Nitro-Pak Food Extremely High Demand, Delays

GoghGoner · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 80

Not good, that's where I am spending my stimulus check.

MattSavinar · Elite Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 1966

4-8 days isn't all that bad compared to some other outlets where it can be months. And there is no minimum order either.

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HEADER_RACK · Heavy Crude Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 226

All the survivalist are getting nervous reading the news. Making alot more orders.
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The last time I checked...Mountainhouse only had 4 or 6 items still in stock. The vast majority of items simply read "Out Of Stock".
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efarmer · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 369

Going into what you believe might be the Long Emergency with
short term, unsustainable provisions is like wearing a condom
as protection during a knife fight. You should provision like
the wagon trains did instead of pretending you are going
to be on the space shuttle for 5 years ingesting tang and
reconstituted backpack rations.

I wager my sack of beans and lentils will outrun your
freeze dried stuff.

GoghGoner · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 80

mattduke · Intermediate Crude Joined: Oct 28, 2005 Posts: 919

Delays have increased to "10-18 days to ship."

wisconsin_cur

efarmer · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 369

GoghGoner, I see the merit of dual use if you are a backpacker.
You can use a hand mill to make flour out of dried beans and
grains and then soak them and finally cook them.

I must admit I have some lemon survival ration bars
for bag out or natural emergency use. Having tried
one it wasn't bad, but one would have to have sheet
iron guts and a rubber butthole to thrive on such
concentrated fare.

Sprouts are another village technology to get some fresh
greens and vitamins from a dried and endurable stash
of seeds or grains. My personal dried food favorite is
the tabouli salad mixes with precooked wheat and the
herbs and spice packet, all you need is some hot water
and whatever you can pick that is fresh and green to
toss in. Ramen noodles are in the same league, and
with some freeze dried eggs stirred in, are survival
food on the ultra cheap.

My son is home from Iraq tour #3 and I am going to
pick his brain on MRE and Bedouin food since his last
tour was in the western desert, and his first was
going from Kuwait to take the Bagdad Airport, almost
all, on MRE's and ad hoc kickers like jerkey.

I will do this in the Preparation venue as it is getting
off topic here.

Pops

The invasion of the Backpackers!

Oh My Aching Bunions!

Laughing

(do what ef and cur said)
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Pops

GoghGoner · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 80

How about this angle?

I was backpacking up in northern Minnesota last year and bushwhacked to a lake that never gets fished. Every other cast I caught a Northern Pike and that was the first time I have fished in a decade. I can use my expensive fancy rations to quickly get me to a place I could find isolation and fresh fish.