With the help of suggestions that have come in from our readers, we have compiled a list of the top food items that you can buy at the grocery store. The list contains foods with long shelf life, items that have multiple uses, and items that can be bartered.
Survival Food that makes life easier: These four foods can be stored for over 10 years and can add some flavor to your cooking. If stored properly they can probably last indefinitely.
Salt
Sugar – Brown or White
Honey
Alcohol – Whiskey, Vodka, etc…
Hard Grains: Stored properly hard grains have a shelf life of around 10 – 12 years.
Buckwheat
Dry Corn
Kamut
Hard Red Wheat
Soft White Wheat
Millet
Durum wheat
Spelt
Soft grains: These soft grains will last around 8 years at 70 degrees sealed without oxygen.
Barley,
Oat Groats,
Quinoa
Rye
Beans: Sealed and kept away from oxygen the following beans can last for around 8 – 10 years.
Pinto Beans
Kidney Beans
Lentils
Lima Beans
Adzuki Beans
Garbanzo Beans
Mung Beans
Black Turtle Beans
Blackeye Beans
Flours and Mixes and Pastas: 5 – 8 years
All Purpose Flour
White Flour
Whole Wheat Flour
Cornmeal
Pasta
White Rice ( up to 10 years)
Oils:
Coconut oil – Coconut oil has one of the longest shelf lives of any kind of oil. It can last for over 2 years and is a great item to add to your survival food supplies list.
Other good survival foods: 2 – 5 years of shelf life
Canned Tuna
Canned Meats
Canned Vegetables & Fruits
Peanut Butter
Coffee
Tea
Ramen Noodles – not the greatest food in the world but they are very cheap so they made the survival food list.
Hard Candy
Powdered milk
Dried herbs and spices
Items that can be used for more than cooking:
Apple Cider Vinegar – Cleaning, cooking, and has antibiotic properties
Baking Soda – Cleaning, cooking, etc…
Honey – Mentioned again for it’s antibiotic properties and wound healing.
Non Food Items to stock up on at the grocery store:
Bic Lighters
Toilet Paper
Soaps
Bottled Water
Vitamins
Medicines
Bandages
Peroxide
Lighter fluid
Canning Supplies
Charcoal
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Cooking skills should be at the top of that list. With fast foods and convenience foods, cooking is becoming a dying art. I bet 95% wouldn’t have a clue what to do with those grains. There’s more than a few who haven’t a clue how to cook a pot of beans. As for making substitutions, forget about it.
Grab a bag of brown rice and a bag of white rice. Which has longer shelf life?l Same goes for sugar and flour (self-rising vs. normal)....
You forgot “Fruitcake”.