05-14-2016, 06:46 AM
Our band uses a 4 tier food startegy...
1. SOS rations. Good for bug out bags, car trunks, or prepositioned buried buckets on your bug out route. Cheap, extreme shelf life, and compact. Not the lightest in the world but not heavy. Not very tasty either.
2. Freeze Dried buckets. Good tasting, light weight, long shelf life, Expensive, usually not enough calories per serving, but essential. This is your best option if forced to bug out from a BOL.
3. Canned goods (Both #10 and regular). #10 cans have long shelf life. They can be dehydrated or not. Basic staples and hard to find stuff (powdered eggs, powdered milk, powdered butter, etc). Not cheap, not necessarily heavy.
4. Bulk foods, geared toward feeding larger groups, mess hall style. After all you cannot have 8+ groups all cooking separately. Cheap (20# bags of rice are under $10), plentiful, and many have long shelf lives. Learn to can.
What does your group do for food? How much do you strive to stockpile? What special items do you store (coffee, chocolate, etc.) What do you guys do?
1. SOS rations. Good for bug out bags, car trunks, or prepositioned buried buckets on your bug out route. Cheap, extreme shelf life, and compact. Not the lightest in the world but not heavy. Not very tasty either.
2. Freeze Dried buckets. Good tasting, light weight, long shelf life, Expensive, usually not enough calories per serving, but essential. This is your best option if forced to bug out from a BOL.
3. Canned goods (Both #10 and regular). #10 cans have long shelf life. They can be dehydrated or not. Basic staples and hard to find stuff (powdered eggs, powdered milk, powdered butter, etc). Not cheap, not necessarily heavy.
4. Bulk foods, geared toward feeding larger groups, mess hall style. After all you cannot have 8+ groups all cooking separately. Cheap (20# bags of rice are under $10), plentiful, and many have long shelf lives. Learn to can.
What does your group do for food? How much do you strive to stockpile? What special items do you store (coffee, chocolate, etc.) What do you guys do?