Making food storage meals....Home made MRE's?

[1111rhn]

I tryed to just add water to some of those noodles in a bag with sauce that are supposed to be cooked. (in case in an emergency You couldn't cook indoors) and these do not reconstitute with water and no heat. I put water in one for 12 hours and 90% of the water remained- yuck- I'll stick to collecting the pre-cooked rices/meals that in a worse case senario you could eat- it just wouldn't be hot.

[kmikesell]

@1111rhn these meals are not the same as military MRE's, but are full meals that are ready to cook with out adding anything else. BTW why cant you cook indoors? There are many ways to do so.

[savgal1211]

I did these recipes and stored all the soups in mason Jars. i laid out all the ingredients and just spent a morniong doing it!! I brought some Pasta Fagioli in the jar to a party and we cooked it, and everyon eloved it!

[kmikesell]

@savgal1211 Tell us more

[TheyDidThis]

nice work but mres are cheap and easy.

[kmikesell]

@TheyDidThis I sell MRE's they are about $7.00 per meal...And that feeds one person. These certainly aren't complete meals but they do feed 6 to 8 people!

[TheyDidThis]

@kmikesell ah sht 7-8 people is great. Nice job on that point

[purity4all]

@TheyDidThis And full of nasty chemicals!

[purity4all]

@TheyDidThis also full of nasty chemicals.



[cyanleopard]

@TheyDidThis plus mres do not store as long as what Kesell was doing.

[kmikesell]

@mxrida97 That is true. But you are comparing apples to oranges. Military MRE's feed one person, my meals will feed a family of 4/6. MRE's shelf life is 5/7 years depending on how it is stored, (heat is the deal breaker on MRE's if at any time they got above say 80 degrees, there shelf life is halved) my meals will last at LEAST 10 years, maybe more. MRE's are made with a great deal of preservatives and chemicals, our meals are prepared without adding any additional preservatives.

[kmikesell]

@kmikesell I own, sell, and enjoy MRE's, but each have their place.

[kmikesell]

110 are fine just seal them...A vacuum needs no absorber but puts a stress on the Mylar and we had "poke through" probs

[Topaz5866]

Do you put oxygen absorbers in the bags before sealing them? 

[kmikesell]

@Topaz5866 YES the O2 absorbers are a must if they are to be stored for any length of time.

[Topaz5866]

@kmikesell

Are 100 cc good for 1/2 gallon mylar bags, or should I buy the 300 cc absorbers? Also, is it better to just seal them instead of vacuum sealing them? Thank you for all your help with my questions. Much appreciate your knowledge.

[cherd1971]

this is great can anyone buiy them?

[kmikesell]

@cherd1971 I was thinking of selling them for $8,00 each.

[tesskansas]

AWESOME!

[lordconan1976]

look at all those milfs

[kmikesell]

@rainygardener Thank you!

[rosrychaplet]

when are you doing this again?

[rwhtina]

@rosrychaplet Why do you ask?

[rosrychaplet]

@rwhtina i wanted to see if i could benefit from this as well.

[LetsFri]

Say No to Gen. manipulated food. Say no to eradiated Fruits, meat. Wake up before its to late. Start finding old seeds and hide them. These MF's are Evil. Take care of each other and Never ever Let them divide you over what so ever like they did it to us, and destroyed our Country. GOD BE WITH YOU ALL

[kmikesell]

@LetsFri I fail to see where this applies to the video??

[ladygarnet1]

ok where can i get some of these reciepes for the homemade MREs

[jmusulman]

kmikesell...ROTFLMAO! I was speaking of the Album from whence that song came . It is a 1982 Donald Fagen solo album...It is a classic. I bought that record album, hahahaha! So I was there...lol

[kmikesell]

@jmusulman I stand corrected! You are right.....Now get yourself a gold star

[jmusulman]

Donald Fagen the Night Fly...

[kmikesell]

@jmusulman Donald Fagen, The new frontier!

[1thatisilluminated]

GREAT work! Get ready you'll need it! Others should do the same.

[TheRealDirtyScary]

whats an MRE?

[deadkennedysrmyhero]

Meal Ready to EAT

[RUtripNcuz]

I'm thinking SPAM is a good choice to include for survival rations. Of course, it isn't dehydrated, but I'm thinking it's bathed in some kind of magic formaldehyde before packaging. Which means by my guesstimate, it should still taste awesome for at least the next 100 apocalyptic years.

[misterjosephfloyd]

Really dig the Steely !!

[kmikesell]

It's actually Donald Fagan solo...But it's one of my fave's...thanks for noticing.

[misterjosephfloyd]

AHH..the brain himself !! What album is that from? I may wanna go make a new purchase ! Thanks !

[kmikesell]

Not sure...It's called "New Frontier"

[Kallister18]

You're terrific, abbscobutsna. I am gratified to know that there are folks like you out there.

I have reviewed quite a few of your video's kmike and sure appreciate the effort you are putting into helping motivate people to prepare.

May I also suggest that you visit

TheAntiTerrorist channel. You would like his video on "The Larder of Last Resort".

[kmikesell]

I like the AntiTerrorist

[abbscobutsna]

You have any of the recipes you put together??? I keep thinking if I put some of these together I can give them to people who aren't prepared. Awesome idea!

[tinsnanna]

very very very good idea :)

[kmikesell]

Thank you very much

[Parindra]

Instead of having you come over, can you make a video to show how to do this ourselves?

[kmikesell]

Yes I can do that!

[kmikesell]

I will be making a video showing how.

[jksatte]

@Parindra I get the part about coming over is so you can get paid. I was hoping you could make a DVD to sell, then all that are interested could buy it and you could still get paid, which I think you should.

[keekzafreak]

I would like to see you post the recipes that you have adapted using your food storage for us if you can

[kmikesell]

I have been asked quite a few times to do just that. I am a little reluctant to do so because of copy rite laws. I will however be posting a video with some "non" copy rited recipes. So stay tuned!

[davidnightingale]

5 stars. Good work. Cheers

[kmikesell]

Thank you very much! make sure you rate and share!

[steelhorses2004]

Great work Brother Mike! 55 people won't be dependent on others. You should do a book on this method of food storage, recipes, etc. It'd be a hot seller!

[AGreyMan]

I second that.

[kmikesell]

Thank you! The gentle humor is edited out of most of my video's. I'm much more funny in person!

[eskimolishic]

Thanks for a great series of videos. The combination of straight forward advice and gentle humour is refreshing.