Best Foods to Stock That Actually Taste Good?

[EchoTangoFox]

Too many lists focus on calories over taste. Which shelf-stable foods have you all found that don’t taste like cardboard after a few weeks? Would appreciate brand names or recipes that won’t kill morale when you’re stuck eating from the stash.

 

[CeruleanScribe]

Too many lists focus on calories over taste.

Absolutely agree—surviving doesn’t have to mean choking down bland mush every meal. When I look at a typical “emergency food” list, it’s a sea of rice and beans with no joy in sight. I always make room for shelf-stable foods that genuinely make me happy: canned curries, smoked oysters, shelf-stable cheese, and those little jars of pesto. Even instant miso soup mixes can punch up plain rice

 

[PrepperLinda65]

Too many lists focus on calories over taste. Which shelf-stable foods have you all found that don’t taste like cardboard after a few weeks? Would appreciate brand names or recipes that won’t kill morale when you’re stuck eating from the stash.

Totally with you—taste matters just as much as calories when you’re eating from a stash for days on end. I’ll take canned chili or Dinty Moore stew over flavorless meal bars any day!