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I can understand the upgrading for better equipment but why is survival food on the list? Here we prep what we eat and rotate as needed so there would be no waste. Are you buying just to store?
There are different types and qualities of survival food. Some expire after five years. Some taste like dirt. Lots of survival foods use nasty preservatives and chemicals. Buying the right foods/prepping techniques is so important, but lots of amateur preppers will just buy whatever says "survival" on it.
 
Just got an offer from a silent member of my prepper team. $60 for a new case of MRE class B. Makes out to be $5 for a meal...25 years storage life...2 cases ordered just for fun...GP
I had some mre’s that were only a three year shelf life. 25 is fantastic! I got #10 cans of freeze dried foods due to the cost being the most effective. The drawback is you have a whole can to eat in a relatively short time once opened. I like the idea of single servings so you don’t get sick of eating the same thing.
 
Well, I was happy with the fact that the MRE shipment is a new one. Many MREs on the market are older and do not have a longer lifetime left...I only wanted them to make the final stitch in the final packing of a BOB/INCH bag. Everything else is finished. My wife can't carry a gallon of milk anymore, much less a BOB. Mine is running at around 55 lbs. and I carried a max of 109 lbs. earlier, including 2 gallons of water. Don't wanna bug-out, but need the bag anyway. The MREs will get unpacked, sorted out to the most important pieces and then inserted into the BOB. Don't need most of the small crap...just the calories. GP
 
Just got an offer from a silent member of my prepper team. $60 for a new case of MRE class B. Makes out to be $5 for a meal...25 years storage life...2 cases ordered just for fun...GP
Dang that's a good deal. I have a few MREs from my brother in the army and I always keep a couple in my car bag.
 
You are right, but my cellar is under a 2 foot thick concrete and the 2nd cellar which is attached is made of an arched brick roof. Both are so cool, I can keep beer and wine in them and they come out of the cellar at a temp of around 36° F.
I hang different home made meats and sausages there for months.
 
You are right, but my cellar is under a 2 foot thick concrete and the 2nd cellar which is attached is made of an arched brick roof. Both are so cool, I can keep beer and wine in them and they come out of the cellar at a temp of around 36° F.
I hang different home made meats and sausages there for months.
I was really responding to Kate about keeping some of them in the car and being in Texas. How is the moisture in your cellars? I have a root cellar I made and it stays cool but is too damp for most things.
 
That is the good part of the red bricks in the second cellar, they can and do absorb moisture and give it up again to maintain a certain level of moisture, Potatoes and onions last about 3-4 months. Apples and pumpkins up to 5 months. Never had smoked sausages or such go bad at all. The first cellar is concrete and with the window, I can control the temps in summer closed and winter open at around 35°-40°. Milk stays 5 months, margarine, mayo, mustard, ketchup, flour, yeast, baking powder, noodles, flour, rice, beans, coffee, jelly, peanut butter, worchester sauce, soy sauce, all last over 2 and some even 3 years after the date on the packages and jars. GP
 
That is the good part of the red bricks in the second cellar, they can and do absorb moisture and give it up again to maintain a certain level of moisture, Potatoes and onions last about 3-4 months. Apples and pumpkins up to 5 months. Never had smoked sausages or such go bad at all. The first cellar is concrete and with the window, I can control the temps in summer closed and winter open at around 35°-40°. Milk stays 5 months, margarine, mayo, mustard, ketchup, flour, yeast, baking powder, noodles, flour, rice, beans, coffee, jelly, peanut butter, worchester sauce, soy sauce, all last over 2 and some even 3 years after the date on the packages and jars. GP

Your soy sauce should last longer than you do.
 

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