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Old Jeff H wrote: ↑August 27th, 2021, 5:27 pm I'm wanting to bolster and add variety to my food storage. Curious as to what products appeal to y'all?

One item I found that's unexpected unexpectedly tasty (especially for the price) is the Great Value beef stew from Walmart. MUCH better than the crap the Dinty Moore sells now, and quite a bit cheaper too ($1.82). Best by date is only 2 years, but like everything else I'm sure it would last longer.

I picked up a couple of the Bristol canned hams and I'm going to open one this weekend and try it out. Don't have high expectations, but it has a five-year shelf life.

Electric303 wrote: ↑August 28th, 2021, 11:51 am

Please give an update on the Bristol canned ham when you try it. I've found that the canned Butterfield diced ham and the DAK canned ham to be little more than Spam.

Keystone 28oz canned meats are actually quite good. I especially like the pork.

If you have a source of water then dried beans, rice, pasta, and noodles are great staples. Salt and seasonings are a necessity. I like to have dried peppers for flavor.

If you're looking for variety you might try walking around the aisles of a local Asian grocery store. They have dried soups that taste much better than Ramen, dried mushrooms, and noodles along with a better variety of seasonings, etc...

I've found that Walmart's Great Value canned veggies have far too much water in the can. Safeway's Signature brand (while a little more expensive) tend to contain more of the veggie you are buying and less water.

I agree about Dinty Moore Stew. Recently ate my first can in years of that stuff and what they make now is crap.

Old Jeff H wrote: ↑August 28th, 2021, 2:16 pm
Thanks for the info.

I did open the Bristol today. At first I thought it was pretty much SPAM (not that I don't like SPAM, I just already have a ton of it), but it is closer to "real" ham than I thought it was going to be. It's definitely chunked/formed, but good enough that it'd make a decent sandwich or it could be mixed in with a pot of beans. I'd recommend buying one and see what you think.

I did some checking and it looks like the best place to order Keystone might be directly from them. Their shipping is high, but it still works out to be less per can than other online sources that I'm finding. I have no idea how long their shipping time is, but I think I'm going to find out.

Dinty Moore stew used to be pretty darn good, but they changed their recipe (maybe 10 years ago?) and I can't even stand to eat it anymore. The Great Value brand is probably better than the original DM was.