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    dried meat. preserves for long and has high nutritional value. Are you going trekking? If so i have just the thing for you in mind.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kagemusha View Post
    dried meat. preserves for long and has high nutritional value. Are you going trekking? If so i have just the thing for you in mind.
    No, just going through a survivalist phase after various media scares about fuel shortages. Googled rations, and erbswurst and tushonka intrigued me as something that might supplement staples which I've never tried before. I can't find them in local stores though, hence I'm asking if anyone knows where one might find them in the London area, and what other stores might be a good mix of keepability, availability, economy, and palatability.

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    Pemmican. Failing that, beef jerky.

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    Apples can keep for months if kept in a cool, dry, dark place.

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    Tins.

    Almost all tinned vegetables last for months, I bought some tins of baked beans just the other day, the best before date is May 2011. Same goes for some tinned petit pois I got months ago, their sell by date is June 2011. The other great thing about tins is they're very easy to find

    EDIT: I'm not sure about tinned meats, but they probably last forever as well, and for pudding: chocolate. Food that keeps is more common than you might think.
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    You wouldn't happen to have a nice new bunker in the backyard?

    I'd second dry meat, pasta and rice, and tinned foods. Don't forget plenty of water, you'll die of thirst before you die of hunger apparently. Not to mention that rice and pasta need it to be edible. Also the long life milk lasts for years.

    How about sugared nuts? They are basically fat and sugar - full of energy. There must be places which sell them. Buy in bulk and save!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Myrddraal View Post
    Almost all tinned vegetables last for months, I bought some tins of baked beans just the other day, the best before date is May 2011. Same goes for some tinned petit pois I got months ago, their sell by date is June 2011. The other great thing about tins is they're very easy to find
    Whoa, canned food has expiry dates? Damn. Imma hafta go take a look at those old cans of tomato soup buried in the back of the cupboards.

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    Preparing for a zombie invasion are we?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
    No, just going through a survivalist phase after various media scares about fuel shortages. Googled rations, and erbswurst and tushonka intrigued me as something that might supplement staples which I've never tried before. I can't find them in local stores though, hence I'm asking if anyone knows where one might find them in the London area, and what other stores might be a good mix of keepability, availability, economy, and palatability.
    If you dont want to buy expensive pre dried meats. There are quite cheap ways to make as much dried meat you want yourself if you have a owen. Just buy low fat minced beef. sier in a pan and add any spices you like. Then put the meat in owen on flat surface on thin layer for 24 hours on +50 celcius and leave the owen door just a bit open. Turn the meat between every couple of hours or so and take the separated fat off. Once the meat is almost black and has hard texture, its ready. Done properly such dried meat lasts years in room temperature. When you want to use it, just put it in water and it swallows acting like normal minced meat.

    Great and light stuff for trekking, but not bad for survivalist either.
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    Honey is a good one to have, that can be used in many things, or eaten plain. (but I warn you, it is an acquired taste.) And may I ask exactly what brought on the survivalist phase? :P
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    Treacle.
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    Default Re: Keepable foods - what and where to find them?

    Canned foods of all kinds
    Dried meat, fruit, and pasta
    Dry grains and starches, such as rice, oatmeal, bulgur, quinoa, etc.
    Hard cheeses


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    Perhaps Pannonian actually works for the intelligence service. Should we be evacuating the cities yet?

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