Proposal on what foods to stock up on from a regular grocer

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

I'm going to be stocking up on a lot of food, and I'm getting tired of the same cans of food, flour, rice, and beans. What are you all's suggestions for off the shelf food to stock up on?

 

[tod evans]

I'm going to be stocking up on a lot of food, and I'm getting tired of the same cans of food, flour, rice, and beans. What are you all's suggestions for off the shelf food to stock up on?

Stocking up means long term storage which leaves canned or dehydrated or otherwise preserved.

Rice/beans etc. are good staples, learn to use them.

Salt is important, spices too then look to freezer space and possibly livestock even if it's just fowl or rabbits.

 

[CaptUSA]

Oats, bullion, beans, rice, dried fruits & veggies, dark chocolate, pasta, quinoa, grits, coffee, jerky, booze!, oils, syrups, canned tuna, anything pickled, popcorn, powdered milk, raw honey, sugar, salt, spices, vinegar...

Just make sure that anything you have is properly sealed. And make sure you have a good water source.

I'm fortunate that I live on a lake so there's always fish and fowl available and we have an artesian well for crystal clear drinking water. If things really go south, you might not be able to rely on freezer meat, but it'll buy you a few days.


Really, the best thing you can stock up on is knowledge. Know where to find things. Know how to hunt and trap. Know how to process meat. Know how to defend. Know your local edible flora. Know first aid. And stock up on books! Books, books, books!


ETA: Tools! Firestarters, knives, saws, shovels, axes, fishing hooks and line, snare cord, scissors, varieties of pliers, needles & thread, mirrors, ropes, chains, fuel, batteries, flashlights.

 

[phill4paul]

Brown/wild rice and beans are always a good go to for long term storage. Gunnyfreedom had a FB post about storage. He put some Brown/wild rice in a vacuum sealer bag along with a desiccant pack. 14 yrs. later it was still good.

 

[Invisible Man]

I'm going to be stocking up on a lot of food, and I'm getting tired of the same cans of food, flour, rice, and beans. What are you all's suggestions for off the shelf food to stock up on?

Develop a first in first out system, and stock up on foods you actually eat already. Don't put too much focus on foods that you're just going to have sitting there getting old and waiting for a catastrophe just because they're supposedly good for that purpose, like MREs or something like that (although there's nothing wrong with having a few things like that around). If you have canned foods that you eat already, you can stock up on a year's supply, and consume them as you normally do while you keep restocking (first in first out), so that you'll always have enough of those foods to last you a year (at your current pace), and they'll never have been sitting there for more than a year.

Sugar, salt, pepper, oil, and honey are also good very-long-lasting foods.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

I purchase a lot of items from here:https://www.webstaurantstore.com/48615/fruits-and-vegetables.html

I bought some 13 gallon food bins from them. Very sturdy and well made. I bought there 28% or whatever powdered milk. Expensive but can drink daily. Buy flour, rice, and instant potatoes in bulk. The potato flakes are out of this world. You could not tell! #10 cans of all kinds of stuff. Need to figure out how to purchase so the shipping is reasonable. Last time I bought about $600 and shipping was around 20% of order. I purchase lots of meat locally when on sale and freeze in a manner that takes up the least amount of space. Pressure canning can be beneficial also. I have always wanted to make a solar food dehydrator but have not yet done so. This concept is good:https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/tools/solar-food-dehydrator-plans-zm0z14jjzmar
But I have thought it would be wiser to make a solar water collector that circulates to a small indirect water heater. Have the hot water flow thru and old oven before it get to the tank. Have a hydro radiator inside the old oven and you have both a dehydrator and solar hot water. With a decent dehydrator you can buy in season fruits and vegetables and effortlessly dehydrate them cheaply and easily.

 

[oyarde]

I'm going to be stocking up on a lot of food, and I'm getting tired of the same cans of food, flour, rice, and beans. What are you all's suggestions for off the shelf food to stock up on?

Personally I like gourmet foods . Leave the rice and ramen for the lowly , unwashed peasants . Live like a Great Chief , along with my fresh eggs , deer steaks , frog legs , dove breast , panfish , squirrels etc go with the Spam , green and black olives , clam chowder , mushrooms, bean and bacon , deer jerky , dried fruit etc.

 

[Danke]

I'll just go north to the Injun casino, I hear those kids taste like chicken.

 

[oyarde]

I have a bunch of dried Mango , cranberries , papaya etc