR animals without ending up caring ABOUT them.

@user-tz5rr9mx3w

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that task is something you could trade with a nearby farmer…you have plenty of skills to barter and you don’t have to do everything yourself

Want to increase your current food storage from 6 months to a year quickly? Be skinny like Praxis.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

You want to know why I'm so skinny? I'll tell you anyhow. Crazy fast metabolism. I eat all day, a lot, and my body pisses through the calories and leaves me with skin, stringy muscle, and bones. My body is the Hummer of human bodies. I get 8 miles to the gallon when it comes to food. Not actually a virtue during scarce times.

@1FokkerAce

Жыл бұрын

Wanna know why I made that comment? Because I’m the opposite. I’m a big guy. II can gain weight by doing nothing, But I have a sedentary life so I do a lot of nothing as well. I don’t make comments for the community that I’m not living my own self. What I’ve stored in a very modest home, if I were like you, would last me well over a year. It will anyway when the time comes, but it’ll hurt a lot more. With snark, one of the things I’ve said for awhile is that Americans are so big now that if there is another Holodomor, we’ll all just emerge on the other side of it at our proper BMI. - *Food runs out* - ‘three months later’ - “Hey Sally... looking great!” 😂

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

@@1FokkerAce Maybe one way to look at it is that we Americans keep our strategic food reserve close at hand at all times (on our waists). ;) It's def a legit point you bring up. Thin is "in" now, but it's not great from a survival perspective.

Thank you for your video. Excellent information for newbies. But I wouldn't want to be a newbie right now. I calls them the "new and improved" scared Shitless Preppers because that's what they are. All of a sudden I'm not crazy prepper anymore in their poor perverted eyes. As if it matters what scared shitless idiots think of me. I've graduated from five gallon buckets (that I love for ease of handling) to 45 gallon Food Grade steel barrels and 35 gallon Food Grade heavy duty plastic Barrels for an off site back-up to my back-ups. Take the barrel in empty and fill it on site because you'll not be handling a full 45 gallon barrel easily. Don't ask me how I know, ... Man, you can get a lot of preps in a 45 gallon barrel. All dry goods packed in Mylar of course. I never mix wet with dry, specially when looking at an off site storage with freezing possibilities. If I ever find myself looking for the barrels, it can only mean catastrophic disaster such as the house burning down or being blown away in a hurricane and all my preps lost. So one of the stashed barrels is for hardware, tarps, cooking, personal protection, etc. Good luck.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've got a great stash system! Awesome work! It's nice being able to sit back and know you have all those bases covered so you sort of don't need to bother thinking about them anymore.

But what about the turd burglars….

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

Def don't take your eye of them turd burglars! ;)

So a box of minute rice will last a month for most family's I can't see this guy eating that giant bags of rice before it spoils. It is made for restraunt's feeding hundreds of people but not for one person. This is were I disagree with what he says, Storing smaller bags of rice is better because your not opening them and breaking the air tight seal before you eat it and 12 bags of rice if you estimate 1 bag per month is all you need for storage giving you more room for other foods you may want to put away. The more space the better maximizing the verity of foods because space may be limited. Even sugar I would recommend knowing what you go though in a month and times it by 12 to figure out a 1 year supply. If a disaster does not end in a year or two then I say prayer and kiss your ass good bye.

@PraxisPrepper

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate how you were specific in your comment about what you thought was off base in my video. Most people just drop a comment along the lines of "this guy's an idiot" (somehow often misspelling at least half the words) and call it a day. So I appreciate your specificity and clarity. I think you're correct that individually sealed small bags of rice would last longer (if they were in something of quality like mylar). But in so far as cost is a factor for people, I think there's an argument to be made for larger bulk sizes. But that said, if the rice in the larger sizes spoils on people, then one isn't saving any money going that route. So the critical question is whether large bins of rice DO spoil over timeframes of a couple of years. I can only speak from my own experience, but what I've seen in my time doing this is that I've never had rice (or any dried grain) appear to spoil under the conditions I outline in this video. I just cooked rice a few days ago and it was from a stock that has to be in excess of 10 years old. I'm not sure because it was undated in my pantry - and undated means it's the old stuff before I started really bothering with dating things. So that's my experience. But as I note in this video, different people live in different situations and if a storage location isn't as cool, dry, or dark like mine, people's experiences might differ. Thanks again for the comment. I wish more people took the time to explain their thoughts like you did.