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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I’m actually thinking of buying some of this stuff have you actually tried it? I had MRE’s years ago when I was in the service but have not since tried anything along these lines, is it decent?
The comments underneath the article are actually quite positive. People tend to think this is a good idea.
I’ve bought food from Shelf Reliance.
Powdered cheese product, dehydrated potatoes and dehydrated strawberries. mmmm,mmmm,mmmm.
I hate to open the other ones since they’d lose shelf life but I did open the potatoes and try them. Now I have about a 5 lb can of potatoes I need to use.
They might keep you alive, but they’re pretty nasty.
Ask some of the folks down New Orleans way if a stash like this might have come in handy a few years back.
Soup doesn’t have that long of a shelf life though.
Many Dutch people store tulip bulbs for their value as a renewal emergency food.
I agree the author is bad.
But I like the idea of stocking up so I knew if I posted this someone would have tried it and would give an opinion as to it’s taste I figure while you can you might as well find out what people recommend along these lines.
Well worth calling in for your free catalog. More money, but a lot more variety and taste. Mrs. Vigilanteman especially loves the dried blueberries. Throw in a spoonful or two with the morning oatmeal and I can actually eat the stuff.
The MRE's aren't that bad either, but same sort of institutional flavor as their military counterparts.
It is definitely worth having a few on hand WTSHTF.
You can spot a leftist by their reaction to preparations such as longterm food storage for emergencies. Immediately opposed, try to paint it as looneytunes, but then when confronted with the practicality of it, the whole thing boils down to “it’s not fair, everybody can’t do it, it’s hoarding.”
So, everybody has to leave themselves wide open to a looming threat, just because everybody can’t be protected from it, out of “fairness.” Sounds like our national defense policy, come to think of it.
Don’t let these fools know, is all I’ve got to say. You’ll be demonized as a hoarder at best, if it ever comes down to actually needing it.
Don't pay full price, you can find it all on sale most of the time. Just look around on the net.
I had no idea that they were edible. I thank you for that information. I had already planned to plant some tulips this fall.
Best,
L
Yesterday Beck was saying we should all go out and buy a years supply of food and water.
Personally, I think a few months supply of food you like to eat and is durable makes sense. Disaster and chaos; major hurricane, earthquake, volcano, civil unrest, etc. is only likely to last a few days, or a week, or maybe a few months of chaos. 1 year of broken down supply lines is nuclear war, civil war, nuclear terrorist attacks (plural) sort of stuff.
Canned soup doesn't have a 1 year shelf life? I just looked and a can of soup I have in the cupboard is dated to Aug 15, 2012. That is more than a year away.
And when the S does hit the F they'll be outside your house with an angry mob demanding that you "share". On that day you'll be very glad you purchased a nice pile of high capacity magazines for your firearms of choice.
Don’t all Mormans believe that?
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