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The Lost Book of Preserving Food Naturally

3. Using the marker, label the outside of the bucket with the contents

4. Seal all but 2 ½” of the top edge of the bag with the hair straightener. You will

notice that you have a lot of excess bag; that’s all right. You can cut off your seal

and use that excess to reseal the bag, if you ever need to take out some of the
contents

5. Working quickly, place an oxygen absorber in the bag, through the opening. Stick

the end of the vacuum cleaner hose in the hole and suck out the air, being careful

not to suck out any of the contents. Remove the hose and seal the bag the rest of
the way

6. Fold the flap of the bad down onto the food and put the lid on the bucket

7. Use the rubber mallet to ensure that the bucket lid seats fully

You can store the filled buckets anywhere, even in a hole in the ground. This makes them

ideal for use in setting up a food cache. Avoid placing them anywhere where there will
be a lot of heat, as the heat could affect the food, even inside the bucket.

If you are trying to store smaller quantities of several types of food, you can buy one-

gallon aluminized Mylar bags and do the same thing. You will need smaller oxygen

absorbers (300cc for one gallon) to go with them. These packages can then be layered

into the bucket, pushing them down to avoid any wasted space. Be sure to mark the
contents of all the packages on the outside of the bucket.

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