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Emergency Food Storage Fails

By Natalie Rhea on June 14, 2014

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#nortunately, many "eo"le $aste %oth their time and money on a&oida%le

mista'es in their emergency ood storage(

)nd nothing $ill "iss you o *uic'er than inding that your hard $or' has gone

to $aste due to some stu"id, "re&enta%le error(

+ou need to %e "ro"erly storing the right ood, and ha&e the a%ility to "re"are the

ood you ha&e(

+ou $ill need access to the correct ingredients and e*ui"ment to "re"are you

meals, $hich ta'es *uite a %it o "lanning(

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For this reason, $e highly encourage you to read u" on the ollo$ing smart ood

storage strategy and ti"s(

Follo$ these instructions and a&oid emergency ood storage ails(

ere are a e$ ood storage mista'es to a&oid $hile stoc'ing u"-

some mista'es to a&oid $hile "re"aring your "antry stoc'"iles . See more at-

htt"-//glo%alresearchre"ort(com/201/11/1/inogra"hic!ten!most!common!emergency!

ood!ails/sthash(3t%%)r(d"u

ry ood goods, $hile a great idea, do not last ore&er( nstead, $e recommend

storing the ingredients to ma'e your meals rom scratch( Ra$ ingredients $ill last years

longer than "re!manuactured ood(

Be sure to ha&e "lenty o stoc' in these ingredients-

6olasses

Sugar

i*uid smo'e

S"ices

Salt

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ried her%s

Flour

urum $heat

8hole $heat

8hole 'ernel corn

9inegar

dutch!o&en!reci"es

n addition to ra$ ingredients, remem%er to 'ee" these tools in your stoc' room-

utch :&en- ) hea&y, cast!iron "ot that;s "erect or outdoor coo'ing, either on

charcoal or right on the ire( +ou can ma'e

) com%ination tool . usually including a sur&i&al 'nie, sa$, $ire cutters, can o"ener,

"liers, etc . can hel" uni&ersally(

6ylar Bag- 6ylar %ags "ro&ide "rotection rom sun, moisture, and e&en insects,

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and can "ro&ide storage o 25@ years(

?arain 8aA- 3his $aA is a "reser&ati&e that 'ee"s moisture in or outC and hel"s

ood last longer( t is oten used or canning and is e&en edi%le(

:Aygen )%sor%ers- #sed $ith "ro"er "ac'aging, these little "ac'ets a%sor%

oAygen, eAtending the lie and la&or o ood or "harmaceuticals(

Solar :&en- Solar o&ens or coo'ers use the sun;s energy to %a'e, roast, or heat

oods( )luminum relectors ocus the heat into a dar'!colored o&en and/or "ot( 3hese are

also great or steriliDing $ater(