You are correct. The mindset of ‘preppers’ must not be overlooked when it comes to survival. Water is easily made safe to drink with a few drops of SSKI (saturated solution potassium iodide), or by using a few drops of concentrated hydrogen peroxide. For the most part ‘expiration dates’ have no meaning as to quality of packaged items. And when push really comes to shove, we might be left with eating rabbit, squirrel, possum, ‘coon, groundhog, etc...it is all about mindset.
What the heck is might? The squirrels are sparse around here, even now.
If you haven't had to live for over a year on stored supplies and forage, you aren't living nearly close enough to the edge.
Squirrel is good eats. Even if we didn't cover it in culinary school.
/johnny