Prep foods; where do you get yours?

[Errosion Of Accord]

I have a couple thou burning a hole in my pocket and I'm wondering who I can depend on to deliver mountain house products on the cheap. Have another thou going to reloading components but I will buy those with cash locally. Sanity is no longer an option with the way this country is heading.

Do you have any particular favorite MH foods?
Any advice on this topic will be highly appreciated.

[slowbell]

I've ordered directly from mountain house and had good experiences. Check out their sale items as well.

http://www.mountainhouse.com/

[Shami-Amourae]

I recommend you consider getting a good store of canned foods, and rice/beans/flour first, (I'm allergic to flour so I stock up on tapioca flour.) Rice and beans can be purchased in bulk for cheap. Look for restaurant style stores like Smart & Final or Costco if need be. You want these for your short/medium term preps. For long term food preps look to freeze dried food. I have some myself but I'm not an expert at what the best brand is. Mine are from efoodsdirect.com (http://www.efoodsdirect.com/) (thought they suck since they don't provide meat) and Provident Pantry I have a few various others I mixed in. Provident Pantry seems good since you can pick and choose what you want. Make sure you get meat (http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=FN%20Q099&sid=GOOGLELA&EID=GLAFN%20Q099&gclid=CK2M2dyZvbMCFXSSPAod0nEAew) in there someway or another too.

[ArgenteumTelum]

Mountain House sale now: http://beprepared.com/quickshoplist.asp_Q_c_E_950_A_name_E_Freeze%20Drie d%20Foods%20In%20#10%20Cans
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[woodman]

McDonald's. Damn storable too. Cheeseburger and fries will last forever on a shelf. Pungent and tasty when times get lean.

[MNeagle]

Costco is carrying a variety pack of 10 MH for a decent price if you have access to one.

[milehi]

Get an Excaliber dehydrator and roll your own. Anything with moisture in it can be dehydrated. I originally bought the dehydrator because the perservatives in dry backpacking food give me headaches. Also the high salt content and the high price. You should test drive the MH food before doing a large order.

[ImaCannin]

www.azurestandard.com is a co-op ... you sign up ( for free) make your order online, and they deliver to most towns by you. (depending where you are) every two weeks. I agree with Shami, get beans, rice and other storable stuff... Mountain house had alot of toxic msg dung in it! Like Milehi, I have dehydrators and am constantly dehydrating and putting in 1/2 gallon ball jars and vacuum sealing them. They will last for every.
http://www.honeyvillegrain.com/products/Products.html has a lot of products with out all the msg dung in it. You can buy individual cans of food and mix it together, for cheaper than you can Mountain House. and you dont get the dung in it.

ALWAYS read your labels and make sure that it does not contain stuff that will kill you.

[ImaCannin]

McDonald's. Damn storable too. Cheeseburger and fries will last forever on a shelf. Pungent and tasty when times get lean.


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[skid]

Costco is carrying a variety pack of 10 MH for a decent price if you have access to one.

Costco was the cheapest I found and they deliver for free. They also sell MRE's...

[woodman]

50 pound sack of broiler onions $5 at the local fruit market. Dehydrating them. Excellent in anything. 50 lb. sacks of potatoes, $10, eat fresh or can. Canned lard is an energy dense cooking aid that lends to almost any recipe. Local grown cabbages for $1.50 each, also some from my garden, turned into saurkraut and canned. Garden corn, beans, carrots, canned and used through the year. Use up a nd replace as needed. I have not bought any of the dehydrated MH stuff because it is cost prohibitive for me.

[Dick_Stabber]

http://www.karstsports.com/food1.html

Have allot of freeze dried foods and often have sales. Honeywell as said earlier is also good.