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Prepper Basics: Oxygen Absorbers
When I first started getting serious about food storage, I found myself facing an entirely new vocabulary of food storage terms. It should come as no surprise that one of those terms was “Oxygen Absorber.”
Now I am pretty sure that you have heard about oxygen absorbers. But do you know what they are and that they are a necessary component when sealing up dry goods for the long haul? Oxygen absorbers are a mystery to many, so today I will provide you with the basics – just enough to get you started on the road to storing your bulk foods for the long term.
Learning about Long-Term Storage
The very first item I purchased for my food storage pantry was a 25-pound sack of pinto beans. Of course back then, I thought I would simply store the big bag in the garage and let it sit there until I needed it – you know, set it and forget it. Luckily, I did my research and learned first and foremost that beans indeed have a shelf life and will turn as hard as rocks if not properly packaged and maintained in a cool, moisture free environment. Who knew?
The light bulb really came on as I was reading John Hill’s book How to Live on Wheat
What are oxygen absorbers made of?
Oxygen absorbers are smallish little packets that hold an iron powder. Through the magic of technology – or so it seems to me – the outer wrapper lets oxygen and moisture in. At the same time, the outer wrapper is strong enough to prevent leakage of the the powder back out into the packaged food.
How do they work?
In the process of sucking up moisture, the iron in the absorber starts to rust. This creates oxidation and, before you know it, in a well-sealed container, 99.99% of the oxygen is used up. Any space or air left in the container is nitrogen – not oxygen – which is not a bad thing because insects cannot thrive in pure nitrogen.
So, in simple terms, the little packet sucks up all of the oxygen from the air within the container in which it is placed.
Factoid: Air is about 21 percent oxygen, 78 percent nitrogen and 1% other gasses. Did you know that?
What about storage containers?Still with me? We are getting to the hard part. As you do your research, you will hear over and over again that you should use oxygen absorbers in sealed Mylar bags. And yes, it is true that they work extremely well when used with sealed Mylar bags.
But – and this is a big but – they can be used successfully to block out oxygen with other types of packaging, too. All of the following will work:
Metal cans with sealed lids. Great if you have access to a canner or a local community kitchen. For most of us, however, this is not a realistic and cost-effective solution.Mason jars with proper canning lids. This is one of my favorites especially since I have a special attachment for my food saver that allows me to vacuum seal the mason jars quickly and easily. And, just a personal thing, but I love looking at all of the products peeking out of those glass jars.Mylar bags. These are heavy duty foil bags lined with a special plastic.Vacuum sealed bags (such as the Food Saver bags). While not as heavy as the Mylar, these are much easier to handle especially if you already have the Food Saver machine itself.Plastic buckets with gamma seals. These can be used alone or in combination with other Mylar or other bags such as those from the food saver.PETE plastic bottles with airtight, screw on lids.What is the proper way to use oxygen absorbers?
There are just a few precautions that you need to be aware of when using oxygen absorbers.
The most important precaution is to limit the unused packets from exposure to the air. Take out only what you are going to use in the next 15 minutes or so and seal the rest up in a jar with a screw top lid. Don’t put them in a zip lock bag because they will immediately suck up the residual oxygen and become useless.A good rule of thumb is to use one 300 cc oxygen absorber for each gallon of product. For larger containers, you can purchase larger, 2000 cc oxygen absorbers which are ideal for 5 or 6 gallon buckets.Be mindful of the little pink pill. Most reputable vendors will include a little pink pill with their package of absorbers. If the pill is blue, the absorbers are toast so don’t use them. However, if they are just starting to turn – not quite pink and not quite blue – they are probably okay since the change of color can happen in as little as 10 or 15 minutes.Another good test of their viability is to pick one up and hold it. It may feel warm. It will also feel soft and powdery, like a little pillow. If it gets real hot and uncomfortable, it is in full-out working mode and has probably been exposed to the air for too long to be usable. In this case it may also start to feel hard and brick like. Toss it.Oxygen absorbers themselves have a limited shelf life, even when sealed. Only purchase an amount that you will use within a year.Help Me! I Am Confused!!!
If you start to do some research on your own, prepare to be confused. You will find that some sources feel you should use a larger quantity of oxygen absorbers when packaging dried pasta and beans versus packaging grains, flours, and rice. The reason for this is that the latter are more dense so there is less oxygen to get rid of.
You can come to your own conclusion, but the overwhelming advice I received from respected vendors was that 300 cc per gallon or 2000 cc per bucket would do just fine.
A few other pointers
Almost anything can be packaged using oxygen absorbers and they are so inexpensive, there is no reason not to use them. There are some things, however, that should be packaged without them. They are sugar and salt. Why? Well the sugar will turn to a brick of concrete and the salt simply does not need anything special to keep it preserved. It, too, may clump.
In addition, sprouting seeds need oxygen to stay alive (and ultimately germinate) so you would be defeating your purpose if you sealed them up with an oxygen absorber.
A bag sealed with product plus an oxygen absorber may or may not turn brick like in a day or two or even up to a week. The ability to fully compress is dependent upon factors such as head room and the amount of air that was sucked out during the sealing process. This is not a problem in spite of what you may read on the Internet. If you have used an oxygen absorber sufficient for the size of your packaging, the oxygen will be gone. The extra air is simply nitrogen and it will not harm your food. Of course, if it makes you feel better, you could open the package and start all over again but that is not really necessary for anything but your peace of mind.The Final Word
Using oxygen absorbers (or Mylar bags, a Food Saver or even buckets) does not have to be a big mystery. All you really need is someone to explain it to you, right?
Seriously, though, my eBook, The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage
For an interesting technical discussion of Oxygen Absorbers, read A Guide to Oxygen Absorbers.
Enjoy your next adventure through common sense and thoughtful preparation!
The Manchurian Candidate Wishes You a Happy New Year
The Manchurian Candidate Wishes You a Happy New Year
Dave Hodges
It is going to be an in-your-face New Year as we take down our 2013 calendars and replace them with the 2014 calendar loaded with a series of Black Friday dates.
The current president has done the most towards accomplishing his goals that he set coming into office than any other president in American history. The only problem is that President Barry is the ultimate Manchurian Candidate.
As I have documented before, his mother, Anne Dunham, worked for Tim Geithner’s father for the CIA sponsored Ford Foundation when Barry was little. Throughout his young life, little Barry was taught to hate America and the free enterprise system by the communists who raised him ranging from Frank Marshall Davis to the key members of the Weatherman Underground (e.g. Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn as well as the Valerie Jarrett family). Consequently, Barry was the right man at the right time to become the president . He is the ultimate Manchurian Candidate. Heretofore, let’s just call him, President Manchurian.
The only problem for us, is that it was Barry’s specific mission to engineer the wholesale destruction of this country, its time honored legal traditions and to oversee the theft of its resources. For there to be a true New World Order, there must first be the destruction of the United States because it is the shining antithesis of what the globalist masters want for this planet which is the establishment of neo-feudalism under the auspices of a brutal totalitarian regime.
Thanks to the 2014 version of the NDAA, our Constitution and our civil liberties are gone. In reality, there is not even a reason to maintain Congress and the Supreme Court. They should be disbanded because we are now being ruled by a series of executive branch edicts under the all-seeing eye of a police state surveillance grid. All hail to President Manchurian, we belong to this mystery man and his handlers.
President Manchurian Owns You and Your Property
Under Executive Order 13603, it is clear that the President can proclaim, in times of emergency or non-emergency, that he controls all industry, transportation, food and water as well as all energy. Who could ever forget President Manchurian as he told small business owners “You did not build that business”. Hmmm, President Manchurian, this is kind of like the notion that you did not build your political career, the CIA and the Ford Foundation did.
In a stunning proclamation, the same executive order clearly states that the President, through the Secretary of Labor, owns our very lives and we are, in effect, literal slaves.
President Manchurian Now Owns Your Children
As of January 1, 2014, you are no longer the sovereign authority over your children, the officials from Obamacare are (i.e. HHS and CPS).
According to Human Health Services, on behalf of Obamacare, your family is eligible for a Soviet style family “intervention” in the following situations:
1. Families where mom is not yet 21.
2. Families where someone is a tobacco user.
3. Families where children have low student achievement, developmental delays, or disabilities.
4. Families with individuals who are serving or formerly served in the armed forces, including such families that have members of the armed forces who have had multiple deployments outside the United States.
5. Although this is not being widely reported, home schoolers and their families will be targeted for “interventions” as will be families who object to having their children take vaccines.
How many of you were ever grounded by your parents and not permitted to play outside with your friends? This is now illegal under the HHS/CPS policy manual. They label the treatment as neglect by isolation. There are not time frames set forth which constitutes isolation and it is left to the field representative. This obviously erodes parental discipline.
If your child is judged to be underachieving in school, this is referred to as educational neglect and is worthy of governmental intervention. Further, if your child is absent for five days in any one month from school, the same allegation would be made against the parent.
If your child has ADD or ADHD, you could be accused of neglect because the document details how this can be somehow caused by poor nutrition, although the variables associated with the cause are not specified.
Of course, no Obama inspired program would be complete without an attack upon the Second Amendment. Obamacare is no exception as one of the criteria for child neglect are parents who are also gun owners.
The presence of alcohol in the home is a trigger for an allegation of neglect and subsequent “intervention”. Of course, alcoholic parents can present a clear and present danger to a child’s well-being and if you have alcohol in the home, you are an alcoholic.
If you are ever late picking up your child from daycare or from school aftercare, you will be reported.
If you have ever been depressed or have been treated for any mental disorder (e.g. PTSD, anxiety, etc.), you are at risk for losing your children.
Even illegal immigrant families are not immune from this insanity. Children, who are judged by the field worker to not be fully acculturated, do not properly speak the language, exhibits signs of being homesick and subsequently judged to have not formed an unspecified number of friends and formed a cohesive social network, allegations of neglect can be made.
I would encourage you to spend some time reviewing the document which will be serving as the policy manual for the forced home inspections courtesy of President Manchurian. Please note that when the reader gets beyond the flowery language and professed concern for children, in the document, that the language is written so broadly that virtually any human condition, any family circumstance or child’s behavior can be interpreted as child neglect.
And where did this bundle of New Year joy come from? It was developed by ICF, who are self-professed international partners with government and commercial clients to deliver consulting services and technology solutions in climate change, energy, environment and one of their main clients is the United Nations. Yes, that’s correct, from the UN to HHS to CPS to undermining your authority as a parent. Don’t you just love the New World Order and their key minion, President Manchurian?
These facts should put pitch fork carrying Americans on the streets, but Mack Brown coached his last football game for the University of Texas last night and Duck Dynasty is still on A&E and people can fully identify with these distractions
Sticker Shock
Has the corporate controlled media bothered to tell you what will be happening to your pocketbook in 2014?
Income tax rates goes up from 35% to 39%. Capital gains tax goes up from 15% to a hefty 28%. Dividends tax goes up from 15% to 39.6 %. Income payroll tax goes up from 37.4% to 52.2%. Inheritance tax goes up from 0% to 55% on every single possession acquired from an estate. Remember this estate has been repeatedly taxed through the years. This is nothing but pure theft brought to you by President Manchurian on behalf of his globalist handlers. And of course, half of the country is still on some form of welfare and you are paying for that as well.
Meanwhile, the debt is $17 trillion dollars, the unfunded liabilities comes in at about $240 trillion dollars and the derivative debt, acquired solely by illegal banker investments we are being made to pay for, totals $1.5 quadrillion dollars. And where did money come from these three banker debts go? They went into the President Manchurian handlers’ pockets.
Unanswered Questions
And what about that missing $9 trillion dollars from the Federal Reserve? We are not allowed to talk about that.
And what about the fact that Congress exempts themselves from Obamacare? That cannot be a part of the discussion.
And what about the 1300+ corporations, who were heavy campaign contributors to the President, who coincidentally received an exemption from Obamacare? We cannot talk about that either.
And what about the exemption that Congress gives themselves from prosecution for insider stock trading that would send all of us serfs to prison for a minimum of five years? That cannot be a part of any national discussion.
And why don’t you ever get a piece of the pie brought to you by President Manchurian? George Carlin answered that best when he said “You are not in the _ _ _ _ ing club”!
Conclusion
We have been raped and pillaged, and for most fluoridated Americans, the blissful life of ignorance just continues right along so long as we have unlabeled, cancer-causing GMO food to put on our table.
We can wake up the sheep when it is over. In the meantime, what should we be doing? Maybe there is no hope. However, the word quit is not in some of our vocabularies. Did you know that Congress is going to take execution off of the table for treason? You see, they are still worried that 300 million Americans are going to wake up and put the leaders of the governmental mafia in prison. Please don’t get too excited, Pelosi and Feinstein should sleep soundly knowing that reality shows still proliferate on television and fantasy football is as popular as ever.
I am sure those of you that are awake know that this is the likely year of the inevitable financial collapse. That’s when the real fun begins. That is when all of us, even the sheep, will soon come to realize the true meaning of the NDAA and Executive Order 13603.
Happy New Year America!
