I sometimes like a bowl of ramen broth, but don’t eat the noodles. When I have a gallon sized bag full, I vacuum seal them and stick them in the pantry. Crap food, but it’s still food. I have some vacuum sealed packs of beans stored, and some rice, but I tend to work on the higher ticket items like canned chicken, fish and beef products. I’m not as worried about the availability of rice and beans. I spent a few months on a Pacific Island eating mostly baked beans and white bread and not much meat due to the scarcity of it. I’m sure that impacted my view of what to prep. My daughter absolutely refuses to eat beans now. Not much point in prepping food one isn’t willing to eat if looking at prepping for the bump in the road vs. zombie apocalypse.
When someone tells me they’d never eat something I just smile. I’ll shove beans in my face right right in front of them. If they get hungry enough they’ll eat it.
If not, they’ll starve and that means more for me and mine.
I was on the Aleutians for a few months with no resupply. We had no vegetables. It got so bad I bought a can of asparagus that was years out of date—not a good idea. Would have killed for a salad or some fresh fruit.
Thank God, I now live in FL. We can grow fresh veggies year round. Dehydrated and freeze dried foods can really help out the variety.