Prepping - sleepers awake

[JoeProBono]

prepping present participle of prep (Verb) Verb

Prepare (something); make ready. Prepare oneself for an event.

[bgill]

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.

Consider the "drain" as part of your water. It's a good thing. I keep a large container in the freezer that gets added to when I drain canned vegetables. Hey, it's free (already paid for) vegetable broth for a future soup.

[Vinnie]

Thanks for the tip.

[suthener]

Every time I do my weekly grocery shopping I buy 6 cans of stew. I have many totes full. However, I also have a couple of hundred pounds of rice and a few more of pasta in long term storage. My plan is to use the stew to flavor the rice or pasta. You have to take a look at the caloric content of your food. A can of stew has surprisingly few calories, so I think you’ll need to supplement with rice or pasta to stretch it out. However, if heat or water are not available to cook, you can eat the stew straight out of the can. I’m sure others will have a different opionion but that’s mine and that’s my plan.

[JoeProBono]

[Sparky21555]

I’ve been considering vacuum packing individual servings of bulk products such as rice and beans. wouldn’t this be a better way to preserve them, or would that affect their shelf life?

[norton]

Vienna sausage does not hold up al that well past the “best by” date; won’t kill you but texture and taste go way south.

[ErnBatavia]

Tried the milk jug thing, but the jugs disintegrate in a yr. or two.

I tried those also, but for our Earthquake Prep Kit....but when Northridge hammered us, the tubs fell over and the jugs split, ruining all the paper goods stored alongside.

Lesson learned.

[SgtHooper]

Wholeheartedly agree!! Skip the Wise vegan foods.

[SgtHooper]

Do not agree. Do both. Have at least 9-12 monhts of storage, with your home-canned/cooked stuff for the first 3 months, MREs for the next 3 months and freeze-dried/dehydrated stuffs for the last 3-6 months. The last two can be flipped as well, with the MREs as a last resort.

[Pollster1]

However, if heat or water are not available to cook, you can eat the stew straight out of the can.

Kelly Kettles for $85 are wonderful, burn wood, twigs, leaves, trash, or anything, and can boil a liter (about a quart) of water in three minutes from striking a match - I used flint and steel and it was under three minutes from starting to fill the "kettle" with water and then striking the flint until the water was boiling vigorously. Plus you can cook over them. (I hope there is no objection to a commercial link - I have no financial connection to the company, I just use and like their product.)

http://www.kellykettleusa.com/

[suthener]

Thanks. I’ll check it out.

[MrB]

Use 2liter soda bottles, they won’t disintegrate.

[MrB]

Use 2liter soda bottles, they won’t disintegrate.

[MomwithHope]

For long term water storage try the clear plastic 2 liter pop bottles, or some juices come in a very large clear plastic. I use a few drops of bleach and have has no problems with water storage.