Ammo9
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Post by Ammo9 on Aug 24, 2017 14:32:18 GMT 10
What cooking fats do you store for bugging in? Pack for bugging out? Camping? Backpack hunting, whatever..
Points for: Long lasting, shelf stable, great taste, cost, compactness, multiple uses.
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VegHead
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Post by VegHead on Aug 24, 2017 18:49:08 GMT 10
Pig and duck fat.
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Post by Ammo9 on Aug 24, 2017 19:51:51 GMT 10
Do you buy it or process your own? |
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Post by thereth on Aug 24, 2017 23:01:24 GMT 10
Ghee and coconut oil, however the next lot of pigs I am hoping to render my own fat
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Post by blueshoes on Aug 24, 2017 23:36:11 GMT 10
I've just discovered tinned NZ ghee... and have a stash of coconut oil. Long shelf life FTW.
We usually have 2-4L of canola and olive oil in the cupboard but it only has about 12mo shelf life
ETA Snap! Same as Reth
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Post by VegHead on Aug 25, 2017 21:13:29 GMT 10
Do you buy it or process your own? All our own. |
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Post by shinester on Aug 25, 2017 21:47:35 GMT 10
What I have
Ghee - anecdotal reports of decades of storage unopened. I have about 10kg of this, I won't touch it unless needed.
Coconut oil - a little in the fridge, it's expensive, lasts a while, mines in a pressure sealed jar, so probably indefinitely going by anecdotal reporting on MRE channels of sealed fats [peanut butter].
Cheap canola oil - I have been using this lately after seeing an anecdotal example of 10 year old oil that was unopened being fine.
Olive oil - I have some in storage and I have some that I use for cooking. Takes me forever to go through it.
Peanut butter - I have some and it's an excellent fat, energy and protein source.
I think the main key here is that rancidity is caused by oxidation, aka exposure to air. So keep your containers very sealed and you're probably good. The best would be vacuum sealed glass jars with metal lids [it'll have a dip in the lid] from supermarkets as there's little air in there and no extra air coming in anytime soon. I have thought about using wax to better seal other styles of containers, though never tried it. I'm quite skeptical on the supposed used by dates on sealed oil now. I do have some fairly old canola oil that I'll test in a while to see if that's accurate that's not been stored in any special way.
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Post by blueshoes on Aug 26, 2017 9:38:25 GMT 10
I do have some fairly old canola oil that I'll test in a while to see if that's accurate that's not been stored in any special way. I'm interested to hear what you find when you eventually do this. |
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Post by token on Aug 26, 2017 16:23:02 GMT 10
atm i dont have fat stores, unless they are my own lol. But i do know of lots of animals that have them and i can access them quite quickly and get it rendered for the fridge.
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Post by ziggysdad on Aug 27, 2017 0:05:55 GMT 10
As you all know, I keep cases of Red Feather tinned butter. If you keep it from temperature fluctuations this can last 5 years.
In addition, I've always got a 3L tin of olive oil, a few liters of sunflower oil and coconut oil on hand.
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Post by fei on Sept 11, 2017 18:52:08 GMT 10
atm i dont have fat stores, unless they are my own lol. But i do know of lots of animals that have them and i can access them quite quickly and get it rendered for the fridge. I have plenty of my own in my portable emergency fat store (ie. beer gut). We usually have around 20L of canola oil in rotating stock. The current 5L bottle was just stored in our pantry for the past 9 months or so, with no discernible problems when opened. |
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