food storage

If the devastation of the corn and wheat growing regions of the Great Plains is as widespread as it appears, skyrocketing grocery prices and/or famine are in the future. And if I understand correctly, it could be another year at best before that land yields a crop. And that's assuming no...

Had one of those Duh! moments. Have wanted cheap, stackable steel, reasonably sized (as in not 55 gal drum) food grade containers that vermin can't chew thru. Finally realized I couldn't get all that in one package but might be able to get them in two. Solution: Cheap steel rectangular tool...

I've been reading a few of the threads about the Harvest Right Freeze Dryer and remembered the VacuCanner, which seems to be a great way to store dry goods in half-gallon and smaller jars for very long term. Was wondering what y'all thought of this combination: Freeze dry in the Harvest Right...

For anyone interested, we made a trip to the local LDS cannery in Jan 1999. Part of the stores canned that day were dehydrated apple chips. Canned in good old number 10's with one oxygen absorber pouch. The cannery label said they would have a shelf life of (best if used by date) of 8...

Traditional Smithfield Hams have so much preservative in them they have been known to last for decades without refrigeration before being eaten. They have to be soaked in several changes of water over two or three days to make them edible. Before cooking, it helps to scrape the half inch of mold...

Mountain House #10 Cans & Buckets We now offer the full line of #10 Cans from Mountain House here: http://www.directive21.com/product-category/mountain-house-food-storage/ After much thought, we have removed Wise Food Storage from our web site, and decided to carry the full line of Mountain...

For the record, just opened a can of Tyson Chicken Breast "premium chunk" we had stored away in 1999. That was before they were putting best if used by dates on the labels in anything other than code... This can came in a three pack box prolly purchased at Sam Club... 12.5 ounces. The label...

We are having a sale on our Organic Food Storage: http://www.directive21.com/organic-food-storage-survive2thrive.html It is 254.99 for a bucket, try one today! (Regular price is 269.99) Sale ends after April 6th, 2012. theberkeyguy

With rising food prices, there is a Price Increase on Survive2Thrive Organic Food Storage coming after Friday the 11th of February. You can purchase it here currently for 239.99: http://www.directive21.com/organic-food-storage-survive2thrive.html The price will be rising to 269.99 after...

I've been canning for a couple years, but I am still far from canning as much as I would like to. Between a (shared) feeling that things are accelerating, a desire to cut BPA out of my food supply, and moving towards food that is lovingly raised rather than just a commodity I plan to place a...

We are now offering a Wise Food Real Meat Bucket here: http://directive21.com/wisefoodstoragegrabandgo.html We are offering it at the lowest price we can, with free shipping. This Meat is USDA approved. Here are the specs on the bucket: 60 Servings - Freeze Dried Meat Bucket Product within...

We are happy to Introduce: Survive2Thrive Organic Food Storage! http://directive21.com/survive2thriveorganicfoodstorage.html It’s been a long-time coming, and I am very happy to present our newest product: Survive2Thrive Organic Food Storage. This product is the only one of its kind available...

Just in case anyone wants to know how 100 hungry seamen were fed with off the shelf stored foods. DH showed me the links. He knows and loves me! General mess manual and cookbook for use on board vessels of the United States Navy - 1904...

September Specials on Wise Food Storage Long Term Emergency Packages During September, which is National Preparedness Month, we are offering free 72 hour kits with orders of packages 1080 Servings or more. Our Long Term Packages can be found here...

OK, I know for hard bitten survivalists a bread machine is so not done. On the other hand the end of the world hasn't happened yet and I'll take every short cut I can. Bloody Mary Bread 3 cups bread flour 1 1/4 c. V-8 Vegetable Juice 1 1/2 T. granulated sugar 1 1/2 t. salt 1 env yeast 1 t...

This is the place I'm going to put all of my canning and preserving recipes that I've gathered and used over the years. I'll start with bananas ... and yes, you can preserve bananas. I remember when you could get bananas between ten and twenty cents a pound with no problem ... now it is a...

I hadn't posted anything about Berkeys or Wise Food for about 2 1/2 months and thought others may benefit from this information: I just wanted to let everyone know about our new line of Wise Food Storage Long Term Emergency Food Supplies. http://www.directive21.com/wisefoodstorage.html Choose...

I just wanted to let everyone know here about our new line of Food Storage, as many TBK members have purchased Berkey Water Filters because of our last post on TBK and we really appreciated the response here. Anything purchased does support TBK, as we are making a donation today. We are...

Amazon.com has this right now: 2 containers for about $22 (original, vanilla or chocolate). MREdepot and other places sell this for as much as $20 PER container. One round container makes 8 quarts. An easy, light way to have soy on hand. I usually buy the shelf-stable aseptic packs but Big...