Has anyone tried this product or know anything about it?
While we keep a full pantry that would get us through three months or so I want to pad that number with some long term storage grub.
We're thinking about a 6 month supply that provides 1752 meals which is far more than the Wife and I could eat in 6 months.
The shelf life is 25 years so we'd more than likely be dead before it went bad.
With all the crap happening in the world today it would give some peace of mind,just like having plenty of ammo.
The menu actually looks pretty good and it'd be better than starving to death.
This food storage supply provides delicious meals, drinks and snacks for 180 days that last for up to 25 years. Includes 12 buckets for long-term protection. Packed in the US.
mypatriotsupply.com
Looks interesting. That being said, I would not fully trust it without first examining it.
Our property is surrounded by thousands of acres of cornfield in the lower hills and valleys. Whitetail deer occupy these fields on a nightly basis, coming down out of the mountain forests and then returning up high to hide during the day. I would estimate their numbers, conservatively, to range in the few thousands. Of course, a deer in the field is not
exactly meat in the freezer. However, in a SHTF situation I could hunt from our upstairs windows, aiming out into the fields hundreds of yards away. The combination of suppressor and thermal scope are also quite effective for stealth deer kills.
High numbers of wild turkey, pheasant, rabbit, quail and other small game animals also inhabit the nearby wilderness. Additionally, we live close to a several thousand-acre lake brimming with massive schools of white perch and freshwater mussels. Finally, huge flocks of Canadian geese hang around for most of the year. Overall, meat would not be a problem, come the apocalypse.
Last year we grew tomatoes. This year I plan to grow green peppers and other vegetables and to can them. The woods around here are also full of various edible mushrooms, including chicken of the woods. There are wild onions, wild garlic, wild strawberries, mulberries, fox grapes and lots and lots of wild raspberry bushes. After local farmers harvest their corn, there's always plenty of ears left on the ground, which, when ground up could be used to make cornmeal and bread. Beyond all of that, we purchased hundreds of canned soups, vegetables, fruits and the like this past year, on multiple shopping sprees to local supermarkets. We also stocked up on large bags of flour, beans and rice. If the apocalypse comes, even a short, regional one then we should be good to go, provided starving neighbors leave us alone . . .
I had considered buying up a few cases of military issue MREs for a bit of extra food security but the prices since 2020 were going a bit haywire, and frankly I ate enough of that crap in the Army. Something else I think about quite often is the massive food distribution warehouse down the mountain from our home, in the valley. Someone who worked there told us all about the incredible amount of dry and frozen goods stored there at any given time. I imagine, in a real pinch, we could run food scavenging missions there, although we'd likely run into others with the same idea.
The way I see it, food hoarding is both blessing and curse. If shit ever truly hits the fan on even a regional level, it is very likely those people surrounding us who never thought to stock up could very likely decide to go "shopping" at their neighbors' homes and pantries. The more people who know you've got a food stockpile, the more risk you'll face.
The SHTF paradigm or strategy I've devised for my family is a careful combination or balance between stockpiling and waiting it out and taking what we can carry and staying mobile. Crazy as it sounds, I've even made a routine out of keeping my eye on large properties for sale in the area and along evacuation routes, places currently unoccupied where my family could hunker down for a few days while on the move to greener pastures.
Overall, I personally believe the most difficult SHTF decision to make will be whether or not to stay on our property and "ride" it out, or attempt egress out of the immediate danger zone. I run all manner of apocalyptic scenarios on a weekly basis, ever since COVID kicked off. At this rate, I'll likely be "gaming" apocalyptic scenarios until we're too old to worry about that sort of thing.
