starting food storage

[essexsurvivor]

I'm after a rough guide for lbs of meat veg grains per person for a month or year

[Bad Wombat]

before you invest in MREs how about pricing up something like this:

breakfast - 60 servings
1 kg oats
1 kg muesli
1 kg granola
2kg powdered milk
1kg sugar

dinner - 60 servings
3 kg rice
3 kg pasta
10 x 400g tins beans
10 x 400g tins soup or tomatoes
10 x 400g tins meat (ham, chilli, steak, tuna etc)

sweet - 60 servings
10 x 400g tins fruit
10 x 400g tins rice pudding
10 x 400g tins sponge pudding
13 x 400g tins custard

snacks - lots!
60 bars granola, twix, mars, snickers etc
1.5 kg chocolate bars
1.5 kg mixed nuts
1.5 kg mixed dried fruit

odds and ends
cooking oil
salt
packet sauces for the pasta
bottled sauces tabasco etc.
jam, treacle & honey
tea
coffee
instant hot chocolate
cuppa soups

[essexsurvivor]

Would this be 1 months food for two adults

[kizzie]

Would this be 1 months food for two adults

Looks like it.

Cant you just write a list of a mths food and then x it by 12?

[essexsurvivor]

I could but canning and dehydrating food seems like a skill u learn I have not started learning yet.im just asking info

[kizzie]

I could but canning and dehydrating food seems like a skill u learn I have not started learning yet.im just asking info

That list that Wombat posted, is just stuff you would buy off the shelves.

Just get your basics first and the more you read the more you will learn and the more different things you can try.

Canning is very expensive, dehydrating is fairly affordable BUT also remember if you do dehydrating you must store more water for your cooking.

[Bad Wombat]

Would this be 1 months food for two adults

yep. Though I'm no expert. This is based on the types of food my family already eat. As a menu it has not been put to the test. Rather, it is a shoping list I would attempt to use if I was considering bugging in.

[essexsurvivor]

Could any one tell me how long dehydrated food would last we not sealed in a air tight bag.as I am now looking at dehydrating food my self and storing them. Much cheaper.

[kizzie]

Could any one tell me how long dehydrated food would last we not sealed in a air tight bag.as I am now looking at dehydrating food my self and storing them. Much cheaper.

Only a few weeks if not in sealed vacuum bags or jars. I keep some jars that are on the go, but would not store long term like that.

[essexsurvivor]

So I guess the key to storing food long term is keeping sealed bags to useable sizes like 0.5lbs or 1lbs bag/jars