Good point! I made some bread without an oven, turned out much better than we thought. It was gone fast. Almost every thing else is what we normally eat.

 

Yeph, pretty regularly over the last 30 years. Still don't get too excited over the powered milk though.

 

Still don't get too excited over the powered milk though.

A dash a vanilla works wonders.

 

We tried out a can of Hormel corned beef hash. Ewwww! It was basically inedible (smelled like dogfood) when warmed up straight out of the can. So I added some onions fried in chicken fat, some paprika, chili powder, oregano, garlic powder and voila...a tasty, almost chorizo-like flavor emerged. We ate half the can and the possums are getting the rest. I've got maybe two more cans on the shelf, but I'm not gonna spend any more $$$ on it when Spam is so much better.

 

Damn now I know Im a peasant, I love corned beef hash.

 

I eat my home canned, home dehydrated, rice, and lugemes on a regular basis. It's a part of my staple diet. Commercial canned meats just to remind me that I don't care for them. MRE's now and then, MH when I feel like a sodium overdose. Still a bit new to the grinder and grains part but I'm working on it.

 

Ahhh, Dinty Moore Beef Stew. I have a ton of it and eat it all the time without ever getting tired of it.

Mike

 

Ahhh, Dinty Moore Beef Stew. I have a ton of it and eat it all the time without ever getting tired of it.

Nothing better than Dinty Moore Stew. I wish we could get it over here in Europe. We eat our 6 month supply and rotate it on a regular basis. Our 3 month supply of Mountain House we have only tried now and again. Our additional 6 months of rice, pasta, mash potatoes, oats, freeze dried meats, fd veggies and fd fruit we have only done a taste test of. We know it will be good when we need it.

 

AYK? I wouldn't eat that sh*t unless my life depended on it!

 

At least 1/3rd of what I eat is preps. Have to just to keep it fresh. Don't yall rotate your stock?

 

i have a couple things of mountain house for when i go camping, i have ate them a lot and i love them, at home i just have rice, wheat flour oats, and spam as my disaster stock and i eat that stuff all the time.

 

Have you tried YOUR emergency food?

"Store what you eat, and eat what you store" for many reasons. Anything else is false hope. That said, yes, I don't just "try" my stored foods, but incorporate them in every day life. Consequently, I've become quite good at cooking many different cuisines with them. This not only saves big money on grocery bills, but has turned out to be a very healthy diet. Far more so than the normal foods most people buy at the store.

 

Simply not possible for a bailout strategy. Staying put fails for an EMP/Solar-flare event. Zombie hordes will take you out, they are hungry and armed.

So 2 weeks of food on site.
1 year of food offsite - long term storage food that lasts 30 years. Rotate once every 20 years to be safe. Cheap and no rotation headaches.

 

Yup, I try to rotate through what I store, especially the canned stuff.

 

I store what i eat, and it all tastes good.

 

Almost all of my "emergency food" is stuff we eat anyway, just repacked for storage.

 

I am always trying the food before buying big quantities.
Store what you eat, eat what you store

 

I buy food I like,rotating it,so in that sense,I'm always trying it.:thumb:

 

I guess my parents have been teachin me to prep all my life cus they got divorced when I was 5. They both love to cook and would make Hormel Corned Beef Hash, Roast Beef Hash, Spam, Tuna Fish, Mac&Cheese and many other dishes. My Mom did the can things, while my Dad had an actual small garden in the back room of his basement. There are no front or back lawns in the Bronx. LMAO

 

Are there still any people who buy stuff they don´t eat already and store it for emergencies? One would think that ten minutes on SB would get that stupid idea out if anyone´s head...

 

Yes, I tried all the varieties to see how each tasted then sealed the rest back up. Everything is good and I must be a peasant also.

 

Corned beef hash? Yummy, but when I make it from scratch it is really good. We pretty much eat what we store. We have a few cans of salmon and other fish that gets less attention but it was cheap and the oils are good for you in a pinch. You can get a lot of mileage out of a can of sardines.

 

Corned beef hash? Yummy, but when I make it from scratch it is really good. We pretty much eat what we store. We have a few cans of salmon and other fish that gets less attention but it was cheap and the oils are good for you in a pinch. You can get a lot of mileage out of a can of sardines.

Boy, aint that the truth!
I can remember going on impromptu fishing trips as a teenager and living for days on sardines, saltine crackers, and a chunk of longhorn cheese... I still take some of these items along for lunch when I go fishing...

Karl

 

This is a great thread and awesome idea!! Yes, I have sampled some MRE's (when I was in the Army we had C rations) and some of the MH stuff I have as well...I like it alright...not really tried the canned stuff since I eat it anyway -- and for the record -- I LOVE me some corned beef hash too!!!...think it is a very good idea to try what you prep!! see how your system will handle it - and to know how to fix it (MRE heaters) too...

 

Canned corned beef hash needs to be fried -- either make slices, or spread it out in a non-stick skillet and let it get crusty, turn and crisp the other side. I eat it with fried eggs. Not wild about it, but cooking in a skillet makes it much, much better. I keep a few cans because of the long expiration date.