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Anyone have emergency food stored? I know MREs are extremely expensive and bulky for the few meals that are in a case. I've been wondering about something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Survival-Wise-Serving-Entree/dp/B004HEA5DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353096810&sr=8-1&keywords=emergency+food+supply


To keep as backup in case of a "Sandy" like emergency (or worse). Anyone know of a helpful site that advises which ones are good and which ones to stay away from?

Careful what you post here - the Department of Homeland Security says anyone that keeps more than a weeks' worth of food on hand might be a terrorist.
 
I may be in trouble then. We buy groceries every (2)two weeks for perishables. We buy canned foods on sale and stock several weeks worth. We butcher a beef and store in frezer once a year. I to my knowledge have never terrorized anyone except the young man dating my daughter years ago.:) As to your question I don't care for many of the dehydrated foods on the market but I haven't been hungry either. If your in the city and a major disaster happens I think your screwd. If you live in the country you should already know what is available that you can live on.
 
You can stuff 350lbs of shell corn in a 50 gal barrel, 1600 calories in a pound of corn, you could probably survive on 1/2 lb or less per day....for a while.

You didn't say it had to taste good.

Nate
 
You will need to treat corn with slaked lime (CaOH) to release the B1 (niacin) vitamin. Without doing that you will get B1 deficient and develop Pellagra.
 
Don't know if you call it an emergency supply but larrystinescorner's been doing a lot of canning. Been enjoying his garden and kitchen pictures.
 
Jim and Tammy Fay Bakker are pushing that stuff by the 5 gal bucket full with a 20 year shelf life, I spect he'll do more prison time fefore he's done.
 
Jim and Tammy Fay Bakker are pushing that stuff by the 5 gal bucket full with a 20 year shelf life, I spect he'll do more prison time fefore he's done.
 
I have 6 months supply for two of MRE's. I have meat,poultry,fruit and snacks. They are rated for ten years, then use up in tenth year. I got the supply from Wise Co. Inc. in Salt Lake City Utah. They are pricy, But Hey! in an emergeny who cares about cost.
 
I've heard of Wise and from what little I've read so far they seem to be OK. Do you know of a website that give advice you can trust? I don't want to buy a load of stuff no one can stand to eat.

I have the usual garden cannings and butcher beef but with the current yahoos running things a past long cold winters might seem mild compared to what is coming.
 
I could never see buying MREs, they could taste like crap and then you are stuck with a large quantity of food that you dont like. I would rather get a taste test so that you know if it is good or not. But I guess you have to buy in bulk with this stuff.
You are better off buying up canned goods from a grocery store that have a shelf life of 3 + years.
 
Best I can do so far is keep 50 lbs of venison frozen, have solar back up power, back generator to back that up and recharge batteries, I'm loaded with wildlife, from voles, rabbits, squirrels, deer, grouse, 98 acres of lush growth in unused fields, it could work for awhile.
 
We always have at least a one-year supply of freeze-dried food, plus a lot of other stuff including MREs and a lot of our own vegetable saved. That a 1000 gallons of diesel fuel and 500 gallons of propane.

Walton Feed (out west somewhere) is where I bought our last " deluxe 200 one year supply" of emergency food. It was shipped to me. I see they changed their name now to Rainy Day Foods. http://www.rainydayfoods.com/shop/index.php/deluxe-unit.html

The one-year kid now is $1338

Deluxe 1 Year Unit consists of 9 buckets of wheat and beans, consists of 11 cases of 6 #10 cans consisting of fruits, vegetables, cooking aids, imitation meats, grains, dairies and drinks, 1 case of 6 #2.5 cans consisting of bouillons, salt, and leavening , an allocation sheet and a Mix A Meal cookbook.
 
MRE=Meal Rejected by Everyone. That's what the young soldiers are calling em today (my son is one).

I know when I was on active duty and they went to the MREs we were pi$$ed. They were bad.....real bad. Congress got involved when soldiers contacted them about the MREs. So they were supposed to improve them. Soldiers still wanted the C rats back. From what my son is telling me there are a couple of OK ones in each case but most of them are not very good.

But if it comes down to staying alive they will give you more than enough to survive and healthy.

Rick
 

Just buy 5,000 rounds of ammo for your favorite weapon and compile a list of all your neighbors who have put aside emergency food.
 
Remember the ham slices that changed colors when you picked them up. I thought chopped ham and eggs was bad. Until I got my first MRE meal.
 
Oh--cra? if McD's closes we are done for, but wife and I are 50 pounds overweight that should hold us til I could catch a rabbit.
 
The current MREs sell for around $50 a case + shipping. That's for only 12 meals. A person would be a lot further ahead buying cans of vegitable stew as a "get by" type of food.

They are probably the best for living out in the open but I don't plan on leaving my house for anything - unless a tornado makes my house leave me.
 
In the middle of flood, storm and strife I don't see the McDonald's work force bearing the burden.
 
I loved the C-rats, all of them except hams and eggs. There was one that was chicken and turkey parts or something like that, it was great and one of them had this coconut chocolate covered desert thing that was like a Mounds bar on steroids. I ate a lot of C-rats, cases and cases of them. As long as I could trade off the ham and eggs I was happy.
 
And the darned things last a long time even in the dirt, I remember finding a can with hot chocolate and crackers while training with the NYARNG early 80's on some donated training area in the Catskills west of Kingston, cracked it open, was fine, thing looked like it had been there awhile.
 
MRE's have quite a large number of calories in them one is almost enough calories for the day unless you're really working or living in the cold. Yes some of them were real nasty but they did beat starving and some of them were better than Air Force contract chow hall food and you didn't have to stand in line. They do or used to make something similar to C-rations but they were in Squad size, that's what the Hospital chow hall in Saudi (during desert shield) used to serve. The hole situation for chow was kind of messed up, the Air Force would open a chow hall to "relieve congestion" and then the Army would send another 6-700 men to eat on base at the new chow hall. First few weeks we were in country if you ate at the chow hall twice a day you'd probably spend 4-6 hours a day in line. The thing that got me is we were instructed to hide, dispose of or set aside meals like Ham slice, Sausage patty and I think one other because of the pork content. We opened up a new case at noon and I figured I'd grab a Ham slice meal for that evening when there wouldn't be any host (Saudis) around, unfortunately (or fortunately depending how you look at it) I was a little late, caught the Head of the Saudi contingency heading out the door with all the Ham slices. I ask "Abe, what's going on?"- "Oh just thought I'd grab these ham meals for my housekeeper she's Filipino, likes Ham and I can't get any for her at the Souk" I'm guessing maybe he wasn't as offended as we were told he would be.
 
The wife and I live 365 out of our garden. Our pantry is full of goods that we canned, of most every garden varity of vegies that are practical to grow, plus Pickles, slaw, krout, and pickled beans and beets. Also ran out of space in the freezer, for vegies, and fish and wild life, so we have many gal. jugs of dehydrated vegies in the pantry also. We have many herbs dried and crushed , in containers for seasoning to make everything tasty. The only thing we buy from the grocery, is flour, dairy products, and some meat, plus, soaps, and paper products. As I posted earlier, we require no heating oil or gas to heat our home and my shop. We live off the land as much as posible
Loren, the Acg.
 
We have some food in freezer and some canned goods on the basement shelves. But we do not keep extra water, gasoline or things around.

BUT CRUD... sure wish I had bought a lifetime supply of twinkies!!! Going right now to see if I can still get a package or two.

Since Hostess is going under... what will become of the old country song, "JUNK FOOD JUNKIE"???!
farewell Junk Food Junkie song
 
I think we could live a long time on the food in our freezer. There is probably stuff in there that hasen't seen the light of day for many years, and it's stuffed full. Stan
 
Sorry...
should have really posted this on the NO MORE TWINKIES topic. Just got off work and had to get a quick YT fix - should read a little father on before replying.
 
It was a related topic - I read somewhere today that Twinkies (soon to be named Chinkies) have a 20 year shelf life.
 
C Rat "Beef, Spiced, with Sauce" was OK cold, but you didn't want to heat it up. It consisted of cheeks, lips, ears, veins, connective tissue, etc., with enough BBQ sauce to make it edible, as long as you couldn't actually see what was in it. Heating it made it "un-congeal", with all the cute little pieces swimming around to nauseate you.
 
That"s why the old style "indian meal", mexican corn flour was/is more nutritious than plain ground corn- the overnight soak in limestone crock water and grind with limestone- a little bit of the ca got into the corn, also did a bit of tooth grinding down. Bean Burito"s can be survival food. RN
 
I have a lot of canned stuff I canned my self plus the deer in the freezer and if all else does not work I have lots of bullets and live where it would be easy to shoot a meal or fish for that matter
 
Buy a bunch. They have a shelf life of about 16 years. Then they become firm enough to eat with one hand. LOL
 
(quoted from post at 21:16:26 11/16/12) Anyone have emergency food stored? I know MREs are extremely expensive and bulky for the few meals that are in a case. I've been wondering about something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Survival-Wise-Serving-Entree/dp/B004HEA5DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353096810&sr=8-1&keywords=emergency+food+supply


To keep as backup in case of a "Sandy" like emergency (or worse). Anyone know of a helpful site that advises which ones are good and which ones to stay away from?

Careful what you post here - the Department of Homeland Security says anyone that keeps more than a weeks' worth of food on hand might be a terrorist.
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Let's say a catastrophe happens and you are left to fend for yourself

I feel that many of 'think' we are prepared but what if....?

I live within 150 miles of a city that has a population of 300,000 people. So, after something bad happens (like hurricane Sandy, for example) and people become desperate. (loss of life at 30%=90,000. 210,000 left alive).
Fast forward, after a few weeks, this mob of people will begin to branch out further into the country looking for food to survive..)
Average human walking speed is 5 MPH. let's say they walk 10 hours per day= 50 miles a day. I live 150 miles away. That is 3 days walking time. Some are weak and can't walk as fast so they will come in waves. (Loss of life at 50%=105,000. 105,000 left alive).
Now I have a 105,000 people coming at me that are hungry and wanting to feed their kids. I don't have enough food to share with everyone (food would be gone in less than a day), but there is not enough bullets to ward off 105,00 attackers! Let alone, the surrounding areas that also joined them.
In my opinion, your best bet would be to run and hide and avoid any contact with others.
 
The good news is that most of the irresponsible urban dwellers are too lazy and stupid to walk out of town to forage the countryside, they will set in the shade waiting on the government to rescue them.
 
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