For the algorithm: Bear over at Bear Independent once calculated that 750 pounds of either corn, beans, wheat or rice would have enough calories (not macros) to keep a military aged male alive for a year. An Army logistics paper I read said 7 gallons of water per troop per day for drinking, hygeine and maintenance in a humid environment (like summer in the South). Do the math for your family members, dogs, hogs and chickens who aren't 200 pound men, but do have to eat. Lay in Nutrient Survival (good stuff) for its purposes: in your pack, as a change from beans and rice, etc The Good Book says He wins in the End. Doesn't say it will be easy or fun.
Yup, takes about 3 of the smaller packs of this stuff to fill me up for a meal, very low on calories (small servings) but the flavor is great on these, and its has tons of nutrients. :) Great for filling in the gaps.
My understanding is that Bear said 75lbs combined of all four items per month, which breaks down to about 19lbs of each. The reason is that when cooked together or consumed in the same day one item works in concert with another as a complimentary protein e.g. beans/rice
Nice! Yep, I call it emergency food, not survival food. Get a lot of the Mountain House and Alpineaire ones, they have more GF options (not a choice for me sadly), if Nutrient expanded their options to include more of those I'd be all over it. Stowaway Gourmet is also a nice choice, they're definitely bougie for E-meals/ Hiking meals though heheh. Other items I recommend: - Idahoan brand stuff (mashed potatoes and soups are their thing in large) - Wyler's Soup mixes (adding fresh meats to them is cash money) - General stock of Canned and Jarred goods (kind of a no brainer lol), everything from veggies to fish and chicken, usually have a couple years shelf life - 100% have a garden if you can
They always tell you to add too much water! Just add the word "soup" to the end of whatever you're supposed to be eating and the directions will be perfect
I use this system religiously EVERY trip to the store. Over time I have gained at least a years worth of dish soap, body wash, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, paper towels and 10 of the 48 hour freeze dried survival boxes for a family of 4....which is decent since it's just me. It started as pandemic prepping and became a SOLID set of emergency supplies to compliment all this stored water I have. I've scaled back my buying to one item per trip, the way I see it, if SHTF, I'm screwed anyway if things don't settle in 3 or 4 months. With my health I won't be able to sustain myself beyond a year off grid, assuming lack of medicine doesn't get me in 3 months. A years supply of everything I need should be plenty, as of now I'm buying only freeze dried meals. I'm no grunt or elite prepper, but I'm trying.
The meal packs are packaged perfectly for each individual person… Taste good for breakfast / lunch / dinner I have two year supply of 4 Patriots in the 3 month container boxes
The tuna packs are my go to food. I'm constantly rotating my stock just with my regular consumption. I have some #10 cans of Mountain House but they take up a lot of space. Growing food is a impossibility for now.
Us Preppers have to Stock food in Various Tiers: #1 is overall Caloric Intake, many "Survival Food" Brands advertise grossly underlist the Caloric content per "serving size" Estimate: 180lb Man for 2500-3500 calories Per Day, depending on activity level. 2. Store extra the foods you actually eat everyday that store well and rotate by Expiration/Use By dates. When go shopping, instead of 1 buy 2, this stretches out costs. 3. Foods that are premade, precooked, ready to Eat like MRE's, potted meats, meals in cans-foil packs for BOBs, and Get home bags where you can't or dont want to start fires to have to boil and reconstitute your freeze dried/dehydrated food packs. You also need large amounts of extra water to eat them, if you eat large amounts dry, they will horrendously constipate you by sucking the water out your GI tract, which will quickly be a problem. Save those for homesteads, safe secluded base camps etc 4. During actual Bugging Out/Long Recon/Patrols: Buy, pack 'Eat on the Go' foods/snacks: jerky, pemmican, trail-mixes, nuts, honey based treats, Clif Bars, Energy/Protein bars, that you can easily pullout and eat while moving, taking water/foot check breaks, etc. 5. Layered/Tiered food stores: A. Foods you regularly eat (This should be the bulk of your survival pantry) B. Foods Ready To Eat (No extra water, fires, boiling) for Bugging out, Getting Home, Long Covert/overt Patrols, Patrol Bases (No fires, MRE heater type only) C. Long Term Freeze-Dried, Dehydrated foods for tasty variety in more secure locations, homesteads, etc. D. Snacks on the go while moving, brief breaks while Bugging Out, Patrolling, Recon, etc. KEEP ON PREPPING!
I got on the 20% off monthly recurring order plan at Nutrient Survival months ago. I also like Mountain House, and have bought quite a bit of the number 10 cans, and pouches. I see dark clouds on the horizon.
The single packets are awesome for throwing in your backpack, quality food as well. NS is a great company that is very in touch with their customer base.
C-Rat ham & eggs are superior to any other option of its type. The other meals? It's up to the individual. I just bought instant coffee packets from Blackout Coffee. I have a small garden and plenty of canned food.
C-Rat ham and eggs...that brings back some memories. That and a couple of cookies and I was in heaven. I didn't realize just how heavy they were until I started backpacking with the Mountain House stuff.
I have been growing a garden in my parents backyard (i don't have any land of my own current, just an 8" diameter pot i am contemplating on what to plant in) and have been decently successful I am growing peas, green beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts carrots, radishes, and abit more, in addition to stuff already growing and what my parents have planted If your soil is bad, i recommend for you to grow nitrogen fixers (peas and beans, and ideally sea buckthorns in addition) and radishes (these do add nutrients to the soil and are honestly quick and easy to grow) in addition to the obvious of starting compost For meat, i recommend starting with chickens for eggs and rabbits for meat
Freeze dried stuff is the last tier in my emergency food plan and I had to switch some things up after learning we have a gluten allergy in the family. (went away from all the pre made meals , spaghetti, lasagne, stroganoff etc) and now buy individual ingredients that I can make meals out of. The overall food quality , storage life, as well as variety of what I can do with them has made freeze dried foods a realistic option in my supplies using this approach.
I keep a couple days worth of freezer dried food in my vehicle. Nutrient Survival has a pretty good "go bag" with 48-72 hour rations. I also supplement Mountain House meals with Nutrient Survival rations.
I have a bunch of Nutrient survival, some wise (black package), mountain house and Happy Yak. None of this stuff is going to be confused with Michelin star food, but serves the intended purpose. One caution to be aware of, many brands have high levels of sodium! While not so bad if your activities have you sweating heavily, if not, it can be an issue. If shtf, proper nutrition and vitamins can be hard to get. This stuff really fills out the need.
The coffee is interesting. If you plan on feeding many people for an extended period I would suggest a freeze drier. Nothing needs to go in the food but what you put there . Rotisserie chicken from Sam’s taste just like you brought it home. I’ve heard they’re a good company. We just chose a different route about the time Mr. Potato Head assumed the throne . Actually was a coincidence. Their packaging system is much better in saving / utilizing space though . Good video. Have a good one
We pick up cans of stew, pasta etc we keep track of the dates on the cans and if we haven’t eaten it we donate it to the local food bank before it expires so it doesn’t go to waste
I go with Mountain house and Peak Refuel for freeze dried stuff. I have been buying 2 or 3 every time i get paid for the last couple years. Ive got over 200 pouches now and no stopping til i cant buy em anymore.....plus my canned food stock and all my basics like flour and sugar that i have vacuum sealed. Im set for around a year maybe more for me and the wife plus our 3 kids and shooting for 2
Longs drugs had rice on sale so I bought three 15 pound bag cheap! Freeze dry fruit lady @ Sunday Volcano farmers market here sells freeze dry fruit in Mylar bags. Papaya, banana chips dipped in Lilikoi, & white pineapple! Yum.
Something else to throw in your ruck, especially if not a coffee drinker, chicken bouillon cubes. A couple of cubes in hot water and you have chicken soup. If you're chilled, the comfort this provides is just amazing. And the cubes weigh next to nothing and very little space.
Whenever I have this conversation with someone I always ask them if they've ever calculated how much salt they would be consuming from F.D. foods to get 3k daily . Those 'year's supply' offerings usually end up being about 1400 cals/day - which is a starvation diet.
Cool. The key is to start building a stockpile. Too many people think that you have to plunk down a ton of money in one go. Nope. Just keep adding to the pile one handful at a time.
Very little reason not to stock up on multivitamin pills too, they're cheap, last a good amount of time and the vast majority of people are deficient in something, maybe not entirely but to some degree. Powdered stuff sucks but it's edible and if you need something it lasts forever. Sugar, salt and vinegar also are worth stocking though you need a lot for anything beyond making things taste, dehydrating or pickling take a lot but you can air dry meat and such too. For that matter condiments and spices are worth it as well, some change to your daily ration of powdered eggs does wonders.
Apply the same method to beer.....when you go to the store don't buy just one 15 pack buy a second 15 pack....this way you always have an emergency supply of adult beverages on hand 🍻🍻
My head is spinning around like an OWL so much is happening. I purchase extra food and freeze dried food as money allows. I figured freeze dried food for bad garden years. 👍
Carbs are for when you don't meat and fat. So since I always have those things around there's no need. You might get away with it for a long time, depending, but to put simply, I have folks around me that have all sorts of aliments that it would help. It's as easy to store and cheap as anything. Fat is about $2 a pound.
@@stupidityonly478 "...but coffee will be worth more than cigarettes..." I've never heard anybody say that they'd kill for a cup of coffee like I've heard with cigs.
Toothbrush. Toothpaste. See yr dentist regularly. Rotate stock. Hand tools and sharpeners. How to make, how to grow... Not started yet? Catch up - Now! Complacency Kills. 😬
Ive got four ten day buckets from nutrient survival so far. Im on a subscription so im just gonna make sure to keep money in the account so they can just keep automatically coming in the mail as it has been. Thats not the only food I've been getting though. I don't suspect we have much time before things get to bad for anyone to ignore and I'm pretty late to the game so im ramping things up. Im even about to buy my first property. The people there seem to be very 'm'ur-kuh so I think it'll be cool. Im working on kit for rucking and for combat, but since this is P.A., and Im on felon status with the law for being a f*ckin idiot, I have to adapt and work around that. Regardless of that though, I'm getting there.
Always test your field food at home first. Last thing you want in the field is to lose your body fluids by your a'hole. Also look into rice water to stop diarrhea.
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For the algorithm:
Bear over at Bear Independent once calculated that 750 pounds of either corn, beans, wheat or rice would have enough calories (not macros) to keep a military aged male alive for a year. An Army logistics paper I read said 7 gallons of water per troop per day for drinking, hygeine and maintenance in a humid environment (like summer in the South). Do the math for your family members, dogs, hogs and chickens who aren't 200 pound men, but do have to eat.
Lay in Nutrient Survival (good stuff) for its purposes: in your pack, as a change from beans and rice, etc
The Good Book says He wins in the End. Doesn't say it will be easy or fun.
Yup, takes about 3 of the smaller packs of this stuff to fill me up for a meal, very low on calories (small servings) but the flavor is great on these, and its has tons of nutrients. :) Great for filling in the gaps.
My understanding is that Bear said 75lbs combined of all four items per month, which breaks down to about 19lbs of each. The reason is that when cooked together or consumed in the same day one item works in concert with another as a complimentary protein e.g. beans/rice
Well done, Gentlemen. Outstanding!
Nice!
Yep, I call it emergency food, not survival food. Get a lot of the Mountain House and Alpineaire ones, they have more GF options (not a choice for me sadly), if Nutrient expanded their options to include more of those I'd be all over it. Stowaway Gourmet is also a nice choice, they're definitely bougie for E-meals/ Hiking meals though heheh.
Other items I recommend:
- Idahoan brand stuff (mashed potatoes and soups are their thing in large)
- Wyler's Soup mixes (adding fresh meats to them is cash money)
- General stock of Canned and Jarred goods (kind of a no brainer lol), everything from veggies to fish and chicken, usually have a couple years shelf life
- 100% have a garden if you can
They always tell you to add too much water! Just add the word "soup" to the end of whatever you're supposed to be eating and the directions will be perfect
I use this system religiously EVERY trip to the store. Over time I have gained at least a years worth of dish soap, body wash, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, paper towels and 10 of the 48 hour freeze dried survival boxes for a family of 4....which is decent since it's just me. It started as pandemic prepping and became a SOLID set of emergency supplies to compliment all this stored water I have. I've scaled back my buying to one item per trip, the way I see it, if SHTF, I'm screwed anyway if things don't settle in 3 or 4 months. With my health I won't be able to sustain myself beyond a year off grid, assuming lack of medicine doesn't get me in 3 months. A years supply of everything I need should be plenty, as of now I'm buying only freeze dried meals. I'm no grunt or elite prepper, but I'm trying.
Nutrient Survival
Peak Refuel
Mountain House
4 Patriots Survival Food
Tuna Foil Packs / Meat # 10 Cans /
Packaged non nitrate beef stick meats
Grown veggies / fruits / nuts / fish locally…
Multi Vitamin 2 + years worth on hand
How do you like 4 Patriots? I haven’t tried them yet.
The meal packs are packaged perfectly for each individual person…
Taste good for breakfast / lunch / dinner
I have two year supply of 4 Patriots in the 3 month container boxes
The tuna packs are my go to food. I'm constantly rotating my stock just with my regular consumption. I have some #10 cans of Mountain House but they take up a lot of space. Growing food is a impossibility for now.
@@longshot7601 Oooohh I’m right there with you!!
@@longshot7601Those tuna packets seem pretty fishy to me ...
Us Preppers have to Stock food in Various Tiers:
#1 is overall Caloric Intake, many "Survival Food" Brands advertise grossly underlist the Caloric content per "serving size"
Estimate: 180lb Man for 2500-3500 calories Per Day, depending on activity level.
2. Store extra the foods you actually eat everyday that store well and rotate by Expiration/Use By dates.
When go shopping, instead of 1 buy 2, this stretches out costs.
3. Foods that are premade, precooked, ready to Eat like MRE's, potted meats, meals in cans-foil packs for BOBs, and Get home bags where you can't or dont want to start fires to have to boil and reconstitute your freeze dried/dehydrated food packs. You also need large amounts of extra water to eat them, if you eat large amounts dry, they will horrendously constipate you by sucking the water out your GI tract, which will quickly be a problem. Save those for homesteads, safe secluded base camps etc
4. During actual Bugging Out/Long Recon/Patrols: Buy, pack 'Eat on the Go' foods/snacks: jerky, pemmican, trail-mixes, nuts, honey based treats, Clif Bars, Energy/Protein bars, that you can easily pullout and eat while moving, taking water/foot check breaks, etc.
5. Layered/Tiered food stores:
A. Foods you regularly eat (This should be the bulk of your survival pantry)
B. Foods Ready To Eat (No extra water, fires, boiling) for Bugging out, Getting Home, Long Covert/overt Patrols, Patrol Bases (No fires, MRE heater type only)
C. Long Term Freeze-Dried, Dehydrated foods for tasty variety in more secure locations, homesteads, etc.
D. Snacks on the go while moving, brief breaks while Bugging Out, Patrolling, Recon, etc.
KEEP ON PREPPING!
I made about 250,000 calories worth of pemmican, shelf stable for at least a decade. Nothin but fat, meat, berries, and seeds
I got on the 20% off monthly recurring order plan at Nutrient Survival months ago. I also like Mountain House, and have bought quite a bit of the number 10 cans, and pouches. I see dark clouds on the horizon.
The single packets are awesome for throwing in your backpack, quality food as well. NS is a great company that is very in touch with their customer base.
C-Rat ham & eggs are superior to any other option of its type. The other meals? It's up to the individual. I just bought instant coffee packets from Blackout Coffee. I have a small garden and plenty of canned food.
C-Rat ham and eggs...that brings back some memories. That and a couple of cookies and I was in heaven. I didn't realize just how heavy they were until I started backpacking with the Mountain House stuff.
I love that tiger stripe camo. It's my favorite 😍
A realistic and common sense approach. Well done.
I have been growing a garden in my parents backyard (i don't have any land of my own current, just an 8" diameter pot i am contemplating on what to plant in) and have been decently successful
I am growing peas, green beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts carrots, radishes, and abit more, in addition to stuff already growing and what my parents have planted
If your soil is bad, i recommend for you to grow nitrogen fixers (peas and beans, and ideally sea buckthorns in addition) and radishes (these do add nutrients to the soil and are honestly quick and easy to grow) in addition to the obvious of starting compost
For meat, i recommend starting with chickens for eggs and rabbits for meat
The Quake 2 soundtrack at end catch me of guard.
Mountain House is really good, and they're light too, good for camping
Freeze dried stuff is the last tier in my emergency food plan and I had to switch some things up after learning we have a gluten allergy in the family. (went away from all the pre made meals , spaghetti, lasagne, stroganoff etc) and now buy individual ingredients that I can make meals out of. The overall food quality , storage life, as well as variety of what I can do with them has made freeze dried foods a realistic option in my supplies using this approach.
I keep a couple days worth of freezer dried food in my vehicle. Nutrient Survival has a pretty good "go bag" with 48-72 hour rations.
I also supplement Mountain House meals with Nutrient Survival rations.
I have a bunch of Nutrient survival, some wise (black package), mountain house and Happy Yak. None of this stuff is going to be confused with Michelin star food, but serves the intended purpose. One caution to be aware of, many brands have high levels of sodium! While not so bad if your activities have you sweating heavily, if not, it can be an issue. If shtf, proper nutrition and vitamins can be hard to get. This stuff really fills out the need.
I'm going to start ordering Nutrient survival. I'm so limited on money but I think these products are probably the best especially for when SHTF.
You have excellent taste in interior decorating.
The coffee is interesting. If you plan on feeding many people for an extended period I would suggest a freeze drier. Nothing needs to go in the food but what you put there . Rotisserie chicken from Sam’s taste just like you brought it home. I’ve heard they’re a good company. We just chose a different route about the time Mr. Potato Head assumed the throne . Actually was a coincidence. Their packaging system is much better in saving / utilizing space though . Good video. Have a good one
We pick up cans of stew, pasta etc we keep track of the dates on the cans and if we haven’t eaten it we donate it to the local food bank before it expires so it doesn’t go to waste
I go with Mountain house and Peak Refuel for freeze dried stuff. I have been buying 2 or 3 every time i get paid for the last couple years. Ive got over 200 pouches now and no stopping til i cant buy em anymore.....plus my canned food stock and all my basics like flour and sugar that i have vacuum sealed. Im set for around a year maybe more for me and the wife plus our 3 kids and shooting for 2
Longs drugs had rice on sale so I bought three 15 pound bag cheap! Freeze dry fruit lady @ Sunday Volcano farmers market here sells freeze dry fruit in Mylar bags. Papaya, banana chips dipped in Lilikoi, & white pineapple! Yum.
Something else to throw in your ruck, especially if not a coffee drinker, chicken bouillon cubes. A couple of cubes in hot water and you have chicken soup. If you're chilled, the comfort this provides is just amazing. And the cubes weigh next to nothing and very little space.
I’ve been using nutrient survival for years now it’s good stuff, unlike most companies it’s not empty calories.
Awesome 💯
You should look up Numanna, they have organic freeze dried stuff, no seed oils.
Whenever I have this conversation with someone I always ask them if they've ever calculated how much salt they would be consuming from F.D. foods to get 3k daily . Those 'year's supply' offerings usually end up being about 1400 cals/day - which is a starvation diet.
love those food for survival 🤤🤤🤤
Just got a 3 month supply from my patriot supply. Going to build up a 1 year supply slowly.
Been wanting to try them but they won't give me free stuff 🤣
@@GruntProof😂😂😂 don’t give up
Cool. The key is to start building a stockpile. Too many people think that you have to plunk down a ton of money in one go. Nope. Just keep adding to the pile one handful at a time.
I have purchased and eaten 75% of a 3 month My Patriot - and I will tell you: you need to not put all your eggs in the my patriot basket.
@GruntProof I have purchased and eaten 75% of a 3 month My Patriot, and I will tell you: don't put all your eggs in the My patriot basket.
Very little reason not to stock up on multivitamin pills too, they're cheap, last a good amount of time and the vast majority of people are deficient in something, maybe not entirely but to some degree.
Powdered stuff sucks but it's edible and if you need something it lasts forever.
Sugar, salt and vinegar also are worth stocking though you need a lot for anything beyond making things taste, dehydrating or pickling take a lot but you can air dry meat and such too.
For that matter condiments and spices are worth it as well, some change to your daily ration of powdered eggs does wonders.
You should try out Peak Refuel its similar to the Mountain house dehydrated meals but almost 2x more calories and Protein
Apply the same method to beer.....when you go to the store don't buy just one 15 pack buy a second 15 pack....this way you always have an emergency supply of adult beverages on hand 🍻🍻
3 months of food with activity....90,000 calories.
30lbs rice, 30lbs beans, 90 cans of sardines....done for $250
Any input on stockpiling antibiotics & other drugs?
Try pressure canning. It's not as intimidating as it appears. Warning highly addictive 😂. Most importantly- you know what is in your food
My head is spinning around like an OWL so much is happening. I purchase extra food and freeze dried food as money allows. I figured freeze dried food for bad garden years. 👍
Play Harvest Right Freeze dryer commercial now. Get a million calories stored up PER PERSON for 1 year, minimum. CARRY ON!!!
Spam instant potatoes canned chili and ramen. You can buy 3 months of food in one trip all for less than $300
Carbs are for when you don't meat and fat. So since I always have those things around there's no need. You might get away with it for a long time, depending, but to put simply, I have folks around me that have all sorts of aliments that it would help. It's as easy to store and cheap as anything. Fat is about $2 a pound.
Whey proteín and peanut butter
I like Mountain house or my patriot. Dont drink coffee.
You may not drink it, but coffee will be worth more than cigarettes when that day comes.
@@stupidityonly478 like Copenhagen in the field
@@stupidityonly478 "...but coffee will be worth more than cigarettes..."
I've never heard anybody say that they'd kill for a cup of coffee like I've heard with cigs.
@@CombatVetx3 Ooooh. I forgot about those. Going to have to get a couple of sleeves of those. I also heard the vets talking about Zyns a lot.
@@stupidityonly478 cigarettes and alcohol will be at the very the top of
Where are you guys finding the Tiger stripe button down shirts? I can't find them anywhere, thanks great vid
Do those taste better than MREs?
No. MREs are expensive but not having to cook your food is an asset, especially in the field.
MREs have a shorter shelf life. the freeze dried foods you can store and forget about, just make sure that critters can't get to it.
Toothbrush. Toothpaste.
See yr dentist regularly.
Rotate stock.
Hand tools and sharpeners.
How to make,
how to grow...
Not started yet?
Catch up - Now!
Complacency Kills. 😬
Ive got four ten day buckets from nutrient survival so far. Im on a subscription so im just gonna make sure to keep money in the account so they can just keep automatically coming in the mail as it has been. Thats not the only food I've been getting though. I don't suspect we have much time before things get to bad for anyone to ignore and I'm pretty late to the game so im ramping things up. Im even about to buy my first property. The people there seem to be very 'm'ur-kuh so I think it'll be cool. Im working on kit for rucking and for combat, but since this is P.A., and Im on felon status with the law for being a f*ckin idiot, I have to adapt and work around that. Regardless of that though, I'm getting there.
I'm looking for Nutriant Survival to make an instant Mopey Pie.
I think they expect you to take said amount of water and boil it for 10 minutes before combining.
How do you manage away from your family?¿?
Always test your field food at home first. Last thing you want in the field is to lose your body fluids by your a'hole. Also look into rice water to stop diarrhea.
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Just buy a jar of multivitamins
That brand is really expensive
They all are. You're paying for convenience
I wait for the sales.