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On 9/3/2016 2:37 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:58:15 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> On 9/3/2016 12:33 PM,
wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been seeing some commercials on late night tv that I cannot
>>> remember the name of. Anyway, they offer shelf stable products
>>> that are guaranteed to be good for 25 years. All you do is add
>>> hot water if I recall correctly.
>>>

>> That would be food for survivalists. Wise Foods (not to be confused
>> with the company that makes potato chips).
>>
>> They'll send you a free sample! I requested one, gave it a try. OMG it
>> was horrific.
>>
>> Sorry, but Lipton makes better tasting dried noodle packets than this
>> outfit. And that's not meat, it's TVP. Request a sample, they will
>> email you constantly wanting to know how many buckets of deydrated food
>> you want to order.
>>
>> I think I'd rather have the Hormel Compleats.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>

> Yes, I believe that is the name of the company. I had an
> inkling they were directing their product toward survivalists.
> They throw in the thought you need their product if you
> live hurricane prone areas and such.
>

http://www.wisefoodstorage.com/

The ads come across me me like surivalist/gonna have to live after the
bomb in a shack in the desert. I sure hope they have a way to make fire
and boil water to heat up this mediocre dehydrated food. The sample I
received was seriously bad.

Jill