Hey, just wondering if you could recommend some good companies from which to buy food for long term storage, dehydrated food, etc. And if you have any particular foods within that brand that you'd like to recommend, please lay it on me. All help greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Get 5 mil aluminized mylar bags and a curling iron. You will be happier with the bags that have a ziploc top and expanding bottom. You can make your own MREs from Minute Rice, dehydrated beans, freeze dried vegetables which I usually get from Noth Bay Trading. You can take the big #10 Mountain House prepared meals like beef stroganoff, add more freeze dried veggies and spices, rebag in the mylar bags with oxygen absorbers, then seal. This takes a little organization and dexterity to do quickly before the oxygen absorbers spoil, which is seconds after they are exposed. Get them in packets of 10. I use 2-3 to a bag with 2 cups food content.
Okay, thanks. I have noticed a lot of people like to use the mylar bags.
The aluminized mylar keeps out light, which degrades everything including food. The O2 absorbers and an airtight heat seal is what does more to preserve the food. It's cheaper than the small serving backpack meals. But if you want meat and good broth, learn to can with a pressure canner (Instant Pots do not make enough pressure.). It's like magic. Lots of YouTube peppers to show you how.