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    Ive been looking at some dried veggies- Where do you get your peas, potatoes? Ive even found dried out tomatoes online, but I hear it can be sketchy doing long term storage with veggies. Anyone do veggies for 5 years or more and tried them? Do you have to burp your tup after you open?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rocktot View Post
    Ive been looking at some dried veggies- Where do you get your peas, potatoes? Ive even found dried out tomatoes online, but I hear it can be sketchy doing long term storage with veggies. Anyone do veggies for 5 years or more and tried them? Do you have to burp your tup after you open?
    I put anything that is going to be used down the road in Mylar. We do use many of the items on a daily basis. I just opened some bacon bits (TVP) and some gravy that I put up 6 years ago. I add to the storage every year and then we pull the oldest and put it into tupperware for the short term.

    Here in CO moisture (or lack thereof) keeps the dehydrated stuff in good shape. we store the daily stuff in Tupperware. I know it is not cheap but it is a one time cost since it has a lifetime guarantee. And my mom was a manager for 20 years so all of mine was free.

    The only place I have seen anything other than tomato powder is grandmas foods. http://www.grandmascountryfoods.com/...ProductId=1162
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    How good is mylar what is the longest item you can keep in mylar? Like grain or rice for example? Do you have to do something special to the white rice from the store to make it keep?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prometheus View Post
    How good is mylar what is the longest item you can keep in mylar? Like grain or rice for example? Do you have to do something special to the white rice from the store to make it keep?
    As long as you do it right the same as a #10 can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jerrymrc View Post
    As long as you do it right the same as a #10 can.
    With out special tampering, what like 10 years?
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    I think it depends on what you store, should be 20-30 years for beans and rice, but with the SHTF crap creeping up on us, don't think you will have to wait that long.

    It looks like Mountain House Foods meat items only store for 5-8 years.

    Looks like the Tenn guy who posted here has an ebay- 50 1 gal mylars+ oxy absorbers for 25.00 shipped.

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    whats better mylar or #10?
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