Anonymous
By asking questions here I learned about using oxygen absorbers when storing food in 5 gal buckets. I also was told that its ok to put packages of food, like flour, sugar, salt, corn meal, pasta, all types of beans, in the mylar bag in their original sack or bag. I also discovered, to my surprise, that you can only get 30 pounds, or so, of stuff into a 5 gal bucket using the original containers. I learned you can get more in the bucket using 4 and 5 pound bags rather than larger 10 pound bags. I also learned to fill in the cracks using 1 and 2 pound bags of beans. I was told that it was not necessary to punch pin holes in bags as the oxygen can make its way out without doing so. I’m not so sure about that with sacks of beans. Some of those plastic bags seem pretty substantial to me. I’ve filled about 12 buckets this year.