Will this Last a while

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Will this Last a while

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First a few questions: How many in your Family? How long do you want it to store? Are you saving it or using it. As in rotating. Is this all you have? Or do you have sources of fats put away? What about vegetables? Quote: Originally Posted by survivalsmith I have stocked the following items. I would like opinions on how long this would last.....And is this a good start, any ideas??? 3 #10 Milk 100 small servings, 10 year shelf life on average. If it is fat free. 3 #10 Scrambled Eggs Again, 10 year shelf life, 100 small servings depending on brand. 1 #10 Crackers What kind of crackers? Most do not store well. Pilot crackers being a notable exception. 1 #10 Whole Eggs Again, 10 years storage or so. 94 eggs per can. You can figure the rest. 1 #10 Bread Mix 1 #10 Biscuit 1 #10 Spaghetti ???I am assuming wet pack pre-made meal. Will not last long, couple of years 6 Cans Spam Lasts forever if the seal is good. 12 Cans Nuts No matter what you do, these will not store long either, couple of years. You can gain a few more years by freezing. 24 Ramen Noodles Garbage that will not store at all, if not part of rotation, I would not count on them being viable past 6-9 months. 1 #10 Butter Mix 10 year life if pure butter powder. 200 servings a can. 1 #10 Granola & Berries Good to have, 20 year plus shelf life, depending on brand 1 #10 Vegetable Soup Dehydrated/freezdried soup lasts 25+ years. 1 #10 Pancake Mix, 3 Syrup #4 small servings in a can, 10 year life. 2 #10 Fruit, Banana, Strawberry Lasts 25+ years if dried, Not well at all if liquid pack. Dry Yeast Frozen How is it packed and how much do you have? 24 Bullion Cubes Meh, flavor is flavor. Plenty of Water Define and clarify. "Plenty" means nothing to us. 1 #10 Potato Soup Lasts well 25 lbs. Rice Being your main source of carbs, this would not last long. Stores well if packed properly in Mylar and O2 absorbers. Couple of years on the shelf. 10 lbs. Beans See 'rice' above and not much there. 20 lbs. Sugar Sugar is sugar, keep it dry. 1 #10 Chicken Alfredo Tired of typing Baking Powder Does not store well at all. Learn to make your own. 1 #10 Chicken Campbell Soup Salt&Pepper How much? So, not a bad start but, woefully lacking in plenty of areas. It depends on what you are hoping to accomplish and how long you want to eat off of this. None of the above can be considered a balanced food plan. HOWEVER, it would get anyone by, for a while in an extended outage or being snowed in. Provided you have means to prepare your stash. Many will chime in, take it in and study the Stickies at the top of this forum. P.S. Welcome to Survivalistboards.