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To: Lachisula

NP, I’ve given this a fair amount of thought. MRE’s are handy but generally the most expensive way to store food. Generally you won’t eat them unless you have to so they may get thrown away in 5 years.

Store what you eat and eat what you store. I store quite a bit of canned food, bags of rice, bags of beans. Working on the bulk side now.

Freeze dried foods are cheaper than MREs and more flexible. You can mix them in with your recipes and have normal food.

I think a combination of food sources is probably the best but it depends on your needs and what the future holds, IMHO.


65 posted on 03/08/2011 4:33:54 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver; RebelTex

MRE’s are the first thing that comes to mind when most people think ‘survival food’

another survival food that has a very low body-water requirement to digest is the survival biscuits the Coast Guard recommend for boaters. They last forever, can survive bug-out bag temp fluctuations and don’t make you thirsty.

the site below has them as an example of pricing, and also has a ‘gatoraide gum’ to replace electrolytes I haven’t seen too many other places.
http://www.earthquakesolutions.com/id21.html

(thanks for the ping to the thread, RebelTex)


67 posted on 03/15/2011 7:13:57 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: driftdiver; RebelTex

MRE’s are the first thing that comes to mind when most people think ‘survival food’

another survival food that has a very low body-water requirement to digest is the survival biscuits the Coast Guard recommend for boaters. They last forever, can survive bug-out bag temp fluctuations and don’t make you thirsty.

the site below has them as an example of pricing, and also has a ‘gatoraide gum’ to replace electrolytes I haven’t seen too many other places.
http://www.earthquakesolutions.com/id21.html

(thanks for the ping to the thread, RebelTex)


68 posted on 03/15/2011 7:15:28 PM PDT by blueplum
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