Please school me on MREs (or equivalent)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bellavite1

My point exactly...
Cans do not sound that bad after all...
Can canned food be bad even though there is no swelling in the can itself?

---

You are generally looking at degradation of taste, texture and nutrition with extremely out of date canned goods showing zero signs of compromise.

Sure, it could be a ticking time bomb, but if it stays sealed and has been stored in a proper, stable environment, chances are it's safe.

At the very least, with no swelling, odor or taste issues, you get minimized nutrition, but its not costing you water resources, as mentioned above.

Always practice due diligence with canned goods though.

Sent from somewhere...

I would say stock up on the Augason farms stuffs Walmart has it in stock at alot of their stores. If they dont have what your looking for go to Walmart.com and order most orders of $50 or more ship for free. Also you can buy bulk bags of rice, beans, etc at Sam's, Costco, and Shamrock foods pick up some 5 gallon buckets and mylar bag and seal yourself with a cheap hair straightener that can be picked up at most Goodwills for a couple bucks

I keep MREs in the vehicles for emergencies but would never use them as my primary SHTF food planning. There are many more space-efficient, tastier options when you can plan on storage and bulk. Some of them have been mentioned above. One of the good things about millenials getting interested in camping is that the selections for camping food is now quite varied so you can choose from more than Dinty Moore or Hormel Beef Stew for your long term emergency food storage.

REI has a great selection of gourmet backpacking food.

I like this stuff when hunting.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...16a37c73e1.jpg


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The thing about prepping foods for bugging in is that you should keep it as consistent as possible with what you already consume.

I can our own food, and rotate through our stock fairly regularly- there's no question of is something is bad or old, because I have the date on it and know what the signs of possible botulism are.

Are these foods you are already used to eating? What is the duration of time you're looking to bridge with your stores? How much water do you have set by? Do you have spices as well?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TheGrey

The thing about prepping foods for bugging in is that you should keep it as consistent as possible with what you already consume.

I can our own food, and rotate through our stock fairly regularly- there's no question of is something is bad or old, because I have the date on it and know what the signs of possible botulism are.

Are these foods you are already used to eating? What is the duration of time you're looking to bridge with your stores? How much water do you have set by? Do you have spices as well?

---

Too hard to dry age a whole side of beef in the basement.

Ugg, people on an AR website shopping at REI which is an openly anti gun company.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by brutal

Too hard to dry age a whole side of beef in the basement.

---

I meant that the OP should not make the mistake that many starting preppers do, of selecting foods they don't normally eat for their SHTF storage. :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by brutal

Too hard to dry age a whole side of beef in the basement.

---

Isn't that what basements are for?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by brutal

Too hard to dry age a whole side of beef in the basement.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Irving

Isn't that what basements are for?

---

used SxS frige off CL and some of these will do the job

https://umaidry.com/