freeze dried food / long term

[Soundguy]

saw an add for a co that sells large tinned cans of food that are 25ys stable.

looks like the cans are large 5g size, and within those cans are seperate cans and pouches of other, smaller servinf=gs.

storm/y2k/holocost supplies i guess.

anyone ever hear of this co.. or use anything like it?

 

[Phils]

I have NO experience with that company but maybe someone here will explain some of the things I don't understand:

Last night I watched another episode of Doomsday Preppers. I've seen 3 shows. Most people profiled seem to be "a little out there", according to DW and I don't disagree.

Last night's episode showed three rooms stockpiled with enough food to feed "10 people for 4 years". An earlier episode had a segment discussing a young lady in Houston with years worth of food stockpiled, and plans to backpack to Mexico "when the s*** hit the fan". Still another episode described a "prepper" with 3 years worth of food and supplies stockpiled, and a couple of old school busses and 2 pickups at the ready to take some of those supplies to an undisclosed location where "they would be safe".

For the decade DW and I were driving truck cross-country, we carried a large box of freeze-dried food and a small propane stove and utensils, just in case we were stuck in a blizzard for a few days somewhere. We never needed it.

We do live off-grid with our own water and power, and I also have 25lbs each of rice and beans stockpiled. With our normal stores, we could last a few months without finding groceries.

But FOUR YEARS?!?!? Am I under prepared? Or are the people in this show over prepared? If there is no food, no fuel, and no electricity ... will having that large of a supply help your family to survive or just make you a target for those that are starving?

I apologize if this post doesn't address your question but these seem to be scary times, and I keep wondering if I should be investing more in long-term/freeze dried foods? And the answers to your question will be relevent to my question.

Phil

 

[powerpace]

I am knocking the Mormons but they advocate food storage for hard times. How do I know this. My ex-wife became a Mormon and we prepared for the "bad times" according to Morman guidelines.
After about six months of living like a Mormon. No Caffeine, (coffee, soda etc.), I became a heathen in her and the Churches thinking. I would have a soda or coffee while out working. I didn't go to church and I laughed at the "sacred underwear".
End result was a divorce and still store food but not for long term. I buy more food than needed for immediate use and rotate old for new as we consume it.

 

[schoolsout]

Costco was selling food supplies like this (I think they still are, just not at the price they were when they rolled them out).

 

[schoolsout]

Costco - 4,866 Total Servings of Emergency Food Kit By Shelf Reliance® THRIVE?

 

[charlz]

Not sure if it was that exact product but when reading the reviews on something similar they said to look at the calorie content. It might make X meals but they are 'starvation rations' calorie wise and you would need to supplement quite a bit to get a good daily calorie intake. Menu variety is another potential problem, you simply can't/won't eat the same stuff day after day.

We have a fair number of Mormons here and there are stores dedicated to selling long term food supplies. Canning is also popular of course.

 

[charlz]

I have looked at little bit into long term storage food for storm/power outage/etc. where you might have to go a few days or a week without power. Thing is I think we could go at least a week with what we have on hand. Biggest factor would be fuel for the generator to keep the freezer/fridge going until we could eat up what is in there.

 

[charlz]

But FOUR YEARS?!?!? Am I under prepared? Or are the people in this show over prepared?

As someone mentioned in the 'Doomsday Preppers' thread for some of these people 'doomsday' might just be an excuse to hoard. I don't see how they would cycle through the stockpile fast enough to keep it within the expiration dates. A couple of them look like they could go quite a while without any meals at all

 

[dmccarty]

I noticed in the latest Sportsman's Guide catalog they had a large selection of long term storage food items.

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Seems like dried beans, rice, and other grains stored in air locked bags in metal containers would last quite some time. You just would need a manual milling machine for the grains. Stock up on canned fruit, veggies, and meat as well. Just a quick glance says these products are pretty expensive compared to bulk beans, rice, grain and canned goods.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

As someone mentioned in the 'Doomsday Preppers' thread for some of these people 'doomsday' might just be an excuse to hoard. I don't see how they would cycle through the stockpile fast enough to keep it within the expiration dates. A couple of them look like they could go quite a while without any meals at all

Yeppers. For a couple of them, I wonder how long they will survive once they have to do heavy manual labor. I think their hoard of food will be left for someone else to use when they have a heart attack doing manual work.

Later,
Dan