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ms1984
11.11.2013, 22:37
Hi guys :-) My name's Mike and I'm new to the forum, I've joined this and another forum hoping someone can give me some more info on the things I need to know. I want to store food long-term, I have canned food but want to store grain, rice etc preferably lasting as long as possible! Does anyone have any experience in long-term food storage, I know there's bags you can buy, but what the difference is between mylar and aluminium foil coated bags I have no idea! Anyone with any experience or links I' be grateful. Thanks for your time guys and thanks for the forum!

Mike

mogusch
12.11.2013, 20:12
Hi Mike!

In germany, we´ve "einmachgläser" / "einweckgläser" for so what.

like so:
http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&biw=1366&bih=616&tbm=isch&tbnid=LF8OTm0llgPYNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.glasino.de/einmachglaeser&docid=_9YeC5Z9jQr7qM&imgurl=http://www.glasino.de/bilder/einmachglas.jpg&w=393&h=306&ei=sm6CUoayKJDEswb45ICYDQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=169&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:96&tx=129&ty=87

Sigurd
12.11.2013, 22:16
Hi Mike,

every jar that can be closed air proof should do the trick I guess. The glasses mentioned by "mogusch" above are a good solution, only problem is that they usually aren´t very big. You are talking about storing grain or rice and I guess you want to store more than just a few pounds. Maybe you can use plastic bottles (like the ones used for water dispensers)..

ms1984
22.11.2013, 01:14
Hi again, thanks so much for the information. I'm pretty excited to get everything ready although maybe I should have started earlier. Never too late though I suppose! :-) I found a loadof info at http://www.mylarshop.com/mylar-shop-articles and http://www.sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html I decided I want to go with Mylar rather than other foil bags as, for the price extra, I think it's worth it. I ended up going with these bags: http://www.mylarshop.com/mylar-bags/heavy-duty-mylar-bag-25cm-x-35cm as I'm in the UK so the Sorbent Systems shipping is too much. They should arrive any day so I'll put up a review if / when they arrive! I haven't got a heat sealing thing but apparently an iron will do and this is a good video on how to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9b0dAtJ80&hd=1&autoplay=1 If anyone knows of any shops in the UK other than the one I picked I'd be grateful. Anyway I'll be back with a review and maybe a video on how to store grain if I can find a video camera. Thanks everyone and thanks for your time. Mike