is there a place that has shelf life info .of every day foods at the store of different can an dry foods to put up .for bad times ? watched war of the worlds last knight ,scared the he-- out of me not the alliens but how easy it would be to get in a fix .NOT ME OR MINE ill be ready .

There is. I'll look for it and post it.
I believe it was the Mormon preparedness PDF.
-Todd

For long term prep you may wish to look at dehydrated food stuff, beens, some meats, things like that can last for decades (?).

BTW its not aliens you have to worry about. Its zombies. In that case just get to the nearest pub and wait it out.

I've never heard of zombies from space... I always thought that zombies are just are good friends and neighbors, but undead now and hungry for our brains. And a pub's not the place to wait it out.... dontcha think zombies want to wash down the brains with a cold beer.


And I know what you mean about War of the Worlds (the one with Tom Cruise)... he tells his son to pack up all the food in the house, and they end up with a small box of condiments.

My food storage in not too big yet, and all fits into well-packed rubbermaid containers, easy to throw in the truck and run.

The zombies will be made by something from space.

What you've never seen the classic 1980s British Space Vampire Zombies versus the SAS movie called ' Lifeforce '?

Wow, I had a version of the LDS preparedness booklet, I see now my version is outdated- I like this version, very thorough, if a little over the top, and it makes good suggestions as well as usable lists and time tables.

Most of the food (canned, packaged, whatever) has an expiration date on it. My recollection is that canned (not foil-packed) freeze-dried food has the longest shelf life.

The problem is, you really need to pay attention and rotate it out of storage and into consumption. You don't want to buy a bunch of 5-year shelf-life food and have the aliens hit 4 years later. You've only got a year's shelf-life left.

Food for thought (couldn't resist)-

I take canned soups to the office to have available if I can't get out for lunch, plus for other staff that may have forgotten to bring lunch, low on cash, etc.

I have always tried to be diligent in rotating and using canned food as I buy new, but I apparently missed some canned soups.

Yesterday I made a can of Campbell's Minestrone, and it wasn't until I was cleaning up that I noticed it had "expired" in 2005.

No ill effects. So, out of curiousity, I went on to campbell.com, their FAQ only refers to the date stamp as a "best if used by" date, and says the shelf life of unopened cans is 1-2 years. I'm sure that is just for indemnity reasons.

I noticed no quality issues, in texture or flavor.

Not that I recommend this- just relating the story.