text: In reply to message4121: Ted... sounds like you are improving. Good to hear. You are right on point with the food thought. Understand that if there is civil unrest, complete lock downs, bug in or even bug out situations, that these times will be stressfull for all... even with our survival skills and training. Yes... we will be far better off then the average bear in coming out of these situations in a positive manner. Stress will be a factor in mental and physical health. Why add to that stress by eating foods that you don't find all that appealing? In these situations You will be reduced to maybe only eating one or maybe two meals per day (if you are lucky). Make them high calorie high and high carbohydrate meals of food that you will enjoy, more more then a bowl of rice or beans, or a MRE. Yes...a MRE is portable if you are going into combat... but far fewer of us will be going into combat then not. So... canned meats (Spam / ham, Tuna, Chicken Corned beef, etc) dry pastas, canned soups, dryed potatoes, dry gravy, dry seasonings, dry minced onions, etc are a great start. Yes.. alstock up on rice, beans, MREs. Rice and beans are very affordable and store well. Yes... some of this is bulky, but unless you are in combat and onthe move... again...which may of us will not be... this wil be a good start... especially for bugging in. Another great storage alternate storage method that I use are igloo coolers. You can find them at yard sales and thrift stores in the $5.00 - $10.00 range and they are far sturdier then plastic totes, have handles on both sides, easier to stack, hold the same amount as the average plastic tote, and will last longer longer the plastic totes. I have about 10 of these full and stacked and they have lasted for well over 8 years. Just store them in a cool dry place like a garage. They are offer increased thermal and water protection. You slap a piece of duct tape on them with a exeration date and rotate the product when needed. Always look at your products when buying them and get the products with the longest shelf life. Try to put all products with the same shelf life together in the same coolers so when time to rotate... its much eaiser. You can also assign one smaller cooler to store much needed overflow / extra first aid supplies.Well I know this has been a long text... but I certainly wanted to add on to your massage and hopefully helped other Patriots.Hope I at least opended the thinking process a little.And again... glad to hear you are doing better. 🇺🇸♠️