Quote Originally Posted by COvigilance View Post
I tried to do a search but it wouldn't work. So, does anyone have ideas on the amount of food, in pounds, that you should store for survival in a bugg in type of situation. what I am wondering is, I am about to order some of those 10 pound cans of Mountain house meals, and I am wondering how many I will need total. I am not really sure how long a pound of food would last me, or once you add water to cook these, how many meals you get out of a can? Any ideas or suggestions would be great.

No expert here, in fact Jerry will probably end up having the best knowledge with this...

But you will probably need a lot, depending on how long you plan on bugging in. Think about how much food you normally eat and try to compare. Plus, you should order a few cans and make a test run seeing how long they last and how well they store, etc.

I keep some food like that for absolute emergency, but the best bet is probably overstocking regular types of foods that have long shelf lives and rotating them out as you buy more, using the oldest first. That food is cheaper and many canned foods have long shelf lives. Plus Jerry teaches a canning class that I would love to get to some day.