>> “Don’t load up on too many MRE’s, because five years of trying to live off spoiled MRE’s may not be a life worth living, if things ever got that bad in the first place.” <<
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I think you are missing the point on MREs.
MREs are for keeping in the vehicles and bug-out bags for emergency travel, not for long term survival.
So is a can of beany weenies.