10 Best Survival Foods At Your Local Supermarket

Activist Post ^ | Oct 1, 2012

[Ratman83]

Nice.

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks. That was last mid-month’s pic; it’s expanded considerably since, and I have to re-shoot some recent pics.

[43north]

Chocolate. Lots of it.

[MileHi]

Got Spam.

[STJPII]

Doesn’t honey last forever?

[OB1kNOb]

I might add powdered milk and complete pancake mix.

We bought both at Sam's Club a few weeks ago to repackage and seal in gallon mylar bags with oxygen absorbers.

One night we repackaged 2 mylar bags of powdered milk and several bags of beans. We put oxygen absorbers from the same pack in all the bags. Everyone of the bags of beans vacuum sealed down very tight, but both bags of powdered milk never shrunk down a bit. I know it should not be a problem with the oxygen absorbers or the seal, so I'm stumped why the mylar bags full of powdered milk didn't create a vacuum like the bags of beans.

[PA Engineer]

I’m also interested in learning how best to store salt, sugar, and spices, for long term storage. For large quantities of salt and sugar is vaccum packed in large mylar bags in plastic buckets with oxygen absorbers and dessicant packs adequate to keep it good/useable for 2 years or more?

Sugar and Salt will store forever as long as you keep them very dry in a well sealed container. There is very little else you need to do. I just use Gamma Seal lids with my buckets. Have been doing it for years.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Chocolate. Lots of it.

How to you store yours for long term keeping?

[sfimom]

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[MattinNJ]

Honey, Bisquick, and cheap weight gain powders also come to mind. Provided you have water, you could cook biscuits on a stick over an open fire, slather them in hooney and wash it down with a weight gain drink of your choice. Could be worse.

[MileHi]

Thanks. I never see canned pork in stores. I want something to replace ham hocks in hocks and beans.

[rarestia]

I suppose that’s something to consider. Would I be correct to assume that I’d have to vacuum seal individual bags of rice, beans, for instance, as opposed to keeping it in a container unsealed?

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

bjorn14~: “ I might add powered milk and complete pancake mix.”

powered milk : Yup !

complete pancake mix : with reservation !
Check the ingredients ~ Long term storage of pancake WITH EGG , may lead to samonella .
Pancake with egg ingredients ~ store for no longer than 6 - 8 months (in zip-lock baggie for moisture protection )

[PA Engineer]

Doesn’t honey last forever?

Yes and some info.

[djf]

I may be wrong, but I think both salt and sugar have what amounts to an infinite shelf life if kept cool and dry. (and away from any bugs or critters)

[43north]

[How to you store yours for long term keeping?]

Around my waistline...

Seriously though, I would think that an airtight container - say 200 or so .50 cal. ammo cans - stored in a cool place would keep chocolate fresh for a long time. If it got a little stale, so what? If SHTF time comes, I’d eat it stale or not.

[OB1kNOb]

Thanks for the insight. Do you use mylar bags, OA’s or dessicant packs for your salt and sugar stored in the buckets?

[glorgau]

Never forget to add Hostess Twinkies. For a good example, watch the movie ZombieLand.

[djf]

Another one of my faves is something I don’t hear people mention often.

Canned sweet potatoes.

Hey! Good with any kind of breakfast, also good with dinner. You can eat them cold or warmed up. High in sugar, so a good energy source. Packed in water, another very useful commodity.

And in the big picture, they are pretty cheap, bulk-wise.

[djf]

The weight gain stuff, I’ve been thinking about scarfing a couple buckets of it.

Lot of that stuff is almost pure whey protein. One cup of it a day is probably more than the average persons protein requirements.

Might not be super palatable, but it WILL keep you alive!