Best Food Storage Quotes

"Food storage isn't just about quantity; it's about quality, variety, and ensuring nutritional balance."

"If you’ve got enough food then you have to worry about it spoiling before anyone will eat it."

"If properly sealed, honey will last indefinitely, making it an essential addition to your inventory."

"Let's talk about Butcher Box everybody shout out to the Butcher Box baby OG been in a game with us for a long time got my freezer stocked full of meat."

"Root cellar is finished which means we'll be able to store a lot of our extra food including some smoked meat."

"So convenient, I have them stacked in my fridge."

"There's nothing like meat, especially when you're working hard and doing a lot of manual labor."

"Yeah, get meats, get meats, get meats, and have them stored up, you will be so glad you did that, really glad."

"Variety is key when stocking your prepper pantry."

"A huge savings over buying a box of pre-prepared rice."

"Whole grains are often not just sold in one-pound packages; they're often sold in larger packages or if you are able to find them in bulk."

"Definitely incorporate these, you know, work them. Don't just put them in your extended pantry and forget about them."

"I'm so grateful we finally got to this project because now I'll be able to be a better steward of the food storage."

"Building a food storage room like this does not happen overnight... you want to make sure you're properly storing this food so that it doesn't go bad."

"You can get started on bulk buying and building your food storage room."

"Every time you go to the market simply pick up an extra bag of white rice dry beans pasta or rolled oats and package it in the jar then store it in a cool dry dark location and protect it from earthquakes..."

"Depending on where you're storing your food, you want to do everything in your power to make that food or store that food in something that is rodent-proof."

"Every single lid on this broth, it's sealed. So these jars, these lids are wonderful."

"Store foods you like... Having foods that you like will act as a shot of positivity."

"These will definitely come in handy for lunches like bagels or sandwiches."

"I would love to have caramelized onions on my Pantry Shelf."

"Just start doing it get some rice get some beans start getting some five-gallon buckets together get some mylar bags and get stocked up."

"Reduce waste, skip plastic wrap, mark and date freezer meals."

"You think you are leaving it here for someone else but as I used to say all the way back in 2019 not only will you eat the food you prepped you will wish that you had prepped more."

"Stop meal planning, instead just keep your pantry full."

"Our ARB refrigerator... holds all kinds of food... very happy with it."

"You need to focus on building that pioneer level of one year or more food storage."

"Our freezer allows us to keep fish, meat, and vegetables frozen for as long as we need."

"But once you break that fat cap, you've broken that 'airtight seal'."

"In the freezer, it can last at least three months."

"When you look into your pantry ideally you don't see any labels looking back at you."

"Freeze bread and other items that you will use in order to extend its shelf life."

"Remember, I've been warning and spirit has been telling us to stock up on food. Rice, beans, and everything and anything you can and to have as much as you possibly can. Six months worth of food minimum."

"Freeze your bread. That's it. Simple as that."

"Buy a bunch of emergency food, it's gonna become more expensive in a few months."

"They're making boiled eggs, wow, they have a big storage don't they, it's a big tent."

"I found a story of a man who supposedly ate a 15 year old salisbury steak dinner and according to him it was pretty okay."

"I can go off-grid for pretty much two weeks with all the food storage I have."

"Eat what you store and store what you eat as much as you can."

"If you're not ready to toss the salad immediately, you can still whip it up in your bowl and then you can take your salad tongs and you can just cross them like this put them into your bowl and then put your lettuce on top."

"Your salad dressing will be down in the bottom but all your lettuce will be lifted up above it sitting on your salad forks or your salad tongs waiting to be tossed but not getting soggy from any dressing."

"It means you have a need to have a second one so you have a lot of meat."

"People have been preparing and having some form of food storage for thousands of years... it's completely logical."

"It would be a good idea to freeze some space in your freezer before the new round of price hikes begin." - Potato Business

"Sweet potatoes are another amazing food. They store very well, so I like these things for survival that will store well."

"How much food should you realistically have stockpiled?"

"It makes it more likely that you're going to have a successful experience in your pantry."

"Nobody should ever make fun of preppers ever again... get yourself some emergency food."

"Make some local relationships with your local farmers... even if you're only using that to stock up your freezer."

"This dish here often is left full of leftover vegetables... just as easy to stick it in one of those bags to put it in the fridge."

"Freeze food in flat in zip-seal bags, labels them by date and then 'file' them vertically in bins to maximize space."

"Buying shelf stable things one thing that you can keep in mind I mean you can keep a stock of beans or rice or pastas or stuff like that even if it's not something that you eat a whole lot of and just label the outside."

"Storing food can be simpler and easier to implement than storing water."

"If you're freezing meat or even bread, this might be a practical product to have on hand, at a relatively accessible price."

"Store it up to 15 years, this is incredible."

"If you don't have a six-month supply per person in your household of long-term storable dry food, you need to get some from somewhere."

"White rice: properly sealed and stored, the shelf life can be 25 to 30 years."

"Beans and corn for storable protein and grain."

"Wise foods takes an innovative approach to providing dependable, simple, and affordable freeze-dried food for emergency preparedness and outdoor use."

"But these things still tell a story, rows of beans and rice stored in plastic Coke bottles lining the walls of nearly every cabin."

"Get meats, get meats, get meats and have them stored up, you will be so glad you did that."

"Shoot for that 60 days and you can use the store-bought system which I described in detail and then supplement it with a longer-term, longer-lasting freeze-dried system."

"Maybe in the form of a long-term storage type item, that way they can see hey wow I can put away food for a long time and look this tastes pretty good."

"There's something so satisfying about preserving something, putting it in your pantry, and then getting to cook with it later."

"The food is actually deteriorating because it's outside. So here's an idea, how about we build a small room for food and we attach a vent to it?"

"It's a great one to have leftovers of for the next day."

"Root cellar is a must-have on the homestead."

"The best savings account in the world is a full pantry."

"Make sure you have enough food to get you by because we just don't know exactly how bad it's going to be."

"Start with dry goods because they're cheap, you can still buy beans and rice and pastas and oatmeal."

"For the sake of realism and immersion, certain food items are kept outside of the fridge."

"Treat your fridge like a temporary facility, not a long-term storage facility."

"It's absolutely delicious but it's shelf stable for I don't know, 10, 15 years at least."

"Freeze-dried apples can easily be on the shelf for 25 years and still be good."

"The survival pantry is that area of your extended or prepper pantry that you carve out as a space where you can keep food that has a very long shelf life and can sustain you in the event that there is some very severe emergency."

"Many of the foods we're going to discuss are considered to be forever foods, meaning that they basically have an indefinite shelf life."

"I really like storing my cut fruit in these Rubbermaid produce keepers."

"So once they were cooled, I wrapped them up into these bread bags that I had found at Walmart, they're pretty inexpensive."

"My goal really is to have a six-month supply of food for our family on our shelves."

"It's shelf-stable and as you can see, the expiration date is 3 years out from when I am filming this."

"I hope that it has inspired you to put fresh canned meat and broth on your pantry shelves as well."

"Beans beans and lentils will last forever if they are kept in the proper environment once again dry dark cool you're good."

"Oats when properly sealed just like the wheat when you properly seal it put it up store it properly it will last you 30 years oats."

"These are 24 forever Foods if you include the spices that you can start stocking in your pantry."

"Canned goods are a good choice for Mid to long-term food storage since they have a long shelf life and can give you a lot of variety in your diet."

"These super cubes are the best for leftovers and meal prep. I use these for stews, soups, bone broth, and more. They're made from food-grade silicone and are freezer, dishwasher, and oven safe without the lid for the oven top."

"You can keep that yeast on hand and it will last well past its best buy date."

"Storing dry goods like beans and rice is the cheapest way to storage large quantities of food."

"Imagine having foods that can last over 3 decades ensuring your readiness for any situation, be it a natural disaster or an economic downturn."

"I love these glass divided containers to store cut-up cucumbers, carrots, or other grab-and-go snacks throughout the day."

"Make sure that you are actually filling your shelves with things that you do eat, you want to eat, and your family will eat."

"Only stock them if you eat them. If you don't eat them today, don't stock them. It's a waste of money."

"Canned goods are a great thing to have on your shelves."

"So how much are you supposed to store what are the recommendations for storing powdered milk well what they generally say is about 16 pounds of dry milk per person."

"Cornmeal... gonna last over 10 years. Can't go wrong with cornmeal."

"Having a reasonable food storage Supply having sort of a system and knowing what you're purchasing and why."

"Refrigeration may be the single greatest advancement in modern food storage. Heck, even some medicines need refrigeration, so let's say health in general, and who do we have to thank for this modern Miracle? That's right, beer!"

"We should make a poll about whether you should put tortillas in the refrigerator or not."

"Our food is going to stay fresh. My old containers were so bad, so bad."

"'Cause I'm going to rely on fresh fruits and vegetables in my fridge, maybe frozen meats, fish and chicken in my freezers and the, the, the condiments, so to speak that I'm going to be accessing regularly are going to be my olive oil and my vinegars."

"White rice over brown rice... White rice however will last 30 years."

"Dried beans will last you a very long time."

"Canned vegetables are good for a year plus."

"Thankfully with this method, you don't need special equipment. All you need is either a glass jar or a bucket made from food-grade plastic."

"It's always our heart and our desire to encourage people to kind of have a stockpile of food built up for your family just in case life happens."

"...save some space in your fridge and store your onions in a basket or a mesh bag in your pantry for longer shelf life and better quality."

"Canned meats: if you don't have a cooking source or a heat source, you kind of can't go wrong."

"Dried pasta: as long as bugs don't get into it, this stuff's going to be good 5 to 10 years easy peasy lemon squeezy."

"I absolutely love using a FoodSaver to preserve Peppers."

"Shredded cheese is really nice to have frozen so then you always have it on hand to make soup grilled cheese salads quesadillas or really anything that you use shredded cheese for."

"Bread can mold really quickly and so it's nice to be able to just put it straight in the freezer."

"Butter freezes pretty much forever and so it's really nice to always have in your freezer especially because the price of butter has like doubled."

"The next thing i always freeze is yogurt you can freeze yogurt really well and i use the frozen yogurt in smoothies or as a starter for my instant pot yogurt."

"Almost anything that doesn't have noodles in it can freeze really really well if you have leftovers i would recommend freezing it in those super cubes have you heard of them they're like those silicone giant ice cube trays specifically meant for food and soup."

"Here's a really quick tip if you are not storing your frozen foods properly you're just going to be throwing away money and your food later in a frozen form rather than fresh."

"If stored properly, your rice can last up to 10 years in a vacuum-sealed bag or jar."

"Store foods that you and your family are already eating."

"Use glass and metal storage containers and beeswax wraps for food and ditch the plastic wrap, tin foil, and plastic bags."

"Let your jars sit on the counter for 12 to 24 hours and then they're ready to store away."

"Number 10, beans, lentils, and peas, should definitely be in your pantry."

"...to store your potatoes properly to have a long shelf life, you have to do the opposite of creating seed potatoes."

"...store your potatoes in a dark, dry, and cold place."

"Know the food storage recommendations for camping."

"This stuff is great especially to keep in like your emergency food kit."

"I wanted to show you how I've been buying my yeast in bulk in these large packets and I wanted to show you how you store it for long-term storage."

"I will keep them on the counter in an airtight container for maybe like two days."

"Do you guys put eggs in the fridge because I do?"

"...these mesh bags are breathable and they're fairly large so you'll be able to put in a decent amount of food into these bags."

"If you add a slice of bread to the container, the cookies will keep their soft texture for much longer."

"You could mass-make and make ahead and have them."

"A freezer refilling mission to kick off our saltwater fishing seasons."

"Almost every prepper knows that they should be storing beans and rice...they form a complete protein."

"...when stored properly it can last for 20 years or more...packed with nutrients."

"...rolled oats...can last for up to 30 years...can be used in oatmeal...to make things like muffins or pancakes."

"...dried pasta...can be stored for 25 years or more...high in things like protein, iron, and carbs."

"...instant coffee...can be stored for 20 years or more...good for boosting morale."

"Buy those big packages of meat when they're on sale... even if you're a family of one or two... divide them and seal them in serving size... so you are not overbuying."

"Before you know it, you've got a freezer full of homemade freezer meals that are going to make your life easier."

"Line an empty cereal box with a ziplocked bag and fill with food you want to freeze. Freeze, then remove the box, leaving behind a block which will stack easily in the freezer."

"Keep your potatoes in a cool dark place, that usually helps."

"These will last for years on your shelf unless, of course, you eat them all in the first year."

"Always check the freezer section for deals on fruit."

"The bag of spinach stays crisp, it's honestly the best tip of all time."

"Some people say that they get their harvest ready and get all their food to last the winter; we have to junk all summer because we know that when fall happens and the holidays, the pickings get a little bit more slim."

"...it's very important to us, we finally have enough chickens that we can save excess so that in the winter months when they slow down we still have eggs to feed our families."

"You simply had to have enough food for your family for a year."

"I don't put the pot in the fridge, I'll take it out of the pot and put it in like a Tupperware."

"This is just a food that I would not want to be without if I wasn't able to get things from the grocery store for whatever reason."

"Freeze-dried food is the gold standard in food storage."

"Here she is, baby, the thing that's going to keep all of my food nice and cold and refreshing."

"One of my goals for years has been being able to have whole meals in one jar."

"I'm going to really try to focus on getting a couple of soups underneath my belt and in the pantry."

"Three months' worth of food or sources of stored clean water can prepare you to survive both probable and possible threats that become catastrophic global changing events."

"We also have in our food storage the freeze-dried bacteria in packages so that we will have the option of starting fresh batches whenever we need it."

"Canned food is a forever food; it's sealed, it'll last forever."

"Stock what you eat, eat what you stock."

"All you need is about 12 plants, 12 heads of garlic is enough for a full year supply of garlic."

"For potatoes, the average consumption in a year for a single person is 50 pounds."

"Air is the enemy of food; once you remove the air, it's incredible how long food lasts."

"It's really wonderful to know that you have your emergency food storage set aside, so that no matter what happens, you've got the food that you need."

"They can be butchered in less than 10 weeks time and on top of that their meat is very tasty and they're very easy to store."

"I have been growing my pantry, my working stockpile pantry, for many, many years now."

"When you prevent oxidation, then suddenly with these oxygen absorbers, you have a higher vitamin content for longer, the food smells better and tastes better."

"It is important that when food is stored you should follow the FIFO rule: first in, first out."

"I kind of look at my food storage as food insurance."

"Our fridge is literally packed; we're not gonna have to go grocery shopping for like another month."

"If you are able to put the dry goods in an oxygen free or reduced oxygen environment, you will significantly extend that shelf life."

"As long as it's stored in a sealed container, honey can last indefinitely without spoiling."

"Learn proper food storage techniques... it's really important that you learn how to properly store your food so that they can last for you."

"Repurpose the heel of a loaf of bread to keep cookies nice and soft."

"Having a three-month supply of food is a great stress reducer."

"That's awesome, this thing can save a lot of food if it can run a deep freezer for that long."

"I'm no prepper myself personally, but I wouldn't say no to keeping a little bit extra food in the pantry for a rainy day."

"There's no better feeling than knowing you can skip the grocery store because there is a variety of meat already waiting for you in the freezer."

"These strawberries will last until Saturday for this swimming party, otherwise, you know these would never make it Wednesday to Saturday."

"Believe it or not, this is kind of a split system here; it is a long-term pantry."

"Every single person should have 30 days worth of food stuck in a closet somewhere."

"The Gosun Chill is a portable solar cooler designed to keep your food dry, cold, frozen, and organized."

"We're taking the basics like wheat, rice, beans, oats... that we use frequently to go through."

"Cold storage or root cellar is a fantastic way to extend the life of fresh fruits and vegetables."

"There are ways that we can prepare cream soups for shelf stability to store in our food storage."

"Food preservation doesn't stop just because the garden stopped outside, there are constantly things that need to be done."

"Corn once it's dried is a hard grain, and the variety of corn that's dried that we use to make popcorn is considered a forever food."

"Freeze-dried food keeps more nutritional value than any other shelf-stable preservation method."

"My goal is by the end of my summer in the Yukon that I have significantly impacted my food stores."

"If you follow USDA recommendations and put that food on your shelf, you can be secure in taking it off your shelf knowing that you can feed it to your family and it will be safe."

"I've stopped and thought about that quite often, and that is why I keep a very, very well-stocked pantry."

"Once they're in the freezer, it's so nice to have a freezer full of chickens."

"Every single one of our beans so far has sealed, which is pretty exciting."

"A refrigerator is a food spoilage rate reduction device."

"I've created this thing, this great thing that has stocked my pantry and filled my freezers."

"That's why I always tell people to prep food, get food put back."

"Basically anything that's in a mylar bag or a can that's dry, that's like the number one thing if you want it to hold up for like 50 years, it's survival food."

"Duo nutrasealer locks in nutrients and freshness so you can keep your food five times longer."

"It is known as a shelf stable forever food, which means it could last 10, 20, even 30 years without refrigeration or any need for attention."

"Building up a year's worth of food storage so that you could prepare for when the apocalypse happens."

"One thing that was really different for us to get used to is that they don't refrigerate any of their eggs here in Spain."

"Mylar as a material is very good at protecting food from many of the things that could cause it to either spoil or lose nutritional value over time."

"Freeze drying food is about the best way you can preserve food if you want to do short term or long-term food storage."

"Hello today I'm going to show you how to make this lovely food store or meat safe."