Posted on 02/23/2013 5:53:35 AM PST by JoeProBono
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Been thinking about ordering some things from Mountain Home, Wise, or another Co.
Any experience or recommendations?
Most of the dehydrated items I see reconstitute to 4 servings or more. Just my wife and I.
You need pumpernickel, onion and mustard to go w/ the sardines. :)
Corned beef hash and beef stew were staples of MREs for years. They're pre-cooked so they can be eaten cold if you have no heat source.
If the time comes you need to rely on your canned foods, “too much salt” will be the least of your problems.
It is SOP if the wife or I are at the market to always pick up a couple cans of SPAM, Corned Beef Hash, or Vienna Sausage. A few extra bucks spent now will be very wise investment when TSHTF.
We do the same.
My biggest downfall is water. Only have some cases of bottled water.
Tried the milk jug thing, but the jugs disintegrate in a yr. or two.
Every time I go to the grocery store, I pick up an extra can or two or three of some items. Most have ‘use by’ dates that are well in to 2015 and even 2016.
I rewrite the expiration month/year with a marker so they are readily identifiable, and I rotate by date.
Some cannned items to consider: Chicken, Tuna, Salmon, Ham/Spam, even Vienna Sausages, and, of course, veggies and soups.
Note that ‘cans’ typically have a lot of water/oil, whereas foil packs tend to be mostly meat product. Foil packs don’t seem to have quite as long a shelf life, but they don’t have to be drained.
Canned/foil pack meats are ‘ready to eat’.
Add packages of pasta. Just be sure to repack them into air tight and vermint-free containers. The ramen noodle packs are very cheap (about 25-cents) and they cook very quickly in a small amount of water.
vermint = critter (mouse, insects, etc.)
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Prepare...NOW! Network...NOW! After the curtains falls (and it will happen very fast), it will be too late...
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NO to Wise Foods. They are bland and are not packaged properly for long term storage in spite of their claims. Mountain House meals are quite tasty and do have a long shelf life
That actually works well. Also works with split pea, lentils and black-eyed peas.
That actually works well. Also works with split pea, lentils and black-eyed peas.
That actually works well. Also works with split pea, lentils and black-eyed peas.
I’m trying out a can of “Mountain House freeze-dried Spaghetti and meat with sauce”. I figure that if THAT is halfway digestible then the Chicken and Terriyaki and such can’t be too bad.
Stockpile what you currently eat and enjoy. You don’t want to be stuck eating cases of something you can’t stand. Have the family eat it a couple times before committing it to your preps.
Really, don’t bother with the long term storage stuff at all. Do some “copy canning” until you have 3 months worth of what you already buy, then store rice, pasta, and dry beans.
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