Don't worry about cancer from smoking.
Posted on 10/15/2016 3:14:20 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
And Walmart’s Equate Plus in the 16 pack is a good deal too.
Have you tried ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Water’?
It’s almost as good as Water Helper.
I have bought a fair amount from these guys. A wide variety of brands and sizes. Small cans also, in case you want to try before buying any large quantities. Pretty good sales and group buy prices.
Yes, we have a year supply of that brand and like all freeze dried it lasts 25 years. Anymore than a year, you better be in the country with other resources. If not, you'll die if urban first and then suburban. We're suburban.
The trick is to have enough water supply so you don't have to eat it dry out of the can. Remember, you have 50 gallons of potable water in your hot water heater. Attach a short hose with a valve to your drain plug. If you live rural and have a stream/river, you will still need filters. Also, I just bought a Solar Oven (Google)that will heat/boil/cook as long as the Sun is out.
Last thought: If disaster is heading your way, fill up every bathtub and container you can before the water mains break. You also have drinkable water in your toiler tanks (suggest filtered). Get a 5 gallon tub and plastic bags to deal with your feces so you don't have to waste water for flushing.
Disclaimer; I haven’t shopped there in several years.
But, they are an outfit from Utah and always had good prices, good selection and very cheap flat rate shipping. Utah people tend to know their stuff about prepping as the LDS Church recommends all it’s members have a year’s worth of supplies.
In fact, the LDS has provident/providence pantry, it’s own line of prep food stores. Some locations are LDS members only and some will sell to anyone. The above link to Emergency Essentials is not affiliated with the LDS.
Don't worry about cancer from smoking.
I saw an article where somebody just bought the filters for the Berkey and made the rest out of 5 gal buckets. I think the filters were about $85 at the time.
And all of three grams of fiber—a mere pittance.
And the food tastes great after 25 years!
I understand hoarding food for short term disasters but, as per Venezuela et al, if you think hoarding food from fascists and commies, they’ll just shoot you and steal the food.
Killing me!
For bulk 30-year shelf-life supplies, I’m a big fan of the Mormon food storage options. Their prices are amazing, including pasta for less than I pay in the grocery store ($0.92 a pound).
https://providentliving.lds.org/self-reliance/food-storage/home-storage-center-order-form?lang=eng
They ship if you order online, or you can go in person. You don’t have to be a church member, at least not where I live. For short-term emergencies, I like cans that you would eat anyways. Buy stuff with an 18 month shelf life, and replace it every six months, eating what used to be for emergencies. That way you’re used to the food you’ll be eating while you’re snowed in, and you don’t need water to cook it.
I also like a mix of dehydrated and freeze dried. I recommend eating it when half its shelf life is gone so you always know it’s fresh and so you always know you like it. I just don’t like to depend on it because of water.
I have a WaterBob in the closet. Cheap insurance for water in an emergency. All you need is about 30 minutes notice.
Wait for sales wherever you buy! Augason.com has one sale product every day. Good way to go if buying a case (not a minimum purchase, but cases of stuff like biscuit, pancakes, veggies, etc).
Prices have gone up over the last couple of years. Full price is pure price gouging...with freeze dried meats being at the tip-top of the scale.
Costco, BJs Warehouse, Sam’s and Wal-Mart offer dehydrated and freeze dried foods. They sell a lot of Augason. You might have to buy online thru them.
RE meat. If you’ll rotate...buy canned meats by the case online. Not cheap, but cheaper than freeze dried. Canned meats don’t have the 25 year shelf life of F.D., but if you’re rotating stock, you’ll be good. Canned beef, hamburger, pork, chicken...they’re not bad.
... saw an article where somebody just bought the filters for the Berkey and made the rest out of 5 gal buckets. I think the filters were about $85 at the time...
That’ll work too. We have ours on the kitchen counter and use it daily for coffee water and cooking. Coffee from that water is great. My wife wouldn’t be too happy with 2 5 gallon buckets stacked on the counter. I just told her about your post and she said no way. These are staiess steel. Filters now are about $100.00.
Spigots with rubber gaskets are about $15.00. Get a couple of those. They’re plastic
If you have space and stable temperatures, canned goods off the shelf at the grocery store will last 20 plus years. Freshness dates on canned goods are completely arbitrary, solely to satisfy federal regulators.
That takes care of the water for rehydration issue.
Soylent looks like real food:
www.soylent.com
Just don’t get the soylent green.
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Buy a good 20+ quart pressure cooker and lots of pint and quart jars. Can whatever you can grow or buy cheaply. Secret is to make things you’d eat anyway and keep the supply fresh.
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