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MRE's and survival food reviews?

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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chinavirusinfo; chinaviruspreppers; freezedried; mre; prepper; preppers; shtf; survivalfood
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To: Nailbiter

later read


61 posted on 02/14/2020 5:45:44 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: yarddog
If you don’t have enough water to re hydrate meals, you are in serious trouble.

Good point. Happened to me while backpacking once.

62 posted on 02/14/2020 6:01:14 PM PST by Rio
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To: Theo

We used a Berkey to filter our everyday water for a while. Works great and water tasted good!


63 posted on 02/14/2020 6:22:51 PM PST by Abigail Adams
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To: Falcon4.0
You need to let us know how you plan to use it.

If you plan to be moving on foot for a while then food bars, a life straw and a camel back.

If you live in a urban area and want to hole up for a while you need MRE's or the single serving camp meals and several cases of water.

If you live in the burbs and plan to stay you will need a hand pump for water, some sort of cooking set up, dried food and a garden and at least some chickens.

If you live in the country you should already have the burb prep upsized so just stock up on what you can not grow. White flour (properly stored it last a long time) white rice, sugar, baking soda, salt and the caffeine delivery system of your choice.

64 posted on 02/14/2020 6:24:55 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

What’s a volcano stove?

Is that like a rocket stove?


65 posted on 02/14/2020 6:25:10 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

I can all my meat and store spices, nuts, beans etc in canning jarsin the freezer.

Yes I do have a fair amount of meat in the freezer, but the canned stuff will last much longer and through power outages.


66 posted on 02/14/2020 6:28:03 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Falcon4.0

The Best: www.mredepot.com
Menu ‘C’ MRE.


67 posted on 02/14/2020 6:29:52 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Falcon4.0

One thing, do not buy dried green peas. Those suckers never soften.


68 posted on 02/14/2020 6:33:13 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: yarddog

It’s one of those things where experience breeds contemps.
Kind of like having lived in Yugoslavia, emigrating to the United States after the Berlin wall fell, and then having someone try to sell you a Yugo.


69 posted on 02/14/2020 6:34:10 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

I might add ziploc bags. All sizes. Useful to keep things waterproof. Like soap and paper stuff.


70 posted on 02/14/2020 6:34:29 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: metmom

See here:
https://www.happypreppers.com/volcano-stove.html

I don’t know if they show you, but with only about 12 pieces of charcoal and a dutch oven, you can cook a full meal in a pot.


71 posted on 02/14/2020 7:47:26 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Lurker

Bttt


72 posted on 02/14/2020 8:22:22 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: chris37
The actual MREs, like the ones they handed out after Hurricane Katrina, are frickin’ delicious! They come in all sorts of different flavors, spaghetti and meatsauce was my favorite, and usually a shake and some desert.

Eh, some are decent but some aren't good at all. Be glad they got rid of the old omelette one. Anyways, they have 24 different ones - A menu and B menu each have 12 different options.
73 posted on 02/14/2020 8:38:58 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Falcon4.0

MREs aren’t popularly known to GIs as “Meals Rejected by Ethiopians”, without just cause.

Personally, I’d have to be starving to eat even one more MRE.

Yours, TMN78247


74 posted on 02/14/2020 8:49:15 PM PST by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
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To: Falcon4.0

Canned and dry goods (good water filtration to ensure that need).
Stock p with whatever you deem necessary and if SHDHTF (D=Doesn’t) rotate older items into regular diet and replace with fresh stock.


75 posted on 02/15/2020 3:43:29 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: metmom

After you see what a volcano stove looks like, go to Goodwill and pick out some nice stainless steel vegetable pots with all the holes in them. Make your own cooker really cheap.


76 posted on 02/15/2020 2:22:04 PM PST by Cold Heart (.)
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To: Cold Heart

That’s a great idea.


77 posted on 02/15/2020 4:14:55 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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