Food for Patriots - good, bad, ugly or scam?

[Socalman]

This is a company that seems to be making lots of posts on Facebook, offering a 3 day trial kit for just $9.95 shipping/handling. So my thought was let's give it a try, heck 10 bucks I can see how it compares to Mountain House, Wise and Honeyville products.

So, after submitting my info for the offer before you complete the transaction there is some guy making a hard sell for upgrading to 3 weeks or even 3 months. You can't complete the order unless you go through the entire audio sales pitch. Finally, when it was all over, you still can't complete the order unless you upgrade.

Anyone else have ANY experience with this company's products?

[ElevenBravo]

buncha bitches

[Stormfeather]

SCAM, they give you free food (once you pay for shipping) and its mega high in sodium and lots of TVP (textured Vegetable Protein) which you can make into anything. Think Soy.... add beef bullion and now you have a hunk of beef, add chicken bullion and you have chicken, and so on and so on.
Not worth it, and dont waste your hard earned money or your time on it brother.

[ak474u]

I'm pretty sure Wise does a 9.95 trial pack once in a while as well. I think I even saw a free sample offer once.

[ElevenBravo]

Mountain House for the win. Just expensive is all...

EB

[Stormfeather]

Mountain House for the win. Just expensive is all...

EB

So sad, and yet so true. Probably why I do all my own vacuum sealing and canning because I dont want to spend money on them.

[Sniper-T]

Mountain House for the win. Just expensive is all...

EB

Home made for the win! fuck mountain house and their pricing!

[Socalman]

Mountain House was the first of the dehydrated foods with which I became familiar. Used some on a camping trip for convenience. Have tried some of the Wise. It is ok, but MH wins this head to head battle IMHO. Honeyville packages some great things too.

We have not built our food storage based on the packaged dehydrated products, they are simply a portion of what we have. We have some friends from church who bought several hundred dollars worth of MRE (Meals Rejected by Everyone) as the basis of their food storage. I have tried some. Ok, maybe for a meal or two you can survive on those. I can't believe we make our soldiers use these for more than a few meals at a time.

[bacpacker]

MRE=meal rejected by ethiopians.

I keep a case or so around simply because they fit a need for a quick k don't have to cook meal. Handy for a quick bugout. But that's about my extent with the..

I kind of look at freeze dried stuff in a similar way, nice for conveience, but not for day in day out use.

[gunnermax]

I saw that ad on facebook. Decided to give it a try. I will update when tested.

[ElevenBravo]

Report back. Thx

[Stormfeather]

Folks, I think you guys are missing one important factor in all of this, and while Im not saying you guys are being a bit snobbish....

well.... Yea, I kind of am. lol.... but Im saying it with love!

You have to take the scenario into context, if the SHTF, your mindset has to change, correct? You have to look objectively at situations and break it down to common denominators.

Food is fuel, nothing more nothing less. Yea, we would love it all to taste like roast beef, chicken cordon bleu, or bacon flavored honey buns... but as long as it fuels the machine so that it continues to work, then its doing its job. Ive lived on MRE;s much longer than has ever been recommended, and when it comes time in the field to grab a MRE, I dont go and search thru the meals, to find one I like, I grab the first one I come to, why? Food is Fuel. I want the body to work, taste to me is secondary. Break it down to the basics folks, and if that time ever comes, that Chicken Pesto Salad MRE just became a Bacon Cheeseburger.

[LUNCHBOX]

In my opinion a little pepper/salt goes a long way. Lol. I'm not bad mouthing those type of meals but for the price.... I'll stock beans, rice and pasta all day long and spend a lot less. Like Storm said "food is fuel" and I think a handful of dirt with sugar spinkled on it would taste good when your hungry.

[mitunnelrat]

Lol. Anyone remember getting grossed out when I discussed putting rodent traps in a BOB? Every warm weather outing in the woods has seen at least one.

[Kesephist]

agreed, 'food is fuel'.

In your experience, which beans prepare the easiest?

by which i mean lowest amount of time from package to actually being eaten, and least amount of prep materials (hot water, f'r'instance).

Taste.. as Kat said in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT... "Cold beans taste fine too."

[LUNCHBOX]

That's actually a good test...put a couple handfuls in water and see how long they take to soften and become edible. I've never really tried numerous different types to see if there's a difference in time.

[jamesneuen]

Personally I love MRE's. I would go raid the ships supply everytime they cooked something terrible.

[Socalman]

While I am sure all of us will agree with Stormfeather that "food is fuel", I think there are different levels of SHTF for which we all prepare. Whether it be 24 hours without electricity and running water to a TEOTWAWKI event. Most of the times with which we have to deal will most likely be somewhere in between those two types of events.

I for one do not want to live on MRE or dehydrated food for a week while I wait for my utilities to be restored. On the other hand, if for some reason we have to BUG OUT and have just a few minutes I can't be grabbing cases of canned food.

[bacpacker]

My thoughts exactly SoCal

[Kesephist]

This is a company that seems to be making lots of posts on Facebook, offering a 3 day trial kit for just $9.95 shipping/handling. So my thought was let's give it a try, heck 10 bucks I can see how it compares to Mountain House, Wise and Honeyville products.

So, after submitting my info for the offer before you complete the transaction there is some guy making a hard sell for upgrading to 3 weeks or even 3 months. You can't complete the order unless you go through the entire audio sales pitch. Finally, when it was all over, you still can't complete the order unless you upgrade.

Anyone else have ANY experience with this company's products?

Back to the point of this thread: I DID give the site a try... it is a scam of the bait and switch variety. I should count fortunate that the scammers find the prepper statistical universe small enough to NOT pursue very hard.

Kesephist

[Socalman]

So the order (see my original post for date) arrived yesterday. Well packaged and with a catalog. Of course I expected that.

The 72-hour package includes four servings of the following:

-Granny's Homestyle potato soup
-Travelers stew
-Liberty Bell Potato Soup (creative name)
-Blue Ribbon Creamy Chicken Rice

Not sure when but will give one or two items a test dine and I will report back.

[gunnermax]

mine arrived as promised.

during ordering they want you to upcharge for more items, i clicked no.

the package arrived with a magazine with other products. I get their emails about every 2 days, typical "is your water safe" blah blah stuff. im about to unsuscribe.

I got in a nicely sealed package they say is good for 25 years:
I copied from socal man, cause i got the same thing:
Granny's Homestyle potato soup
-Travelers stew
-Liberty Bell Potato Soup (creative name)
-Blue Ribbon Creamy Chicken Rice

[Socalman]

My wife will be gone this next weekend and I intend to subject my body to some of the items and I will report back within 10 days, provided I am still alive!

[ladyhk13]

We have gotten stuff from them and found the food that we tried to be very good. Got free seeds with ours and kept the ones we like and gave away the stuff we wouldn't eat to my sister.

[Sniper-T]

looking forward to the report...

[Socalman]

The weekend my wife was gone, I ended up pretty busy and then had a bit of intestinal distress. Nothing serious but I felt that if I was going to be able to give an honest report, I needed to be in good shape to start!

[Socalman]

FINALLY!

Well, tried Granny's Potato Soup:

Tasted fine but a bit salty, someone said it is high in sodium and that is true. I had no issues post-consumption, i.e. gas, diarrhea, constipation, etc. I would have no trouble consuming it in an emergency or even taking camping, though I would say my preference is for Mountain House. Everyone has their own favorite tastes and some may like this stuff. I suppose that having items from a few different producers gives a little variety that might be enjoyable when things get tough.

[moonwillow]

I have ordered a lot from this company. Only when free samples. The coffee is good. I liked there strawberries. I have got the 72 hour kit a couple of times. As far as taste goes they are not bad. In needful times your not going to have perfect everything.

[eagle326]

I miss my c- rations and lrps. :(

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

I did have a line on the NEW "lrps" till this "LT" dropped the ball. Needless to say I don't associate with that outfit anymore. Back to that "trust" thing.

The LRPS of nowadays are better than the ones before. I do have a nice stash of MREs and some of the Patriot and Wise as well. Figure the MREs will go first. But I have found them all to be good to eat. No complaints from me, of course I am from the "Goat Locker"

[orangetom1999]

BrownwaterRiverRat


of course I am from the "Goat Locker"


LOL LOL LOL....

Noted there Chief....Noted!!

Thanks,
Orangetom