Article on food storage for 3 months

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CAN THE DEPENDENCY
By: Karen Hood
�  1999 Karen Hood
I was in the grocery store the other day and overheard a woman talking to her husband. She said, "I�m concerned about this terrorism thing. I don�t even know where to start. What foods should we get?" I watched them for a little while. They continued down the isle with worried eyes and an empty cart. I continued with my shopping and ran into them a couple isles later. They had a nearly empty cart and they still looked worried. The answer was right in front of them the whole time. Just buy what you normally buy, but buy more of it.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Article on food storage for 3 months Posted: March 21 2006 at 1:56pm
	CAN THE DEPENDENCY By: Karen Hood � 1999 Karen Hood I was in the grocery store the other day and overheard a woman talking to her husband. She said, "I�m concerned about this terrorism thing. I don�t even know where to start. What foods should we get?" I watched them for a little while. They continued down the isle with worried eyes and an empty cart. I continued with my shopping and ran into them a couple isles later. They had a nearly empty cart and they still looked worried. The answer was right in front of them the whole time. Just buy what you normally buy, but buy more of it. http://www.survival.com/y2kkarens.htm

omega Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: March 16 2006 Status: Offline Points: 183	Post Options Post Reply Quote omega Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2006 at 3:29pm
	Thanks so much for posting this article, it really worries me how many people I've run across who literally believe that during an emergency, that it "won't matter" to them what type of food they're eating. This is particularly crucial in the case of young children and the elderly, or indeed, any finicky eaters simply are NOT going to start eating wheat berry gruel and other strange concoctions, and many times wouldn't be able to digest many of the different grains & legumes, anyway.

slcmom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: February 21 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 169	Post Options Post Reply Quote slcmom Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2006 at 3:47pm
	Good article, thanks! Just heaven forbid anyone suggest they store it under their bed... because THAT would be condescending!

FakinBacon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: March 20 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote FakinBacon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2006 at 4:10pm
	Enjoyed reading this - thanks for sharing! ~A
	Stay At Home Mom, Book Addict

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2006 at 4:50pm
	too bad the gov't won't tell people

bruss01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote bruss01 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2006 at 4:55pm
	Terrific article. Validates most of my own prepping strategies. Did not realize that acidic foods are only good for 12 - 18 months, I'll assume that includes chilli and ragu.

omega Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: March 16 2006 Status: Offline Points: 183	Post Options Post Reply Quote omega Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 24 2006 at 8:47am
	My Hormel CHILI has very long expiration dates, sometime in 2008 -- so be sure to check each individual can for the expiration date. Somewhere online I read that Hormel brand foods often have very long shelf life because they cook the food itself in the same cans we buy at the store ..... however, I don't know anything more about this, but evidentally, most other processors cook the food first, and then can it....