ol' trucker
Sharpshooter
I don't know a whole bunch about survival tactics. but I am learning alot from the good people on this board. just thought that I would try to give a little help that some may not know about. was watching on the history channel about "life after humans" and just thought that something that would be a good food to store just in case shft. is hostess twinkies and ding dongs and such. they said that they put enough preservatives in them. that a sealed cup cake would be edible up to 25 years. and anything freeze dried could be eaten almost indefinately. they did a study on freeze dried products from 30 years ago,compared to fresh,week old products. and they didn't taste any different. they said that they don't have an exact number on how long the freeze dried products would last,because there hasn't been enough time gone by since freeze drying has started. but they said that if in 30 years the product tasted the same as fresh. they could only speculate that although it might not be the greatest tasting. that freeze dried foods could probably be eaten long after we are already dead and gone. just my