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To: Mrs. Frogjerk
Yes, and there's plenty of stuff from the regular grocery store that is just open and eat, heat and eat, or add hot water and eat.

My kids like the cup o soup ramen noodles. Canned Tuna or salmon for the fish once a week. We also like a can of pork and beans to just open and eat. Then there the turkey and dressing, beef stew in individual cans or plastic containers that don't need much cooking - just to name a few.

159 posted on 09/15/2014 10:15:15 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes; Mrs. Frogjerk

Yes, open and eat. Canned goods don’t “need” to be cooked and taste just fine without being heated. Set them out in the sunshine pr on the car dashboard if your family “wants” them hot. Tuna tastes fine straight from the can.

Be wary of the tuna pouches, soups in paper boxes and those that have foil tops for long term storage because they likely won’t hold up as well as all metal cans. Even then, keep a close eye on the all metal cans because they are being made thinner these days so are easily dented. I had to throw out six dog food cans recently because they were brown and dried out when I opened them. The cans looked fine, no dents but they were so thin I could bend them with my fingers. There has also been a few cans of people food I’ve thrown out over the last few months without opening because their lids seemed a bit poppy. Before this, I haven’t had a can go bad for probably 20 years.

I’ve tried talking to an elderly neighbor about just preparing for a natural disaster or our frequent power outages and have given her little emergency bags to which she rolls her eyes and soon eats. Never mind she grew up during the Depression so should know better. Anyway, she told me last week she saw a woman in the store who kept climbing the shelves to get every last little individual potted meat cans. She asked her what she was doing and the woman only said she liked them. Surprise, light bulb moment! My neighbor put two and two together that the woman was prepping. Of course, dear neighbor still hasn’t done anything for herself.


168 posted on 09/16/2014 7:02:45 AM PDT by bgill
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