Ben,

I agree. We continue to can up stuff, although mainly meals like stew, gumbo, chili, etc. We use them fairly often as quick meals when we don't have time to make something, and also have the benefit of being preps for bad times. When meat goes on sale we usually buy a bunch and can it. Most of the stuff from the garden ends up in a jar as well.

A good friend of my wife's says she has hardly any food in her house, and goes to the grocery for dinner items EVERY day. I just can't fathom living like that. Even if you weren't a prepper type, the sheer convenience of having readily available food on-hand would seem to be a good reason to do it.