[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I started stockpiling all this stuff in 2008. Then...nothing happened except price fluctuation. We worked off the stocked goods as best we could but still had a lot when we decided to move to TN. That happens in a month.

Going through the stockpile, we found a lot of degraded, rusted cans. Tossed a lot.
Construction (Developers bought and razed two houses) loosed a bevy of rats and mice which ate through anything not metal.Plastic containers I thought were good enough, were not. But anything NOT in a 5 gal. sealed container with O₂ absorbers or glass vac sealed Mason jars was soon chewed through and consumed. What a mess. Set traps and killed a bunch but...didn't make a dent. All in the dumpster it went. Learned Prepping Properly the Hard Way.

Bottom line, I will keep merely a modicum of cheap supplies and won't make the same mistake again.

[CottonBall]

Is “stalky” a word?

[Sparky21555]

BFL

[SamAdams76]

I'm surprised canned sardines are not on this list.

A nutritional powerhouse and good for 3-5 years on a shelf.

For a three year supply, you would need about a thousand cans per person. Bought in bulk, you could get a thousand cans for about $2,500.

Not bad investment at all considering you will be nourished for three full years.