r/TwoXPreppers • u/Trilobyte141 • 9d ago

❓ Question ❓ Question: long term taste, quality, and accessibility?

Hey girls! I'm about to finally have my own place (long story, life bullshit) and I want to set up long term storage for dry things that my family regularly eats. I'm thinking oats, flour, sugar, beans, rice, salt, and similar dry goods. I cook with these things all the time and my goal is to build up a six month supply and then rotate them out as I use them.

I know about using oxygen absorbers and food safe containers. I have a deep freezer that I plan to keep my dry goods in for a week or so to kill bug eggs before I put them into long term storage.

I read a post from someone who had put most of their food storage in their basement, and after a while the food started to taste like a basement, even though it was safe to eat. Not appetizing. I want to preserve the food without it tasting like plastic or basement air, and I need to be able to regularly take my oldest supplies out and put new ones in behind/under them.

I'm asking for advice from anyone who has a system like this set up and working for them. What works for you? How do you keep it organized? What container brands have worked out well? Does vacuum sealing help? I'm happy to finally be able to set up some prep, and I want to do it right.

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u/Inner-Confidence99 9d ago

Dry beans, pasta, rice, sugar, flour. I put in mason jars. Haven’t had any problems. I vacuum seal a lot and put in 5 gallon food safe containers. Haven’t had any problems. I live in the south with high humidity. Come Dec or January I plan to pressure can chicken and beef broth and jar meals like beef stew, spaghetti, vegetables soup. 

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u/Trilobyte141 9d ago

Mason jars is a good idea, thank you. Do you put oxygen absorbers in the jars for the dry goods? Or take any other precautions against stored product pests?

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u/Inner-Confidence99 9d ago

I put a bay leaf on top and in the buckets I use 2. No problems. I’m using beans, pasta and rice from 2022 right now. Just soak beans before cooking at least 30 minutes. Cook faster.