Canned food is the best stock pile you can have. They're cheap and you can buy a lot . Also SPAM, canned corn beef, are a good protein source and also cheap. Stock up!
Canned chicken and tuna too. And nuts, lots of nuts. Peanut butter and crackers. Cheap and last forever. Can feed yourself for months for a couple dollars. Ramen. Though its not good for you, really, when push comes to shove, its better than the alternative. Noodles, beans, rice. For fresh veges Rutabega lasts up to 5 years and my family loves it. Tastes a bit like cabbage but can be served like mashed potatoes. Butter. I have 100 lbs of this essential animal fat. Squash lasts up to 2 years.
For satisfying a sweet tooth I have the oats and honey granola both in bars and as crumble. Oatmeal both prepared and uncooked. Good source of energy. Bisquick. You can live on Bisquick indefinitely and its cheap and stores easily. I have 30 pounds of honey, raw and unfiltered. Raisins. Flour, sugar, yeast.
Get a dutch oven and a rack so you can bake on the fire. I have tons of the jiffy cornbread muffin mix. Pennys.
Water and a way to purify it. I dont own one of those water dispensers but Ive bought 30 of the big water jugs that go on them along with 5 and 1 gallon containers of water and cases and cases of bottled. Lifestraws and purification tabs. Coffee filters to filter lake and/or river water. (running water is best) Containers. Buckets to collect rain water.
Propane tanks for the grill. I have 5 150 lb tanks and a dozen or so 30 lb tanks.
I also have about 3 grand worth of MREs from mypatriotstore though I realize not everyone can afford this. Ive been buying for 4 years now.
Im ready for a siege. Ive got enough resources to keep the 5 in my household alive for a couple years with enough to spare for friends, family and neighbors lacking my foresight. I do have an advantage in my prep, I have a large house, three car garage and a polebarn for storage.
I have it all catalogued and dated for easy reference and rotating. All of it are things my family uses anyway.
It took awhile but this trucker convoy in Canada has helped me convince my extended family to stock up.
I've been able to find your address and just want you to know to expect me and my wife when our ~1-month food supply runs out; we greatly appreciate it :)
Bisquick and Jiffy cornbread mix will both go rancid. Anything with oils goes rancid including butter unless it's dried or refrigerated. Hope you have thought about getting pantry moth traps, moths LOVE granola, oatmeal products. And don't think....I had cake mixes that were TOTALLY SEALED and invaded with moths. I filled up 3-30gallon garbage cans of stored food that went bad.
Don’t stockpile and let dates go by on canned fruits, I’ve had mandarins oranges and peaches both eat through the cans and make a mess on my storage area floors. Perhaps fruits long term are best dehydrated or something else.
My wife had stuff stacked in front of a case of green beans & a case of corn. Both generic so I tried them out & they are fine. We have eaten several cans at about half the price of today's prices.
Can goods last way past the pull date. The way to tell if they have gone bad: the can may be swollen; the can is leaking; if he has a pop top and it doesn't make a burp sound when opened....probably NOT good. But if the outside looks good and you open it...check for smell and if it looks weird....again probably not good. That is always a good thing to do regardless, because even new cans can fail.
I am eating green beans & corn dated 2012. Still taste great !
Just remember it is not an expiration date, it is a best if used by date.
"Keystone" sounds masonic but tasty lol
Q spoke about the Keystone…
I have 2 cases of Yoda canned bacon. I am impressed with the flavor.
Store bought canned goods ?
Canned food is the best stock pile you can have. They're cheap and you can buy a lot . Also SPAM, canned corn beef, are a good protein source and also cheap. Stock up!
Canned chicken and tuna too. And nuts, lots of nuts. Peanut butter and crackers. Cheap and last forever. Can feed yourself for months for a couple dollars. Ramen. Though its not good for you, really, when push comes to shove, its better than the alternative. Noodles, beans, rice. For fresh veges Rutabega lasts up to 5 years and my family loves it. Tastes a bit like cabbage but can be served like mashed potatoes. Butter. I have 100 lbs of this essential animal fat. Squash lasts up to 2 years.
For satisfying a sweet tooth I have the oats and honey granola both in bars and as crumble. Oatmeal both prepared and uncooked. Good source of energy. Bisquick. You can live on Bisquick indefinitely and its cheap and stores easily. I have 30 pounds of honey, raw and unfiltered. Raisins. Flour, sugar, yeast.
Get a dutch oven and a rack so you can bake on the fire. I have tons of the jiffy cornbread muffin mix. Pennys.
Water and a way to purify it. I dont own one of those water dispensers but Ive bought 30 of the big water jugs that go on them along with 5 and 1 gallon containers of water and cases and cases of bottled. Lifestraws and purification tabs. Coffee filters to filter lake and/or river water. (running water is best) Containers. Buckets to collect rain water.
Propane tanks for the grill. I have 5 150 lb tanks and a dozen or so 30 lb tanks.
I also have about 3 grand worth of MREs from mypatriotstore though I realize not everyone can afford this. Ive been buying for 4 years now.
Im ready for a siege. Ive got enough resources to keep the 5 in my household alive for a couple years with enough to spare for friends, family and neighbors lacking my foresight. I do have an advantage in my prep, I have a large house, three car garage and a polebarn for storage.
I have it all catalogued and dated for easy reference and rotating. All of it are things my family uses anyway.
It took awhile but this trucker convoy in Canada has helped me convince my extended family to stock up.
I've been able to find your address and just want you to know to expect me and my wife when our ~1-month food supply runs out; we greatly appreciate it :)
milk and eggs are needed for preparing most preps , don't forget to add some powdered eggs and milk to the storehouse
Bisquick and Jiffy cornbread mix will both go rancid. Anything with oils goes rancid including butter unless it's dried or refrigerated. Hope you have thought about getting pantry moth traps, moths LOVE granola, oatmeal products. And don't think....I had cake mixes that were TOTALLY SEALED and invaded with moths. I filled up 3-30gallon garbage cans of stored food that went bad.
I bought cases and cases of beef stew. I was thinking it can be added to many other things for survival.
Like on Seinfeld episode when Kramer feeds that canned beef to that horse !?? YES !
Rice is super-cheap, keeps for a long time if stored properly, can be cooked fast on a very low gas flame and added to almost anything.
Don’t stockpile and let dates go by on canned fruits, I’ve had mandarins oranges and peaches both eat through the cans and make a mess on my storage area floors. Perhaps fruits long term are best dehydrated or something else.
I have 10' ceilings with cupboards where I had stored canned fruit. It got hot up there and guess what happened? What a mess!
Many Cans are now designed to break down over a period of time.
I've found some foods that get a metallic taste from the aluminum. I'm a bit cautious when it comes to aluminum. Not fond of the idea of consuming it.
Not saying I wouldn't eat it, but I think using it MD replacing it during g quiet times is best.
I love spam but holy shit is it salty, looks like I need to take a trip to Aldi, already got a ton of canned goods but why not buy more?
Oh, and rice.
Ever had the Aldi brand Spam? Just wondering how it compares.
Yep. Taste brand new !
Thank you. I was wondering if they will last longer than the date.
My wife had stuff stacked in front of a case of green beans & a case of corn. Both generic so I tried them out & they are fine. We have eaten several cans at about half the price of today's prices.
Can goods last way past the pull date. The way to tell if they have gone bad: the can may be swollen; the can is leaking; if he has a pop top and it doesn't make a burp sound when opened....probably NOT good. But if the outside looks good and you open it...check for smell and if it looks weird....again probably not good. That is always a good thing to do regardless, because even new cans can fail.
Yah! Not all of us own a pressure cooker. Something wrong with store bought canned goods? Besides the usual BS
i have to consume a case of expired mini V8's down the hatch