[varina davis]

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[piroque]

bump,,,later on the links

[Lurker]

"FIFO". Learn it. Live it. Love it.

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[astyanax]

"Bottled water only seems to have a shelf Life of a few months."
Canned water will last for decades. Of course, it's not cheap...

[Kartographer]

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[Zffrtuyiy]

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[stuartcr]

Cycling through one’s supplies is fine, except for those people that eat mostly fresh foods. It forces those people to eat foods, that would not normally eat, ie emergency rations.

[tumblindice]

“regular use and replenishment (‘Cycling’)”

My family has been doing this for years. Without fail we find that eventually we’ve
almost eaten all the `food’, so we go to a `supermarket’ and buy more food.

[libertarian27]

Many GOYA fruit juice cans have very long codes - I have GOYA cans in my pantry that go to 2015 that I bought last year.

I don’t know of another ‘regular grocery’ item like these that stamp code out to 5 years.

Check out the Spanish sections in your grocery stores.

[TomGuy]

I use a permanent marker to mark the last 2 digits of the ‘best by’ year on the labels of canned goods. That makes it easy to recognize which ones should be cycled for more immediate use.

[razorback-bert]

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[mowowie]

I have a hard time eating other peoples food that dates back to a incident i had as a kid.

Anyways about 3 years back i agreed to have dinner over a friend and his new wifes house.
As i’m eating the spaghetti and meatballs (the same meal that started this whole phobia to begin with) i decided it needed more grated cheese.
i dump more Kraft grated on the food and eat a few more bites.
Then i decided to check the use by date on the bottom of the can.

THE CHEESE WAS FROM THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION!!
Not only that but i also picked out a giant packing staple and a piece of Cellophane out of the meal.
ARGH!!!!

Needless to say my phobia of others home cooked meals remains in place.

[twistedwrench]

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[Doctor Prepper]

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[TASMANIANRED]

The dates on can’s aren’t etched in stone.

Best to go by the FIFO rule..but don’t get too tied up on dates.

Water can be reconditioned and purified.

[CottonBall]

For those interesting in an ongoing survival thread, here's a great one. Lots to read and lots of info on prepping, food storage, food preparation, gardening, building, and news stories. And lots of great Freepers willing to share their expertise.

Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition [Survival Today - an On going Thread #3]

I'll also post a link to this thread over there. We preppers need to band together.