Posted on 02/14/2020 2:10:31 PM PST by Falcon4.0
I would like to hear some opinions on survival food suppliers from the crew here on Free Republic, including
"Do not buy from".
I don't need the best, but I don't want too be disappointed.
Can regular people purchase MREs like those?
I understand that these people produce a good water filter:
https://www.berkeyfilters.com/
I’ve got one, with some extra filters, but have never had to use it.
Those seem to be really great prices!
We’ve purchased Wise food, but if I had known about the Mormon food, I might have bought from them.
This week I ate my sardines that expired in 2015. Indistinguishable from the ones I ate the week before that expired in 2010.
My daughter “loaned” us hers while they move homes.
Good water. Tastes pretty much like the spring water we have.
Dried beans and rice. Beans pinto beans are loaded with protein and carbohydrates. The rice is pure carbs and calories. Also important is multi-vitamins. You will be very deficient in needed essential vitamins on a rice and bean survival diet. Lay in as much canned goods as you can afford. Get stuff you like as months of rice and beans is boring but it will keep you alive.
Most important is water. Get many many gallons of water.
Very important is how to cook those rice and beans. Get a small camp stove and several 5 gallon bottles of propane. Camp stoves are efficient. Chlorax is important. 1 teaspoon in five gallons of water will make it safe.
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My grandson and his buddies are into army stuff. I brought some MRE’s along when we went elk hunting. They were hungry and excited to get at them. MRK’s, Meals Rejected by Kids
They were not hungry enough.
One good thing about being an adult is you can buy your own food. And give the MREs to the kids.
Two weeks ago i ordered 2 months of emergecncy food supply for me and wife from Augason Farms. Got them all delivered. But even back then they were in short supply. If you’re going to order online it may be too late already and you’re better off laying up canned goods from the store.
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A thing to be aware of - some of these kits do not come in individual pouches, so once the #10 cans (or whatever) are opened the shelf lives start ticking away. That's not a problem for an extended emergency but opening one for a 24-hour power outage means committing to eating a lot of whatever it is in the coming days. Canned food is still awesome if you don't have to move it around. Don't forget the can opener. Or three: "two is one, one is none" as the saying goes.
Coast Guard food bars? They must be good, judging from the weight of your average Coast Guard petty officer.
From experience and tossed food I have learned to stick with stuff we eat on a regular basis.
I buy lots of white rice and store it in 1/2 gallon mason jars with oxygen absorbents and desiccants. We’ve eaten Jasmine rice that is 7 years old and it is just like I bought it yesterday. I have a couple of the same jars full of dehydrated onions.
I keep canned refried beans and black beans in quantity.
Canned corn, canned green beans and canned new potatoes.
For protein, canned chicken and tuna.
Would the above get boring? Yep. Will we stay properly nourished? Yep.
One thing I did buy and have only used once is a “volcano stove”. A couple of bags of charcoal and my cast iron dutch oven and I can cook for 6 months with it. Cheap insurance.
We have a good sized freezer in the garage that I keep full of meat that I buy on sale. So as long as the power holds....
Here is a serious suggestion to all: Buy lots of aluminum foil! It will never spoil and is incredibly versatile and useful...and relatively cheap. I keep at least 20 rolls of it in the garage.
I have multiple cases of TP and paper towels in the attic along with paper plates and plastic utensils.
Here’s another hint: Chopsticks are really, really cheap. If you are capable of using them you can have eating utensils for a year for next to nothing.
For God’s sake, own guns and keep a “reasonable” supply of ammo around. If you can’t defend what you own, you don’t own it.
Great advice!
They are 3,000 calories a pop, have 100% recommended vitamins and nutrients and don’t make you thirsty.
Be sure to stake your claim next to the big fresh water lake!
I’ve lived in Mormon areas, which is why I knew to look there. They advise their members to store a huge amount of emergency food, and they make it easy to follow that advice.
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