That's the thing. Keep a few extra of shelf stable food items you'll actually use normally and rotate them. Less things wasted. Don't stock food you'd not normally eat, or you'll be tossing it when it's too far past the expiration date.
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Being Prepared Without Being a Prepper
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That's the thing. Keep a few extra of shelf stable food items you'll actually use normally and rotate them. Less things wasted. Don't stock food you'd not normally eat, or you'll be tossing it when it's too far past the expiration date.
There is actually a lot of good information and basic kit information here.
www.ready.gov
www.redcross.org
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We all like beans & rice , typical here. So we keep large bags of both. Buy more when it gets half way. That and jerky are the only food items you could call prep meals here. There’s deer, rabbit,squirrel, birds,etc…. all over
Add honey. It lasts forever, no expiration date and very useful medicinally and obviously for food.
Naw, I was just playin .
Canned food will last way past the expiration date in most cases.
Those are merely the dates that the food will be best by the manufacturers recommendation.
As long as the cans aren't damaged and are stored in a controlled and dry environment they should last well past that printed date.
It's still a good idea to keep your stock rotated and to use the older foods first but just because they're a few weeks or even months out of date doesn't mean they're not eatable.
If you open the can and and it looks good and smells good it in all probability is good.
I’m down. No problem with canned goods. My Paw In Law taught me to can sausage (1 of the 6 food groups) . Man… that stuff lasts a Long time with proper storage. And Dang if it ain’t GOOD.
The wife’s a carnivore now (that felt funny typing) . I like wild fruit & veggies along with my protein. They’re Everywhere.
Definitely batteries. I keep solar chargers in all of my bags so sometimes I over look batteries. One advantage of the new Duracell flashlights is that they are dual power. They have a rechargeable fuel cell and can also run on batteries. I'll add the other things also. thanks
