Fine advice, sir.
I would add, though, that buying cases of TVP is also a good choice, although it is recommeded to buy large cans of mushroom soup, various spices, especially garlic, and maybe a case or two of your favorite hellfire and brimstone hot sauce to enhance the stuff to make it palatable. Throw in a barrel or two of oatmeal to stretch your supply.
As an aside, those who have lived through the archiac period where C-rats were the primary source of nourishment will survive all the various punishing personal trials, food shortages, bouts of hunger, atavistic trevails, Stalinistic orchestrated starvations, lakeside shore lunches cooked by your buddies, cold spam from the can, dandelion salads prepared by hippies and Quaker Oats oatmeal bars.
I have a recipe for ham and MFs but can’t post it on a family site.
I'm talking about eating very good food for very little money.
Not survival food.
Every GI I cooked for got the same attention that I gave every VIP I cooked for. I just adjusted to the budget and made the best choices.
If it gets down to eating TVP for years? I'll find anything else to eat. Maybe call it a "Blue Helmet Special"
But we are blessed with lots of game in the US. The Lord provides.
/johnny