Free Food Grade Buckets (With Lids)

[Arzosah]

From me too, Matt, I'll be thinking of you and your family today.

[FEISTY]

Due to the arrangement of my fathers funeral tomorrow im likely to be away from the pc for a couple of days but i will try and help members getting this item sorted

Mat sorry for your loss I hope all goes well with the funeral.[/quote

Very sorry Matt. Hope it all goes as well as can be hoped for in the circumstances.

Very grateful for the offer of buckets and jerry cans. I'm having to pay £75 just to have a small unit that we sent down south to be refinished sent back (one way only) and that was the cheapest courier quote, so I think it would probably be too expensive to have a pallet load sent to Scotland. A fab offer for all those living in the area.

[FEISTY]

So, perhaps I should have asked this first. If you store your dried foods in Mylar (in my case I will freeze the packets first and the question is whether or not to take the product out of the bags), what is the advantage to storing in the buckets? I have already bought one large black storage box with a clip down lid. It would seem waterproof from above and it's simply to store cans, etc, away from bugs, vermin, etc in my garage. At the moment, I have coffee in the original refill packaging, which I believe is Mylar, in there too. I have a large silicon sachet in the box too, but the box isn't, to my knowledge, airtight. This box is pretty robust though and I think I'll buy more. Is the need for airtight food grade storage buckets to store dried stuff, like flour, without the Mylar bags or does it not matter what kind of storage you keep your Mylar bags in as long as you keep them clean and bug/vermin free? I've just read that back and it's all over the place - I hope it's clear enough ... :# I haven't bought any Mylar bags yet, because I'm confused about what size to get, the differences in thickness (some are touted as better than others) and how to close them. They often come with oxygen removers, but not food grade moisture removers, which I think is important, especially if there might be a little dampness from freezing. This is all new and difficult for someone who has always tried to eat as freshly as possible and not keep too much food lying around, mainly because it either ends up in the recycling bin or is a temptation. The only reason my kids haven't cleared out my store of chocolate and other snashters is they can't see them in the "black box" .

[Hamradioop]

useful info on oxygen absorbers and mylar bags http://adviceandbeans.com/food-storage-faq/

[preppingsu]

Have a look here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/efss-uk?_trks ... 7675.l2559

efss-uk

Lots if information and I have always found them to be very useful. They send lots of 'how to' information when you purchase with regard to food items.