It’s hot outside and food is expensive. The Survival Mom gives us strategies on how to properly store food so that it isn’t damaged or destroyed by the heat. ~ The Editors
Do you want to protect your food storage from hot temperatures so its ready-to-eat when you need it? Summer heat can turn your pantry into a disaster zone, leaving you with less-than-appetizing meals when you need them most. This guide is designed for families who want to extend the shelf life of their food storage pantry, even during hot spells. Follow these simple strategies to protect your food from heat, humidity, and spoilage.
Starting in mid-May, my email box begins filling up with questions about storing food in hot weather. There’s always a new heatwave in the news, and people worry because food is particularly susceptible to the effects of high temperatures. Everyone wants to know what temperature is too hot for food storage. It’s a great question because out of all the factors that affect a food’s nutritional value, appearance, flavor, and texture, heat does the absolute worst damage. With all the time and money we invest in building our food storage pantries and making sure we have adequate water storage, protecting it just makes good financial sense, right?
So I want to share the answer I give to this question. Plus, I’ll share some of the tips we use to store food in a hot climate in our own home since we have only ever lived in very hot parts of the country — Phoenix and Texas.
How to Protect Food From Heat
I once lived in Phoenix, and I know all about summer heat! We had to be careful of indoor temps beginning early to mid-May all the way through October! (Kids don’t exactly wear jackets over their Halloween costumes around here!)
It’s a smart thing to worry about the effects of heat on the food you’re storing, but also guard against light, oxygen, pests, and humidity. In our Phoenix home, a spare bedroom served as our food storage pantry. Since keeping just that one room quite cold at 75 wasn’t realistic, we found other ways to protect the food.
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