Posted on 10/07/2010 7:32:13 AM PDT by FromLori
Either our nation's obesity problem is just as bad as they say, or Costco knows something we don't, because the aircraft carrier-scaled big box store is now offering enough (horrifying) food to last you a year for a cool $800.
The monstrous, 5,011 serving package, courtesy of food outfitter Shelf Reliance (hey, at least we'll have kept our senses of humor during doomsday!) claims their end days buffet contains "only top-of-the-line products," "developed with everyday menu planning in mind." Which makes sense, of course, because the only thing worse than knowing that the entire eastern seaboard has been leveled by nukes or a horde of flesh-feasting space titans is repetitive bunker fare—dehydrated fish skin AGAIN, mom?
Possibly more disconcerting than the notion of a year underground eating food from Costco is the fact that the package isn't just marketed for emergencies, but for "long-term food storage supply." Meaning that someone, somewhere, thinks it's a rational idea to buy an $800 cargo crate including containing 84 gallon-sized cans, to just, y'know, save yourself a trip to the grocery store. Now, I am totally down with Costco's cheese platters, and pasta multi-packs, but. My God.
Either our nation's obesity problem is just as bad as they say, or Costco knows something we don't, because the aircraft carrier-scaled big box store is now offering enough (horrifying) food to last you a year for a cool $800.
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
Some balls, bats, board games, books, and "how to" projects work too ... Like 'how to' spot edible food in the natural environment, 'how to' purify water... etc...
Forgot to mention that you should consider buying dried beans (pinto, black & white), rice, pasta, sugar honey, oatmeal & other heavy items at your local Sam’s Club in bulk. Shipping on these items is expensive and you can re-package these items into mason jars or Food Saver bags and draw a vacuum on them for a lot less than you can buy them in a freeze dried state. I prepared some in 1998 for Y2k using oxygen absorbers and using this method and am still preparing and eating these. A little chicken broth and some Rotel tomatoes and green chilies along with some cornbread and it is as good as the same thing you purchase and prepare that day.
Good ideas!
Thanks.
I definitely stock a variety with lots of canned meats, low sodium soups, and other fairly low sodium options since one of my clan has hypertension. Still trying to figure out how to stockpile medications....
I heard a story years back about a man who stole a single bulb for food, and was executed for the theft.
Read what a single Viceroy-variety bulb would have been worth.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Besides, food storage such as this is more supplemental than all encompassing, add meat (fish, deer, rabbit) and herbs (taragon, basil, oregano).
Real trick is having recipes ready that will cook the food in the opened cans without wasting any of it.
Heck yeah!
It’s got “smoke flavor added”!!!
Bump!
I have a deck of playing cards that sport pictures of edible plants, so it does double duty. ;)
A couple things I learned from a tv show that I thought were interesting.
If you don’t have water, don’t eat. You will get dehydrated faster by eating - you can live much longer without food than water.
If homes around you are being looted, take clothes and stuff and throw it in your front yard, looters will think your house has already been raided and all the valuables taken.
Thank you so much for all the tips I have bookmarked this thread and plan to use them.
Preparation is never a bad idea.
Cool - do you remember where you got them? Would love to see a State by State version of that... In Florida we could also have the ‘spades’ section be toxic plants ( what NOT to eat) - we have a lot of those...
Most soups have a “best if used by” date that is more for the sake of the company’s bottom line, rather than for the sake of food quality or safety. Those dates have been slowly changing as the economy worsens, because they know most people will throw out perfectly good food if it’s past that date.
As long as the seal is intact, that soup will still be edible 20 years from now.
I have been thinking I need to go to Costco now that I have a membership and look at their dehydrated food items. When you’re hungry, if something’s edible you’ll eat it and be grateful. We’ve been stocking up on canned items that are good till 2013. I just bought my WaterBob. I have oil lamps. I can only do so much, but I figure a bit is better than nothing.
I visit a site called Homesteading Today www.homesteadingtoday.com. They have a great survival and emergency preparedness forum with great tips on stocking up.
There is a show on Outdoor Channel called Best Defense: Survival. They have a lot of good advice, I recommend it for people that are concerned about the SHTF scenarios.
They broke it down into a few situations but they recommended that you store enough food/water for a 90 day situation, because somewhere between 7 to 90 days is the most likely scenario.
I buy a few cans of soup or stew every time I grocery shop (I don’t normally eat them), and I have what I estimate to be several months worth in an emergency situation. I believe that cans kept in a climate controlled area (my house) will last pretty much forever. Does anybody disagree with this?
It will if you eat a lot of it (or whatever) anyway and rotate it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.