You would need to heat seal in a Mylar bag for O2 absorbers to be effective.
Preparations Update
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I get my O2 absorbers and large mylar bags that fit a 5 gallon bucket from our local WINCO store.. One bag for everything and a few oxygen absorbers couldn't hurt....Sealing them up might also help with high humidity summers. Just use your fancy electric hair straightening press to seal them after you suck out the air with a vacuum cleaner.
I didn't know sealing in mylar was that easy. I'm still a rookie with long term food storage.
For now I'll stick with rotation for pre-packaged foods I eat on a regular bases. In the future I'll start using mylar for home dried foods with the intention of having a long term food supply without rotation. I figure those foods will be the just add water type with a short cook time, or just warm, or eat cold in a pinch.
Edit: I'll also plan on mylar for homemade beef jerky and dried fruits. That stage shouldn't be too far out.
For now I'll stick with rotation for pre-packaged foods I eat on a regular bases. In the future I'll start using mylar for home dried foods with the intention of having a long term food supply without rotation. I figure those foods will be the just add water type with a short cook time, or just warm, or eat cold in a pinch.
Edit: I'll also plan on mylar for homemade beef jerky and dried fruits. That stage shouldn't be too far out.
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Have fun on your food preservation journey..
If you have others who depend on you or you want to go for a year or five without any harvesting or replenishment ask me about freeze dryers.....they really work. I have been freeze drying for a couple of years and consider the pure unadultarated food a really good investment....plus it can be just add water and eat it out of the bag.
our local big box has them down to $1695 or about the same price as four five gallon pails of good meat.
Got some needed replacement tools in today. My files were in sad shape, especially the needle files. My Allen wrenches were a joke, some missing, some rusty. All my good cold chisels are missing. Only one left was 3/8ths made by craftsman, something I had to buy on a job somewhere.
Klein tools I recognized along with Mayhew chisels, they’re decent. Couldn’t find a brand of files I recognized. Took a chance on ‘Rexbeti’, nice zip up case and handles. Guess I’ll have to wait and see on the quality.
I do like the handle for the Klein allens (metric and sae). I can see where that'd be useful.
Klein tools I recognized along with Mayhew chisels, they’re decent. Couldn’t find a brand of files I recognized. Took a chance on ‘Rexbeti’, nice zip up case and handles. Guess I’ll have to wait and see on the quality.
I do like the handle for the Klein allens (metric and sae). I can see where that'd be useful.
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Did you buy that non-contact thermometer on the right in this purchase too?
They are a very useful tool. I use those for everything from cooking to checking cooling systems and insulation to monitoring the operating temperature of drive components in the trucks (unimogs). We base some of our lubrication choices on operating temperature.
No, not a part of this purchase. I've been using them for years though. Bought my first one when experimenting with hydrogen cells. First cells I built had thermal issues, had to keep an eye on them.
I use one in the kitchen for cooking all the time, very handy for that! I deep fry in a cast iron dutch oven. Makes keeping up with oil temp easy.
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