Now at $4.51
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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Nobody dared eat it even though the seal was intact, so they fed it to one of the museum cats, who promptly chowed down and suffered no ill effects.
Shelf life on canned food is for flavor viability, not "safe to eat" purposes.
Yeah, beats eating bugs and grubs.
You’re right! At least you can save the little bottles of Tabasco and the biscuit or cracker for later.
I don’t know.
What was the can opener .. a p38 ?
Oh thanks I will check them out. I was going to stock up on soup like another suggested as well and I was shocked I don’t know if it’s just the store’s in my area but none of the soups have a long shelf life.
You would not want to buy this particular food assortment because it has too much in the way of dehydrated and textured soy protein. Costco sells Shelf Reliance freeze dried products also and they are quite good. You can buy real freeze dried meat, vegetables, cheese and fruit that once rehydrated tastes remarkably close to fresh. I buy nothing but the freeze dried items because the dehydrated stuff simply does not taste as good. Laugh if you will but the day is coming when everyone will wish the had stored at least 6-months of food.
Now at $4.51
Where do you live? I thought Campbell's Soup was sold everywhere.
Dont forget your trusty P38
I want a setup like in Blast From the Past
We do have Campbell’s soup lol but our stores close by must just have older stock I live out in the country in W. Wisconsin
Haven't tried it out yet.
Thank you.
Ping.
Stocking up takes space
Space that stays cool (root cellar cool)
SPace that is protected
Food needs to be rotated - so while the M/H is neat, the #10 cans take some thought. THe cans have a ‘shelf life’ of around 20 years, id stored properly. The packets - sold for packpacker, are good for 7 years or so.
I have recently cleaned out my doomsday bunker (OK the basement, but buncker sounds cool) and found some M/H 5 to 7 years bapst they use by date.
Tasted fine, no bad side effects
If you store basics (Wheat (and other grains), sugar or hioney, salt, dry milk will go along way to feed you.
But you will need a wheat grinder, oven, yeast, and on and on.
So? FOr most folks, the M/H backpacker packets might be the best best - and the family is more likely to eat them, so they can be rotated.
Walton Feeds dbA Rainy Day foods has a good site if you want to go the bulk grain route. They pretty much wrote the book on this kind of storage.
And if you have the space - bulk is the least expensive route.
Full disclosure - I was a RDF dealer 30+ years ago, so they have been in business long enough to show they know their stuff.
If you can’t trust them with their canned foods, I would sure be cautious of all the other foods they carry then.
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