Economic Collapse Food Storage - The $20 One-Month Supply

What foods and preps you need to buy to maximize your food storage budget.
When it comes to storing food for emergencies, calories are king. Stick with foods with high caloric density to really stretch your dollar.
You can get up to a month's worth of food for only 20 bucks!!

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[TIKIMAN198]

I noticed on the cans you have the date of 2009. I assume thats the best buy date. Are you planning on keeping them much longer than that? The earliest my canned food will pass it's best buy date is in may 2012. However I will keep them much longer. In 2015 I will crack one open and if it's still good, it's all going back on the shelf.

[TheLordHumungus]

@TIKIMAN198

the dates i wrote on the cans are when I bought them. I pay very little attention to the 'best by' dates, as anything in a can will last quite a long time. I just have the dates on there so I know I am eating the oldest stuff first. I just ate a 3 year old can of peas the other day. Tasted good as new. I would no hesitate a second to eat a 10 yr old can.

[taddyboy2]

@TheLordHumungus Actually I was doing some research and was told that canned goods are usually good for 10 years PAST the "expiration" date. haha

[TheLordHumungus]

@taddyboy2

Yeah, I have seen a study where they did tests on the contents of a can that was like 100 years old. The contents were perfectly safe and edible, but they would be bland and mushy. But the bottom line is, if the seal hasn't been breached on a can, you can eat it.

[sparticle24]

This economic collapse has been in the coming for so long I'm starting to wonder if it'll actually happen.

[TheLordHumungus]

@sparticle24

I hear ya brother. That's why we don't plan for events, we just plant o be self-sufficient.

And if you want to get technical, the economic collapse has already happened. We're just waiting to see how bad it will get.

[delindsay90210]

I gotta disagree with the MRE statement. They ARE meant for one per day @ roughly 1200 calories each day. You mention Ranger school, well of course they couldn't maintain body mass on one MRE, but they are going through 18-20 hours PER DAY of intense physical activity. Nobody sitting at home after some collapse is going balls out 24/7 like they are at Ranger school.

[Davidautofull]

@MultiGuitarman53 go to a gun show and get the P38s. there is even a larger size now

[TheNova1960]

If you have a dollar store you can buy 20-30 cans worth of food for $20.00 and many other items! And, think about lot's of carbs which turns into sgar and then is stored as fat on the body!  Good vid...

[BigLoveZone]

@ButteryWench01 Stockpile a few bottles of vitamins also!

[ButteryWench01]

FYI White rice is enriched with vitamins and minerals before it leaves the packer. If you don't rinse it before you cook it it's chock full of nutrition.

[buckstarchaser]

@Gooodwitch Ramen noodles comes out to about 8 days for $20... but at least it sucks less than rice. If only they came out with a non-MSG version I would buy them out.

[buckstarchaser]

As long as you're going with mono-foods here you might as well consider cooking oil. $20 will get you 33.6 days worth of oil calories if you sat and drank it... Of course it would just give you uncontrollable diarrhea if you did that but I'm assuming you don't intend to just eat only rice either. Adding oil to all your foods will boost calories cheaply and make you feel full quickly.