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<blockquote data-quote="GC7" data-source="post: 3892556" data-attributes="member: 2455"><p>Joe my concern with canned goods is preservatives and plasticizers (the coating on the inside of aluminum cans). If you are good about cycling through them once a year, you're probably fine, but I've seen a lot of youtube videos where people open up decades old canned food and a lot of it just doesn't pass the test for me. A lot of the acidic stuff will create pin holes in the can and you get air/bacteria infiltration, and some substances can dissolve the inner lining and then you are eating metal contamination.</p><p></p><p>These past 2 years gave me a lot of time to re-evaluate and freezer is my preferred way (plus vacuum packing). No preservatives, no bacteria, and often times no light exposure. I know electricity and the mechanicals are the obvious weak link, but I figure as long as the following 2 conditions are present I'll have the motivation to want to live:</p><p></p><p>1. Electricity is reliably flowing (either from the grid, or because I can procure gasoline easily enough to power a generator)</p><p>2. Replacement deep freezes can be easily purchased because the economy is still somewhat functional</p><p></p><p>If conditions 1 and 2 above break, that's it for me. I was born into a modern and functional world and I have no fantasies about IRL World War Z or Mad Max.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GC7, post: 3892556, member: 2455"] Joe my concern with canned goods is preservatives and plasticizers (the coating on the inside of aluminum cans). If you are good about cycling through them once a year, you're probably fine, but I've seen a lot of youtube videos where people open up decades old canned food and a lot of it just doesn't pass the test for me. A lot of the acidic stuff will create pin holes in the can and you get air/bacteria infiltration, and some substances can dissolve the inner lining and then you are eating metal contamination. These past 2 years gave me a lot of time to re-evaluate and freezer is my preferred way (plus vacuum packing). No preservatives, no bacteria, and often times no light exposure. I know electricity and the mechanicals are the obvious weak link, but I figure as long as the following 2 conditions are present I'll have the motivation to want to live: 1. Electricity is reliably flowing (either from the grid, or because I can procure gasoline easily enough to power a generator) 2. Replacement deep freezes can be easily purchased because the economy is still somewhat functional If conditions 1 and 2 above break, that's it for me. I was born into a modern and functional world and I have no fantasies about IRL World War Z or Mad Max. [/QUOTE]
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