Powdeed eggs these days are quite decent, especially when consumed with the all important hot sauce. i prefer to buy commercial products.

thanks all... as nursemike commented, I've got way too much time on my hands...I will try canning some hot dogs though...

You ever see hot dogs that have been boiled on the stove too long? They absorb water and swell 2-3 times their size and are not all too edible...depending on how hungry you are.

Now think what would happen if you can those hot dogs at 10 lbs pressure for 90 minutes...the end result will not be a pretty picture.

There are a lot of foods that should not ever be canned and I recommend that people who get into home canning really do their research as your life can literally depend on the outcome of the final product.

The Naional Center for Home Canning is the best starting point for home canning procedures and safety.

Teslinhiker.. thanks for the heads up... I've seen a couple of videos on the hot dogs.. no water just canned hotdogs, like a large vienna sausage...

A friend canned up a bunch of meatloaf in pint jars,says it downright good eating.

Here's what you need. Can by hung around the neck, or placed on a keychain for EDC..

No question that those petite bottles of Tabasco are the greatest thing that has happened to MREs; they are useful for lots of other applications. But I am a hot sauce snob - my favorite commercial product is El Pato red hot suace - muy sabrosa! (may not be readily available in Minn)

I met a McIlhenny in the Navy,very proud of the product and a nice kid,good folks to support with your purchases.Wonder if still a family business?

A little off topic: AFAIK, initially, hot spices were invented not to preserve or flavor the food, but to hide unpleasant smell and taste of a meal's component (i.e. meat), which is a little behind its "shelf life end" being stored in hot climate. In a survival situation such a hot sauce as Tabasco may effectively hide the rotting/decomposing food smell and taste, which would warn you that something is wrong with your food otherwise.

Don't do it unless they will be pickled in vinegar and only then if you do it properly. Your vacuum sealer will only remove the air, it won't preserve them.