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[quote=Anonymous]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![/quote]

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