Well to all you comrades in hoarding out there I guess that survival food has turned out to be a better idea than any of us knew. :-)
I grow, can, freeze, shop sales, get stuff off craigslist,and go to thrift stores....hubby building a smoker to go along with his meat shop and walk in cooler...we're getting half a beef this weekend and hopefully some elk and deer in the fall....
“Well to all you comrades in hoarding out there I guess that survival food has turned out to be a better idea than any of us knew. :-)”
Actually, for certain items, about a year ago I started buying cannisters of survival food (Augason Farms brand, found at Walmart online), because it’s cheaper, lasts longer, and what I have tried so far tastes good too. Most of it has a 10-20 year lifespan unopened, and one year opened. Especially as there is only one of me, so often certain items like celery, green peppers and the like will spoil before I can eat them up, but with the freeze dried version of them, they won’t spoil. Easily reconstituted, tastes fine when used in soups, stews and the like, and saves money. Win, win.
Augason Farms country style powdered milk is the only one I’ve been able to ever actually drink. Tastes just like real milk. Amazingly good, and great for emergencies, like when I run out of milk in the winter, it’s 0 degrees out and snowing, and I am trapped inside (I live in the burbs of Chicago, where the weather can turn on you at the drop of a hat).
The variety of survival food items is amazing. Butter, dried eggs, onions, potatoes, meat, cheese, powdered honey, brownie mix, stews, spaghetti, white and chocolate milk, orange, apple, peach drinks, mushrooms, corn, biscuits, taco meat, etc. You name it, they have it. Now I’ve made myself hungry, lol.