Posted on 10/15/2016 3:14:20 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
Also...keep an inventory spread sheet. Cost, where purchased, when purchased, shelf life, when opened, how long is it good for after opening.
Mark cases with contents because 20 cardboard boxes full of food look...all exactly the same.
Mark cans when opening a can...date opened, best by date, etc. Mark the can off your list as opened.
That stuff will get away from you if you don’t keep up with it. You don’t need food poisoning when the nearest doctor is non-existent.
I live in a rural area and we only go food shopping two or three times a month. As a result, we normally have much more food available than the typical city dweller.
In addition, I found that the Mormon church runs canning centers to support their members self-reliance goals. Here is a link to their web page.
https://www.lds.org/topics/food-storage?lang=eng
If you are interested, I would locate a local center and verify what is available. My wife and I did spend several hours packing some of our food and some for other purchasers.
The price list shows the shelf life for the various products. Many are good for 30 years.
Prepping is a multi-faceted endeavor. Some people are interested in surviving a storm that might knock out power for several days. Others are attempting to be ready to live off-grid for months or years.
Despite the many things I have done, I estimate that my wife and I are prepared for about four months, though that would entail a lot of beans and rice. Getting from there to a year is not just triple the effort. The longer you expect to go, the more important variety, vitamins, and fats become along with scores of non food items. We probably won’t get there and hope never to pay the price for having neglected to do so.
I hope there aren’t too many of us hoping to barter ammo for other necessities. I think I should buy some booze for barter.
We like Mountain House freeze dried food, available at Amazon. I may be stating the obvious here, but make sure you try each dish before going out and buying a bunch of it. We like beef stroganoff, rice and chicken, wild rice mushroom pilaf, apple crisp and a few others. Least favorite was scrambled eggs and bacon. I’d hate to be stuck in some bunker somewhere with 20 cases of that crap! :-p
Or just maybe I’ll shoot them first and take their weapons for later.
Dehydrated water is so yesterday, as it has a very short shelf life.
Preppers today are going for freeze dried water.
Many of those “numerous vendors” of “survivalist kits” are marketing an overpriced idea of prepping.
You’re getting $10 worth of food in a $5 bucket slapped with a label that says “PREPPER!!” for $75.
Most of the individual meal servings are not enough calories to keep an anorexic alive. You have to eat 4 servings to feel like you’ve eaten anything.
Put together your own supplies from what you find at the grocery store.
Canned goods, dried beans, rice. Flour, sugar, salt.
Buy or make your own dehydrated jerky and veggies.
Buy airtight, food grade plastic buckets with lids, and oxygen inhibitors to toss inside.
Learn how to purify water and buy calcium hypochlorite to do it.
If you have land, plant, learn canning, get some chickens.
For later
Agreed - mostly. Canned tuna goes bad around a year after the expiration date, and you know it as soon as you start opening the can. I don’t even experiment with keeping fish past its best by date any more because of the smell when it goes bad.
Other foods may last several years past the label date. Canned fruit does very well, and I’m testing to see just how long, but it’s at least three years beyond the labeled “best by” date. Tomato sauce gets a metallic taste by two years after the label date, but it’s still okay.
They look like C Rations, they are still available? Where?
I used to eat Mountainhouse when I went camping.
Is it gourmet? Nope. But it cooks up well and it’s eatable.
If it gets down to that, mae sure you’ve bought spices and liquor to trade.
Why not simply milk powder? You have to practice to dissolve it well, sometimes one has to leave it for a few hours.
Sorry...didn’t realize “normbal” had covered Augason Farms.
I also gave you the wrong website name. Normbal got it right at augasonfarms.com.
Yup. Freeze dried water comes in much smaller cans and needs way less water. You can buy it at: A Navy Vet Instant Water. Only, $3.00 per can for 50 gallons of drinkable water. Stock up now!
Not sure about your area. Our local WalMart started carrying the big #10 cans of freeze dried foods. I tend to get just raw ingredients and make my own recipes. there are only so many times you can eat “Chili” before it’s boring. Cans are anywhere from 5 to 15 dollars. Closed they last for 20 years. Open. I’ve been on some cans over a year and they taste fine.
Dehydrated is great if you’re an avid gardener. But it only lasts a year max so make sure to use it up and rotate. Get a vacuum sealer while you’re at it.
Of course, if you don't have the money for freeze dry, then canning is an alternative. However, how many really know that process well? End world, the rural canners with livestock may survive. Bad times for 6 months, plenty of food and sources of water (with filters) if you prepare.
3 grams per bottle, which is 18 grams if you drink 6 per day.
I’m not sure. We don’t even have
ice cubes around here since the
woman who had the recipe died.
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