Posted on 04/05/2011 8:48:26 PM PDT by blam
Better watch out because all of us know you have fresh eggs!
We are over 200 miles from the coast, so it would have to be bad to hit here. I live less than two miles from the nearest fuel station, and have several others within five miles. I usually keep several five gallon cans on hand and rotate them to keep fuel fresh. I keep a few gallons of mid grade for my small engines.
Yep! We were living 200 miles from the coast when Katrina hit and rambled right on up to within 30 miles of us on its way north east. It wiped out the power from the generation stations to the south of us and 99% of the poles carrying the electric lines along its path.
Red, I’m skeptical, too. Mountain House has six processing plants, and it’s not the only freeze dried company around. They just happen to do more with entrees in #10 cans, and that makes more sense for “entities” than does freeze dried produce. I have a good deal of f/d produce and use it as I would any other ingredient. The f/d entrees are for quick meals in emergency situations.
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/
Don't forget to buy canning lids. These reusable ones look interesting. I've bought three dozens to try but haven't put them to use yet.
"In fact, despite the best-before date, the food has an almost indefinite shelf life if kept at moderate temperatures. Food canned more than 100 years ago and recovered from sunken ships can still be biologically safe to eat."
You know how I feel about the topic. Mountain House is a quality product. Modern MRE’s are actually pretty good.
Me too.
I believe you. The MRE complete meal would be the ones to have around!
Heck, I just pitched some leftover MRE’s from Katrina when we moved.
Let’s see...how long can I survive on sun dried tomatoes, homemade granola and many, many jars of jelly? I’m thinking a few years! :)
My Dear Old Dad is all over this stuff. He’s a ‘survivalist’ from WAY back when.
One thing I’m looking into is a way to get water from my 300’ well without electricity. So far, it ain’t lookin’ good! Luckily, there’s a lake across the road, and I live in a relatively unpopulated area... :)
Ladysmith & I are wishing for Toilet Bucket Seats in the very near future.
Some of this seems goofy, but living in Tornado Country, I already have a lot of survivalist gear stashed along with water and canned goods. Oh, AND a can opener, LOL! Can’t hurt, might help! :)
I’ve been storing the small 99cent packages of Martha White muffin mixes. You only have to add water, they have cornbread, strawberry, blueberry and wild berry muffin mixes and biscuits.
You can add milk as well but you don’t have to. I figure it is one way to get bread quick and easy, even if it has to be over an outdoor fire.
I have also been storing dried and evaporated milk. Lots of other things of course but I wanted to specifically cover some type of bread because I sure will miss the bakery goods and I’m not a “from scratch” baker.
We also store spam, canned chicken, tuna, han, dried and canned potatoes, all kinds of canned vegetables, soups, gravies, (to go with the rice and beans), pasta, water, coffee, tea, canned juice and fruit, and ammo.
I freeze all my boxed or bagged mixes (muffins, pancake, waffle,rice, beans)for at least 24 hours before I store it (suppose to kill bugs).
If nothing bad happens it will still go to good use.
” Ladysmith & I are wishing for Toilet Bucket Seats in the very near future. “
http://www.ehow.com/way_5340405_ideas-plans-build-outhouse.html
You need to have some peons to empty and/or burn the bucket contents! In the Marines we had those idiots who could not follow orders or were just all-around putzes to do the pull out of the half 55 gal. drums from the six seaters and burn the contents!
That never stopped anyone before. They'll jack the prices anyway just to make the profit.
Happens all the time with gasoline.
There are other makers of fd foods in #10 cans, yet only the largest is sold out?
The fact that the feds are buying is not the large issue to me.....rather, it is the fat that they are hiding the fact that they are doing so.
That is disturbing.
Great article! Thanks for posting.
I can't argue with that. I have all the canning supplies but have decided not to can unless I have to.
All my food 'supplies/stocks' are the commercially available type.
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