Canned Foods With Longest Shelf Life For Prepping

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1967 in Vietnam I was 22yrs old and was eating hot dogs out of a green can marked 1945 enough said.

My son was an engineer for a company that cans SPAM. It's good for at least 15 years past the date!!!!!

In WWII here in Britain there was a no hoarding rule, so many people hid away excess foods. in the 1990's - 50+ years later - a hoard was discovered in a house that a hidden pantry that had been bricked up. The tinned - sorry, "canned" - corned beef was just fine, as were the canned fish.

When they put Best Before Date on salt You know something's not right.

My wife was going through the cabinets. Started throwing out unopened containers of tea, coffee, peanut butter, can meat. She said the expiration date had passed. I grabbed the stuff away from her and said that is a sell by date made up by the government. Its still good. Plus coffee and tea are good trading items

When I was in the Marine Corps In 1970 we were eating c rations from 1942 and it was fine !

I've been doing food storage for almost 30 years. In my experience the foods that keep the best in cans surprisingly, is any type of regular meat. Canned Chicken, Salmon (I have perfectly good cans of Salmon on the shelf that were bought 17-18 years ago), Tuna, Ham, Roast Beef and Corned Beef but don't get anything with sauces on it, especially tomato sauce unless you cycle it out frequently. Most meats in my experience will keep at least 15 or more years, if kept in moderate or better conditions (cool and dry, just like ammo). The canned fruit that keeps by far the best is canned Pineapple packed in it's own juice. I ate some canned Pineapple the other day that was 17-18 years old, although it should be cycled out normally about every 10-12 years max. Also, another important point is try to avoid cans with a "pop tops". They definitely go bad quicker (I believe a can builds pressure up long before the contents go bad). I probably have lost way more cans to this feature alone than any other factor. The fruit that is the worst for storage is Peaches packed in light or heavy syrup. I suspect any fruit that is packed that way is not safe long term. It just seems to eat through the cans faster. Tomatoes are also a bad item to store long term, whether they are diced, crushed, whole, paste or sauce. Most commonly eaten veggies seem to store well in cans. The best are probably Green Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, Sweet Peas and Spinach (I don't think I have lost any of these veggies unless the can was leaked on by something else). Veggies that store ok are some cans of Beans, Whole Potatoes and Sliced Carrots. I have lost more of these over the years, than the others I listed so put them where they can be checked regularly. When I started out doing food storage, there was not near as much information out there on this subject as there is now. Most of the so called experts back then, did not recommend long term storage of canned goods. Most recommended things like freeze dried food, dry goods, MRE's things like that, with canned goods to be used for short term, frequently rotated storage. But all of those things cost a lot of money and don't go very far if you have lots of people to feed. So I decided fairly early on to go predominately with canned goods and dry goods. Over the years, much of it due to changing family and friend dynamics (many friends and family have died, some have moved away, etc), I have lost a number of cans of food. At my peak of readiness, I probably could have fed my family of five and at least five or six others for 4-5 years with very little supplementation. I have probably had about 400-600 cans of various things that I have had to toss, but considering the magnitude of what I have stored over the 30 years, that is nothing. I used to store cans of "Chunky" soup and at one time had well over 500 cans of just that one item alone. It is nice to have a meal in a can, but since I discovered how long meats will keep it is better to have meat to fix with other stuff to make it stretch further. I still have some "Chunky" soup stored but nothing like I had, I find that it does keep very well, and the best kind is "Sirloin Burger". The biggest danger with any food storage plan, is it is very difficult to store enough food and still be able to keep track of what you have and then rotate it out in a timely fashion. What tends to happen is if you lose a can due to leakage, the likely hood is that you will lose 4-5 or more cans before you catch it. Believe me I know what I am talking about, and if somebody tells you that is just carelessness, I would tell them (A) you don't have very much food stored or (B) you have someone who's "job" it is, to just monitor your food storage. I will say that several hundred of the cans I lost were cans of Evaporated Milk. I also had powdered milk stored which has been fine. The evaporated milk stored ok but if you do store it, the cans should be rotated out and turned over (bottom up) every three months or so. Anyway, don't get discouraged (it is a huge undertaking storing food for your family, but it must be done), if a catastrophe hits your best bet is to stay put (most of the time) and the more you have stored the longer you'll be able to stay put. Buy inexpensive stuff until you have a good bit stored. Feed store Wheat and Corn, Beans and Rice. Canned Meats (Whatever your taste) Powdered Milk (not cheap anymore). Buy where you get the most value for your money. Freeze Dried, MRE's, etc. that's all great but you will get far more for the money with the other stuff.

Damn man leaving California was the smartest thing you did

I've written this is on several of these videos. I'm nearly 70 and grew up without "use by” information on any products. When you opened a can or a package of food, you had no idea of how old it was, but if it looked, smelt and tasted ok, you ate it. I still go by this and never worry about dates.

About 15 years ago I found a box of instant oatmeal in my house that was so old that I don't think it even had a bar code on it.  Not only were there no microwave instructions but I think the stove top directions were written in middle-English.  I ate it and as you may have guessed, I didn't die at all.

Just started prepping today. Better late than never

A good tip for single preppers on a budget looking to stock up and rotate their stock. I have 365 cans of meat (spam, corned beef hash, or salmon), 1 year supply of grains (oats, rice, or beans), plenty of fats (PB, veggie oil, coconut oil), 365 cans of fruits and vegetables, and lastly 365 cans of whole meals like chili, soups, raviolis etc. They are easy to pick up a couple of times, they can be your main source of food for a year, they are everyday items I use and rotate out, and they are easy to pack

Chicken broth is awesome for reconstituting rice, beans, noodles, etc and if you are short on water you can drink it because it has electrolytes too. You can't have enough chicken broth. (God bless Puerto Rico.)

I would also like to add that bay leaves are great to keep in your pantry, these keep weevils and other pests away from you dried foods

I was born and raised on an Indian Reservation and the govt forbid us to hunt on our own land but gave us commodities from 1940. We made it work.

Instant coffee is better than no coffee! 😂

Eat what you store. Store what you eat. Add peanut butter.

Don’t forget Crisco, salt, pepper, dry milk, chicken broth, dry juice mixes and WATER!......

Instant coffee is a great flavoring substitute! If you need to stretch (or concentrate) a broth or batter, try a pinch. My favorite hack is to add left over coffee to a batch of beans. It brings up the flavor without adding the coffee taste. Try it wherever a caramelized flavor is needed, a richness is needed, or just a "bit more" would help. Also, great to use as an air freshener.