"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 May 2015 11:03:04 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>>"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?
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>>We keep a good store of dried and canned stuff and of course I have to
>>rotate it somewhat, but fortunately it doesn't have to be done too often
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> I guess one doesn't want to eat survival rotation food all the time or
> surviving wouldn't be much fun.
I would assume if you lived in an isolated area like parts of Alaska or were
stuck on a ship that was out to sea for extended periods of time, you might
have to depend on them.
When I was attempting to eat the raw vegan diet, some of those people were
so hard core they said that if a disaster befell them, they would simply
fast and eat nothing. They considered that better than eating what they
considered to be poison.
Weird thing is that many of them claimed to have relatives who never ate any
raw food and insisted only on eating cooked food. I really find that hard
to believe. Never had any fresh fruit juice? An apple? A salad? But I do
know of one person who is no longer with us who would not touch raw food in
later years. He claimed to have lost a leg due to a nematode from his own
garden. He also thought that people were constantly trying to hack into his
computer so...