Survival "Eats..."

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by NAMVET72

Boy donut cop you would have never made it in the military when I was in NAM which was the 70s and our crations were from WWII. In little tin cams, IMHO some day you might have to eat those out dated MREs .

you mean they had cans when you were younger?

yeah my dad said they were pretty bad in NAM

[RandallZ]

Dried beans are cheap, stay good almost forever, and have pretty good survival nutrition.

Once you put away some conventional food, spend effort learning how and what to forage in the wilderness. I'm only a novice forager, but I'm absolutely amazed at how much free food is out there that nobody recognizes anymore.

Randall

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by RandallZ

Dried beans are cheap, stay good almost forever, and have pretty good survival nutrition.

Once you put away some conventional food, spend effort learning how and what to forage in the wilderness. I'm only a novice forager, but I'm absolutely amazed at how much free food is out there that nobody recognizes anymore.

Randall

You know there is good advice for sure. I too need to read up on the forage skill myself.

[Gatorade]

If you are looking at bulk food with a long shelf life check out the Mormon food sites. They are heavy into self reliance and having canned food supplies with a long shelf life is a requirement. Warehouse stores where you can buy in bulk sizes works. Think ingredients not meals. There is an email that I get often that talks about long term food supplies and how to store them.

[DrHenley]

Beans and rice. You might want some things like minced onion, garlic powder, dried herbs, salt and pepper. Then supplement as things are available. Why do you think the Cajuns came up with Red Beans and Rice?

Oh, and don't forget the grits

[Gatorade]

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/pre...m-the-mormons/

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/pre...ckets-totes-2/

I have noticed that foods stored need to be stored correctly or it will take the horrble taste of cardboard. I tend to look at my pantry as being food storage. I rotate the pantry and would do pretty good for 3-4 weeks on the lean side and before storm season I stack some good buys deep.

Contact Wise at their site and you can get a free sample. Some have said Wise is a little saltier than Mountain House. I have never tried Mountain House.

[DrHenley]

I have tried Mountain House, and it's not bad. I tested out my emergency stove with some Mountain House chicken with rice. It was very tasty! Not as filling as their beef stew though - which was also pretty tasty.

[edgehill]

Originally Posted by Gatorade

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/pre...m-the-mormons/



https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/pre...ckets-totes-2/



I have noticed that foods stored need to be stored correctly or it will take the horrble taste of cardboard. I tend to look at my pantry as being food storage. I rotate the pantry and would do pretty good for 3-4 weeks on the lean side and before storm season I stack some good buys deep.



Contact Wise at their site and you can get a free sample. Some have said Wise is a little saltier than Mountain House. I have never tried Mountain House.

I’ve done samples of both and the Wise was way too salty for me. Mountain House was decent.