“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven.
Inspired by @silversaver888’s Lunch post , my recent comment on @welshstacker’s thought provoking Post and my recent task of rotating the canned food goods in my expanded pantry, my roommate and I decided to try one of these items before we it stow them away into the very back. To our Hive food connoisseurs, be warned, I do not have my sister silversaver’s culinary acumen and panache.
The selected dish is called Ready Wise Cheesy vegetarian Lasagna, with the word vegetarian inconspicuously printed small on the back, one of a selection of different dishes available either in separate envelopes or in a bucket assortment. There is 257 grams of product in the foil pouch sufficient to make four servings for an equivalent of 230 Calories each therefore only a part of a nutritious post disaster meal plan and it is up to our discretion on an appropriate side dish to make it up the remaining daily 2000 Calorie required by an average adult male over the three meals, 1600 Calories for adult females. A handy calorie calculator is here.
The added side dish could be simply doubling the portion, adding a different selection, or I could draw a food item from my rotated normal canned goods that have up to a 5 year shelf life, like Spam or Hereford corned beef which I simmer in boiling water for a few minutes to rid the excessive salt. I do have a bucket of Ready Wise freeze dried beef and chicken so I can afford to pass on the wood pallet roasted Raccoon a-la carte.
Advantages;
- 25 year shelf life.
- 4 serving Mylarfoil package for reduced waste.
- Just add 4 cups of boiling water, let stand 20 mins.
- Can be consumed cold when there is no heating source.
- Backpack portable for camping.
How’s the taste?
With the boiling water method in a pot, I let it simmer a few extra minutes. There is a mild lasagna like aroma as I stirred more than occasionally to break up the powdered globs. The consistency is much like a thick soup by the end of 20ish minutes.
A few of macaroni playing the pasta role of the lasagna had an undercooked texture. The overall taste and texture experience best resembles a macaroni and cheese dish left in a slightly unsealed Tupperware a few days in the fridge with a surprisingly decent tomato and lasagna spices sauce. It’s passable, maybe better with a glass of merlot. Doable if you’re not a picky eater living in recession or depression conditions.
My opinion may change as I may try out other brands of Emergency foods in the future. Any of you Vets out there try those, Meals Ready to Eat, MREs? How were they?
Why Stack Emergency Foods?
According to my local Civic and Provincial authorities it is recommended for every household to maintain a three to fourteen day supply of food, water and such in it’s BC Guidelines in the event of an emergency. I noticed that ‘Disease outbreaks’ being a recent add to the list of potential disasters. Odd, that there is no mention of Economic disaster.
As beautiful as the forests and mountains of British Columbia are, we are just as susceptible to natural disasters. Most often are annual fire and floods depending on the season as entire towns and communities could be cut off by ragging fires or over-swollen rivers. Most concerning will be Earthquake and Tsunami risk since I am located not far enough from the three way geological plate intersection local earthquake zone. While we may have warning systems in place leading up to an impending disaster with established guidelines to prepare for one, there really isn’t a public plan for the oncoming economic disaster. Instead we are told that everything is just peachy fine. It’s just a few banks, the system is sound. It was a little software glitch. Your money is safe with us. Hey, look here, UFOs with aliens!
Stacking long termed foods is a relatively new thing for me, but as an extension of preparing for what may possibly be a disorderly economic reset. If it is orderly, then we could eventually eat through the food stock anyway. No loss. Then replace. It’d be better than fighting the shopping crowds with what little buying power is left with our fiat followed by weeks perhaps months of supply chain issues until things work out. With Natural disasters three to fourteen days will not be enough, as I have observed about any Government assistance over the previous years assistance more often to the tune of months regionally, let alone a global wide one.
The Mountains and Forest Silver feature
In keeping with the inspiration of beautiful rain forests and mountains is this mysterious poured silver log round. 💋 Nyssacat gave me this round in 2021 but I have yet figured where it came from. Based on it’s style I’d guess it came from Canadian Silver artisan Black Label Bullion.
Front; Symbol of Mountains, forest, water and sunshine.
0.999 Fine Silver, Weight 16.28g.
Diameter 18.3mm x Thickness 5.6mm.
Back; ½, .999FS.
Mintage; unknown .
And, the distinctive feature being the simulated 🌲 tree bark edge on this silver Log round. Isn't that naturally cool? Thanks for coming aboard on #piratesunday. ☠️
Adding Emergency Food and Silver to my Stack for that big stormy day!
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!
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References
My own pictures shot with a Samsung SM-A530W.
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W. Wiki Commons.
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Sources
Silver Raven, made by ‘Silver to Burn’ Burnie
Hive Silver Round details and Ordering Instructions are here.
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