Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Food Storage in Buckets

Do you want a fast and simply way to store your bulk food storage, like grains?  I recommend storing them in food grade buckets.  The process is simple, and you can do it in the comfort of your home.

What you’ll need:

Dry Ice
Food Grade Bucket
Food Grade Lid
Bulk Grains or Legumes

We personally found the food grade buckets and lids at a nearby Wal-Mart (located at Rittenhouse and Ellsworth in Queen Creek, AZ).

After following the directions below, you’ll need to wait a large number of hours for the dry ice to dissipate.  We let our buckets sit overnight, and that was about the right amount of time.  If you start the process first thing in the morning, the buckets will need to sit almost all day, and can be sealed before bedtime.

Something interesting to note here is, you don’t actually need to use dry ice, or oxygen absorbers to store sugar.  So, put your sugar in any food grade air tight container, and it will last forever on your shelf.

The following instructions were produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Plastic Bucket Storage Instructions