I gotta share an old experience with Beenie Weenies. Back in the mid-70s I shared a crappy apartment with another fellow. We both worked at the same place. The heat worked a few days for the winter of 76 in southern Ohio. We got paid weekly but would run out of food (and money) by Wed night or mid-Thursday. We would take bottles (2 cent deposit) and what literal change we might have to get something to eat. If it wasn't ketchup or mayonnaise sandwiches, it was usually a few cans of Beenie Weenies. Eaten cold because we didn't have propane for the stove. The fridge didn't work either. So after a winter of way too many cold BWs I moved on. Years later I'm going through Army Basic Training. C-Rats were still the thing. We head out early in the morning for our 12-mile road march. We stop for breakfast and the DIs plop down a few cases of C-Rats. I was excited because I would finally get to try Cs. We couldn't choose and had to take what was handed to us. What did I find when I opened the box? Freaking cold Beenie Weenies!
I'll try to add one better. Back around 69 or so a buddy got married. He was draft age so finding a decent job was nearly impossible. Best he could do was working nights at a gas station. He told me he and his wife ran out of money and food but he managed to scrape together enough to buy a sack of potatoes. So they ate nothing but potatoes for a week until he got a paycheck. Now for me, I love raw potatoes. I prefer them that way over cooked.
Funny! More experienced military folks know that as soon as the boxes get taken out of the case, the bartering begins. You have something in your box that someone else will trade for. And squad leaders should make sure everyone gets a different box each time.
You made me realize I need more one pot meals. I have a lot of the individual ingredient types but, less of the one pot meals. I'm changing up my grocery list for the next trip. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Hello Lori D One pot meals are good to have, but not to the exclusion of the others. We need a good balance I think and if you are cooking for several people, then those individual types can be mixed and create your own favorite meal. Thank you Lori D for watching. It makes me happy that people enjoy the videos and you are welcome!
To your suggestions, I would add tea because it doesn't need to be ground (like coffee) and can be put in a glass jar to make "sun tea" if you have no heat. Sadly, it requires a LOT of sugar. Drinking only water gets old quickly, and powdered sports-drink mix is a solution. We will need multivitamins because there won't be a lot of fresh greens. I definitely recommend (order on-line) Enso superfoods Supergreens; it arrives in what I think is a Mylar bag. Mixed in a chocolate-shake, it turns into a mint-chocolate shake. In a pinch, hot chocolate powder, sweetened condensed milk, and water plus Supergreens would do it. It can be mixed with just water, but not as much fun.
Yes, but try to get enough calories out of tomato cans to survive. 35 kcal/100g means for 2500 kcal you need to eat more than 7 kg of canned tomatoes per day - good luck with that. With baked beans in tomato sauce you get about three times the calories (100 kcal/100g) and three times the proteines. So you should pick. But of course, If you have enough, variety is great and if you are hungry, something is better than nothing. And - if you think of long time storage - shelflife is important.
Thanks for sharing about one pot meals: I had thought they were off limit because of sodium and other preservatives, but realistically thinking, Survival Food needs to be calorically dense. I like how you broke the different types of canned foods down and then rated them within each category.
Hello Dana Cooper, You are welcome. I think we all need some quick, easy, and high calorie foods for highly tense situations. Then also we can focus on foods with better nutrition. Thank you for watching.
That's a good breakdown for different ideas. I think of survival food maybe a little differently, I prepare for a Venezuela type situation, where it is very difficult to get meat, milk, and basic necessities. I will be able to make my own bread, and have plenty of cans of different meats, vegetables, and things I usually expect to buy regularly. I'm glad that you mentioned the ravioli type canned meals, that made me feel more confident that I haven't been adding stupid stuff to my stash. There are also a lot of really hearty soups out there, great by themselves or over some rice or noodles.
Hello fin59shaw, We could be heading for a Venezuela type situation here at some point. Good that you can make your own bread. A skill I am afraid a lot of people don't have, nor the ingredients to make it. Ravioli is pretty good right out of the can. I don't eat it that way but I have a time or two. Thank you for watching.
My main preps are no cook foods and a vast majority is corned beef, spam and bakes beans . Easy to eat and you know where you are with them . I have other stuff but the ones I said are my main preps . My baked beans are all low suger and salt type .
I have around a thousand cans of meats and vegetables in my pantry but there's one thing I don't keep. Regardless of what you hear about can's being good often for years past the use by date I've had can after can of fruit fail before the use by date. It's summer right now and the pantry is 77 degrees at 50% humidity. No reason for cans to puff up but the fruit is the only ones doing this. Of course if you're turning over your stock frequently it will be okay but I'd be leery of getting too many cans of fruit and trying to store them for a long period. I'm going to make a couple of suggestions. If you have the room get some of those roll around steel shelving units for around a $100. One four foot by six food tall unit will easily hold a thousand cans and you can fill it from the back while using the cans from the front for using the older stuff first. Second. Get some good canning jars. Learn how to oven can dried foods. I have flours, cornmeal, grits, dehydrated hash browns, beans, pasta, rice and quite a few other foods. A bit of time in the oven and then a seal on the jars. As they cool they seal and you've already driven off the moisture in the jars so dried foods will last for many years in most cases.
Hi. This is helpful info, thank you! About storing boxed grits (the 5min kind) can I put them in a mason jar with a O2 absorber or dry vacuum the jar and store in pantry that way?
“Dump” recipes are a good idea. One pot meals with a few different cans dumped together maybe including rice or beans. Tends to make enough for a family.
I’d be too scared to try that lol. Kinda like adding a bunch of colors together but ending up with ‘mud’. Would love to see a video where someone does a dump! Seems like the best way to go in getting rid of stuff. Awesome the kids love it :D
I love to get the refried beans because I know I will use them in a variety of dishes, so they will get rotated through the pantry regularly. Plus, they are just so darn tasty.
Anything you can eat cold! Beany Weenies, Tuna, the pouch rice with beans, certain Campbell Soups, Crackers, Green Beans, Corn, Small Fruit Cups and Cans, Raisins. Stock and rotate. Oh yeah, TP!!
When researching beans for my prepper pantry, I was quite pleased to discover that a single can of baked beans perfectly satisfied me as a meal! I prefer mine with a line or two of yellow mustard mixed in. Their flavor can easily be enhanced to suit your pallette with routine spices...
Thanks for the info on the skipjack tuna. I had heard something about that in the past, and as usual it went in one ear and out the other. 🙄 Your mention of it got me looking more closely at the cans, and I am now buying chunk light (skipjack) tuna as well. And I too have to go through my older stock first, as you do. 😁
I have a very small menu for canned food, so it was easy for me to prep. Tuna, chicken, sardines, beef for the proteins and then just corn and green beans. My main prep is my cooking fuel and pastas, and of course a few ways to protect my investments.
Hello Mr. Faust, Keeping it simple on the foods is a good idea and having a way to protect one's investments is also a very good idea. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I see two areas I need to get more of. One pot meals and canned coconut milk. I also need to take inventory again and see if there’s something else I’m lacking in. Thank you for your directness and covering so many options.
I just started prepping because of the Ukraine war and this was very very helpful for me! Thank you so much! Definitely going to go and watch your other videos and subscribe now! Really hoping I see a video of to properly store items like salt, rice, pasta, flower etc etc that come in store bags.
Hello Akashia Bunker, I am happy you found the video helpful! You are welcome and thank you for subscribing! We are planning to begin a video series on proper food storage very soon.
I think a variety of canned foods that you will actually eat is the best. I agree with the one pot meals in terms of soups that have protein and veggies is best.
Totally agree with you 👍 I also have can spaghetti sauce with meat...baked pork n beans and yes stews and meaty soups 👍Buy what you will eat 😀👍 Great video
If your Mexican your gonna say beans is the best survival one believe me lol I know believe me , if your asian rice is the best bet ... Different cultures use different survival food according to their geography more than culture... luckily we have canned foods in the usa , a blessing that not many appreciate..
One thing I would add, watch the acidic foods like tomatoes, fruits, sauerkraut, etc. for can integrity. These foods will compromise the can quickly, especially if there’s some damage, or if stored in a damper place. If you want to keep these foods, rotate them out on a regular basis. They’re not bad foods to store, but you have to keep on top of them much more than the others.
My thinking is, condensed soups that can spice up dry rice and beans you cook first, then ad the condensed soup to. FYI, any canned goods containing acid, such as tomatoes, that acid will eat through the plastic lining and then the steel can in 5 -7 years. Even the sweetened condensed milk, the cans fail within 5 years or so. So make sure to rotate all of your canned goods so you use them up every few years to prevent the cans failing. Dry rice and beans, can last 20 - 30 + years to my knowledge.
If it comes in a can, I just get it so I can eat it right out of the can. I've been eating canned chili right out of the can since I was a little kid and as often as not for breakfast.
My wife and I are retired and empty nesters. Our kids are a couple hours away in different directions so we may have them in an emergency but probably not - especially the one daughter who is married to a rancher. For us two, though, we were both raised eating canned goods - not as preppers but just how our families ate. We know how to make a lot of meals by just combining cans. Chili is just a can of red beans, a can of Wolf's chili without beans, and a can of diced tomatoes. It doesn't need any flavorings or spices. We make bread and went for many years with never buying a store bread, making our own buns, sandwich loaves, everything. I had an injury to my neck and can't do the bread as much but that will eventually pass and we'll get back to baking. I have sourdough that is 3 years old right now and we'll keep using that as well as yeast breads. Always get your fruits with heavy syrup. If you don't need the sugar, pour it off, but having it available might be important. We do love the hearty soups and eat them regularly. Over all, what we have always known, always done, is eat what you buy and buy what you eat. I ate a lot of canned pastas as a kid but my wife never did so I keep just a few cans of that because I have to eat them alone. Most things we both eat so we can make better use of the cans when we open them. Consider that, things like our chili that takes 3 cans to make the meal, today we get two good meals out of it. If we knew we couldn't get more food but we had electricity, we would stretch that easily to three meals, but in the worst case, no refrigeration, we're opening three cans to make just one meal. That's just the way of it. I don't do facebook but it would be great to share recipes with other people using canned foods and other types that are typically stored for emergencies. We don't do much on the dehydrated as the cans come with their own water but dehydrated uses our water. We do like pasta, though, and we do the Knorr and similar one-package dehydrated side dishes. Throw a can of canned chicken or tuna in with what was a side dish and it becomes a meal.
Good breakdown. Canned foods are one facet of my overall food preps along with many other facets, and I agree with your rationale. 👍 When you first asked the question, my first thought was stew or soups with meat and vegetables for protein, nutrients, and fiber. Not so much on soups like corn chowder or creamy potato soup, as there's just not good overall nutritional value there. I don't store such soups for that reason, but they could be made better by enhancing them with dehydrated or freeze-dried meats and veges, but that's straying away from your initial topic of one can meals and something for a later discussion.
Hello Steve, Very realistic and a good idea for most soups. I agree about those type of soups, they need a little more added to them to be worthwhile and to make them a "one pot" meal. Thank you Steve for watching and sharing.
I try to minimize sugary or starchy foods that spike blood sugars and increase appetite. Many also have lower nutrients. If you are storing dry things like flour, rice, or pasta, you are already going to have more than enough insulin triggers in your food supply. If you can stay in a ketogenic state, rotating keto meals and fasting, you can live off of body fat for months but if you consume enough carbohydrates to shut down ketosis, you will lose that benefit until you get back to a keto and/or extended fasting mode. I'm not anti-carb and make loads of hardtack for a worst case scenario but ketosis can give you an early edge with reduced appetite, need for food, and steady stream of stable energy from body fat and really stretch your food supply.
Recently subscribed to your channel and it is worth it because you are precise and to the point. You also cover the subject thoroughly such as in your taste test video
*All of the above. I like beef occasionally for the iron. Salmon, sardines, beans(pintos are my fav but nutritionally garbanzos are amazing). I stay away from the viennas. Spam is ok. If I get potted meat I get the deviled ham. I generally get turkey chili to cut down on fat, but like I mentioned, beef has that much needed iron. Those raviolis are just too many empty carbs not enough protein.
You're making a mistake by reducing fat. You want as much fat as possible for nutrition and energy plus fat is better at keeping you feeling satiated. In a situation where food is scarce you want as many calories as you can find and fat is a great source. It's not unhealthy for you as long as you're not overeating or eating a lot of carbs.
@@71160000 I'm not adverse to fat, but beef fat can have some pretty adverse effects on your cardiovascular system. I'm all for good fats. And protein keeps you satiated as well. That's why eggs are such a good breakfast food! I probably eat 4-5 eggs a day(boiled) to get my protein intake at the level I want. As someone who lifts that is important. I also love my omega 3s! Thanks for the comment.
I bought white bags in Walmart craft department, made meals in a bags for emergencies. I have 14 for a two week emergency. I keep them in two totes check every three months or just rotate by sampling. That way I find which one we really like.
I am new to the whole prepper ideology, We do have some canned foods/meats in our pantry.(love sardines, salmon and tuna, chicken) Looking to expand what we have. We are an older couple, both retired, just the two of us. How much would you suggest we put aside? We do have chickens, have deer that roam our property, but of course in shtf and no power, preservation would be a problem.
Hello Sue Piringer, I recommend 1,000,000 calories per person per year. That is an average of course. For specifics on the amount you can track your calorie intake for a week or perhaps two weeks and go from there. As for how much should be a particular type of food or a particular way of storage is going to vary greatly depending on each persons/family abilities and skill level. Of course when it comes to canned food, it is more expensive than dry food (beans, rice, flour, wheat, oats, etc), but is much easier to use when the time comes that you will need it. I know this isn't a real specific answer, but I hope it helps some. Also, I have a video about the number of calories ruclips.net/video/FToaq6ke_xw/видео.html that might help. Thank you for watching.
Store the canned food that you regularly eat. Does it really make sense to store a bunch of canned fish if you don't regularly eat fish? No of course not. Second criteria you should use after canned food you regularly eat is canned food that has the longest expiry period and that is still edible after that expiration date. Now this is just my findings, you do your own research. Chef Boyardee products do not survive beyond their best before/expiry date. Mandarin oranges do not do well after best before/expiry date. Most standard soups do, Campbells tomato, chicken noodle, vegetable, beef barley, etc. do very well. Also peanut butter and Nutella, so long as you store them upside down, will last at least 1-2 years after best before/expiry date.
Hello HRH TreeofLife, No cook foods will come in very handy at some point! You might need to re-package some of those if you are keeping them long term. Thank you for watching!
Yeah anything tomato based isn't going to last as long so the same goes for chili. A can of spam on the other hand will outlive the earth. It just has so much salt in it and as long as you can fry it up then it's not terrible. Tons of calories, fat, protein. No heat option would be tuna, herring or vienna sausages for me.
I will have a video about shelf life very soon, but in the meantime you can check this link out: ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-long-can-you-keep-canned-goods#:~:text=High%20acid%20foods%20such%20as,place%20they%20are%20safe%20indefinitely.
I have been disappointed too many times by mandarin oranges in cans from several different suppliers. Conversely mandarin oranges in glass jars have a good track record without finding a single dud. Prices vary greatly in jars.
turkey dinner. get canned Turkey Spam, then all your fixing, canned and boxed, like yams, cranberry suace, green beans, idahoan instant potato pouch, turkey gravey packet and a box of stove top turkey dressing. Cook it all up, you have a turkey dinner out while camping in July, no refridgerator needed. Ive resreached hundreds of ways to have meals from canned foods. For instance those rice packets which say 90 seconds in a microwave...no microwave in your hunting blind? Relax, boil a large pot of water and drop tha bag in let it heat up for a few minutes. You can boill heat a lot of canned foods this way too and save the water for next meal. with a added bonus, this boiled water can keep hot for quite a while so its good for heating your hunter blind tent some in conjunction with your my buddy heater. This is actually an Icefishing tip also.
Interesting to know about the potential difference in mercury content of canned tuna. I steered away from the chunk light because every brand has "vegetable broth" as an ingredient. Some brands specify and say "vegetable broth(soy)". I don't know how I feel about that for sure, but Albacore tuna, with most brands is simply tuna, water, salt. I may have to think about chunk light again, though.
Hello Vickie Frakes, I like Sardines a lot. I like them in nearly any "flavoring", but I try to stay away from the ones packed in vegetable oils, and get the ones in Olive Oil. Thank you for watching and sharing.
Studies in Denmark, Norway and Sverie have shown that farmed salmon contain more omega 3- 6 and 12 in wild salmon and nutrient so are beter, they contain less mercury to.. . The same goes for canned mackerel, which generally contains more nutrition than freshly caught fish. One of the reasons for this is that the fish come canned when they are at their fattest. and thus gives more nering into a trapped outside prima sasong.. Rember Nordic countries eat lot of fish
I have watched a number of your videos but haven"t seen summer sausage mentioned much. What is your opinion on Summer Sausage and how long would it last without refridgeration after opening.
There's been a lot of sales on chef boyardee beef raviolis.. cheese raviolis.. the spaghetti with a giant meatballs... On sale for a dollar a can or less.. so I guess I got about 45 cans of chef boyardee stored away in a cool dark place.. we ever have a food shortage I better like chef boyardee ravioli 😂.. I actually like it very much as long as I can put parmesan grated cheese on it
I tried Castleberry brand chili just 1 time and it was gross. So I gave it to my dog, but needless to say...he didn't like it either and walked away. LOL That's 1 brand for sure that I steer clear of. Overall I enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing!
Hello KG-gr2gw, I am glad you found us and like our channel!! Canned veggies are good but by themselves are usually lacking in calories, but good as part of a larger meal of course.
Hi Charlotte Prepper, The buffalo sauce chicken was very good, much better than "plain" chicken, but was not as "hot" as you might think it would be. Spicy, but not hot. So, personally, I like it and will get more (I have some more). Hope this helps and thank you for watching.
Can I ask what is a very silly Question? I would be grateful for a reply... We 'can ' beef / pork / fish / chicken in many varieties ...Why is it that Sheep meat is unheated of??😀
Hello M Clare, That's not a silly question at all. I am not sure I know the answer, but, Most people that I know that also eat sheep, eat lamb, but not the older sheep. I think it is probably because full grown sheep, also called mutton, has a "stronger" taste than most people like. I am not sure other than that. We are actually planning on starting to raise sheep this year. So, I will eventually start eating sheep other than lamb. Thank you for watching.
Im not a "prepper ". But growing up in the Deep South in my formative era, instilled in me a lifestyle mindset of perpetual preparedness. Anyway l always just assumed EVERBODY had multiple pantries, footlockers,lofts, root cellars,chest freezers, catfish poles, #7 field & 00 buck. And a garden plot for each of the four Southern Seasons. Summerish, Summery, Summer & Summerest. Of all the canned foods I've stored long term PINEAPPLE IN THE CANS WITH PULLTOP TOPS HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST FAILURE RATE of any stored food. In all my life I've had canned foods leak or pop open and even violently explode. Maybe 8 to 10 times. Five of those times for certain (yes l kept track) were PINEAPPLE. Three different brands. And all with the PULLTOP tops except 1 that was a regular can.
I have most (18 month minimum) of my long term food storage in freeze dried foods from Peak Refuel & Nutrient Survival but… Vienna sausages, spam and canned chicken are king in my opinion/experience. My twin 8 year old boys and I eat minimal amounts of carbohydrates when possible, we eat almost exclusively eggs, meat and greens. Getting vitamin C (for example) from eggs and meat is difficult, supplementing with things like a single habanero pepper (for example) will make your caloric intake more complete. I’m a huge proponent and advocate for canned foods for preparedness minded people. I don’t know the specifics of how the proverbial “sack of grains” gained such popularity but…it SUCKS. Your 20lb sack of rice is susceptible to attacks from moisture, bugs, bacteria, fungi, rodents etc…cans not so much. After you pop open your sack, that’s what you are going to eat until it’s gone - if you don’t, it’ll just be wasted due to the environmental factors mentioned above…and more. Cans of food are WAY easier to rotate and keep up to date. Cans of food are WAY easier to portion control and/or ration. Cans of food are WAY easier to prepare, just pop the can open and it’s ready to eat right there. Cans of food are WAY easier to change out of the minutiae, don’t feel like having [meal 1] just grab a different one…not rocket surgery. Cans of food are WAY easier to trade and/or barter with, they WILL be the de facto currency…not a ziplock bag of rice along with some stupid silver/gold trinket you might have. Look at every single industrialized country going through SHTF scenarios in one form or another…canned food reign supreme until it’s time to break out the chickens and cows. For anyone reading this, please…ditch all the grains, as well as your silver/gold something or another, buy more cans instead.
People have been keeping dry goods since before refrigeration and canning. Now that we have plastic bags to put onto jars it will be even easier. Flour, rice, cornstarch, ect have been ways to spread out meals for years and will be a great complement to your canned foods. Also spices, sugars, and salts can not only make meals more enjoyable and keep you alive (and historically have been good trade)
@@ninjasquirrelsrice is good for 30 years after freezing, bagging in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and placed in proper containers. You're missing a huge portion of meal preps by just going with canned items. You need a mixture of basic items, canned items, meals in cans, and freeze dried cans as a mixture for long term storage. Freeze dried should be your last items to open up and your warning that you need to start looking for more food. Gold and silver allow me to buy more food when I need it.
@@michaelfranks341 and obviously, you have actual experience in this and not just regurgitating what other “experts” are telling you online… The whole gold/silver thing will never work for me/us here in the United States for a multitude of reasons…primarily because nobody has enough of it to actually make it happen. Secondly, all the shit holes “without rule of law” that I’ve ever had the pleasure of being deployed to…cans were king, cans cans and more cans. They’re already portioned out, all have the same standardized sizes and, more importantly, they demand zero preparation to eat unless it’s a sub zero environment. Bags/sacks of food…never seen anything even remotely like it BUT in the hands of local warlords and crime bosses. The content is very energy dependent ie you have to cook it for a long time before you can actually eat it. Where are you getting that energy to cook from? You have enough wood chopped and stacked in some secret location that you can readily resupply from/at? Do you have a huge propane tank buried under your house? About the bugs, do you have ANY idea how bad the bugs are in a city stricken with disaster and/or conflict? I’m not just talking about bugs like bacteria and viruses etc but actual bugs…they are just hiding from you right now, they will not hide from you if there’s an abundance of food like sweat, shit, piss and grime from humans. They’re literally EVERYWHERE all the flipping time. You mentioned having a balanced diet etc, have you ever had a can of food ever in your life? You DO know that the macros and micros are printed on the can correct? If you can’t get a balanced diet from canned goods you are not going to be long for this world in a real “SHTF” situation and thus, you don’t have to worry about it. Pick 3-5 different cans with “most of it” in them that you can stand, buy those..it’s not rocket surgery, that’s what multi vitamins are for ding-dong. I can write much much more about this but, it’s 07:07 AM and my twins are hungry. Good luck with the apocalypse.
Hello Howard Johnson, I haven't tried the clams or clam juice. I don't eat seafood, but they may be very useful as a survival food. Thank you for watching.
We eat them as a lunch treat. During power down time during a hurricane I wanted a quick lunch for my kids and my wife and I. I opened a large can of stew and heated it up on my coleman stove. Each of us got a slice of bread, a thick slice of cheese on it and then a large ladle of hot stew over the cheese.
If I had to choose it would be canned meats! Sardines, Beef, tuna dark, dark chicken meat, pork, with fat! Meats are said to be the real diet of humans! Thanks
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I gotta share an old experience with Beenie Weenies. Back in the mid-70s I shared a crappy apartment with another fellow. We both worked at the same place. The heat worked a few days for the winter of 76 in southern Ohio. We got paid weekly but would run out of food (and money) by Wed night or mid-Thursday. We would take bottles (2 cent deposit) and what literal change we might have to get something to eat. If it wasn't ketchup or mayonnaise sandwiches, it was usually a few cans of Beenie Weenies. Eaten cold because we didn't have propane for the stove. The fridge didn't work either. So after a winter of way too many cold BWs I moved on.
Years later I'm going through Army Basic Training. C-Rats were still the thing. We head out early in the morning for our 12-mile road march. We stop for breakfast and the DIs plop down a few cases of C-Rats. I was excited because I would finally get to try Cs. We couldn't choose and had to take what was handed to us. What did I find when I opened the box? Freaking cold Beenie Weenies!
That's funny!
Thank you for sharing your story!
That is hilarious 😂
I'll try to add one better. Back around 69 or so a buddy got married. He was draft age so finding a decent job was nearly impossible. Best he could do was working nights at a gas station. He told me he and his wife ran out of money and food but he managed to scrape together enough to buy a sack of potatoes. So they ate nothing but potatoes for a week until he got a paycheck. Now for me, I love raw potatoes. I prefer them that way over cooked.
Funny! More experienced military folks know that as soon as the boxes get taken out of the case, the bartering begins. You have something in your box that someone else will trade for. And squad leaders should make sure everyone gets a different box each time.
You made me realize I need more one pot meals. I have a lot of the individual ingredient types but, less of the one pot meals. I'm changing up my grocery list for the next trip.
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Hello Lori D
One pot meals are good to have, but not to the exclusion of the others. We need a good balance I think and if you are cooking for several people, then those individual types can be mixed and create your own favorite meal.
Thank you Lori D for watching. It makes me happy that people enjoy the videos and you are welcome!
Yes
Beans in conjunction with rice are the saving grace of many low income communities and nations.
I'm a suckered for chili. Even if it was on the bottom of the list I still would stock it.
To your suggestions, I would add tea because it doesn't need to be ground (like coffee) and can be put in a glass jar to make "sun tea" if you have no heat. Sadly, it requires a LOT of sugar. Drinking only water gets old quickly, and powdered sports-drink mix is a solution. We will need multivitamins because there won't be a lot of fresh greens. I definitely recommend (order on-line) Enso superfoods Supergreens; it arrives in what I think is a Mylar bag. Mixed in a chocolate-shake, it turns into a mint-chocolate shake. In a pinch, hot chocolate powder, sweetened condensed milk, and water plus Supergreens would do it. It can be mixed with just water, but not as much fun.
In a Bad Situation, All these Food Items are Good. We Are Trying to Survive, Not Picking What's Best!!
Hello Gail Curl,
Right. Any food is better than no food.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Yes but you have the choice right now to have what you'll want. Of course we'll eat anything
Its a morale boost to have food you enjoy and are familiar with though.
Yes, but try to get enough calories out of tomato cans to survive. 35 kcal/100g means for 2500 kcal you need to eat more than 7 kg of canned tomatoes per day - good luck with that. With baked beans in tomato sauce you get about three times the calories (100 kcal/100g) and three times the proteines. So you should pick. But of course, If you have enough, variety is great and if you are hungry, something is better than nothing. And - if you think of long time storage - shelflife is important.
Good info, thanks. By the way, I'm pretty sure the rooster was saying; "DON'T GET CHICKENNNNN!" 😂
This is one of the better Prepper shows. I thought I had a lot of knowledge about food, but have learned a lot. Keep up the good work.
Hello Carol Lawrence,
Thank you for kind words. I am glad you like our channel and hope you keep finding it useful.
Thanks for sharing about one pot meals: I had thought they were off limit because of sodium and other preservatives, but realistically thinking, Survival Food needs to be calorically dense. I like how you broke the different types of canned foods down and then rated them within each category.
Hello Dana Cooper,
You are welcome.
I think we all need some quick, easy, and high calorie foods for highly tense situations. Then also we can focus on foods with better nutrition.
Thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepper My pleasure watching and learning. I'll look forward to those quick meals at rough times.
That's a good breakdown for different ideas. I think of survival food maybe a little differently, I prepare for a Venezuela type situation, where it is very difficult to get meat, milk, and basic necessities. I will be able to make my own bread, and have plenty of cans of different meats, vegetables, and things I usually expect to buy regularly. I'm glad that you mentioned the ravioli type canned meals, that made me feel more confident that I haven't been adding stupid stuff to my stash. There are also a lot of really hearty soups out there, great by themselves or over some rice or noodles.
Hello fin59shaw,
We could be heading for a Venezuela type situation here at some point.
Good that you can make your own bread. A skill I am afraid a lot of people don't have, nor the ingredients to make it.
Ravioli is pretty good right out of the can. I don't eat it that way but I have a time or two.
Thank you for watching.
My main preps are no cook foods and a vast majority is corned beef, spam and bakes beans . Easy to eat and you know where you are with them . I have other stuff but the ones I said are my main preps . My baked beans are all low suger and salt type .
Good idea!
Thank you for watching and sharing your idea!
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You forgot Twinkies. When all mankind is gone, Twinkies and Spam will remain to mark that mankind was once here.
Hello Brenda Bodwin,
I have heard that Big Mac's might also still be around at that time as well!
Thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepper 😁😂🤣
I have around a thousand cans of meats and vegetables in my pantry but there's one thing I don't keep. Regardless of what you hear about can's being good often for years past the use by date I've had can after can of fruit fail before the use by date. It's summer right now and the pantry is 77 degrees at 50% humidity. No reason for cans to puff up but the fruit is the only ones doing this. Of course if you're turning over your stock frequently it will be okay but I'd be leery of getting too many cans of fruit and trying to store them for a long period. I'm going to make a couple of suggestions. If you have the room get some of those roll around steel shelving units for around a $100. One four foot by six food tall unit will easily hold a thousand cans and you can fill it from the back while using the cans from the front for using the older stuff first. Second. Get some good canning jars. Learn how to oven can dried foods. I have flours, cornmeal, grits, dehydrated hash browns, beans, pasta, rice and quite a few other foods. A bit of time in the oven and then a seal on the jars. As they cool they seal and you've already driven off the moisture in the jars so dried foods will last for many years in most cases.
Hello 71160000,
Thank you for watching and the good information and advice!
Hi. This is helpful info, thank you! About storing boxed grits (the 5min kind) can I put them in a mason jar with a O2 absorber or dry vacuum the jar and store in pantry that way?
“Dump” recipes are a good idea. One pot meals with a few different cans dumped together maybe including rice or beans. Tends to make enough for a family.
Hello Dolly,
Right you are! And they can be very tasty!
I’d be too scared to try that lol. Kinda like adding a bunch of colors together but ending up with ‘mud’. Would love to see a video where someone does a dump! Seems like the best way to go in getting rid of stuff. Awesome the kids love it :D
I love to get the refried beans because I know I will use them in a variety of dishes, so they will get rotated through the pantry regularly. Plus, they are just so darn tasty.
Anything you can eat cold! Beany Weenies, Tuna, the pouch rice with beans, certain Campbell Soups, Crackers, Green Beans, Corn, Small Fruit Cups and Cans, Raisins. Stock and rotate. Oh yeah, TP!!
When researching beans for my prepper pantry, I was quite pleased to discover that a single can of baked beans perfectly satisfied me as a meal! I prefer mine with a line or two of yellow mustard mixed in. Their flavor can easily be enhanced to suit your pallette with routine spices...
Thanks for the info on the skipjack tuna. I had heard something about that in the past, and as usual it went in one ear and out the other. 🙄
Your mention of it got me looking more closely at the cans, and I am now buying chunk light (skipjack) tuna as well. And I too have to go through my older stock first, as you do. 😁
Hello Steve,
I ran across the tuna info a little while back and thought it was good info to know and pass along.
Thank you again, for watching.
I was at Walmart and was surprised to find the cheap "Chunk light" tuna was skipjack tuna!😲😲
I have a very small menu for canned food, so it was easy for me to prep. Tuna, chicken, sardines, beef for the proteins and then just corn and green beans. My main prep is my cooking fuel and pastas, and of course a few ways to protect my investments.
Hello Mr. Faust,
Keeping it simple on the foods is a good idea and having a way to protect one's investments is also a very good idea.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Those sardines and tuna are just as high in protein as beef.
I see two areas I need to get more of. One pot meals and canned coconut milk. I also need to take inventory again and see if there’s something else I’m lacking in. Thank you for your directness and covering so many options.
I suggest all of the above , things you like mostly
Hello Russell Brothers,
Yes, liking what you store is very important.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
I just started prepping because of the Ukraine war and this was very very helpful for me! Thank you so much! Definitely going to go and watch your other videos and subscribe now! Really hoping I see a video of to properly store items like salt, rice, pasta, flower etc etc that come in store bags.
Hello Akashia Bunker,
I am happy you found the video helpful! You are welcome and thank you for subscribing! We are planning to begin a video series on proper food storage very soon.
You are smart.
I store flour, pasta, and rice short-term (1 year or less) in large Mason jars. I just screw the top on. This keeps bugs and rodents out of it.
I think a variety of canned foods that you will actually eat is the best. I agree with the one pot meals in terms of soups that have protein and veggies is best.
If you do have most canned chili… add a can of rotel tomatoes. Kicks it up amazingly
Thank you for this very imformative video. I also love the sound of chickens so bonus points there!
Totally agree with you 👍 I also have can spaghetti sauce with meat...baked pork n beans and yes stews and meaty soups 👍Buy what you will eat 😀👍 Great video
Hello Lisa Lee,
I agree with you. Gotta get what you will eat. Makes it a lot easier to eat.
Thank you for watching.
I go after can more because I live out in the woods close to farms and when they plow it stirs up the mice they can't eat the cans .
Hello Debra's Frugal Life,
Good idea because those mice can and will eat through nearly anything if they can.
Thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepperMice ate through my hard Tupperware storage box to get to my packaged corn meal.
If your Mexican your gonna say beans is the best survival one believe me lol I know believe me , if your asian rice is the best bet ... Different cultures use different survival food according to their geography more than culture... luckily we have canned foods in the usa , a blessing that not many appreciate..
You are So Adorable Darlin.
And the disappearing chickens are very entertaining.
I love your presentations
One thing I would add, watch the acidic foods like tomatoes, fruits, sauerkraut, etc. for can integrity. These foods will compromise the can quickly, especially if there’s some damage, or if stored in a damper place. If you want to keep these foods, rotate them out on a regular basis. They’re not bad foods to store, but you have to keep on top of them much more than the others.
Good info and advice! Thank you.
You can get sauerkraut in glass jars if you are concerned about the acidity.
@@Mrs.SilversmithI hsve so many cans of it, can I transfer it to glass jars and preserve them somehow before having them go bad??? 😮
My thinking is, condensed soups that can spice up dry rice and beans you cook first, then ad the condensed soup to.
FYI, any canned goods containing acid, such as tomatoes, that acid will eat through the plastic lining and then the steel can in 5 -7 years. Even the sweetened condensed milk, the cans fail within 5 years or so. So make sure to rotate all of your canned goods so you use them up every few years to prevent the cans failing. Dry rice and beans, can last 20 - 30 + years to my knowledge.
All good. But you’ll need water… And that’s pretty tricky to prep/takes up a lot of space…just saying…
Hello Dkeith,
Good information! Thank you and thank you for watching!
Can't go wrong with Bush Beans. Try then with cottagecheese. And a burger. !!
If it comes in a can, I just get it so I can eat it right out of the can. I've been eating canned chili right out of the can since I was a little kid and as often as not for breakfast.
Hello again Howard Johnson,
That's one of the really good things about the canned foods. Ready to eat right now whenever you need them!
We have been pressure canning most of our meats for the last 10 years.
My wife and I are retired and empty nesters. Our kids are a couple hours away in different directions so we may have them in an emergency but probably not - especially the one daughter who is married to a rancher. For us two, though, we were both raised eating canned goods - not as preppers but just how our families ate. We know how to make a lot of meals by just combining cans. Chili is just a can of red beans, a can of Wolf's chili without beans, and a can of diced tomatoes. It doesn't need any flavorings or spices.
We make bread and went for many years with never buying a store bread, making our own buns, sandwich loaves, everything. I had an injury to my neck and can't do the bread as much but that will eventually pass and we'll get back to baking. I have sourdough that is 3 years old right now and we'll keep using that as well as yeast breads.
Always get your fruits with heavy syrup. If you don't need the sugar, pour it off, but having it available might be important.
We do love the hearty soups and eat them regularly.
Over all, what we have always known, always done, is eat what you buy and buy what you eat. I ate a lot of canned pastas as a kid but my wife never did so I keep just a few cans of that because I have to eat them alone. Most things we both eat so we can make better use of the cans when we open them. Consider that, things like our chili that takes 3 cans to make the meal, today we get two good meals out of it. If we knew we couldn't get more food but we had electricity, we would stretch that easily to three meals, but in the worst case, no refrigeration, we're opening three cans to make just one meal. That's just the way of it.
I don't do facebook but it would be great to share recipes with other people using canned foods and other types that are typically stored for emergencies. We don't do much on the dehydrated as the cans come with their own water but dehydrated uses our water. We do like pasta, though, and we do the Knorr and similar one-package dehydrated side dishes. Throw a can of canned chicken or tuna in with what was a side dish and it becomes a meal.
Good breakdown. Canned foods are one facet of my overall food preps along with many other facets, and I agree with your rationale. 👍
When you first asked the question, my first thought was stew or soups with meat and vegetables for protein, nutrients, and fiber. Not so much on soups like corn chowder or creamy potato soup, as there's just not good overall nutritional value there.
I don't store such soups for that reason, but they could be made better by enhancing them with dehydrated or freeze-dried meats and veges, but that's straying away from your initial topic of one can meals and something for a later discussion.
Hello Steve,
Very realistic and a good idea for most soups. I agree about those type of soups, they need a little more added to them to be worthwhile and to make them a "one pot" meal.
Thank you Steve for watching and sharing.
I try to minimize sugary or starchy foods that spike blood sugars and increase appetite. Many also have lower nutrients. If you are storing dry things like flour, rice, or pasta, you are already going to have more than enough insulin triggers in your food supply. If you can stay in a ketogenic state, rotating keto meals and fasting, you can live off of body fat for months but if you consume enough carbohydrates to shut down ketosis, you will lose that benefit until you get back to a keto and/or extended fasting mode. I'm not anti-carb and make loads of hardtack for a worst case scenario but ketosis can give you an early edge with reduced appetite, need for food, and steady stream of stable energy from body fat and really stretch your food supply.
Good content. All varieties work. Good to keep a good stock in the storage.👍
Thank you and thank you for watching!
Recently subscribed to your channel and it is worth it because you are precise and to the point. You also cover the subject thoroughly such as in your taste test video
I do like canned fish too. Good stuff. Thanks
Hello Howard Johnson,
Me too, I like the canned fish better than the other canned meats.
Thank you for watching.
*All of the above. I like beef occasionally for the iron. Salmon, sardines, beans(pintos are my fav but nutritionally garbanzos are amazing). I stay away from the viennas. Spam is ok. If I get potted meat I get the deviled ham. I generally get turkey chili to cut down on fat, but like I mentioned, beef has that much needed iron. Those raviolis are just too many empty carbs not enough protein.
You're making a mistake by reducing fat. You want as much fat as possible for nutrition and energy plus fat is better at keeping you feeling satiated. In a situation where food is scarce you want as many calories as you can find and fat is a great source. It's not unhealthy for you as long as you're not overeating or eating a lot of carbs.
@@71160000 I'm not adverse to fat, but beef fat can have some pretty adverse effects on your cardiovascular system. I'm all for good fats. And protein keeps you satiated as well. That's why eggs are such a good breakfast food! I probably eat 4-5 eggs a day(boiled) to get my protein intake at the level I want. As someone who lifts that is important. I also love my omega 3s! Thanks for the comment.
The rooster seems to support the beans.
great ideas. The One Can, One meal Idea is Great. i need to go through my pantry and prepare some things so i can rotate a few. 👍
I bought white bags in Walmart craft department, made meals in a bags for emergencies. I have 14 for a two week emergency. I keep them in two totes check every three months or just rotate by sampling. That way I find which one we really like.
I like trying each name brand. Find my favorite canned foods then stock up on them when they go on sale.
Sunflower seeds.
I am new to the whole prepper ideology, We do have some canned foods/meats in our pantry.(love sardines, salmon and tuna, chicken) Looking to expand what we have. We are an older couple, both retired, just the two of us. How much would you suggest we put aside? We do have chickens, have deer that roam our property, but of course in shtf and no power, preservation would be a problem.
Hello Sue Piringer,
I recommend 1,000,000 calories per person per year. That is an average of course. For specifics on the amount you can track your calorie intake for a week or perhaps two weeks and go from there.
As for how much should be a particular type of food or a particular way of storage is going to vary greatly depending on each persons/family abilities and skill level.
Of course when it comes to canned food, it is more expensive than dry food (beans, rice, flour, wheat, oats, etc), but is much easier to use when the time comes that you will need it.
I know this isn't a real specific answer, but I hope it helps some. Also, I have a video about the number of calories ruclips.net/video/FToaq6ke_xw/видео.html that might help.
Thank you for watching.
Store the canned food that you regularly eat. Does it really make sense to store a bunch of canned fish if you don't regularly eat fish? No of course not. Second criteria you should use after canned food you regularly eat is canned food that has the longest expiry period and that is still edible after that expiration date. Now this is just my findings, you do your own research. Chef Boyardee products do not survive beyond their best before/expiry date. Mandarin oranges do not do well after best before/expiry date. Most standard soups do, Campbells tomato, chicken noodle, vegetable, beef barley, etc. do very well. Also peanut butter and Nutella, so long as you store them upside down, will last at least 1-2 years after best before/expiry date.
Hello Mr. Casey.
Good advice and information. Thank you for watching and sharing.
Eating 3 year old spaghetti-os just to free up the space. Identical to just store bought.
A prepper storage pantry should have no space left. Like in 0:41, there's lot of room to stash more cans. Fill it up!
Great video!! Wow im on my way to thw store to get some can of chicken and some roast beef. The tamales in a can is pretty good
I always get canned fruit in 100% juice!😁😁 Be careful, some Lite canned fruit has Splenda in it (Delmonti)!😲😲
Good point and thanks for the heads up!
Easy to eat: no cooking
Cereal
Shelf stable milk 🥛
Big bag of Doritos
Granola bars
Peanut butter 🥜 and jam
Bread 🍞 and bagels 🥯
Sodas
Bottled water 💧
Hello HRH TreeofLife,
No cook foods will come in very handy at some point! You might need to re-package some of those if you are keeping them long term.
Thank you for watching!
@@ChefPrepper 👍👍
Bread? A week at most unless its long life bread in a tin.
I like canned refried beans with lard
If refried beans have not lard, they are not refried beans.
Thanks for the review very important info.
Hello Stig Jr,
You are welcome! And thank you for watching!
I thought you'd be talking about shelf lives, the ravioli is probably only good for a couple years before it starts to taste off.
Yeah anything tomato based isn't going to last as long so the same goes for chili. A can of spam on the other hand will outlive the earth. It just has so much salt in it and as long as you can fry it up then it's not terrible. Tons of calories, fat, protein. No heat option would be tuna, herring or vienna sausages for me.
I will have a video about shelf life very soon, but in the meantime you can check this link out:
ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-long-can-you-keep-canned-goods#:~:text=High%20acid%20foods%20such%20as,place%20they%20are%20safe%20indefinitely.
Hey Chef prepper. New Subscriber. Hope all is well with you! Looking forward to your videos
Hello Charlotte Prepper,
All is well here. Hope it is with you and yours too!
Thank you for watching and subscribing.
Love Vienna sausages one kf of best things for u n hot weather salt water n protein
Just discovered your channel and just subscribed! Really appreciate your down home practical advice! Thanks for your channel!
Hello BrianSmith,
I am glad you found us and like our channel!
Thank you for watching and subscribing!
I have been disappointed too many times by mandarin oranges in cans from several different suppliers. Conversely mandarin oranges in glass jars have a good track record without finding a single dud. Prices vary greatly in jars.
Excellent info....thank you!
Hello kazoo libra,
You are welcome and thank you for watching!
turkey dinner. get canned Turkey Spam, then all your fixing, canned and boxed, like yams, cranberry suace, green beans, idahoan instant potato pouch, turkey gravey packet and a box of stove top turkey dressing. Cook it all up, you have a turkey dinner out while camping in July, no refridgerator needed. Ive resreached hundreds of ways to have meals from canned foods. For instance those rice packets which say 90 seconds in a microwave...no microwave in your hunting blind? Relax, boil a large pot of water and drop tha bag in let it heat up for a few minutes. You can boill heat a lot of canned foods this way too and save the water for next meal. with a added bonus, this boiled water can keep hot for quite a while so its good for heating your hunter blind tent some in conjunction with your my buddy heater. This is actually an Icefishing tip also.
Caned foods generally last much longer that any expiration date. A guy on RUclips opes and eats cans that are many years old.
"One of those would be great" to have. Great video
Thank you and thank you for watching.
Great video, thx!
Hello Jana Hunt,
You are welcome and thank you for watching.
Interesting to know about the potential difference in mercury content of canned tuna. I steered away from the chunk light because every brand has "vegetable broth" as an ingredient. Some brands specify and say "vegetable broth(soy)". I don't know how I feel about that for sure, but Albacore tuna, with most brands is simply tuna, water, salt. I may have to think about chunk light again, though.
All tuna is a mercury risk, salmon is much much better for you but usually not as good canned
Sardines in mustard is my favorite.
Hello Vickie Frakes,
I like Sardines a lot. I like them in nearly any "flavoring", but I try to stay away from the ones packed in vegetable oils, and get the ones in Olive Oil.
Thank you for watching and sharing.
👍👍😊
Thank you oddo pops.
@@ChefPrepper 😊✌🥂
Studies in Denmark, Norway and Sverie have shown that farmed salmon contain more omega 3- 6 and 12 in wild salmon and nutrient so are beter, they contain less mercury to.. . The same goes for canned mackerel, which generally contains more nutrition than freshly caught fish. One of the reasons for this is that the fish come canned when they are at their fattest. and thus gives more nering into a trapped outside prima sasong.. Rember Nordic countries eat lot of fish
Hello Kennethhansen,
Thank you for watching and the good information!
Bedt canned food is what ever you liked
The canned salmon scares the hell outta me, especially with the GMO fish and heavy metals in wild salmon
Just found your channel, great video.
I have watched a number of your videos but haven"t seen summer sausage mentioned much. What is your opinion on Summer Sausage and how long would it last without refridgeration after opening.
Hello Ericjones,
I haven't used them in my preps much at all. I like some of them, but I am not sure how long they will last.
Sorry about that.
Nice heads up sir!
Nice video
Hello Trooper 212,
Thank you Sir for watching and your kind words.
There's been a lot of sales on chef boyardee beef raviolis.. cheese raviolis.. the spaghetti with a giant meatballs... On sale for a dollar a can or less.. so I guess I got about 45 cans of chef boyardee stored away in a cool dark place.. we ever have a food shortage I better like chef boyardee ravioli 😂.. I actually like it very much as long as I can put parmesan grated cheese on it
Hello Glen M,
Yep, you better like that chef boyardee ravioli!
That's a good stock of an easy to have food to have on hand.
Thank you for watching!
Chunk lite n wild caught tuna n salmon
I hate hate hate sardines I won’t be buying any of those!
9:49 🤣🤣
I tried Castleberry brand chili just 1 time and it was gross. So I gave it to my dog, but needless to say...he didn't like it either and walked away. LOL That's 1 brand for sure that I steer clear of. Overall I enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing!
thanks for the info!
I just fo😅und your channel! Love it. What about canned veggies??
Hello KG-gr2gw,
I am glad you found us and like our channel!!
Canned veggies are good but by themselves are usually lacking in calories, but good as part of a larger meal of course.
Goya beans have a longer best by date than most!😲😲
8:22..Foghorn 🐓... says yes 👍 Foghorn Leghorn approved
How is the chicken in buffalo sauce?
Hi Charlotte Prepper,
The buffalo sauce chicken was very good, much better than "plain" chicken, but was not as "hot" as you might think it would be.
Spicy, but not hot.
So, personally, I like it and will get more (I have some more).
Hope this helps and thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepper you are welcome! Thanks for the response!
Eat what you store, while buying new stuff, this way you are rotating and getting used to cooking what you eat.
Excellent info....thank you.
You are welcome ! And thank you for watching!
Can I ask what is a very silly Question? I would be grateful for a reply...
We 'can ' beef / pork / fish /
chicken in many varieties
...Why is it that Sheep meat is unheated of??😀
Hello M Clare,
That's not a silly question at all.
I am not sure I know the answer, but,
Most people that I know that also eat sheep, eat lamb, but not the older sheep.
I think it is probably because full grown sheep, also called mutton, has a "stronger" taste than most people like.
I am not sure other than that.
We are actually planning on starting to raise sheep this year. So, I will eventually start eating sheep other than lamb.
Thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepper Thanks for getting back to me so promptly.
Best Wishes to you and youres😆
Tin of cow. Wouldnt be a seller😂
I subscribed to your channel
Canned rooster coming soon 😂
Hello J Godwin,
Canned or made into dumplings!
@@ChefPrepperhahahah
Im not a "prepper ". But growing up in the Deep South in my formative era, instilled in me a lifestyle mindset of perpetual preparedness. Anyway l always just assumed EVERBODY had multiple pantries, footlockers,lofts, root cellars,chest freezers, catfish poles, #7 field & 00 buck. And a garden plot for each of the four Southern Seasons. Summerish, Summery, Summer & Summerest.
Of all the canned foods I've stored long term PINEAPPLE IN THE CANS WITH PULLTOP TOPS HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST FAILURE RATE of any stored food. In all my life I've had canned foods leak or pop open and even violently explode. Maybe 8 to 10 times. Five of those times for certain (yes l kept track) were PINEAPPLE. Three different brands. And all with the PULLTOP tops except 1 that was a regular can.
If only everyone had those things and did those things!
Good info to know about the Pineapples!
Only buy canned foods you actually eat and rotate them out. Eat the oldest first and put the newest to the back.
I have most (18 month minimum) of my long term food storage in freeze dried foods from Peak Refuel & Nutrient Survival but…
Vienna sausages, spam and canned chicken are king in my opinion/experience.
My twin 8 year old boys and I eat minimal amounts of carbohydrates when possible, we eat almost exclusively eggs, meat and greens.
Getting vitamin C (for example) from eggs and meat is difficult, supplementing with things like a single habanero pepper (for example) will make your caloric intake more complete.
I’m a huge proponent and advocate for canned foods for preparedness minded people.
I don’t know the specifics of how the proverbial “sack of grains” gained such popularity but…it SUCKS.
Your 20lb sack of rice is susceptible to attacks from moisture, bugs, bacteria, fungi, rodents etc…cans not so much.
After you pop open your sack, that’s what you are going to eat until it’s gone - if you don’t, it’ll just be wasted due to the environmental factors mentioned above…and more.
Cans of food are WAY easier to rotate and keep up to date.
Cans of food are WAY easier to portion control and/or ration.
Cans of food are WAY easier to prepare, just pop the can open and it’s ready to eat right there.
Cans of food are WAY easier to change out of the minutiae, don’t feel like having [meal 1] just grab a different one…not rocket surgery.
Cans of food are WAY easier to trade and/or barter with, they WILL be the de facto currency…not a ziplock bag of rice along with some stupid silver/gold trinket you might have.
Look at every single industrialized country going through SHTF scenarios in one form or another…canned food reign supreme until it’s time to break out the chickens and cows.
For anyone reading this, please…ditch all the grains, as well as your silver/gold something or another, buy more cans instead.
People have been keeping dry goods since before refrigeration and canning. Now that we have plastic bags to put onto jars it will be even easier.
Flour, rice, cornstarch, ect have been ways to spread out meals for years and will be a great complement to your canned foods. Also spices, sugars, and salts can not only make meals more enjoyable and keep you alive (and historically have been good trade)
@@abstractapproach634 we’ll agree to disagree. 😘👍
@@ninjasquirrelsrice is good for 30 years after freezing, bagging in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and placed in proper containers. You're missing a huge portion of meal preps by just going with canned items. You need a mixture of basic items, canned items, meals in cans, and freeze dried cans as a mixture for long term storage. Freeze dried should be your last items to open up and your warning that you need to start looking for more food. Gold and silver allow me to buy more food when I need it.
@@michaelfranks341 and obviously, you have actual experience in this and not just regurgitating what other “experts” are telling you online…
The whole gold/silver thing will never work for me/us here in the United States for a multitude of reasons…primarily because nobody has enough of it to actually make it happen.
Secondly, all the shit holes “without rule of law” that I’ve ever had the pleasure of being deployed to…cans were king, cans cans and more cans.
They’re already portioned out, all have the same standardized sizes and, more importantly, they demand zero preparation to eat unless it’s a sub zero environment.
Bags/sacks of food…never seen anything even remotely like it BUT in the hands of local warlords and crime bosses.
The content is very energy dependent ie you have to cook it for a long time before you can actually eat it. Where are you getting that energy to cook from? You have enough wood chopped and stacked in some secret location that you can readily resupply from/at? Do you have a huge propane tank buried under your house?
About the bugs, do you have ANY idea how bad the bugs are in a city stricken with disaster and/or conflict? I’m not just talking about bugs like bacteria and viruses etc but actual bugs…they are just hiding from you right now, they will not hide from you if there’s an abundance of food like sweat, shit, piss and grime from humans. They’re literally EVERYWHERE all the flipping time.
You mentioned having a balanced diet etc, have you ever had a can of food ever in your life? You DO know that the macros and micros are printed on the can correct? If you can’t get a balanced diet from canned goods you are not going to be long for this world in a real “SHTF” situation and thus, you don’t have to worry about it.
Pick 3-5 different cans with “most of it” in them that you can stand, buy those..it’s not rocket surgery, that’s what multi vitamins are for ding-dong.
I can write much much more about this but, it’s 07:07 AM and my twins are hungry.
Good luck with the apocalypse.
Tamales don't those are really good with macaroni and cheese
Only thing about fruit is they will break down the lining of the can way faster
Costco has some nice peaches in canning jars. Kinda pricey but you can reuse the jars.
@@terryrodriguez6209 I’ve never even been to a Costco lol small town life. There is a Sam’s club about an hr away
Avoid the pop tops cans. I’ve lost several cans of food because of the pop tops.
Hello Sharon L,
I haven't had any problems with them (yet), but will check my storage.
Thanks for watching and sharing.
🙂
Thank you Good Ol’ Goldy
How about the 51oz cans of chopped clams or clam juice?
Hello Howard Johnson,
I haven't tried the clams or clam juice. I don't eat seafood, but they may be very useful as a survival food.
Thank you for watching.
@@ChefPrepper Thank you
Remember folks: If you don't want to get saved,
then You Must prep for the full 7 year tribulation. During that time most people will die
I was thinking of picking up some of the Hormel Tamales. But someone said they were nasty. What does your family think?
We eat them as a lunch treat. During power down time during a hurricane I wanted a quick lunch for my kids and my wife and I. I opened a large can of stew and heated it up on my coleman stove. Each of us got a slice of bread, a thick slice of cheese on it and then a large ladle of hot stew over the cheese.
I like the Hormel Tamales - as a change up from other meat meals. I like them with fruit and fresh vegetables.
I store them in my prepped pantry for a spicy change of pace
If I had to choose it would be canned meats! Sardines, Beef, tuna dark, dark chicken meat, pork, with fat! Meats are said to be the real diet of humans! Thanks
You are welcome and good choices!