Testing your preps??

I thought it might be helpful to start this thread. There are a ton of people counting on what they learn here, as I am.

 

Please post your positive and negative experiences.

 

 

I will start….Sun Dried Tomatoes, very good substitute for fresh. Sam’s has them for $5.00 and change per jar. They have a shelf life until 07. My wife is amazed @ what I can do w/ a can of black beans, and a can of corn.   

I made a great sauce!!...I took out one of my tomato cans that came complete with onions, garlic, and green pepper...then I opened a soup can that had veggies with sausages...I had the soup for myself for lunch without the sausages...I took those sausages and used them to make my spaghetti sauce......seasoned sauce with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning(which has all kinds of dilicious herbs).....hubby never knew it was all from a can...loved it!

I've been on www.hillbillyhousewife.com a LOT and busily printing out recipes, prepping packages etc. There is a section just for storage foods, which I'm going thru. Making one meal after another to try them out now. Found a number which my hubby and I both like real well, easy to prepare and fast to cook.

911bob wrote: I have returned some items that I thought would have been a good, but after trying....well lets say it is a good thing we have the time to get it all in order.

Can you give some examples? I thought that's why you started this thread...
    

Have you tried any other ham? Which one would you recommend? I have mostly canned salmon and tuna, and only a few beef, but am looking for some good input on canned meats..

Tried a can of corned beef hash yesterday morning with our eggs and bacon.  My dad swears by it and I have about 10 cans in my preps. 

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"If we do get the amount of rainfall that's expected, you can and probably should expect major flooding," Rusty Cornelius, administrative coordinator for Harris County Emergency Management told Reuters.

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That would likely cause the already swollen bayous that crisscross Houston to overflow their banks.

The Houston Fire Department rescued more than 500 people from flood waters with no serious injuries or fatalities reported. "Most of them were rescues of civilians from their vehicles after they drove into flooded areas," said Assistant Chief Omero Longoria.

The worst of the flooding hit South Houston, which declared a state of emergency and set up four shelters to accommodate residents driven from their homes.

Television news showed footage of several people on the roof of a building that had flooded with water levels topping out at about three feet on some streets.

Houston city and county officials were working to prepare emergency crews to fan out across the city ahead of a potential deluge in the coming hours.

"If the situation does take a turn for the worse, we have the assets ready to be deployed," said Gloria Roemer, spokeswoman for the County Judge Robert Eckels, head of the county's emergency management office.

Witnesses said state highway 225, the city's "refinery row," was closed earlier in the day because of high water, although disruptions to plants appeared to be minor.

A refinery owned by French Total in nearby Port Arthur was forced to trim operations because of flooding, the company said.

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My kids favorite are now being sold at KFC for a bunch of money. The layered bowls. They actually want the "store bought" now. Just need potato flakes, can of corn, can of chicken, gravy. Layer it up.

Tuna on toast:
Another one is powdered milk, tuna, pasta(english muffins, bagles, or bread), powdered butter, flour, salt & pepper. Two tbls of butter & flour for every 1.5 cups of milk. Combine butter & flour until looks like paste, add milk & tuna. Cook until thickened. Add salt pepper to taste. Put on top of pasta. If you have fzn peas throw them in.

Always looking for Kid pleasers...would love to get more if anybody has any.

911bob wrote: DAK Hams, YUK!!  Generally Sam’s has good prices, however I ran into a problem w/ expiration dates on OJ, Granola Bars, etc.

Seriously, we even had it for dinner tonight along with baked beans and mac n cheese.  (kid's request)  DH liked it so much he had two sandwiches!  This went over so well that I am off to the store tomorrow for 20 cans to go in the prep closet

sand, i have benn looking for that castleberry pork or beef for months now,where did you find it? i even wrote castleberry to see if i could order it from them. what state are you in, if close i may be willing to drive. i live in ms.

I "docter up" dry lima beans by adding a pinch of soda (to reduce gas effect) add some celery and a can of chopped span (or luch meat) when nearly done. Served with cornbread it makes a heary one pot meal.
Good luck to all.

I've discovered that testing new foods is very important!! we like the flavored noodles and recently bought a package of Thai instant noodles the kind you just add water, heat and add the seasoning...   I'm so glad I only bought 1 to try!! nasty stuff!! LOL

Maysday,

I have six cans of those tamales.  Never tried them, but thought after a while we would need some diversion in our meals.  Have to say was a bit nervous buying them.  Thanks for the report. 

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Hello all...

I'm always amazed at the posts here.  ITSHTF, will it really matter much if our canned hams are palitable or not???

Personally, I'm just trying to purchase items to feed my clan & keep them all alive for  at least 12-18 mo!

If they don't "like" what I'm serving, too bad.  They may not like what I'm serving, but they'll be alive & that's what really matters!

I've only got so much $ & so much time to get things lined up.

My advice is get spices, lots of spices & various sauces to "doctor up" foods.  One could make an old shoe taste good with the right spices right???

My first priority is PROTEIN, PROTEIN, PROTEIN!!!

Everything else is simply gravy in terms of food preps. 

God bless us all...
Peggy

Peggy,

A little side note here.  Went to Kroger yesterday to finalize my preps.  Going after those 20 cans of castleberrys barbeque pork you know.  Well, they didn't have 20 cans.  They only had 4.  Same with the sister product of bbque beef (there was only 1 left).  I've been down that isle every other day for three months and it always has two rows double stacked high!  Took them all and realized I'm not done just yet.

Note to self: delete this thread. LOL!

Another vote for the Hormel canned tamales. I got a can back in January to try to see if they were any good. I fixed them to eat with tacos the first time, now they are a regular when we eat tacos. I keep replacing them because we keep eating them! I vote against the corned beef hash, I had never had it before, and it had to be the nastiest stuff I have ever tried, DH ate it, but I thought it looked/smelled like canned dog food. So needless to say I did not buy any more of that. Will have to look for the BBQ!

I have been testing my prepps

I had a graham cracker problem, then a potatoe chip problem, a brownie problem, and so on, and realized. My prepps are better than what I have been having on a daily basis, and I have been gaining weight too.