Ad rice to any of those cans and you'll have plenty of calories. I'm 75 years old and a Veteran. Anything is better than C rations. Also when your hungry every can you have there would be great. Stock up Patriots Los Angeles
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@@bc4yt It is exactly the oxygen that make fats go rancid . Most people have no idea that plastics do allow oxygen in through the walls . I ate an entire pantry of out of date canned goods with only one can being thrown out . There were probably 20 bottles of salad dressing ...all in plastic . Every last bottle had to be tossed because it was so rancid only a Jethro Bodine would have consumed it . If they had been in glass like all salad dressing used to be packaged they would have been fine . It was just recently when a scientist pointed to problems with plastic jugs and jars with peanut butter . They heat up the peanut butter to make it pour into the jars easier at the factory but the plastic used is not heat resistant . If I get peanut butter if it isn't in glass I don't buy it . I don't care what kind of "deal" the platic tubs are ...
Sardines packed in olive oil is your best go to. Super healthy and long shelf life. You can use the oil to cook, lantern fuel, lubricant, ect. Can double as a pet food and even an empty can can be used to bait traps.
I like the smoked herring and oysters also but mostly tuna , salmon,chicken, beef ,pork and can our venison if we harvest one also thinking of canning our extra eggs
Someone left a bottle of sealed olive oil in the garage. A rat broke the seal. I saved the bottle for dinner used it with some paper towels as firestarter on the firepit
The biggest concern: DO NOT BUY items you'll NEVER eat or cannot prepare. Honey is a good calorie source to keep around....it lasts forever if you can keep it airtight.
Recipe for you. Peanut Butter, Whipped Honey, Trail mix and jerky. Mix in a Ziplock bag and great snack for a long time. If you add Pancake mix or Flour to make Pancakes or Tortillas and make little Burrito/Tacos and it an amazing snack.
I ended up with a can of lima beans in my preps. I have no idea how it got there. I've hated lima beans since I was a child. My children have actually never had them because I never cook them. LOL Honey is great to have.
There are $1.00 soups in the same isle as the pasta cans. Ham& Bean soup, chicken noodle soup,and beef& barley soup and chicken& rice soup. If your a real tight budget those 4 different soups will work for sure. Plus you can add the soups over rice too.
I can't eat tomato-sauced foods due to having reflux. I can eat the green beans, green peas, potatoes. I have to stay away from pasta due to diabetes. Pasta and white rice raise my blood sugar.
I bought a bunch of ravioli at my Walmart for $1 a can but my choice for SHTF is pork and beans because they are cheap, have calories, fiber, carbs and protein and don't need to be heated and most people will eat them. For those who won't eat beans in my family I have other foods.
Something to consider. I do tend to purchase the more expensive, higher cost per calorie options because, for us, this is not simply prep-food. This IS our pantry we eat and replace prep food to keep it rotated and maximize the shelf life. If we were to purchase say Great Value lunch meat over Spam, it would not get used up because we don't care for the great value brand but we DO like Spam. Not saying anyone is wrong, this is just how we do. Also while calories are important, you should factor in protein. In a survival setting protein is important to maintaining muscle mass and correct levels of protein will also help you feel satiated and full longer.
In college, I was down to a roll of pennies, a jar of peanut butter, and a jar of jam. For about a half a month, peanut butter was my meal. I cashed in the roll of pennies to treat myself to a cup-o-noodles. Never quite got down to eating the jam by itself. I didn't realize I was being calorically efficient at the time though. What I would've given for a can of Chef Boyardee.
Also need to look at the sodium etc that those veggies give you. You just keep eating peas and you’re going to have health issues in no time from the peas
A box of cornbread stuffing, a can of chicken and a can of sweet peas makes an easy stove top casserole. Very little energy requied and easy to dress up with bullion broth, spices, ect.
Green beans are a side! Add to meat, potatoes and gravy and you will have a good meal. You still need fiber and you get a little nutrients with green beans. It's more of a psychological boost food. If you want good survival food you need variety and it's going to cost money. Tell people to drop cable and stop eating out until they are prepped up.
Thank you for this channel Matt. And thank you for not being like CP🍁 No BS here, zero drama, never ever clickbait, etc... Always pure facts, great ideas, advice, discussion. Very well rounded channel, best content on the genre period. Plus your a real-deal good guy, we can relate to you. Never talk down to us.
That videos like this need to be made really blows my mind... I'm super analytical and just process calories/nutrition by weight/cost etc by default, and I find it crazy that anyone would think something like "this can is bigger and cheaper, so must be better!" Great job, I think a lot of people will benefit from this.
Explosion!!! You just woke up the mind of a 30 year long prepper. I need to take this up a notch into the square footage greenbeans take up. Awesome job 🤠
Peanut butter with crackers for meal 1. Chef Boyardee for meal 2. Spam with sweet peas/green beans and crackers for meal 3. Variety while implementing all choices with the addition of crackers.
@@MagicPrepperyes. For those with “special diets” like vegans or some of the other plans, prepping is difficult. Personally we think starvation sucks…..😂
@@consco3667keto is easy, basically stock up on good fats like coconut oil, tallow, lard, butter, ghee etc All of which can last years no problem if stored well.
One of your best videos. Having some variety is good to beat the monotony, but when the chips are down, calories count most. I note the lasagna was not only lower in calories, but a lot higher in sodium. Prep on!
We're an Army household, so we have the dread MREs (and I do mean A LOT). So, I decided to take my cue from their food items to make my DIY ones. I go with Warfighter standards, and just one MRE has your DV pretty much covered. I'm a prepper nerd, so I broke down what you're doing, but it's rather amped up. I have a "suggested meal list" on the wall of my "pantry". It has all sorts of combinations to choose from. I won't need the amounts of calories and carbs as my husband, so my list is a bit different. If things go sideways, we have an economical and realistic idea what will be required, And, I am an uber thrifty shopper. I spent yesterday processing 50# bags of rice, pearl barley, and sugar. I also made 25 servings of cream of beef & veggie stew (all dry ingredients), and cream chicken soup, same process. We have an advantage in that we have a farm and livestock to draw from. Prep as much as you can and best that you can.
I'm diabetic, so I need to avoid many of those choices. Rice...no. Pasta...no. Sweetened milk...no. Peanut butter...no. Most sauces...no. Anything with wheat flour...no. No starches, no sugars. Low to zero sugars and carbs. Vegetables are a part of my preps not for caloric quantity, but for caloric quality. I am relying heavily on meats, cheeses, eggs, quality oils and fats, etc. for much of my diet and food preps. By carefully selecting my diet and food preps, as well as exercise, I've been able to avoid the need for insulin, and have even kept my daily glucose levels and A1C low enough to get off of the metformin that i had previously been prescribed. My biggest concern for shtf moments is being reliant on unavailable meds in order to survive. I've also noticed that when you eliminate carbs and sugars from your diet, and your body begins running on fats, you get longer lasting and more steady energy levels, without the highs and lows of burning sugars. You also tend to be less hungry, which should extend the duration of my food preps. I know that my condition is not the norm, but diabetes is steadily becoming more common. On a last note... I'd strongly recommend being evaluated by your physician for indicators of being diabetic before stockpiling too much food that may be detrimental to your health in the future. Diabetes is often said to begin developing as much as 10 years before finally being diagnosed, and there are many walking around right now that are undiagnised diabetics and have no idea. I was one of those that was suddenly blindsided by the disease, and had to completely redo my food preps as a result. It was a punch in the gut to have to get rid of so much, and realizing how much $ I had wasted on things I wouldn't be able to consume.
Are you type 1 or 2? Doing keto? Prepping in keto is pretty easy as most of our calories come from fats, and healthy fats like tallow, coconut oil, lard, ghee etc all store well if stored properly away from oxygen.
I am a diabetic. I have all that you listed in my supplies. I am under control with diest, but MODERATION and seeing which foods affect you is the key. If things become as unstable as I am sure they will for a while,(by design to bring us under control), you can eat most of those. Go mostly for high protein, high fiber. God for some grains.
I am type 2 for 20 years. Had gastric bypass and diabetes and HBP went away for as long as I watched sugars and carbs. 5 years ago I started sliding down that slippery slope again and Diabetes came back. I had to start one medication again a year ago. I am now 80 and I am very carb sensitive. No way I could eat all the canned food here because they are all loaded with sugar...mostly modified corn starch and other sugar..not to mention all the preservatives. If I eat these, they make my blood sugar high enough it makes me physically sick until it wears off. I am lactose Intolerant but thank God I can eat cheese and I do. I live on SS and am reaching the point where I cannot afford to buy meat? I rely on Tuna and salmon and peanut butter that is sugar free. Love beans but they also drive my sugar up. My A1c nowadays is always 6.3 to 6.5 which is not horrible but if I can't get the nutrition that sustains me it's a toss up...die from starvation or go blind, lose a limb or need insulin to stay alive. I will do the best I can and trust in God for His will for me. That's all I can do...my best. Certainly don't want to live in a world that is getting worse daily!
My suggestions for some good canned survival foods...beef stew, corned beef hash, sardines in olive oil, salmon, boiled peanuts, peanut butter, honey. The mini ravioli with meatballs was on my list too.
Here in Scotland a can of Grants Boneless Beef Ribs is 853 Kcal per can and 6 Cans are £17.00 ($22.39). Other Grants canned meats such as Pulled Pork and Gammon in barbecue Sauces etc are similar in cost and Kcal density. Grants Black Pudding is 549 Kcal per can and 6 cans are £15 ($19.76). I've just ordered 12 cans. The black pudding isn't a meal on its own but will accompany SPAM (Tesco Pork and Ham and Tulip Bacon Grill is around 40% cheaper), scrambled eggs such as Freeze dried scambled egs and even sea food such as Scallops. The high calorie condensed milk can be used to make rice pudding and pumkin pie with a can of Bakeroo Tinned Pumpkin Puree. Canned mackerel 400 gram can still be purchased for around £1 ($1.32) Most canned vegetables are pretty disgusting but a can of peas 300 grams can be purchased for £0.28 ($0.37)
Not sure if it is because cans have been recycled so much or food quality has dropped, but I have found that tomato based products do good if they hold for 2 years, after that you can look forward to food poisoning. It didn't used to be that way. I have been prepping for almost 40 years and only had issues with tomato products the last 2-3 years. I started buying tomato products dehydrated because of it.
I have had the same issue. I prefer dehydrated myself now because its just as easy to mix the tomato powder up and make whatever I was wanting. Also I believe the pop top cans don't last as long as other cans or so I have been told.
@@Madonna_at_Butterfly_Acres I try to avoid the pop tops. Time we take our food more serious with all the crazy stuff going on. I think freeze dried and dehydrated is going to be massive. Takes up much less space also. Thank you for reminding me about the pop tops, it has been a habit to avoid them, but have others I need to remind also.
Canned food is my go too. Honestly I pick the absolute highest calorie and fat content I can get my hands on. It's about energy in an emergency to me. Long term is something else entirely.
I see you are shopping at Walmart.... not my favorite but I realize that may be your best option. I am blessed to live in Texas and have H.E.B. grocery stores which is great. Good information to think about though. I tend to focus on protein for canned goods and buy dehydrated for veggies. Dry for rice and beans. Everybody should start with dry rice and beans IMHO - you can get by a long time with just that. So I personally consider rice and beans as the base of my prepper food pyramid. Hmmm, now you're making think I need to pick up some evaporated milk - I'll have to see what the shelf life is.... that's another consideration - shelf life. Good vid overall!
This is a brilliant video, informative and as someone who is starting to stockpile despite my partner laughing at me for doing it, this is extremely helpful information. Right now I’ve just got a good stash of rice, dried beans, tuna and baked beans. You sir have yourself a new subscriber
Good video! I've learned this part because of my special needs son that was tube feed for several years, which becomes a lot of Trouble as he moved around, over and under everything he could as he got bigger. He does not understand the concept of chewing Food,,,yet. So I have to puree food for him, canned food helps a lot. That's when I learned this concept. I also mix foods together to get more calories for him. Like spam, fry it a bit add a can of ravioli or something like that and the calories go up. I guess I'm saying mix and match for more.
Dave Canterbury has a recipe for cowboy soup. It's in his book called advanced bushcraft. Anyone can make this recipe for cowboy soup. A can of green beans and peas are just 2 of the ingredients needed to make this soup. As long as the can, of whatever it is that's in that can, isn't bulging or isn't way past the expiration date. Then it may be ok to use it in a recipe of some sort or other. When in doubt, throw it out! That's the rule that I live by. Have a good day. God bless everyone!
I really like Eden’s organic brown rice and green lentils. It is totally packed solid there are two servings per can. It contains potassium, iron, calcium zinc and folate. It’s high in fiber no sugar 15 g of fat per serving.
I had bought canned green beans over the last few years, but stopped. Only when I realized how easy they are to grow. Even a dozen plants will generally provide enough beans that you won’t want all you get and can give them away….
Thanks for this. Too many 'homestead' and 'survivalist' channels scare the common person off of any preparedness by making it seem hopeless. PEAS are protein; you have to take that into consideration when it comes to vegetables. I opt for dried and also many canned BEANS. Baked beans, especially, cost more but they have protein along with their calories from molasses, brown sugar, whatever. I grab full-meal soups on sale with high protein and caloric value. (OH, the irony of people of my age looking for the HIGHEST calorie foods, so unlike what we grew up being preached to about how calories were the enemy!)
Great work magic. Now do with grains Maybe other preps everyone will need. This is wonderful for me to pass on to those starting to wake up. Catch them up quickly. God bless bro 🙏🏼✝️🌎
We mill wheat for bread and pan cakes and to bake with. I used a hand mill for over 30 years! Now I use a Mockmill. It will mill more flour in 5 min. than i could by hand in 1 hr. If you store your wheat right it will last for a long time. I'm milling wheat I bought in 1999. Then it cost $3 for 30 lb. Now it cost $30 for 25 lb.!!! But 25lb. of wheat makes a lot of flour!!!
One thing to remember is just because someone else says to "stock this" does not mean you as an individual have to stock it if you know good and well you and or your family dont like eating that item. Buy extras but only of things you and your family will eat. Also as far as calories needed, that will also vary for each individual depending on the crisis that causes you to use your "prepper" supplies. A storm that knocks outcpower, takes down trees and closes stores for days or weeks will usually require more calories for an individual clearing trees and working hard manual labor whereas a "shelter in place" order fornwhatever reason where you will not be doing hard manual labor requires less calories. Stricly relying on extremely calorie dense foods in that kind of scenario rather than also including a bit of enjoyment will result in poor mental health. So a balance between enjoyment and calorie dense would seem wise.
Cooking oils. 1 tbs of cooking oil is basically 1/2oz, and is 130 calories. A 48oz bottle of vegetable oil is about $2.00. That's about 12,500 calories for $2.00. Add a small amount to dry foods and you might not even notice.
Very useful information. It's really the 1st time I've heard someone touch on this. While I usually go for high caloric canned foods because they typically taste better anyways, it's a really great topic that should help a lot of people watching this, American or not.
Well, I do love canned green beans and corn, Chef Boyardee is great. Also think of canned chili, I love that stuff. Stack what you like to do eat. Canned Black Beans are great, they go with everything.
My hint: If you do have extra space in a fridge or freezer, fill it with food that doesn't require refrigeration to add years to its shelf life. I freeze nuts, oils, raisins, breads, potato chips, sweets, etc. You can refrigerate the foods with a short shelf life like evaporated milk or peanut butter, but anything with a paper label should be in a plastic bag. I'll consider Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, even though I'd only eat it in a pinch. My grandchildren love it, and that's important too.
Interesting technical analysis but if you are going this route (calories only) then let me suggest the 25 pound bag of sugar from Walmart: 42,540 calories, infinite shelf life and only $19.97. That comes out to $0.00047 per calorie. I just broke your game.
This is definitely the best method of starting a good emergency food supply. I would definitely prefer starvation over not being able to have my delicious and wonderful stagg chili. But for emergency food to cover the bases as cheaply as possible. Can't beat breaking it down this way. If you had a stock of peanut butter and mylar bags of flour, peanut butter sandwiches would be a great way to go. Toss in some of that chef boyardee and supplement with a few cans of Stagg. You're riding out SHTF in style baby!
@@jhwilliams6550 One of the best videos that breaks bread stuff down step by step City Prepping - 4 Stovetop Breads You Can Make With Forever Foods. Corporals Corner also has a Bushcraft Stove video for baking bread. Basically it's a big 4 quart soup pot turned on it's side with a pre-cut grate. He takes a coleman's grill grate and cuts it down to fit in the soup pot and then sits it on it's side over some coals to make a oven, then uses the lid as the oven door propped up by rocks or a stick or just wedging the pot at an angle so the stays sealed. He's made bread a few times as well as other baked items that work quite well.
I have an Aldi Corned beef and hash can with 640 Calories, can't say I know the current price, but I buy these because I like them and I would make the family like them if need be.
Canned Hormel beef tamales are still fairly cheap (190 calories/ 15 oz. can). Lots of flavor to offset a bland diet. Their chicken tamales only have 130 calories per can.
Your video is spot on. The calorie, shelf life, and cost per calorie equation is something every prepper needs to know. Following your video instructions will make an ordinary prepper into a Magic Prepper!
The way you can beat peanutbutter and increase the shelf life is buy powdered peanutbutter it can last up to 1 year or more and if you want creamy just add water now if you want it to last years get freeze dried peanutbutter and it will last 15 years and just like the powder add water.
I like the fluid content in the lower calorie cans. There are foods that will help you stay hydrated more than others so you won't need to drink as much water. The green beans are good for hydration. Also, if you eat salty foods you will want more water.
My can rack holds 325 12 oz cans, favorites chunky soups from cambells, dinty moore stew, tamales, asst vegetables, all variations of canned meats and fish. My pantry is a working pantry so rotation is not a problem.
I was actually surprised when I found that the chunky soups were not nearly as good of a value as the pastas when it came to calories per dollar. Not that they are bad to have in general but just surprised me.
Recipe for you. Peanut Butter, Whipped Honey, Trail mix and jerky. Mix in a Ziplock bag and great snack for a long time. If you add Pancake mix or Flour to make Pancakes or Tortillas and make little Burrito/Tacos and it an amazing snack.
Interesting points for sure. Well done! I think we still want variety and those foods we will eat regularly. Rotation, quality, taste, nutritional content, and cost all factor into the equation. Love your uniqueness and videos
My choices might not be the same as yours, but thanks so much for getting me to think along these lines. Solid information and I’ll start taking calories into consideration! Great job MP!
16:14 "...it's not really like having a dinner when you start scooping the PB in your mouth!" - Well thanks MOM, stop telling me what to do, I'm 40 years old!!!!!
Wow, 1.09 for a can of green beans from walmart!!! I haven't bought green beans in a very long time. We grow our own. The last time I bought a generic can of green beans they were .59. I think delmonty was maybe 1.00. Since we grow all our vegetables we concentrate mostly on meat! We have chickens so that knocks you down to beef, and pork. We get around 310 eggs a week and have meat chickens. I'm telling you if you want to be cheap, a quarter of an acre of land for a vegetable garden and a quarter of and acre for chickens for their coop and run and you're almost there. Doesn't hardly cost you anything. Chickens eat bugs and greens, a little chicken crumble. The garden you need time and water. That's the cheapest way to get prepared. 2 hens will give you 10 to 14 eggs a week. Oh yeah, you do need peanut butter!!😊
Calorie per can, corned beef hash. It's like 700-800 calories per can. Pretty sure they found some of these cans of corned beef hash in the pyramids and they were still good.
In addition to cost, I would consider space. There’s only so many cans you can fit in a pantry. If you have 10 cans of sweet peas, you have 4x as many calories as 10 cans of green beans, and so forth.
It's true that the acid in the tomato sauce can lower the shelf life. However, I haven't experienced it being much of an issue myself and for a rotational pantry it doesn't seem to be a big issue.
People don't realize when it gets bad out and have to stock up meaning you have no power no television no phone no heat no air, keep blankets on hand socks long sleeve shirts long pants candles use your candles find a way to cook from a can with candles if you can't afford to buy a Coleman stove if you don't have a grill find a way to use your candles to cook but make sure before you go to sleep the candles are put out make double sure you've got water put up when the power goes out the filter stops working for your sinks if you get your water from the city unless you have a whale you still have to filter your water the old-fashioned way and if you don't have a whale you've got to figure out how you going to get water and then filter your water because you cannot do without water for 3 days you can food but not water, we the people that does not know how to canned foods need to learn how and I found a site on UA-cam it tells you how for beginner canning water bath and pressure canning so I guess I need to go to learn I'm running late I got to find jars first and lids. Don't worry about it drive to work with it and know God is with us. Say your prayers read your Bible and know God is with you so don't be fretting don't worry just do some little things about it for yourself that's honest.
Ninety nine percent of people watching this video can't even spell protein. They eat a ton of meat and call it good. They're too lazy to learn ANYTHING about nutrition, which will bite them in the ass.
I love all of your videos, but this was something everyone needed to hear if they didn’t know it already. Great points to consider that will really help stretch our fiat currency! Haha Thanks!!
A camp meal for us is fried spam in canned pasta! I've never thought of stockpiling calouries. We have a small house with not much storage space, it's make sense that we should stockpile these kind of foods.
I like your angle on getting the best bang for your buck buying high calorie foods for your prepper pantry. I look for grams of protein per can or container as well since protein and a little bit of fat is absolutely essential for your health and in a SHTF situation your health is critical.🤔
Best canned food is called "ON SALE" 👍
haha catch me at the clearance rack
nailed it
@@MagicPrepper how bout dat!
Your perfectly on target. That is how I shop
Ad rice to any of those cans and you'll have plenty of calories. I'm 75 years old and a Veteran. Anything is better than C rations. Also when your hungry every can you have
there would be great. Stock up Patriots Los Angeles
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Hint: wheat berries and hand stone grinder = flour, plus salt 🧂 and water 💧 = bread 🍞
Wheat can be used to create breads 🍞, pizza, pasta, cake 🎂 🥮.
Bread 🍞 and wine 🍷 => communion with God
Bread and water 💧 => sustains LIFE.
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I always liked " c rats " ( chicken and noodles , beans and franks )
I'm currently using peanut butter three years passed the Best By date & it's fine.
Same with powdered creamer. Just finished a large can that exp. 2016. Not a thing wrong with it.
Yup.
Store away powered peanut butter.
Just mix with hot water.
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I think it's the oxygen that does the damage, so as long as it's sealed, I think it should last ages.
But once open, not so long.
@@bc4yt It is exactly the oxygen that make fats go rancid . Most people have no idea that plastics do allow oxygen in through the walls . I ate an entire pantry of out of date canned goods with only one can being thrown out . There were probably 20 bottles of salad dressing ...all in plastic . Every last bottle had to be tossed because it was so rancid only a Jethro Bodine would have consumed it .
If they had been in glass like all salad dressing used to be packaged they would have been fine .
It was just recently when a scientist pointed to problems with plastic jugs and jars with peanut butter . They heat up the peanut butter to make it pour into the jars easier at the factory but the plastic used is not heat resistant . If I get peanut butter if it isn't in glass I don't buy it . I don't care what kind of "deal" the platic tubs are ...
Sardines packed in olive oil is your best go to. Super healthy and long shelf life. You can use the oil to cook, lantern fuel, lubricant, ect. Can double as a pet food and even an empty can can be used to bait traps.
Sardines are another good option for sure.
I like the smoked herring and oysters also but mostly tuna , salmon,chicken, beef ,pork and can our venison if we harvest one also thinking of canning our extra eggs
Someone left a bottle of sealed olive oil in the garage. A rat broke the seal. I saved the bottle for dinner used it with some paper towels as firestarter on the firepit
Puke.
I can't imagine actully eating sardines. It is BAIT.
The biggest concern: DO NOT BUY items you'll NEVER eat or cannot prepare. Honey is a good calorie source to keep around....it lasts forever if you can keep it airtight.
Agreed.
Recipe for you. Peanut Butter, Whipped Honey, Trail mix and jerky. Mix in a Ziplock bag and great snack for a long time. If you add Pancake mix or Flour to make Pancakes or Tortillas and make little Burrito/Tacos and it an amazing snack.
I ended up with a can of lima beans in my preps. I have no idea how it got there. I've hated lima beans since I was a child. My children have actually never had them because I never cook them. LOL Honey is great to have.
Exactly. The video was so narrow in focus it didn't take reality into consideration.
@@durgan5668 Your reality is not the same as others.
There are $1.00 soups in the same isle as the pasta cans. Ham& Bean soup, chicken noodle soup,and beef& barley soup and chicken& rice soup. If your a real tight budget those 4 different soups will work for sure. Plus you can add the soups over rice too.
Green beans go well with boiled potatoes….stock them deep.
Fry canned green beans in bacon fat & a few red pepper flakes. WOW.
I like the green bean and potato combination.
One of the things you aren't looking at is that those who deal with diabetes have to be careful about what they can or cannot eat.
@@gapeachnw4786I have had it with pieces of bacon in it.
I can't eat tomato-sauced foods due to having reflux. I can eat the green beans, green peas, potatoes. I have to stay away from pasta due to diabetes. Pasta and white rice raise my blood sugar.
I always buys stews, corned beef, and in general foods with a protein in them. Even pasta and meatballs
Always good to get variety. And not just for nutrition. Sanity matters too :)
I buy the usual stuff, green beans, corn, chicken, etc. but I also buy variety like LaChoy and things like that.
@@MagicPrepper The last part of your statement is lost on many.
Exactly...... And all those items can be stretched further with rice or noodles
If you're going to buy a canned vegetable, peas are INCREDIBLY nutritious with a good amount of protein.
I bought a bunch of ravioli at my Walmart for $1 a can but my choice for SHTF is pork and beans because they are cheap, have calories, fiber, carbs and protein and don't need to be heated and most people will eat them. For those who won't eat beans in my family I have other foods.
Same bought some yesterday $1
With the added entertainment later, love me some van camps and Vienna sausage bites.
I`m not a Campbells fan BUT their pork and bean are packed more full than any others I have found.
@@dcongdon2294 Thank you. Great value from Walmart is now 2/3 beans, 1/3 liquid so I started buying Aldi's baked beans.
My store recently had chef boy r dee for 88 cents a can
I thought I had a cricket in my basement for months. Turns out my battery was low on my fire alarm and it was chirping. 😂
Lmao!! How long did it take you to figure it out??😂😅😂
Something to consider. I do tend to purchase the more expensive, higher cost per calorie options because, for us, this is not simply prep-food. This IS our pantry we eat and replace prep food to keep it rotated and maximize the shelf life. If we were to purchase say Great Value lunch meat over Spam, it would not get used up because we don't care for the great value brand but we DO like Spam. Not saying anyone is wrong, this is just how we do. Also while calories are important, you should factor in protein. In a survival setting protein is important to maintaining muscle mass and correct levels of protein will also help you feel satiated and full longer.
@@kennethjohnson4280 plus we just bought 80 cans of GV spam for 2$ per can and the dogs love it as a treat. Barely more expensive than dog food!
You know your a prepper when your a kid in a candy store in every store.
we look at things differently.
Definitely! I love stopping at truck stops on road trips to check out all the travel items they sell to see what I’m lacking.
In college, I was down to a roll of pennies, a jar of peanut butter, and a jar of jam. For about a half a month, peanut butter was my meal. I cashed in the roll of pennies to treat myself to a cup-o-noodles. Never quite got down to eating the jam by itself. I didn't realize I was being calorically efficient at the time though. What I would've given for a can of Chef Boyardee.
Just because you're in college doesn't mean you can't pick up cans and bottles for the deposit. People love to toss money out of their car window.
Thank you for sharing something we all can use!!
Not a problem! Trying my best to keep things relatable when I can.
I like canned green beans. Makes a great side dish or nice addition to beef stew. So I buy them. Stock up on what you actually like to eat.
Green beans + cream of mushroom soup = shelf stable, delicious, filling, and pretty calorie dense.
I love green bean casserole. 😋
Really good mixed with canned turkey or chicken too, casserole style. Less 'canned meat' taste.
Also need to look at the sodium etc that those veggies give you. You just keep eating peas and you’re going to have health issues in no time from the peas
Don’t forget the onions!!! 😂
@@hexzerone7034 oh for sure!!!!
@@hexzerone7034 They don't keep as long. I do love them, but could do without if it was marauder times.
A box of cornbread stuffing, a can of chicken and a can of sweet peas makes an easy stove top casserole. Very little energy requied and easy to dress up with bullion broth, spices, ect.
Green beans are a side! Add to meat, potatoes and gravy and you will have a good meal. You still need fiber and you get a little nutrients with green beans. It's more of a psychological boost food. If you want good survival food you need variety and it's going to cost money. Tell people to drop cable and stop eating out until they are prepped up.
Thank you for this channel Matt.
And thank you for not being like CP🍁
No BS here, zero drama, never ever clickbait, etc...
Always pure facts, great ideas, advice, discussion. Very well rounded channel, best content on the genre period. Plus your a real-deal good guy, we can relate to you. Never talk down to us.
That videos like this need to be made really blows my mind...
I'm super analytical and just process calories/nutrition by weight/cost etc by default, and I find it crazy that anyone would think something like "this can is bigger and cheaper, so must be better!"
Great job, I think a lot of people will benefit from this.
Explosion!!! You just woke up the mind of a 30 year long prepper.
I need to take this up a notch into the square footage greenbeans take up. Awesome job 🤠
Peanut butter with crackers for meal 1. Chef Boyardee for meal 2. Spam with sweet peas/green beans and crackers for meal 3. Variety while implementing all choices with the addition of crackers.
That's what prisoners are fed.
@@kellywingo6746 If there is ever a large scale disaster I'd be happy to eat as well as a prisoner.
@@kellywingo6746the prisoners are eating better than some of us these days
Saltine cracker, like most all baked goods, have a short shelf life.
Lol. 3 meals a day
It’s so funny. Mama’s have known these things since 1970.
Buy them during thanksgiving time when they go on sale. I love green beans.
cook one cup rice, add one can of chili, one can chopped olives. and some hot sauce. or you can double the recipe. great tasting and filling
Bro I’d rather start eating BBQ rats. that sounds disgusting
Please leave the olives out?
@@Robinettachili and olives... 😂
Gross
@@Robinetta black olives are so good!
Dude you're the best. This was greatness.
Well I appreciate it. Thank you!
Lol. Damnit Magic. I've been rummaging around my living room looking for the cricket. As a plus however, I found my son's missing shoe. 😂
At least something positive came out of it!
Came to the exact same conclusion(s) about a year ago.
Buying it cheap and stacking deep ever since.
Sometimes we assume everyone is on the same page but then we realize our brains just work weird.
@@MagicPrepperyes. For those with “special diets” like vegans or some of the other plans, prepping is difficult. Personally we think starvation sucks…..😂
@@consco3667keto is easy, basically stock up on good fats like coconut oil, tallow, lard, butter, ghee etc
All of which can last years no problem if stored well.
One of your best videos. Having some variety is good to beat the monotony, but when the chips are down, calories count most. I note the lasagna was not only lower in calories, but a lot higher in sodium. Prep on!
We're an Army household, so we have the dread MREs (and I do mean A LOT). So, I decided to take my cue from their food items to make my DIY ones. I go with Warfighter standards, and just one MRE has your DV pretty much covered. I'm a prepper nerd, so I broke down what you're doing, but it's rather amped up. I have a "suggested meal list" on the wall of my "pantry". It has all sorts of combinations to choose from. I won't need the amounts of calories and carbs as my husband, so my list is a bit different. If things go sideways, we have an economical and realistic idea what will be required, And, I am an uber thrifty shopper. I spent yesterday processing 50# bags of rice, pearl barley, and sugar. I also made 25 servings of cream of beef & veggie stew (all dry ingredients), and cream chicken soup, same process. We have an advantage in that we have a farm and livestock to draw from. Prep as much as you can and best that you can.
Would you share that recipe? It sounds good.
I'm diabetic, so I need to avoid many of those choices.
Rice...no.
Pasta...no.
Sweetened milk...no.
Peanut butter...no.
Most sauces...no.
Anything with wheat flour...no.
No starches, no sugars. Low to zero sugars and carbs.
Vegetables are a part of my preps not for caloric quantity, but for caloric quality.
I am relying heavily on meats, cheeses, eggs, quality oils and fats, etc. for much of my diet and food preps.
By carefully selecting my diet and food preps, as well as exercise, I've been able to avoid the need for insulin, and have even kept my daily glucose levels and A1C low enough to get off of the metformin that i had previously been prescribed.
My biggest concern for shtf moments is being reliant on unavailable meds in order to survive.
I've also noticed that when you eliminate carbs and sugars from your diet, and your body begins running on fats, you get longer lasting and more steady energy levels, without the highs and lows of burning sugars. You also tend to be less hungry, which should extend the duration of my food preps.
I know that my condition is not the norm, but diabetes is steadily becoming more common.
On a last note... I'd strongly recommend being evaluated by your physician for indicators of being diabetic before stockpiling too much food that may be detrimental to your health in the future. Diabetes is often said to begin developing as much as 10 years before finally being diagnosed, and there are many walking around right now that are undiagnised diabetics and have no idea. I was one of those that was suddenly blindsided by the disease, and had to completely redo my food preps as a result. It was a punch in the gut to have to get rid of so much, and realizing how much $ I had wasted on things I wouldn't be able to consume.
Are you type 1 or 2? Doing keto?
Prepping in keto is pretty easy as most of our calories come from fats, and healthy fats like tallow, coconut oil, lard, ghee etc all store well if stored properly away from oxygen.
@@bc4yt
Type 2
Yes, eating conservative / strict keto, and prepping keto leaning toward carnivore.
@@MrAlaska66 great! Keto is fantastic. Will help protect you from dementia and Alzheimer's also.
I am a diabetic. I have all that you listed in my supplies. I am under control with diest, but MODERATION and seeing which foods affect you is the key. If things become as unstable as I am sure they will for a while,(by design to bring us under control), you can eat most of those. Go mostly for high protein, high fiber. God for some grains.
I am type 2 for 20 years. Had gastric bypass and diabetes and HBP went away for as long as I watched sugars and carbs. 5 years ago I started sliding down that slippery slope again and Diabetes came back. I had to start one medication again a year ago. I am now 80 and I am very carb sensitive. No way I could eat all the canned food here because they are all loaded with sugar...mostly modified corn starch and other sugar..not to mention all the preservatives. If I eat these, they make my blood sugar high enough it makes me physically sick until it wears off. I am lactose Intolerant but thank God I can eat cheese and I do. I live on SS and am reaching the point where I cannot afford to buy meat? I rely on Tuna and salmon and peanut butter that is sugar free. Love beans but they also drive my sugar up. My A1c nowadays is always 6.3 to 6.5 which is not horrible but if I can't get the nutrition that sustains me it's a toss up...die from starvation or go blind, lose a limb or need insulin to stay alive. I will do the best I can and trust in God for His will for me. That's all I can do...my best. Certainly don't want to live in a world that is getting worse daily!
My suggestions for some good canned survival foods...beef stew, corned beef hash, sardines in olive oil, salmon, boiled peanuts, peanut butter, honey. The mini ravioli with meatballs was on my list too.
Make sure and get what you and your family Will Eat, get what you like
As far as green beans, I buy them as an extender to canned beef stew...
Good thing i stocked up when stuff was cheap. We are at almost 3 years worth of food..
MP... please note that your sweet-loving cricket stopped serenading you after you mentioned it's constant melody....funny!
The cricket took MP's rejection seriously 😂🥺
Anything with meat or potatoes are what I go for with side dishes like green beans and black olives. My favorite is French style green beens
Black olives are another great option!
MP said" my grocery store happens to charge high prices and occasionally puts them on sale" Publix wrote the book on that
Here in Scotland a can of Grants Boneless Beef Ribs is 853 Kcal per can and 6 Cans are £17.00 ($22.39). Other Grants canned meats such as Pulled Pork and Gammon in barbecue Sauces etc are similar in cost and Kcal density.
Grants Black Pudding is 549 Kcal per can and 6 cans are £15 ($19.76). I've just ordered 12 cans. The black pudding isn't a meal on its own but will accompany SPAM (Tesco Pork and Ham and Tulip Bacon Grill is around 40% cheaper), scrambled eggs such as Freeze dried scambled egs and even sea food such as Scallops.
The high calorie condensed milk can be used to make rice pudding and pumkin pie with a can of Bakeroo Tinned Pumpkin Puree.
Canned mackerel 400 gram can still be purchased for around £1 ($1.32)
Most canned vegetables are pretty disgusting but a can of peas 300 grams can be purchased for £0.28 ($0.37)
Not sure if it is because cans have been recycled so much or food quality has dropped, but I have found that tomato based products do good if they hold for 2 years, after that you can look forward to food poisoning. It didn't used to be that way. I have been prepping for almost 40 years and only had issues with tomato products the last 2-3 years. I started buying tomato products dehydrated because of it.
I have had the same issue. I prefer dehydrated myself now because its just as easy to mix the tomato powder up and make whatever I was wanting. Also I believe the pop top cans don't last as long as other cans or so I have been told.
@@Madonna_at_Butterfly_Acres I try to avoid the pop tops. Time we take our food more serious with all the crazy stuff going on. I think freeze dried and dehydrated is going to be massive. Takes up much less space also. Thank you for reminding me about the pop tops, it has been a habit to avoid them, but have others I need to remind also.
Smart move.The can maker only rate their cans for 2 years now they used to be 5
Canned food is my go too. Honestly I pick the absolute highest calorie and fat content I can get my hands on. It's about energy in an emergency to me. Long term is something else entirely.
I see you are shopping at Walmart.... not my favorite but I realize that may be your best option. I am blessed to live in Texas and have H.E.B. grocery stores which is great. Good information to think about though. I tend to focus on protein for canned goods and buy dehydrated for veggies. Dry for rice and beans. Everybody should start with dry rice and beans IMHO - you can get by a long time with just that. So I personally consider rice and beans as the base of my prepper food pyramid. Hmmm, now you're making think I need to pick up some evaporated milk - I'll have to see what the shelf life is.... that's another consideration - shelf life. Good vid overall!
Sweetened condensed milk also.
This is a brilliant video, informative and as someone who is starting to stockpile despite my partner laughing at me for doing it, this is extremely helpful information.
Right now I’ve just got a good stash of rice, dried beans, tuna and baked beans.
You sir have yourself a new subscriber
The cricket only chirped when you were taking about Spam…that got him really excited….cricket has good taste
I used steal my grandma’s condensed milk cans 😂 at 9 years old, that was the treat of the kings
Sounds awesome.
😮😮😮😮
Good video! I've learned this part because of my special needs son that was tube feed for several years, which becomes a lot of Trouble as he moved around, over and under everything he could as he got bigger. He does not understand the concept of chewing Food,,,yet. So I have to puree food for him, canned food helps a lot. That's when I learned this concept. I also mix foods together to get more calories for him. Like spam, fry it a bit add a can of ravioli or something like that and the calories go up. I guess I'm saying mix and match for more.
chef Boyardee has always been my main go to prep.
Dave Canterbury has a recipe for cowboy soup. It's in his book called advanced bushcraft. Anyone can make this recipe for cowboy soup. A can of green beans and peas are just 2 of the ingredients needed to make this soup. As long as the can, of whatever it is that's in that can, isn't bulging or isn't way past the expiration date. Then it may be ok to use it in a recipe of some sort or other. When in doubt, throw it out! That's the rule that I live by. Have a good day. God bless everyone!
I really like Eden’s organic brown rice and green lentils. It is totally packed solid there are two servings per can. It contains potassium, iron, calcium zinc and folate. It’s high in fiber no sugar 15 g of fat per serving.
Sweetened condensed milk with whole oats is a cheap breakfast meal that packs a ton of calories in and is yummy.
This is actually a really good and important topic 👍 right on
I had bought canned green beans over the last few years, but stopped. Only when I realized how easy they are to grow. Even a dozen plants will generally provide enough beans that you won’t want all you get and can give them away….
That's awesome. And they really are just not a "great value" ;)
Thanks for this. Too many 'homestead' and 'survivalist' channels scare the common person off of any preparedness by making it seem hopeless.
PEAS are protein; you have to take that into consideration when it comes to vegetables. I opt for dried and also many canned BEANS. Baked beans, especially, cost more but they have protein along with their calories from molasses, brown sugar, whatever.
I grab full-meal soups on sale with high protein and caloric value.
(OH, the irony of people of my age looking for the HIGHEST calorie foods, so unlike what we grew up being preached to about how calories were the enemy!)
Great work magic.
Now do with grains
Maybe other preps everyone will need.
This is wonderful for me to pass on to those starting to wake up. Catch them up quickly.
God bless bro 🙏🏼✝️🌎
That would also be very interesting. White rice is bonkers. The 20lb bag at Walmart you get for $11.14 gives you $0.00034 per calorie.
We mill wheat for bread and pan cakes and to bake with. I used a hand mill for over 30 years! Now I use a Mockmill. It will mill more flour in 5 min. than i could by hand in 1 hr. If you store your wheat right it will last for a long time. I'm milling wheat I bought in 1999. Then it cost $3 for 30 lb. Now it cost $30 for 25 lb.!!! But 25lb. of wheat makes a lot of flour!!!
Fair warning though. Some tomato based canned food will have its acid eat through the can seal. Get in glass if possible
They don't make chef boyardee in jars. I don't know if I've ever seen jarred pasta.
If you've had cans erode like that you failed rotation class.
One thing to remember is just because someone else says to "stock this" does not mean you as an individual have to stock it if you know good and well you and or your family dont like eating that item. Buy extras but only of things you and your family will eat.
Also as far as calories needed, that will also vary for each individual depending on the crisis that causes you to use your "prepper" supplies. A storm that knocks outcpower, takes down trees and closes stores for days or weeks will usually require more calories for an individual clearing trees and working hard manual labor whereas a "shelter in place" order fornwhatever reason where you will not be doing hard manual labor requires less calories. Stricly relying on extremely calorie dense foods in that kind of scenario rather than also including a bit of enjoyment will result in poor mental health. So a balance between enjoyment and calorie dense would seem wise.
Cooking oils. 1 tbs of cooking oil is basically 1/2oz, and is 130 calories. A 48oz bottle of vegetable oil is about $2.00. That's about 12,500 calories for $2.00. Add a small amount to dry foods and you might not even notice.
Nice homework magic! The only drawback to chef is that things with tomato won’t last near as long as things without for long term storage
They will in a jar not in a can
Wive's tale. I dare you to test that theory.
Very useful information. It's really the 1st time I've heard someone touch on this. While I usually go for high caloric canned foods because they typically taste better anyways, it's a really great topic that should help a lot of people watching this, American or not.
Well thank you I appreciate the feedback. I thought it was worth exploring to give people on a limited budget the best bang for their buck.
Well, I do love canned green beans and corn, Chef Boyardee is great. Also think of canned chili, I love that stuff. Stack what you like to do eat. Canned Black Beans are great, they go with everything.
DAMN! Them green beans are 68 cents here in Temple Texass.
Where at? Heb or walmart
Yea my rural grocery store is a little pricey. But it's what I've got.
@@MagicPrepper Man... Club stores will ship you all of this stuff "for free" with their premium memberships. I make money on it every year.
@@danieldaly2641 walmart
@JayDee25895 the walmart on Adam's has the chef boyardee for $1 a can. It says $1.18 but at the register it rings up $1
Cold cooked rice can be stir fried with oil, then add those veggies, soy sauce, white pepper, garlic and onion powder for veggie fried rice
My hint: If you do have extra space in a fridge or freezer, fill it with food that doesn't require refrigeration to add years to its shelf life. I freeze nuts, oils, raisins, breads, potato chips, sweets, etc. You can refrigerate the foods with a short shelf life like evaporated milk or peanut butter, but anything with a paper label should be in a plastic bag. I'll consider Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, even though I'd only eat it in a pinch. My grandchildren love it, and that's important too.
Spices in the freezer too
Interesting technical analysis but if you are going this route (calories only) then let me suggest the 25 pound bag of sugar from Walmart: 42,540 calories, infinite shelf life and only $19.97. That comes out to $0.00047 per calorie. I just broke your game.
This is definitely the best method of starting a good emergency food supply. I would definitely prefer starvation over not being able to have my delicious and wonderful stagg chili. But for emergency food to cover the bases as cheaply as possible. Can't beat breaking it down this way.
If you had a stock of peanut butter and mylar bags of flour, peanut butter sandwiches would be a great way to go. Toss in some of that chef boyardee and supplement with a few cans of Stagg. You're riding out SHTF in style baby!
How are you cooking your bread? I have a grill and am wondering about getting some metal loaf pans and using the shelf on the grill for baking.
@@jhwilliams6550 One of the best videos that breaks bread stuff down step by step City Prepping - 4 Stovetop Breads You Can Make With Forever Foods. Corporals Corner also has a Bushcraft Stove video for baking bread. Basically it's a big 4 quart soup pot turned on it's side with a pre-cut grate. He takes a coleman's grill grate and cuts it down to fit in the soup pot and then sits it on it's side over some coals to make a oven, then uses the lid as the oven door propped up by rocks or a stick or just wedging the pot at an angle so the stays sealed. He's made bread a few times as well as other baked items that work quite well.
@@Ravespillo thank you.
I have an Aldi Corned beef and hash can with 640 Calories, can't say I know the current price, but I buy these because I like them and I would make the family like them if need be.
It’s so nice to find someone with the same mindset. Thank you for this video. You explain this concept perfectly.
Canned Hormel beef tamales are still fairly cheap (190 calories/ 15 oz. can). Lots of flavor to offset a bland diet. Their chicken tamales only have 130 calories per can.
Your video is spot on. The calorie, shelf life, and cost per calorie equation is something every prepper needs to know.
Following your video instructions will make an ordinary prepper into a Magic Prepper!
Chef Pepper has many videos on topics. Just a. Additional resource
The way you can beat peanutbutter and increase the shelf life is buy powdered peanutbutter it can last up to 1 year or more and if you want creamy just add water now if you want it to last years get freeze dried peanutbutter and it will last 15 years and just like the powder add water.
PB2. We have eaten our 5 year old jar of it. Great stuff!
This is a really good video, people need to hear this. Especially new families.
I like the fluid content in the lower calorie cans. There are foods that will help you stay hydrated more than others so you won't need to drink as much water. The green beans are good for hydration. Also, if you eat salty foods you will want more water.
My local Walmart and Rouses had them. Walmart $1 a can Rouses. 88 a can here in Louisiana.
I'm very rural so I just went with what I had easy access to. But that's a much better value at that price!
@MagicPrepper I'm always on the look out on deals and clearance items
My can rack holds 325 12 oz cans, favorites chunky soups from cambells, dinty moore stew, tamales, asst vegetables, all variations of canned meats and fish. My pantry is a working pantry so rotation is not a problem.
I was actually surprised when I found that the chunky soups were not nearly as good of a value as the pastas when it came to calories per dollar. Not that they are bad to have in general but just surprised me.
Recipe for you. Peanut Butter, Whipped Honey, Trail mix and jerky. Mix in a Ziplock bag and great snack for a long time. If you add Pancake mix or Flour to make Pancakes or Tortillas and make little Burrito/Tacos and it an amazing snack.
Interesting points for sure. Well done! I think we still want variety and those foods we will eat regularly. Rotation, quality, taste, nutritional content, and cost all factor into the equation.
Love your uniqueness and videos
My choices might not be the same as yours, but thanks so much for getting me to think along these lines. Solid information and I’ll start taking calories into consideration! Great job MP!
16:14 "...it's not really like having a dinner when you start scooping the PB in your mouth!" - Well thanks MOM, stop telling me what to do, I'm 40 years old!!!!!
Wow, 1.09 for a can of green beans from walmart!!! I haven't bought green beans in a very long time. We grow our own. The last time I bought a generic can of green beans they were .59. I think delmonty was maybe 1.00.
Since we grow all our vegetables we concentrate mostly on meat! We have chickens so that knocks you down to beef, and pork. We get around 310 eggs a week and have meat chickens. I'm telling you if you want to be cheap, a quarter of an acre of land for a vegetable garden and a quarter of and acre for chickens for their coop and run and you're almost there. Doesn't hardly cost you anything. Chickens eat bugs and greens, a little chicken crumble. The garden you need time and water. That's the cheapest way to get prepared. 2 hens will give you 10 to 14 eggs a week. Oh yeah, you do need peanut butter!!😊
Great, helpful vid Magic ...thanks !
Thank you!
Calorie per can, corned beef hash. It's like 700-800 calories per can. Pretty sure they found some of these cans of corned beef hash in the pyramids and they were still good.
And the other nice thing about canned soups, chili, etc. is that you don’t have to heat it up either, so you’re saving heating resources too 👍
In addition to cost, I would consider space. There’s only so many cans you can fit in a pantry. If you have 10 cans of sweet peas, you have 4x as many calories as 10 cans of green beans, and so forth.
Only problem with chef boyardee is the shelf life isn’t as long
It's true that the acid in the tomato sauce can lower the shelf life. However, I haven't experienced it being much of an issue myself and for a rotational pantry it doesn't seem to be a big issue.
So recommend an alternative and help some folks.
Excellent video , very informative. 🎯
People don't realize when it gets bad out and have to stock up meaning you have no power no television no phone no heat no air, keep blankets on hand socks long sleeve shirts long pants candles use your candles find a way to cook from a can with candles if you can't afford to buy a Coleman stove if you don't have a grill find a way to use your candles to cook but make sure before you go to sleep the candles are put out make double sure you've got water put up when the power goes out the filter stops working for your sinks if you get your water from the city unless you have a whale you still have to filter your water the old-fashioned way and if you don't have a whale you've got to figure out how you going to get water and then filter your water because you cannot do without water for 3 days you can food but not water, we the people that does not know how to canned foods need to learn how and I found a site on UA-cam it tells you how for beginner canning water bath and pressure canning so I guess I need to go to learn I'm running late I got to find jars first and lids. Don't worry about it drive to work with it and know God is with us. Say your prayers read your Bible and know God is with you so don't be fretting don't worry just do some little things about it for yourself that's honest.
Never thought about it this way. Brilliant!
Beans are excellent for protein source even if few calories.
Proteins are necessary.
Ninety nine percent of people watching this video can't even spell protein. They eat a ton of meat and call it good. They're too lazy to learn ANYTHING about nutrition, which will bite them in the ass.
Great video MP !
GV Luncheon Meat for the win! It is so a complete meal in a can.
When prepping don't forget your seasonings! It will make the difference between edible and tasty.
Great video! It’s got me looking in my pantry and I have one to add. Corned beef hash! The Hormel that I have is 760 calories!
This is another good option! I just found that it wasn't as high of a value due to the price difference.
@@MagicPrepper Roger! I forgot it is close to 3 bucks a can now. Crazy.
I never thought of it that way, eye opening thanks. 😊😊
@@lisamay5600 you're welcome!
I love all of your videos, but this was something everyone needed to hear if they didn’t know it already. Great points to consider that will really help stretch our fiat currency! Haha Thanks!!
Thank you!
Condensed milk is great on fresh berries 😋
A camp meal for us is fried spam in canned pasta! I've never thought of stockpiling calouries. We have a small house with not much storage space, it's make sense that we should stockpile these kind of foods.
great point, same with freeze dried food !
I like your angle on getting the best bang for your buck buying high calorie foods for your prepper pantry. I look for grams of protein per can or container as well since protein and a little bit of fat is absolutely essential for your health and in a SHTF situation your health is critical.🤔
Dont forget, juice/water from vegetables can be used for water in pastas etc.