Best Survival Food Companies???
We are getting food samples and catalogues from several companies and would like to hear about others' experiences with the various long-term emergency suppliers. Thanks in advance!
Forum Discussion
:) I'm not an expert on the food storage. I've heard several different approaches.
- One is the approach like Daily Bread or MREs where you have it for an emergency but you don't eat it regularly.
- The other approach is to have food you regularly eat like some of the other posters have mentioned. People that propose this approach feel it is easier to keep it fresh and easier to use in an emergency because you're used to cooking with it. Also, it is easier to add to this food storage over time by just buying extra when you're shopping. You don't have to lay out hundreds or thousands of dollars all at once.
Many people that have food storage have been happy they have it during non-emergencies like job loss. They are able to eat from their food storage rather than have to come up with money to shop. Again, method #2 above lends itself better to this.
Our last congregation did a fun thing where they surprised two families in the ward (congregation) and asked if they would participate in an experiment and then share their experience with the congregation. They were asked to go 72 hours living on what they had in the house at that time. Power wasn't to be used and the furnace heat was to be turned down to 50 (avoid freezing pipes). They had to use whatever flash lights, candles, food, water, and emergency heating methods they had.
For the first family, heating and light were the two things I remember being a challenge. The second family had an advantage because the father was the one over promoting preparedness for the congregation. They had a pot-belly stove in their basement just for such cases and they were able to heat their house and stay comfortable. They had water stored but also emptied their hot water heater to use that water.
I wonder how my little family would do if we tried this experiment today. Where I have the RV stored is not convenient for emergencies -- too far away and locked up by a 3rd party.
This thread has sparked a thought process that is helpful to me. I've got work to do in this area.
- One is the approach like Daily Bread or MREs where you have it for an emergency but you don't eat it regularly.
- The other approach is to have food you regularly eat like some of the other posters have mentioned. People that propose this approach feel it is easier to keep it fresh and easier to use in an emergency because you're used to cooking with it. Also, it is easier to add to this food storage over time by just buying extra when you're shopping. You don't have to lay out hundreds or thousands of dollars all at once.
Many people that have food storage have been happy they have it during non-emergencies like job loss. They are able to eat from their food storage rather than have to come up with money to shop. Again, method #2 above lends itself better to this.
Our last congregation did a fun thing where they surprised two families in the ward (congregation) and asked if they would participate in an experiment and then share their experience with the congregation. They were asked to go 72 hours living on what they had in the house at that time. Power wasn't to be used and the furnace heat was to be turned down to 50 (avoid freezing pipes). They had to use whatever flash lights, candles, food, water, and emergency heating methods they had.
For the first family, heating and light were the two things I remember being a challenge. The second family had an advantage because the father was the one over promoting preparedness for the congregation. They had a pot-belly stove in their basement just for such cases and they were able to heat their house and stay comfortable. They had water stored but also emptied their hot water heater to use that water.
I wonder how my little family would do if we tried this experiment today. Where I have the RV stored is not convenient for emergencies -- too far away and locked up by a 3rd party.
This thread has sparked a thought process that is helpful to me. I've got work to do in this area.
