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r. gallagher

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Mar 18, 2007
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I saw a TV preacher selling food for a year and a half to prepare for the up coming disasters we face (according to the TV preacher). he was telling his listeners / followers that they needed to be prepared for when the grid goes down and food gets scarce. $500 for 1.5 years of food, all freeze dried / dehydrated. It had food, deserts, and drinks.

It made me think about when I get ready to go cruising and need to provision. I had to live on MREs while in the military. While it was life sustaining it was not the healthiest way to eat (calories/sodium). But i wondered.........do any cruisers carry freeze dried dehydrated meals onboard? Is it a simple way to provision without worry of spoilage? Does anyone do it and if so please comment.
 
kloudie1

kloudie1

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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Here is another one.. looks better than MRE:
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/augaso...ncy-all-in-one-pail/prod5610448.ip?navAction=
My wife and I enjoy cooking so I'd not do anything like that, preferring to bring frozen stuff to be used as ice in the box.. things like gumbo and jambalaya, shrimp (sometimes from the shrimpers along the way). sandwich fixings. Anything that can be grilled or baked.. pancake dry mix.. biscuit dry mix..stuff like that is usually bettter tasting and you can control the calories and spice and salt content.. Bon Appetite
 
centerline

centerline

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Mar 20, 2012
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Cal 34-III, MacGregor 25 Salem, Oregon
absolutely... we keep freeze dried food aboard. the Mountain House brand.
we also keep top raman, instant rice, macaroni and cheese, rice a roni, canned fruits and veggies, snacks and tums... as well as a few bottled condiments such as hot sauce, ketchup and mustard.
if you have a creative cooking mind you can prepare many very tasty dishes using freeze dried foods as either the base ingredient, or as an add in... or you can eat it by itself.
you can add fresh veggies or fresh caught fish, shrimp, or crab to almost anything to amp it up a bit. also if you are carrying fresh or frozen meat (beef, pork,or chicken, ect.) you can add it however you desire...

in my opinion, whoever isnt packing some form of dried foods in their staples, either arent creative cooks, or, they dont stay away from the dock very long, or, they are rich enough to have someone else buying and preparing their meals for them:D....


and when are away from our boating activities for a spell, we can have a fully stocked pantry and dont have to worry about food spoilage, which means we dont have to worry about packing groceries we go back to it.

dried foods, fresh foods and canned foods all have their place in any kitchen or galley... sometimes its the cook who is out of place:D
 
Charlie Jones s/v Tehani

Charlie Jones s/v Tehani

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Mar 1, 2012
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1961 Rhodes Meridian 25 Texas coast
centerline said:
absolutely... we keep freeze dried food aboard. the Mountain House brand.
we also keep top raman, instant rice, macaroni and cheese, rice a roni, canned fruits and veggies, snacks and tums... as well as a few bottled condiments such as hot sauce, ketchup and mustard.
if you have a creative cooking mind you can prepare many very tasty dishes using freeze dried foods as either the base ingredient, or as an add in... or you can eat it by itself.
you can add fresh veggies or fresh caught fish, shrimp, or crab to almost anything to amp it up a bit. also if you are carrying fresh or frozen meat (beef, pork,or chicken, ect.) you can add it however you desire...

in my opinion, whoever isnt packing some form of dried foods in their staples, either arent creative cooks, or, they dont stay away from the dock very long, or, they are rich enough to have someone else buying and preparing their meals for them:D....


and when are away from our boating activities for a spell, we can have a fully stocked pantry and dont have to worry about food spoilage, which means we dont have to worry about packing groceries we go back to it.

dried foods, fresh foods and canned foods all have their place in any kitchen or galley... sometimes its the cook who is out of place:D
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Absolutely. And we shed the boxes, put the inner packages in a large baggie, and cut off the instructions, keeping those in the baggie with the packs.

Kept MRE's aboard for a while, used them once or twice on long multi-day offshore legs, but just as easy to use store bought stuff.

It isn't at all hard to self-can meats either. We used 1/2 pints so there wouldn't be left overs (if you need more, just open two jars), since I don't ever keep foods in the ice box- just drinks when I do have ice. And on a three month trip to the Bahamas, I used the ice box for dry storage for those packages. And some will ask- what about the cold beer? Beer in the Bahamas was $6 US a bottle, $24 a six pack, in the grocery, Nassau. Good rum was $7 a liter all over. You do the math:D
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
We keep the boat provisioned for two weeks with home canned meats and meat stock and fruit and with dry pasta, flour, milk, sugar, corn meal and dry cured bacon. We have room for more but we are always back home before we run out of food or water.
 
Delezynski

Delezynski

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Jan 22, 2008
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NorSea 27 Az., Doing the To-Do list
rgallagher,

In 2004 when we departed to go cruising, we had 4 packages of powdered eggs. Just now we STILL have the same packages. I expect we will throw them out soon. We provision when we can and stock up on things we try and like.

One thing to remember, every one eats every where you go!

It's become a joke with us, when we were heading to Mexico, every one told us you could not get peanut butter. See photo (taken Jan. 05) below....:eek:...



Stock up on stuff you like!

Greg
 
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Mike B1026

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Jun 17, 2007
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MacGregor Mac26S Victoria Tx
We have Mountain House brand too. Some pretty tasty stuff actually. WalMart cares it but the one here doesn't have much of a selection. I purchased it from REI. I bought it for emergencies but use it on the boat to rotate it.
 
heritage

heritage

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Apr 22, 2011
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Hunter 27 Pecan Grove, Oriental, NC
One thing that we never eat at home but always have on the boat is canned roast beef. It's just enough for 2-3 people. Great for bbq sandwiches, beef stroganoff, or with beans and rice.
 
arknoah

arknoah

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May 12, 2010
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Macgregor 25 Southern Maryland
TSBB 2 said:
Absolutely. And we shed the boxes, put the inner packages in a large baggie, and cut off the instructions, keeping those in the baggie with the packs.
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We've not really done any cruising, but I do remember Connie McBride (simplysailingonline.com) saying that you should always discard the boxes, because of the possibility of critter eggs that might already be inside them. Just sayin'....;)
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
14,693
Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
I can beef, pork, chicken, turkey, ham, sausage, soup both for at home and for the boat. A half pint of canned meat will make sandwiches for two or cracker spread for 6. After you own the jars the cost is 20 cents for the new lid and the price per pound for the meat.
 
Delezynski

Delezynski

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Jan 22, 2008
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NorSea 27 Az., Doing the To-Do list
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Personally, the boat does not leave the dock with no peanut butter or jelly aboard. And Spam:dance:
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As you can tell from the above photo, we also take peanut butter. We have now found one GREAT type to take aboard our boat. It's called "PB2". We carry a couple of jars (plastic) aboard all the time.

*** THIS IS GREAT ***

See it at; http://www.amazon.com/PB2-Powdered-..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384962289&sr=8-1&keywords=PB2




You can mix it with water for low calorie stuff, or ....

Greg
 
MrBill_FLL

MrBill_FLL

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May 4, 2005
4,062
Macgregor 26d Ft Lauderdale, Fl
TSBB 2 said:
Personally, the boat does not leave the dock with no peanut butter or jelly aboard. And Spam:dance:
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double negative?
so, you do take PB & J with you...



fwiw, The link was for one of the many 'preppers' sites, loosely associated with Mormon's and JCLDS, which I am NOT a member, but think they have a wealth of resources for storing food.
 
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