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Costco Will Sell You an Apocalyptic Year's Worth of Disgusting Food for $800
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| 10/7/2010
Posted on 10/07/2010 7:32:13 AM PDT by FromLori
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To: FromLori
Canning was invented in the early 1800's. The technology was an essential ingredient in the success of the long campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. The Brits actually found a can of tinned beef from that era in one of their museums back in the 1930's, so roughly 120 years old.
Nobody dared eat it even though the seal was intact, so they fed it to one of the museum cats, who promptly chowed down and suffered no ill effects.
Shelf life on canned food is for flavor viability, not "safe to eat" purposes.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:00:11 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: pennboricua
Yeah, beats eating bugs and grubs.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:00:55 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
To: knarf
You’re right! At least you can save the little bottles of Tabasco and the biscuit or cracker for later.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:01:12 AM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: FarmerW
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:03:01 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(When politicians politicize issues, aren't they just doing their job?)
To: FromLori
We've tried a lot of this site's stuff and like it, especially the powdered eggs and hash browns.
Honeyville Food Products
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:03:13 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
To: 12Gauge687
It's been years ... but I remember litle 3 or 4 packs of Luckies, a square of TP, some other unique and necesarry stuff.
What was the can opener .. a p38 ?
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:03:28 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: texgal
Oh thanks I will check them out. I was going to stock up on soup like another suggested as well and I was shocked I don’t know if it’s just the store’s in my area but none of the soups have a long shelf life.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:04:11 AM PDT
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
To: FromLori
You would not want to buy this particular food assortment because it has too much in the way of dehydrated and textured soy protein. Costco sells Shelf Reliance freeze dried products also and they are quite good. You can buy real freeze dried meat, vegetables, cheese and fruit that once rehydrated tastes remarkably close to fresh. I buy nothing but the freeze dried items because the dehydrated stuff simply does not taste as good. Laugh if you will but the day is coming when everyone will wish the had stored at least 6-months of food.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:05:30 AM PDT
by
burghguy
To: 12Gauge687
Just checked ...
Now at $4.51
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:05:44 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: FromLori
Oh thanks I will check them out. I was going to stock up on soup like another suggested as well and I was shocked I dont know if its just the stores in my area but none of the soups have a long shelf life. Where do you live? I thought Campbell's Soup was sold everywhere.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:06:04 AM PDT
by
Netizen
To: VanDeKoik
Just buy $800 worth of soup, can opener, and lots of matches. Dont forget your trusty P38
To: FromLori
This is a better deal...
Freeze Dried Deal through Oct. 10
This is from Mountain House as a private label and all Freeze-Dried, no dehydrated. Special through 10/10 is awesome - you will not find a better deal. Expiration 2035 when stored at 70 degrees, in the dark with low humidity. If you have ever had Mountain House when camping, you know this is pretty good stuff. Just make sure you have a water source and a way to heat the water to boiling.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:06:33 AM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
To: ShadowAce
Hannity shills for food insurance, does he not? Perhaps shills is too strong a word but I am really put off by the way they advertise, not necessarily that they do advertise.
I want a setup like in Blast From the Past
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:07:42 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
To: Netizen
We do have Campbell’s soup lol but our stores close by must just have older stock I live out in the country in W. Wisconsin
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:08:36 AM PDT
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
To: NonValueAdded
Yeah--I don't really like Hannity, but the product looks interesting.
Haven't tried it out yet.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:09:48 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Codeflier
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
To: evets
No TVP here:
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:11:21 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: ChocChipCookie
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:12:10 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: FromLori
Stocking up takes space
Space that stays cool (root cellar cool)
SPace that is protected
Food needs to be rotated - so while the M/H is neat, the #10 cans take some thought. THe cans have a ‘shelf life’ of around 20 years, id stored properly. The packets - sold for packpacker, are good for 7 years or so.
I have recently cleaned out my doomsday bunker (OK the basement, but buncker sounds cool) and found some M/H 5 to 7 years bapst they use by date.
Tasted fine, no bad side effects
If you store basics (Wheat (and other grains), sugar or hioney, salt, dry milk will go along way to feed you.
But you will need a wheat grinder, oven, yeast, and on and on.
So? FOr most folks, the M/H backpacker packets might be the best best - and the family is more likely to eat them, so they can be rotated.
Walton Feeds dbA Rainy Day foods has a good site if you want to go the bulk grain route. They pretty much wrote the book on this kind of storage.
And if you have the space - bulk is the least expensive route.
Full disclosure - I was a RDF dealer 30+ years ago, so they have been in business long enough to show they know their stuff.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:13:21 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: FromLori
If you can’t trust them with their canned foods, I would sure be cautious of all the other foods they carry then.
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posted on
10/07/2010 8:13:21 AM PDT
by
Netizen
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