What is the best Prepper food for long term storage in your opinion?

I only buy the 1 gallon sized. I'm not a big time prepper that gets tons of buckets and filled them with the 5-6 gallon mylar with wheat. Too heavy and we just don't have the money to do what I would really like. Just do the best we can and over time, it is amazing what can happen.

OP what is the oldest egg you have eaten?

tampons, pads, toilet paper will be worth more than a can of soup or .22lr

This. Also add Aramanth. Also it's very easy to make powdered eggs. You can also preserve your own meats with kosher salt or you can make a brine with salt, brown sugar, or smoke your meats.

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I've bought from them and the bags are nice and thick. Great quality.

Heirloom seeds so you can grow your own food.
Gardening/farming will also attract wild animals, in order to help you supplement your diet with meat, with little effort.

A garden

Wyse food makes some awesome prep packs. Some even come in a solar bag.

Do you even prep bro?

Free dried eggs up to 30 years. Pickled eggs will last about 5. Fresh laid egg in mineral oil stored in a cool dark space, maybe 6 months.

A self replicating flock of hens with land to grow their food will last you a lifetime.

find and join "Weed Walks"

Dried beans go "bad". When they get old (they donot keep more than a year) they turn into little stones that cannot be cooked soft, and too heavy to carry. They also take too much fuel to cook and too long to prepare.

Meat is the only thing i can think of. It can be dried, smoked, causing it to be light weight, and/or travel on its own legs with you.

Did anyone answer about freezing things…like your grains?
From my understanding, all grains in the freezer for at least a week before you do anything with them storage wise.

If money is no object freeze dried is probably the best option. Lasts for decades and if you need to bug out you can carry a lot.
Do they still make the military LRPS? lot of guys didn't like them but I thought they were miles better than MREs.

Well, I think the OP was trying to be helpful, no need to insult him "oh might Aussie". By the way, you are the country that made Jacko popular, so I would not throw stones.

I guess you can do nothing really.
Or do you know the future??
You dont have all the needed parameter to prepare yourself even for tommorrow.
The best you do is being yourself, every moment.
With this you get the right to do whatever you want.
Conciousness (yours to be pracise) will guide you and help you.
Just do your thing and you will be prepaired the best :)
Trust have faith hower they call it.
But there is nothing to fear.

sorry guy but I don't know who sold you that BS .... you'll get 6 months possibly 8 months coating eggs with FOOD GRADE mineral oil ... the longest preserving longevity is a year using the water glass immersion method ....

all preservation methods require cool, temp steady and no lite storage conditions ... I have pop coolers that are currently used for cushioned & protective storage for critical tools and supplies .... the coolers will be my egg storage containers

being unrefrigerated is not near as important as being FRESH and UNWASHED .... store bought eggs will not store worth a damn because of machine scrubbing at the egg factories

20 years if you go with canned dehydrated eggs .... buy in #10 cans .... don't attempt as a DIY type job - you'll poison yourself

just one of those idiotic urban legends that got started somehow ....

do you know what's happening right now? ... most of the grain in this country is in freezing temperature ... sub zero temps across the grain growing northern states ... and the grain will be in those conditions for months ....

guess what? .... all the insect larva/eggs will survive very nicely .... nature provides

no need to freeze prior to starting your long term packing procedures ... in fact you will be causing possible problems - freezing induces moisture .... you bring your food, to be packed, up to room temp and provide a humidity free environment (AC for summer months) ....

what keeps the insect larva/eggs from hatching and spoiling your stored food is the air voided conditions in the mylar bag/food grade bucket ... no air - no bugs .... just an added benefit to the modern food packing methods

McDonalds Hamburgers. That shit never rots
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I've got to agree with dried beans and rice

rice
oatmeal
honey (never spoils)
powdered milk
dehydrated or canned butter (got ours from Australia)
lemon juice in bottle
coconut oil in glass jars
coffee/tea/cocoa / keep in glass jars
dehydrated fruit and vegetables (onions, potatoes, mushrooms, peas, spinach, apples, etc)
dehydrated eggs
seeds to grow food later
purified water
chocolate if it last that long but hard candy stores better
soup
dehydrated or canned meat (spam, mini hot dogs, tuna, salmon, chicken, beef)
pickle relish and mayo to use in sandwich spread
sugar for bartering
SPICES: salt/pepper/cayenne pepper/cinnamon/garlic/italian herbs, etc
spaghetti sauce in jars with lids
noodles (different types)
red and white wine (can use in cooking)
vinegar (white & apple)
baking soda (makes a great cleaning agent too/put in laundry.. get big bag from Costco, toothpaste, etc)
canned ravioli
canned nuts
canned chili
canned bread
peanut butter / almond butter
jelly and/or jam
wax covered cheese
candles and matches (lighters)
glass oil lamp and oil (can always use cooking oil if in pinch)

well not really. good for immediate food but most canned meat has bad perservatives that cause colon cancer if to much is consumed and your doing nothing to prevent cancer.

Dried semen.

Healthy, nutritious, full of protein and easy on shelf space.

I ejaculated about a million times in BRIEF's mouth and beyond the plus point that he gave me tree fiddy a load, he now has about 8 years of prep stored in vacuum pouches.

Win-Win.

Toilet paper? What do you think people used before toilet paper? TP won't be worth anything in a SHTF scenario. If you think TP is a necessary thing, you probably won't be around long.

Pasta
Oats
Lentils
Rice
Sugar
Salt

Jars of peanut butter. High in protein and will last a long time if left sealed. Also get tons of salt to use for flavor, cleaning and as a food curative in conjunction with smoker woods.

Hunting,trapping,fishing and farming skills for long term survival.

This is a good list.

Food that is dry lasts the longest.

People never think about 2 minute noodles or pasta in their plastic packaging will last a decade at least....maybe longer.

The best long term staples are: (I have done a simple list, that you can easily and cheaply put together)

IT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE

Rice - 10 Years plus
Sugar - 10 Years plus
Olive Oil - 100 Years plus
Chocolate - 2 years plus
Coffee - 2 Years plus
Tinned goods - 10 Years plus: Meat, Vegetables, beans, fruit.
Multivitamins and minerals - 2 Years plus
Honey - 50 Years plus
Water treatment tablets - 100 Years plus
Dried Beans/lentils etc 10 Years plus
Powdered Milk, eggs and potatoes - 3 Years plus

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Let's say you have a tight budget and want 1 Years food per person:

Rice and beans will give you all the essential amino acids.
Throw in some tinned meat and vegetables.

Treats are Coffee with lots of sugar , tinned fruit with honey, chocolate

It's a simple list but you can go out and get 3 Months food from this list for £1 per day, roughly $1.5 .

Look, it ain't great eating, but it's food.

You will need to allocate 3000 - 4000 calories per day to account for the expenditure on fighting the tyranny or finding extra resources. FORGET 2000 calories per day, you will need more to thrive.


I have spent probably a hundred hours plus breaking this down into calories per food and how much you would need.

Is anyone interested.

OK my reply is all a bit crap, but I'm on some lovely single malt whiskey and 'I'm FEELING GOOD'

Sorry to my basic fundamental list I have omitted three key things:

Salt - 10 Years plus
Spices - 2 Years plus

Peanut butter - 2 Years plus

REMEMBER

Start with the staples.

High calorie foods and food easy to get in bulk cheaply, get your 4000 calories per day for first 3 Months per person, then 6 Months then 1 year and then 2? 3?

Start simple and add 'lovely things' as your budget determines and only once you have at least 1 Year per person.