“...spending 7 yrs in Uncle Sam’s Yacht Club, I can no longer stomach the thought of having to eat canned food...”
None of these three people were in the military so have no reason for an aversion to canned food except in their minds. Most of the Walton food was canned by them straight out of the fields - it has yet to be cooked and some of it is actual powder since that is the only way to have that product. I do have grocery stored canned food, also.
Fresh food is excellent but if it is not available, canned grocery store food will keep you alive. My mother canned most of her life, and we ate that food every winter. This attitude, “I won’t eat anything out of a can”, is ridiculous. If an emergency happens and they refuse canned food, even the Walton food, they can go die.
Have the same thoughts about some of my own kin-folks , they live off mcdonalds chicken nuggets and no fresh vegetables out of the garden . They're weird at times...
trust me, when the time is right i will be eating it like its gramma’s roast beaf and have plenty of it stocked. I gained 40 pounds in my 1st 3 years in the Navy. Its kind of like drinking good beer versus cheep beer, I will drink the Summit before the Schlitz.
I also find a seeming lack of dried or age cured meats and cheeses. I suppose you would need more room to store them, but in the right conditions they can store indefinately and give the consumer not only alot of useable calories but a tasty treat.