Okay, top on the list is actually posting a Boomershoot Picture of the Day every day, which I miserably failed to do in 2009.
Next, I’m gonna be making Costco runs to resupply our over-the-counter meds and first aid supplies. All the lists, etc., that I see are good, but not many preppers include price estimates for what it will cost you to duplicate their super-duper-everybody-needs-it list of stuff. I’m going to include the prices I actually pay, so you all can estimate yourselves what coin you need to set aside for a similar venture.
Same thing with all our canned goods — we’re down to very few, and they were yummy, but it’s time to restock and I’ll give you pics, stats and prices.
Finally, I’ve joined FreezeDryGuy’s monthly buyers’ club and will be reporting on how that works out. I have always liked Mountain House goodies, and I’ll be able to compare prices with similar fare offered at our local preparedness store and at outdoor stores like REI.
Oh, and one more thing. I’m currently fighting a nasty ear infection, but assuming I knock it and am able to help my wife progress to a certain point on her thesis…
I’M GOING TO SHOT SHOW!
I’M GOING TO SHOT SHOW!!
I’M GOING TO SHOT SHOW!!!
Envious, I am. Good luck with the ear infection, though.
The problem I have with Mountain House is the foods they have are horribly expensive and the portions are far too small. Unless the light weight is an imperative, supermarket dry foods are much, much cheaper, need as little preparation, taste far better and real meal size portions are much easier to arrange.
Gerry N.
Gerry, you’re quite right, but if given a choice between Mountain House and the equivalent commercial dehydrated food, both the wife and I will pick Mountain House freeze-dried every time because of taste and texture issues. Oh, and as far as supermarket dry foods, when stored in containers in my 80-degrees-most-months garage or side yard, dried fruit and jerky have had about a two- or three-year shelf life, tops.
That’s kind of the main reason our primary food-storage resource is commercially-canned goods. They’re tasty, easy to rotate through your diet, and won’t burst open in an earthquake like home-canned goods. In our hot climate, I figure on a five-year shelf-life, and for the most part that’s been accurate. On the other hand, they are bulky and heavy. I wanted to see about a second resource that had a shelf-life just as long, and had just as much tastiness, but was at the other end of the spectrum as far as size and weight. Freeze-dried fits that bill. What sealed it for me was realizing in December that I could have been buying $50 or so a month in dehydrated or freeze-dried foods over the past year, but hadn’t. The buyers’ club program sounded good to me. But yeah, there are lots of less expensive alternatives out there.