What You REALLY Need to Know About Mylar Bags...

Mylar food storage bags are excellent tools to help you store cheap food for decades. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your mylar bags and things you can do to make storing food in them easier.

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[rickredman]

Suggestion. I break things like rice down to go meal size. Two cups of rice will feed 4 people. So, I break rice down that way and store in mylar bags, squeeze out all the air and seal. Bags are labeled with cooking instructions - 4 cups of liquid to cook rice to perfection.

[sweetsuccesstrading]

Thank you for Everything You share with your Community! It’s Greatly APPRECIATED!

[villageidiot]

You hit the nail right on the head for beginner preppers thank you For this video I recently got a couple of friends into prepping and I will be sharing your video with them I gave them some information that I thought was good but this video is a fair Keep up the good work Jr.

[misscarmen]

Dear DIY Prepper, Thank you for this great info. Am new to mylar storage and appreciate your knowledge on this topic.

[ashlipope]

Hello..new subscriber here. Thanks so much for helping me out with this video! I am just starting to use the bags I bought and this really helped take the stress out of the process . Looking forward to checking out the rest of your work. Take care.

[ladybug]

Thank you for a straightforward run down on something I have never used or heard about before. I would like to divide my large bag of cheaper rice into single serve bags for myself and having a purpose-built bucket or container to also put the servings into sounds like a sensible idea. Mostly I have tinned meat, tinned baked beans, fish and such like in my little pantry because we can sometimes have a cyclone that cuts us off from food trucks for a couple of weeks - but it's never been a huge issue in the past - it's mainly "just in case", the tinned food is eaten and refreshed for next cyclone season. Very interesting to see the products for keeping food fresh and safe to eat during floods etc. too. Regards..

[marthafearsme]

I have been doing this for a while but you hit every point. Thank you.

[Kathleensailorgirl]

Excellent video, thank you JR .blessings to you and your family 👍👍👍🙏🙏

[doshadial]

Fantastic!!! Thank you so much. I took notes and am sharing with family. 🙏👍

[johnpowell]

Excellent topic to be covering right now brother, thank you

[brendanelson]

Great video, JR! I ordered some of the Wallaby gusseted 1 gallon bag bundles last fall after your & Jinne at Homestead Corner videos. I just started using them this month. Those are some stout bags! I keep filling them until I have 10 ready to permanently seal, line 'em up, unzip, add oxygen absorbers and iron the top. Works great! I am working on clearing out a couple months backlog of dry staples & really happy to get things into better containers. I'm going to use the larger 2 1/2 gallon Wallaby bags for dry cat food, as we've 5 to prepare for. I'm also adding oxygen absorbers to the big bags of dogwood & revealing those that are in the manufacturer mylar bags.

[MrLandphill]

awesome information, thanks for all you do for us.

[jd]

Thanks for a great video. Food grade diatomaceous earth can also be added to grains and beans for a little extra insurance against bugs.

[frankortiz_HeroDad]

This video is super useful. Good work! God bless!

[ahhotep]

Great tips. I always learn something new🙂

[mellosings]

Your videos are awesome! Great content!

[sueciviero]

Perfect timing! Just ordered my first mylar bags, oxygen absorbers and also silica gel for jars I want to keep from clumping. I made vegetable powders that I want to extract from in my working pantry. Do you use food grade silica packets for some items?

[issamituk]

nice explanations, thanks from Morocco

[HPTuchin]

Couldn't agree with you more about not freezing dried goods before storing in mylar. I've had this conversation/debate with many. Unfortunately far too many people practice & preach freezing.
I myself would rather chance a few dead bugs than Botulism.
There's no possible way your dried goods don't absorb moisture in the freezing/thawing process, even if someone says they "dry" them afterwards.

[WillNeverforgetmypasswordagain]

When I get a bag of rice I put it in the freezer fr a week, then remove it and let it sit at room temperature for a week, then it goes into Mylar, vacuum seal bags or #10 tin cans.