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Costco Will Sell You an Apocalyptic Year's Worth of Disgusting Food for $800
Gizmodo ^ | 10/7/2010

Posted on 10/07/2010 7:32:13 AM PDT by FromLori

Either our nation's obesity problem is just as bad as they say, or Costco knows something we don't, because the aircraft carrier-scaled big box store is now offering enough (horrifying) food to last you a year for a cool $800.

The monstrous, 5,011 serving package, courtesy of food outfitter Shelf Reliance (hey, at least we'll have kept our senses of humor during doomsday!) claims their end days buffet contains "only top-of-the-line products," "developed with everyday menu planning in mind." Which makes sense, of course, because the only thing worse than knowing that the entire eastern seaboard has been leveled by nukes or a horde of flesh-feasting space titans is repetitive bunker fare—dehydrated fish skin AGAIN, mom?

Possibly more disconcerting than the notion of a year underground eating food from Costco is the fact that the package isn't just marketed for emergencies, but for "long-term food storage supply." Meaning that someone, somewhere, thinks it's a rational idea to buy an $800 cargo crate including containing 84 gallon-sized cans, to just, y'know, save yourself a trip to the grocery store. Now, I am totally down with Costco's cheese platters, and pasta multi-packs, but. My God.

Either our nation's obesity problem is just as bad as they say, or Costco knows something we don't, because the aircraft carrier-scaled big box store is now offering enough (horrifying) food to last you a year for a cool $800.

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TOPICS: Food; Humor; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: emergencyprep; food; foodsupply; survival
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To: ozarkgirl

The cards are easily available. I have a set, too.

Amazon carries them.

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Cards-Edible-Foods-Ages/dp/0880795158?tag=dogpile-20


121 posted on 10/07/2010 9:59:11 AM PDT by Politicalmom (A BIG TENT analogy isnÂ’t the correct one. The correct one is a MAGNET.-Fred Thompson)
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To: GOPJ

after a while, thieves would substitute a running lawnmower for the generator they were stealing so as to not alert the neighbors or chance that a light sleeper would wake up to the sudden lack of noise.


122 posted on 10/07/2010 10:01:11 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
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To: pennboricua
It is amazing how disgusting food becomes appetizing when you are starving.

I used to drive my kids nuts with an old Chinese proverb when they said they didn't like the taste of the food we fed them: "Hunger is the best sauce".

A good one to remember as you contemplate a can of Alpo after TSHTF.

123 posted on 10/07/2010 10:02:03 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: philled
peanut butter, jelly, nuts, canned fruit, canned veggies, canned meat, soups, crackers, beans, rice, vitamins, jugs of fruit juices, lots of coffee filters to purify water. Paper goods, plastic utensils, antibiotics.

Also, don't use empty milk jugs to store water. Use clean soda bottles.

Water for drinking only. If you run out of water, turn off your water heater in your home, UNPLUG it, let it cool down. You can drink that.

Failing to plan is a plan to fail.

124 posted on 10/07/2010 10:07:09 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (Buy Ammo Often)
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To: Politicalmom

thanks for the link!


125 posted on 10/07/2010 10:16:10 AM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: ozarkgirl

:)


126 posted on 10/07/2010 10:23:34 AM PDT by Politicalmom (A BIG TENT analogy isnÂ’t the correct one. The correct one is a MAGNET. -Fred Thompson)
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To: upsdriver

Those of us that have needed emergency supplies in our lives, and those that can see the need for them, or that know history, including American history, think being prepared is common sense.


127 posted on 10/07/2010 10:49:13 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: ASOC
... my doomsday bunker ...

Is it in a compound?

128 posted on 10/07/2010 10:51:23 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: GOPJ; ShadowAce

I remember back around 1969 or 1970 a hurricane hit Hawaii and knocked out all commercial electrical generating stations on one of the islands.

They then had a problem in that they didn’t have anything that could produce enough power to “energize the field coils” (or something like that) of the generators.

The USN arranged for a nuke submarine to pull up to the dock and essentially “jump-start” the island.

I remember the photo in the newspaper; the cable looked to be about the size of your leg.


129 posted on 10/07/2010 11:15:48 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Netizen

Some people like TVP (texturized vegetable protein) and some don’t. Buy it in small amounts, if possible, to find out on which side of the fence you fall.


130 posted on 10/07/2010 11:24:47 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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To: FromLori

Lori, store the *ingredients* for soup for a much longer shelf life. I’ve written about how to do this on my blog, if you’re interested.

Having on hand tomato powder, dried milk, and bouillon are a great way to start. Then have rice, beans, barley, dehydrated veggies, etc. whatever you typically like in your soups. All of these have extensive shelf lives.


131 posted on 10/07/2010 11:27:41 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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To: Codeflier

Mountain House is pretty good, but be sure to try small size packages before investing in the #10 cans. I was sent several different types to sample, and their Mexican filling for wraps was nasty, and I love Mexican food.

Also, they’re very high in sodium, if that’s an issue. Check out the ingredient list to make sure there are no allergy or sensitivity issues.


132 posted on 10/07/2010 11:32:43 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; Blue Jays; ...

Survival/Preparedness ping!


133 posted on 10/07/2010 11:38:50 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (TheSurvivalMom.com)
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To: TheWriterTX

Question. How often should water be rotated out. And related question: How long will it stay drinkable before the use of purification is necessary?


134 posted on 10/07/2010 11:51:35 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: I still care

If you live in the western third of the US, Azure Standard has all kinds of bulk foods and they deliver for free with a $500 order, you can put together an order with other people.

It isn’t shelf stable emergency rations but cheap bulk foods.

Store what you eat and eat what you store is the best way to do it.


135 posted on 10/07/2010 11:53:23 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: FromLori

Soup is mostly low calorie and provides very little solid nutrition.


136 posted on 10/07/2010 11:54:41 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: BigMacGOP

I’ll take Tactical Bacon instead!

That doesn’t look half bad!


137 posted on 10/07/2010 11:55:37 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: FromLori

If you check the front page of TimeBomb2000 they have links to a lot of emergency/longterm storage food places. Also Honeyville and MREDepot are places people buy from.

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/

http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/StoreFront

I can’t afford all that fancy stuff, I just buy in bulk what I already eat and rotate it. I eat very simply anyway so that’s no problem.


138 posted on 10/07/2010 11:58:50 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah

Thank you lj


139 posted on 10/07/2010 12:00:18 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: Lurker
Ask some of the folks down New Orleans way if a stash like this might have come in handy a few years back.

Actually, we barbecued from our freezer for a while. By that time, the National Guard came in and we were given MREs. They were pretty good. Our church alone served over 100,000 people in the next couple of months following and over 300,000 meals. We were without electricity/cable,water etc. for a while but being outside of New Olreans the water subsided much sooner. The only good thing was that we were pretty much all alone in our area and the peace and quiet was kinda nice.

140 posted on 10/07/2010 12:11:10 PM PDT by Bitsy
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