Long Term Food Storage Brands

[Dixie Dude]

Has anyone tried different brands of long term food storage products like Mountain House or Wise foods.
I've seen the buckets and No. 10 cans advertised.  Even Sam's club on line as a years supply of food for two for about $3,000.
 
I didn't want to invest in something that had a lot of stuff that didn't taste right, etc. 
 
Has anyone tasted the products?  Which is best?  Should I buy the bulk stuff or should I just buy certain items?  I already have beans and rice stored, and we currently rotate canned goods.  We have never bought the whole wheat to store.  My wife has bought 10# bags of flour, vacuum sealed it, and put them in the freezer.  I just think the freezer should be used for meat hunted, fished, or some garden vegetables.  We might start canning soon also.   We have canned before back in the 70's, but haven't lately due to the time it takes. 

[SHOOTALL]

Marketing ! This crap started with Y2K or a bit before .
Do like our grand parents , they canned for a year every year. We don't need to can but we can buy food and rotate our supply. Why buy tons of untried food with enough chemicals to keep it from turning to rot ? Do you want to change your diet if something happens ? Better to build up supplies of what you use everyday. Have a few of the grab and go buckets if you see a need . A few MRE's but remember MRE's are not good as a steady diet . If you have a cabin or such just exchange the goods on visits every so often. Sams Club sells canned goods in case lots just start buying them and building a stock pile . Do it over a period of time so you don't have all the food dated to expire at the same time. Water , a few cases of water and a supply that can be filtered if need be.
Durable work cloths that won't draw attention is also a good idea as are good boots or other foot ware. Don't tell everyone or draw attention.
 Mormons make great neighbors as the churchs often buy in bulk and the members buy and can what they need . Often they are willing to share with others and help you can . Yep I had a good family as a neighbor once.
 
Check out Yoda farms . they have some interesting canned goods for sale.

[Dixie Dude]

I guess the only real long term storage item I would be interested in is wheat.  Flour doesn't keep long term for some reason.  Whole wheat does.  Rice and dry beans keep.  Most of the long term food on the sites is freeze dried and sealed in pouches or buckets.  You must add water.  We tried some Mountain house pouches from Wal-mart and it wasn't very tasty.  Wise sells stuff that all you do is add hot water in the pouch and you have like a casserole, stew, or soup.  All of it from freeze dried stuff.  I've also read that canned goods can last a lot longer than the usual 2 years, but might loose color or some vitamens.  Canned stuff has been found in WWII bunkers in England that was still good.  Friends ate K or C rations in Vietnam that were made in WWII.  I however like the idea of 15-25 year shelf life for the freeze dried goods. 

[bilmac]

Compared to things like rice and beans, the freeze dried stuff is horribly expensive. You could put gobs of dry stuff like these in storeage for the price of just a little freeze dry.

[SHOOTALL]

Cheaper than dirt has alot of what you are seeking from MRE's to buckets of freeze dried food to speical water filters and food storage buckets. Check them out they are rated as to years of storage.

[Dixie Dude]

My senario is Federal government bankrupcy and failure causing hyper inflation from fiat money printed to pay for their debt.  So, I just wanted some long term food storage, but wanted something that I don't mind eating.  Wheat, rice, beans, and peas dried aren't too bad.  Other vegetables and meats, don't know about, and didn't want it tasting like cardboard.  Dried noodles and spagetti noodles aren't bad.  Dried bananas and some fruits aren't bad.  Just wondering what this long term food tastes like if someone has tried it. 
 
Thanks,

[SHOOTALL]

Some was good other tasted like cardboard. Do like the soilders who use MRE's carry a bottle of hot sauce to give it flavor. I get canned hams and have then every so often . We lose power quite often for a week or more . We store food for such times. Canning was invented for long trips on ships and military use.

[Ranger99]

i haven't had any mountain house
in the last 20 years or so, but what i had
was really good. though i can't see spending
what it would take to put up a stockpile of
it. as far as taste, if your're half starved,
taste is kind of irrelevant. i'd just want something
to fuel the engine. the mre's i've had were
pretty good considering they came out
of a bag.


don't forget a supply of multi-vitamins when
putting up your stores.

[Ranger99]

i use a lot of oatmeal too.
very nutritious for what it is.
stores pretty good too.


yall already know about my record
with the rice and beans. . .