I’ve wondered about the B&M Raisin Bread. Is it good? What’s the self life?
I’ve never tasted it. I do like raisin bread though.
I have heard the shelf life can be up to 10 years (without raisins) but that might have been some wild claim.
Yes, it is pretty good. Shelf life is about 5 years in a decent controlled environment.
Good sliced and toasted or heated. Cream cheese or butter goes well on it.
Be forewarned, it is very rich and though it is nourishing, it is more of a treat and you wouldn't want to eat a lot as a one for one substitute for plain bread.
Fruitcake lasts forever...
I used to sail as a younger man and one of the recommendations of the, “Safety of Life at Sea” (SOLAS) folks was to pack dog food for your abandon ship bag. It has enough nutrition to keep one alive but it's not something you would eat up too quickly.
As a prepper I have stocked roughly three months of foods (breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner) for my family. Enough for ~3 months, longer if we skip some meals, but I have buckets of rice and beans which my kids call, “dog food” and tuna, you guessed it, “cat food” which though not their 1st, 2nd or 3rd-10th choice would extend our horizons.
As to the authors points of beans, bandaids and bullets...
Just as by beans he means food, bullets are tools. I have collected a good set of other non-power tools; shovels, axes, saws along with hand tools, hammers and nails which I strongly feel will be critical to have. Fuels for running things may be quite scarce. I wonder if fruitcake can be used as fuel?