"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 May 2015 12:45:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> wrote:
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>>I don't have any problem with canned foods. The reason it's fallen out of
>>favor
>>is because most everybody has refrigeration and access to fresh stuff.
>>Take that away from people and canned foods will be a godsend. Canned
>>foods are important during disasters and wars. It was originally
>>designed to support military troops in the field and it still serves
>>that purpose well, over 200 years later. Anybody that looks down on
>>can foods have had too easy of a life. The reality is that canned
>>foods have sustained life, not shortened it.
>
> It's wonderful how you're always prepared for famine, disaster and
> war, but why not start eating survival food when they actually occur?

It's not just survival food. However, I was thinking about this the other
day. They have declared Washington state to be in a drought and they said
that food prices will skyrocket this year and be even worse next year. I
don't know if this will affect the whole country or just us here.

So I decided to stock up while prices are still cheap. Right now I can get
the 15 oz. or thereabouts size cans of veggies for somewhere in the vicinity
of 50 to 60 cents per can at some stores. I can not be brand loyal to get
this price.

But... It also occurred to me that when the weather gets warmer, canned
food is not what I want to eat. Sure, I do like baked beans or a bean salad
and I am fine with using canned then. But mostly I prefer cold, raw or room
temp. veggies during the warmer months.

I am fine with eating canned during the winter. Perhaps because that is
what I grew up eating. Now my friend grew up eating only fresh or frozen.
Her parents had no car. They lived in the city and on a bus route. Her mom
didn't do big grocery shops very often. She stopped on the way home from
work and chose foods that were lighter in weight because she had to carry
them on the bus. My mom did a big shop every week and bought a lot of
canned stuff.