Costco Will Sell You an Apocalyptic Year's Worth of Disgusting Food for $800

Gizmodo ^ | 10/7/2010

[Drango]

I believe that cans kept in a climate controlled area (my house) will last pretty much forever

Sorry, cans just don't have they long of a shelf life. Rotate 'em!

[GOPJ]

I’ve come to the conclusion the best rations for camping or self reliance are those packets of chicken flavored rice or noodles (you know they come in beef and fried rice, etc) and those new packages they now have of tuna or chicken in a pouch. They won’t last near as long but they are lightweight and much tastier. Also you can use them and replace to keep them fresh. Mix them together for a pretty decent meal.

Maybe a thread dealing with quick, tasty meals prepared from 'off the shelf' survival methods. Canned tuna, canned mushroom soup, canned peas, and dried noodles would make a meal most kids would eat - and it wouldn't cost much and would store for years...

[ShadowAce]

No.

[Ellendra]

Prepper-ping-worthy?

[ASOC]

I don’t have a link, but the DoD did a couple long term (20 years) study on stored medicine, esp antibiotics.

You might do some web mining to see what is out there.

[ozarkgirl]

I have a deck of playing cards that sport pictures of edible plants, so it does double duty. <

That's pretty cool. Don't suppose you remember where you got them? I have books but if you have to bug out - books are very heavy and they'll have to stay behind. I might be able to bring a double duty deck of cards.

[TomGuy]

As long as the seal is intact, that soup will still be edible 20 years from now.

There have been several survivalist threads on FR in recent months.

Not long ago, one related thread discussed the longevity of canned items. The conclusion was that, as long as the can is not damages (rust, corrosion, severe dents) and/or is not bowing at the ends (indicative of botulism or contamination), the contents are consumable. The flavor may have suffered, but the edibility has not.

Link to search of similar survival threads on FR.

[djf]

For most canned goods, easily five years.

During the gold rush in Ca, there was a large ship that left like St. Louis with TONS of canned foods on board. Somewhere along the way, it sank in the river and was lost track of.

Eventually, they were dredging the river and found the ship - and it’s cargo.

Scientists tested the foods and found them almost pristine. Still very edible.
And this was stuff that had been canned 100 years before.

[djf]

Here is a bit of the history. The ship was called the Bertrand.
I’ve read several slightly differing accounts of it.

http://www.freesteader.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3192

[twistedwrench]

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[VanDeKoik]

I’m seriously getting that! Just what I need.

[GOPJ]

During Florida's year of the hurricanes, I wondered out loud about all the good ole boys driving up and down the road in their jacked up 4x4's, saying "why aren't they stocking up and preparing?"

I was at a wedding shortly after the Florida's "year of hurricanes' and remember all of us from different parts of the state talking about how we did. One woman told of opening a garage door daily without electricity and sitting in her car to charge her sell phone for 10 minutes a day - how important the cell phone was - and the 10 minutes in the car being the only air conditioning she experienced. Another told of falling asleep, waking up drenched to the sounds of silence ... someone had cut the chains on the generator - the fans had stopped - generator gone...

[GOPJ]

NO? Are you kidding me? How would we get the system up and running without a match?

[upsdriver]

Wonderful! Costco is taking care of today’s Y2K kooks.

[ozarkgirl]

We had a few instances here when we had the major ice storm a few years back. 10 days with no electricity in frigid temps.

There were a few instances of generators being stolen - fortunately not in our neighborhood.

Having a big dog in the backyard always helps.

[ShadowAce]

How would we get the system up and running without a match?

Good question.

Everything is run by computers these days. It's too difficult to run something like that without computers.

Get prepared for a long time without electricity if the EMP hits.

[chris_bdba]

Sure it’s a joke until you find yourself in that situaton and don’t have the food stored.Newflash no one is going to save you.

[Psalm 73]

"Add a few pounds of rice, cooking oil"

make sure it's white rice - not as nutritious, but has a MUCH longer shelf life than brown rice.

[chris_bdba]

Buy a good dehydrator and everytime produce and meat is on sale buy and dry.You will also need glass jars and a sealer that also will do bags and which ever is the better storage use it.I have had an American Harvest dehydrator since the early 90’s it willhad 28 trays at a time.

[Pox]

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