[ASOC]

IF you go with RDF, remember - it is dry food. You will starve to death on a diet solely of RDF or any dry storage food.

You must have fats and oils.

We here at Belly Acres, our palatial Alaska homestead, store a mix of dry, F/D, canned and fresh cheese (mmmmm, cheese). We have stuff like SPAM!, Dinty Moore stew, sailor boy pilot bread (required by AK State law IIRC) along with canned items.

The point is — no one style/brand/product will meet your needs. Mix and match and rotate.

The most expensive storage food is the food you throw away.....

[FourPeas]

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....

[Smokin' Joe]

You must have fats and oils.

Bingo. A lot of the greasy foods people shun now will be at a premium. A few gallons of Olive oil and a couple buckets of lard...

Salt, too. Lots of it, especially if you are far from an ocean. Not just to put on your meal, but to preserve food.