It seems like every election year CostCo trots out the PanicPak.
So that is, ostensibly, $40 for 3 days worth of food for 4 people. Or, put another way, $10 for a 3-day supply for one person. Sounds like a bargain, I suppose, but there’s not a shred of meat on that list of food (“chicken-flavored” = TVP or non-meat ingredients), and most of it is soups/stews. I like the notion of ones-stop-shopping, but, honestly, I’d grab a 5-gallon bucket from Home Depot and load it up with some bottled water, instant oatmeal, Cup O Soup, some cans of chicken or tuna, and a few other long-term goodies and call it a day. I mean, c’mon, its only three days….I’ve eaten leftover pizza for 2-3 days at a pop and never felt at a loss….and it was only $10.
In a crisis, I probably wouldn’t be working on the 3-meal-a-day paradigm anyway. Sure, it depends on your activity level – hanging looters and manning barricades requires more calories than just huddling in a fallout shelter – but I’m most likely to do two meals a day and leave it at that. but, of course, your mileage may vary.
For someone who wants a turnkey solution this sort of thing might be nice but when the apocalypse gets hear I don’t want to be the last real meal in my belly to be cheesy broccoli soup or some such nonsense. It’ll be freeze dried porkchops, mashed potatoes, corn, apple pie and some sugary beverage.
Must be a Montana thing.
CostCos here in Southern Califrutopia have never put that kind of stuff on the floor, in the last 8+ years I’ve had a membership.
Hey, it’s not like there’s any active earthquake faults hereabouts, right?
As unhealthy as the cheap Nissan / Top ramen packages are, I save spare seasoning packages by using only 1/2 the amount of them when I make it. Every two packages, I store free foil pack season package for seasoning future meals or a warm drink when it gets cold outside.
Something like this might be a good supplement if you already have a decent supply of good stuff, or could be used to trade out from / barter for things. However it might be more cost effective like you mention to fill a bucket. The only caveat there of course is to make sure you rotate dates of the items of the less than optimum shelf life things. Would also be good for a bug out location with its shelf life so you dont have to go refresh it that often and your not out much if it ever gets destroyed or your unable due to conditions to get there.
Our Sam’s Club here in Bakersfield, CA has been carrying the bucket-o-food for a while now. http://www.samsclub.com/sams/augason-farms-30-day-food-storage-emergency-all-in-one-pail/prod5610448.ip
wonder if these pails can withstand being buried? In my minds eye, would not be bad idea to cache a few of these within 1-2 days walking distance around your evac-routes. paint them fde and cache.
Most of the food in these kits isn’t suitable for diabetics who eat low carb. I keep a lot of canned tuna, salmon, sardines, and home-canned beef & chicken on hand. I was given some Market Street chunk chicken in a pouch, basically a MRE, & it isn’t bad. Needed a lot of spicing up, but was eatable. Hope I can get some more. We also raise chickens for the eggs & rabbits for meat. One thing I have yet to learn is to make my own dried meat – commercial jerky has sugar. Obviously, I’m not bugging out – too many animals & I’m too freakin’ old. 🙂
For those who like noodles
Buffalo sauce powder http://www.firehousepantrystore.com/frredhotbuwi.html
Yellow cheddar powder (like that used in Kraft Mac and Cheese) http://www.firehousepantrystore.com/herbs-and-spices-flavored-powders-and-misc–ingredients-cheddar-cheese-powder.html
I just bought another order of both. This supplier has onion dip powder and a bunch of other stuff. The cheese powder I can vouch for. Being a man of simple pleasures, I just like making mac and cheese but with mega-cheese powder. You can, with this, and it’s good, no using half the powder and saving it.
I think the buffalo sauce powder is going to kick ass too, just ordered some along with more than a pound of the yellow cheddar powder.
I have a bunch of lunches with macaroni and extra cheese coming up.
Enjoy the little things, but throw a bunch of this unopened powder in with yer rice, beans, and pasta.
thanks for the website will defiantly look into the things they sell.
my costco is selling the same bucket for $64.99
If you even thinking about it grab it at $40 bucks
I think it would be worth it just for variety.