ccmummy wrote:I'm by no means a food snob, my cupboards are full of basics tinned foods and cereals, however when it comes to tinned meat I stuggle. We've always had a butcher in the family so fresh meat has never been an issue. Obviously should something happen like a power cut or food supplies stop its going to be a bit more difficuilt so I need to bite the bullet and start adding tinned meat to my list. Any suggestions on any which are nice? I can't stand spam so thats out
PreppingPingu has hit the nail on the head. We bought tinned chicken and turkey, corned beef, ham and spam plus come chilli and 'Big Breakfasts' and gave them a try within the family. The chicken and turkey was a success on its own and the others worked in 'pasta bake' type recipes or by mixing it in with other nosh.
Dont wish to offend anyone but I doubt many on here have been truly hungry, if you have been you will know that any food will taste like the nectar of the gods, hence a large amount of 19p sardine tins (etc) in my cupboard, I understand the ewybbwye mantra but if money is short 50 tins of sardines (and a bag of rice) for a tenner will keep you fed for quite a while.
The above really only applies if you are prepping for a large disaster anyone prepping for unemployment or similar feel free to ignore the above
I spent over 20 years in the army and have eaten a lot of things during training that most people would never touch (and not just what the catering corps produces) I cant recommend fox of badger though blackbird is rather good as for spiders and python(eaten in Belize) if you can cope with the pop of the spider and the leather texture of python you can live on them , so when it comes to tinned meat no matter how cheap I would rather eat it than some things I have eaten just to get protein . I would also consider dog and cat food over some of the things I had to eat.
tigs wrote:I spent over 20 years in the army and have eaten a lot of things during training that most people would never touch (and not just what the catering corps produces) I cant recommend fox of badger though blackbird is rather good as for spiders and python(eaten in Belize) if you can cope with the pop of the spider and the leather texture of python you can live on them , so when it comes to tinned meat no matter how cheap I would rather eat it than some things I have eaten just to get protein . I would also consider dog and cat food over some of the things I had to eat.
Well, the OP doesn't appear to be in in military training, and she's talking about tinned food, so let's keep it on topic please.
tanstaafl wrote:Dont wish to offend anyone but I doubt many on here have been truly hungry, if you have been you will know that any food will taste like the nectar of the gods, hence a large amount of 19p sardine tins (etc) in my cupboard, I understand the ewybbwye mantra but if money is short 50 tins of sardines (and a bag of rice) for a tenner will keep you fed for quite a while.
The above really only applies if you are prepping for a large disaster anyone prepping for unemployment or similar feel free to ignore the above
But aren't we all here and prepping because we don't want to go 'truly hungry'. Surely that's a fundamental part of why we are all doing what we do? Part of my prepping is to ensure that if there is to be a long, drawn out crisis of any kind, I can still be comfortable, and not have to try and force down food I don't like just because it was the cheapest thing on the supermarket shelves. I think most people would say the same. Yes, I do prep for unemployment, as well as for other, more serious scenarios, but I'm not differentiating between approaches for each when it comes to groceries.
tanstaafl wrote:Dont wish to offend anyone but I doubt many on here have been truly hungry, if you have been you will know that any food will taste like the nectar of the gods, hence a large amount of 19p sardine tins (etc) in my cupboard, I understand the ewybbwye mantra but if money is short 50 tins of sardines (and a bag of rice) for a tenner will keep you fed for quite a while.
The above really only applies if you are prepping for a large disaster anyone prepping for unemployment or similar feel free to ignore the above
But aren't we all here and prepping because we don't want to go 'truly hungry'. Surely that's a fundamental part of why we are all doing what we do? Part of my prepping is to ensure that if there is to be a long, drawn out crisis of any kind, I can still be comfortable, and not have to try and force down food I don't like just because it was the cheapest thing on the supermarket shelves. I think most people would say the same. Yes, I do prep for unemployment, as well as for other, more serious scenarios, but I'm not differentiating between approaches for each when it comes to groceries.
No I am here because I dont wish to starve or die, myself or my family , honestly being uncomfortable does not bother me that much (been there), and if all around you are dying or going zombie any food will do
I would get fed up of eating the same food every day pretty quickly - food fatigue springs to mind. And I wouldn't dream of buying a load of tins that I don't like - can't see any point in that whatsoever. Tinned sardines *shudder*.
if it came to a real end of the world situation I'd eat anything available, even spam But hopefully it will never come to that and I'd hate to be chucking food away because I didn't force myself to eat it iykwim. The whole 'eat what you buy, buy what you eat' makes sense to me so hopefully I'll like some of the tins I bought
I got tinned meatballs, stew, chicken in white sauce, hot dogs, chicken curry and bolognaise. Got to like one of them haven't I?
ccmummy wrote:if it came to a real end of the world situation I'd eat anything available, even spam But hopefully it will never come to that and I'd hate to be chucking food away because I didn't force myself to eat it iykwim. The whole 'eat what you buy, buy what you eat' makes sense to me so hopefully I'll like some of the tins I bought
I got tinned meatballs, stew, chicken in white sauce, hot dogs, chicken curry and bolognaise. Got to like one of them haven't I?
Yip! Try them all then just buy what you actually enjoy. Then try and imagine how you would feel had you eaten the same thing day in day out for three weeks or more - that'll definitely focus the mind on the need for variety!
I've bitten the bullet and bought a few tins to try.
any food will do 