37 year-old Mountain House freeze dried food still just as good as it was bought as it was opened in 2007 and tested.
I thought this was interesting, it gives Mountain House
Food a great compliment.
http://www.armchairsurvivalist.com/paulsmountain.html Mountain HouseFood that has lasted half a long lifetime
By Paul James
The
year was 1975. At that time many Americans were concerned that the Cold War with Russia could turn hot. People all over the country were building bomb shelters in their backyards and storing large quantities of
food.
I was one of them. I didn’t build a shelter, but I did order $10,000 worth of
Mountain House freeze dried
food to be delivered to my home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. When the shipment arrived from Oregon, my family sampled some blueberries which we all liked. After that the
food was stored in the attics of our
house and garage. There it rested until August, 2007.
My wife and I are in our 80s and our daughters, who live in Idaho, felt it was time we joined them. In August, 2007, we moved with all of our belongings and 227 cases of 37-
year-
old Mountain House freeze dried
food.
First we opened a can of peas.
The moment I heard the swish air flowing into the can and felt their pellet-like hardness, I was convinced no air had entered the can for 37 years. The peas were fine.
We checked the blueberries and found them to taste exactly as we remembered them in 1975; the strawberries also kept perfectly. Since then we have twice served the scrambled egg mix. The added flavor of butter and salt were perfect to our taste.
Are we again approaching uncertain times that could affect the
food supply? Will my decision to “stock up” during the Cold War 37 years ago soon be transformed from folly to fortune?
In any event, it is an honor to be in a position where I can safely say that freeze-dried
food packed by
Mountain House in 1975 (#10 cans, six cans per case), is still perfectly preserved after all these years.
Note: Several sources are reporting that
food grains will be in short supply this
year because farmers have planted so much government-subsidized, GMO corn for ethanol.
Paul James, 85, standing beside some 200 cases of
Mountain House freeze dried
food. Purchased and trucked all the way cross country from Oregon in 1975, this “
mountain” of
food was recently pulled down from where it was stored for 37 years. This photo was taken July 29, 2007, moments before the
mountain was loaded into a moving van headed back across the country to Idaho.