Lets say that you were going to put together some 5 gallon buckets to take to a remote location, what food preps would to put in the buckets? We are looking for stuff that can be stored for maybe 10 years, and with little to no climate control. The building has good shade, and stays cool most of the year, but it can get a little warm inside.
Due to the occasional rodent, its best if we store the mylar bags inside of a container, such as 5 gallon buckets, or ammo cans.
The contents would be sealed in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers.
Examples:
Bucket #1 - pinto beans
Bucket #2 - white rice
Bucket #3 - assortment of oats, grits, pancake mix, pasta,,,
something else?
A buddy of mine and his wife dropped by my house last weekend. While we were talking, we came up with the idea of taking an ammo can, filling it with an assortment of food sealed in mylar bags. The goal is for each can to have about 1 weeks food for about 4 people.
The contents would probably be very spartan, probably not cover your recommended 2,000 calorie a day diet, but it would be better then nothing.
Some of the suggested items were:
Breakfast - powdered eggs, instant pancake mix, grits, potatoes slices for hashbrowns and oats.
Lunch and dinner - mashed potatoes, rice, beans, mac & cheese, pasta, oats,,,,.
One of the issues is milk, cheese and butter. Prepared.pro and Emergency Essentials both sale a canned cheese. I thought about buying the canned cheese and using it instead of the powered cheese that come with stuff like mac & cheese.
Another issue is food burn out - after you eat something for an extended period of time, your going to get sick of it. To counter food burn out, we need to have a wide assortment of food stocks.
I thought about getting some #10 cans of freeze dried food to add with the food stored in the mylar bags, but there seems to be a shortage on freeze dried stuff right now.
Mountain house makes some 7 year individual packaged meals that are still available, I thought about getting some of those, just to change things up.
This video is a little long, but I talk about the 7 year chili mac and cheese meal I got from http://store.prepared.pro/
The meals need to be easy to prepare - just add water, heat, and your good to go. Like last weekend my wife fixed us some instant pancakes. I could not tell the difference between the instant just add water pancake mix, and the regular pancake mix where you have to mix everything together.
Last weekend my wife and I went to the local china mart and picked up some mashed potato mix with butter. Come to find out the potatoes had "real" butter in them and not just butter flavoring. Animal products do not store as well as dried foods like beans. So that the food last as long a possible, I do not want to store anything in mylar bags that has animal fats or byproducts in it. So we are going to eat the butter flavored mashed potatoes instead of storing them.
One of the issues that came up with my buddy last weekend was when we talked about powered milk. My buddy told me that powered milk only last around 5 years, and then it needs to be rotated. When stored next to stuff like beans and rice that will stay good for 10 - 20 years, having something with a 5 year shelf life in a remote location does not make a lot of sense.
One of the things I am trying to find is freeze dried egg powder to be stored at the remote location. I really want eggs as a breakfast option. Eggs, pancakes and hashbrowns on the side would make a nice well rounded start to the day. The only problem is, I can not find powered eggs at any of the local stores.
My buddy and I also talked about buying 5 gallons of oats already sealed. Which should have a shelf life of around 20 - 30 years. Then buy an oat flaker / grinder for processing the oats.
Due to the occasional rodent, its best if we store the mylar bags inside of a container, such as 5 gallon buckets, or ammo cans.
The contents would be sealed in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers.
Examples:
Bucket #1 - pinto beans
Bucket #2 - white rice
Bucket #3 - assortment of oats, grits, pancake mix, pasta,,,
something else?
A buddy of mine and his wife dropped by my house last weekend. While we were talking, we came up with the idea of taking an ammo can, filling it with an assortment of food sealed in mylar bags. The goal is for each can to have about 1 weeks food for about 4 people.
The contents would probably be very spartan, probably not cover your recommended 2,000 calorie a day diet, but it would be better then nothing.
Some of the suggested items were:
Breakfast - powdered eggs, instant pancake mix, grits, potatoes slices for hashbrowns and oats.
Lunch and dinner - mashed potatoes, rice, beans, mac & cheese, pasta, oats,,,,.
One of the issues is milk, cheese and butter. Prepared.pro and Emergency Essentials both sale a canned cheese. I thought about buying the canned cheese and using it instead of the powered cheese that come with stuff like mac & cheese.
Another issue is food burn out - after you eat something for an extended period of time, your going to get sick of it. To counter food burn out, we need to have a wide assortment of food stocks.
I thought about getting some #10 cans of freeze dried food to add with the food stored in the mylar bags, but there seems to be a shortage on freeze dried stuff right now.
Mountain house makes some 7 year individual packaged meals that are still available, I thought about getting some of those, just to change things up.
This video is a little long, but I talk about the 7 year chili mac and cheese meal I got from http://store.prepared.pro/
The meals need to be easy to prepare - just add water, heat, and your good to go. Like last weekend my wife fixed us some instant pancakes. I could not tell the difference between the instant just add water pancake mix, and the regular pancake mix where you have to mix everything together.
Last weekend my wife and I went to the local china mart and picked up some mashed potato mix with butter. Come to find out the potatoes had "real" butter in them and not just butter flavoring. Animal products do not store as well as dried foods like beans. So that the food last as long a possible, I do not want to store anything in mylar bags that has animal fats or byproducts in it. So we are going to eat the butter flavored mashed potatoes instead of storing them.
One of the issues that came up with my buddy last weekend was when we talked about powered milk. My buddy told me that powered milk only last around 5 years, and then it needs to be rotated. When stored next to stuff like beans and rice that will stay good for 10 - 20 years, having something with a 5 year shelf life in a remote location does not make a lot of sense.
One of the things I am trying to find is freeze dried egg powder to be stored at the remote location. I really want eggs as a breakfast option. Eggs, pancakes and hashbrowns on the side would make a nice well rounded start to the day. The only problem is, I can not find powered eggs at any of the local stores.
My buddy and I also talked about buying 5 gallons of oats already sealed. Which should have a shelf life of around 20 - 30 years. Then buy an oat flaker / grinder for processing the oats.