Pre-packaged food for long term storage?

[Gunnerdad80]

I’m looking at investing in emergency food products for long term storage for a family of four. Looking for suggestions based on quality and taste. This stuff is expensive so I don’t necessarily want to spend the money on something that tastes like cardboard. Lol

[v35]

Beans.

Dried, bulk beans, the kind that can germinate and grow more beans. Prepackaged "survival food" is expensive and not worth it.

[Grendel]

Mountain House. Wait (if you can) until they go on sale. They come in 24 serving storage buckets or you can buy individual cans and boxes in various sizes. 30 year shelf life.

Or just buy MRE cases on Ebay.com

[Gunnerdad80]

Beans.

Dried, bulk beans, the kind that can germinate and grow more beans. Prepackaged "survival food" is expensive and not worth it.

I do keep a good storage of dried beans and rice but it gets tough to make little kids eat the same thing over and over lol.

[Gunnerdad80]

Mountain House. Wait (if you can) until they go on sale. They come in 24 serving storage buckets or you can buy individual cans and boxes in various sizes. 30 year shelf life.

Or just buy MRE cases on Ebay.com

The MRE’s can be a little rough but I’ve used them too. I haven’t heard of Mountain House though. I’ll definitely check that out. 

[pikepole20]

Mountain house and look at website for Church of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons to buy stuff. I have used Readystore.com to buy Mountainhose foods. There are several brands. The consensus from most is stay away from Wise Foods.

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[Earl Keese]

The LDS church has lots of good long term food storage info/guidelines posted on the web as well as food stores in most major cities.

[armoredman]

SPAM. My favorite canned meat. 

[Gunnerdad80]

SPAM. My favorite canned meat. 

I think I just threw up in my mouth. 

[boatdoc55]

The little kids and you, well everybody, will eat anything if hungry enough. We Americans have had it easy for decades in the food department. Think of the pics we've all seen of other Country's food supplies. My Dad used to tell me horror story's of when he was in the Korean war and what those people ate out of the garbage.

[BarkingAnt]

SPAM. My favorite canned meat. 

I think I just threw up in my mouth. 

I love Spam, try it with scrambled eggs! It's just canned pork shoulder. Same thing as a Boston Butt. Hawaii consumes more spam than any other state.

I like a lot of canned meat, Vienna sausages, sardines, smoked sprats, etc. In fact my favorite grocery stores are ones that have a great canned meat section. 

That said, if you lived through the 50s and sixties and had a lot of brothers and sisters you probably ate a lot of Spam and either learned to love it or hate it!

 

[crosstimbers]

I looked around about this a couple years back, an ended up going the dried beans and rice route.

Mountain house was one of the only pre-packed survival food companies that didn't have about as many negative reviews as positive, but they were generally too expensive when you consider how much you would need for more than two or three weeks. For my wallet, they are actually price prohibitive for anything more than short term needs.

Dried beans and rice can be canned rather easily in mason jars in your oven. Supplemented by various canned goods, they make a better choice. Meat can also be canned, but I have yet to try my hand at that. We have canned the usual fruits, jellies and veggies with good success. Just my two cents but an investment in canning equipment, and supplies, can pay off again and again.

I do rotate my "stock" so to speak. I'm working my way through canned beans and rice now, and replacing it with newly canned as I go- the goal being it should be replaced every two or three years. Same with canned goods. One good thing about doing your food supply this way is being able to do it a bit at a time, less pain in the bank account department.

But if my methods are impractical for you, and they would be for some people I admit, then Mountain House is probably the way to go (If you can afford it) They have the best reviews of all the emergency food companies that I researched- and I did a lot of looking.

Good luck however you go 

[pikepole20]

If you buy mountain house or some other brand. I would get some small packages and try them to start to see if you like them. Then get the buckets or #10 cans. That is usually cheaper. Also, food is no good without water. Water purification/filtering is something else to consider.

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[Gunnerdad80]

The little kids and you, well everybody, will eat anything if hungry enough. We Americans have had it easy for decades in the food department. Think of the pics we've all seen of other Country's food supplies. My Dad used to tell me horror story's of when he was in the Korean war and what those people ate out of the garbage.

I’m with you. My brother and I grew up borderline poverty. But since we do have a choice, for now at least, I’ll take advantage of it.

[Gunnerdad80]

That said, if you lived through the 50s and sixties and had a lot of brothers and sisters you probably ate a lot of Spam and either learned to love it or hate it!;D

My brother and I were children of the 80’s & 90’s. Growing up we ate a lot of potted meat, Vienna sausages, canned tuna and salmon, beanie weenies etc. Our dad had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. They were 60’s kids so that explains a bit.