Can you recommend an emergency food kit for disaster preparedness?

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Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

You don’t need three giant meals per day to survive. Look- there isn’t a disaster that is going to happen that will make you eat through your
Entire pantry then starve to death. It just can’t happen. I had zero issues buying food through the pandemic. Zero. If you had a had time finding enough food survive during the past two years because of
Supply chain issues I don’t know what to tell you

Wow. You truly are an idiot. My grandparents survived the holocaust on smuggled potatos.

You think that is going to happen in the US? Sorry but it is impossible. And if by chance it does your 10 day food
Bucket isn’t going to move the needle much

And yet it happened in Germany within my father's memory.

You'll be among the first to die.

So..you think the entire US is going to be somehow put under martial law and completely deprived of the ability to obtain any food? In 2022+? You are nuts

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Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

In case of unforeseen disaster.

What kind of unforeseen disaster do you think would happen that would make impossible for you to find food for several days/weeks?

I’m not sure I want to survive any such disaster.

I do. But I plan to survive it by knowing all distribution centers within 20 miles of my house. If society breaks down this knowledge will keep my family fed and is something valuable to trade.

Some freeze dried is worthless the moment another hungry person with a gun finds you. Then you’re back at zero.

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Do you have a bomb shelter in your house OP?

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Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

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Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

And no one starved to death

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

And no one starved to death

Nobody likes an ignorant contrarian. But you already knew that.

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OP, these emergency food packs are a really bad deal. What they have going for them are they are unfamiliar and unpalatable foods, so you probably don't eat them except in a dire, dire emergency... but then, you won't be used to eating these foods and they will cause gastric distress. Or they will be so old they will have gone bad.

What you want to stock up on are foods you actually will eat, maybe not reach for. the first thing, but definitely within a year. Just stock up on extra pantry staples you do enjoy. I tell people to look at their recycling bins for any shelf stable packages -- that will tell you what you actually eat and should stock up on.

Canned fish/chicken is a great staple to stock up on for emergencies but don't buy it if you don't eat it. Best strategy -- buy ONE can each time you go shopping and try to use it up. Try to add it to your regular menu.

Beans and lentils are great to have on hand but only if you regularly eat them. So make sure you actually eat lentil stew before you stock up on lentils thinking you may make stew in an emergency.

Get good, normal, usual food. Typical food storage for my family when we had young kids included Cheerios, goldfish crackers, saltines, triscuits, tuna fish and small jars or mayo and relish, peanut butter, rice, beans, pasta, pasta sauce, Annies Mac and Cheese boxes, oatmeal, raisins, syrup, flour and stuff to make pancakes, oil, ghee, coconut oil, popcorn, Progresso brand soups like minestrone and Italian Wedding soup. Soy Sauce, hot sauce, coffee, tea. All these are basic foods we eat throughout the year, but weren't so tempting that they would get used right away. ust keep a bulked up pantry with more of the basics. It's OK if you are missing some ingredients. You also should have some water stored, plus containers to store more water should it become necessary. Plus a few ways to heat water and cook.

Also if you drink coffee you should have a way to make coffee when the electricity is out. This is actually the number one prep you should have in place. The number of people I know who treck to 7-11 in a snowstorm power outage to get coffee is unreal!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

And no one starved to death

Nobody likes an ignorant contrarian. But you already knew that.

Do you still have your Y2K stash?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

And no one starved to death

Nobody likes an ignorant contrarian. But you already knew that.

Do you still have your Y2K stash?

Are you a helpless old lady that mooches off the labor of neighborhood husbands? How come you can't get your own man?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In case of what? Really. What do you think will happen that you will need 124 servings of freeze dried meals?

1- it isn't really 124 servings. It's more like 80.
2- if you have a family of 5 (with three teenage boys) its about 10 days of food.
3- remember what it was like getting food and domesstic goods at the beginning of the pandemic (as a UMC, privileged person in a wealthy well served neighborhood)?

Consider those and then understand how incredibly easily it could have been 10 times worse.

This isn't about fighting zombies or intubating your neighbors with Bic pens. This is about having calories to function if/when the supply chain gets shut down. Not disrupted or marginally interupted, but SHUT. DOWN.

A couple hundred bucks in Montain House meals is a life saver. Worst case scenario? Take a couple camping trips to use it up each yaer.

Serioulsy. Be prepared.

3. I remember that most food was in stock, just not a few things. Pasta and canned soups went quick. With my shopping lists, I was usually able to get 90% of the items. It might not have been my preferred brand, but it was the same product.
Mountain house meals are high sodium, and some kids may not like them.
Honestly, it’s best to just have extra of the food you actually like.

Sure, but OP specifically asked about kits. Hence the 5 gallon bucket of dehydrated food. 80 cans of chunky soup is a hell of a lot more difficult to be mobile with than one 20 poiund bucket.

And no one gives a shit about salt when you're talking about survival. Ever look at the salt contenet in MREs given to frontline troops? You don't want to know. Theg oal is getting calories into bodies. Salt and sugar taste good, so they are loaded with that so they eat them.

MREs are high salt for a reason. Soldiers are extremely active, sweating a ton with flak jacket, helmet, etc.
If goal is mobility, dehydrated goods make sense, as long as you have access to water. But given it’s DC, how easy will it be to actually evacuate? Be realistic. Look at evacuations from Houston with hurricanes and how people say on the highways for days.

And no one starved to death

Nobody likes an ignorant contrarian. But you already knew that.

Do you still have your Y2K stash?

Are you a helpless old lady that mooches off the labor of neighborhood husbands? How come you can't get your own man?

Dayyyyuuuum!