I have been working with some of my emergency supplies to see what can be done with them. And I have to report that these are surprisingly good. Not too salty. Just salty enough with a mellow flavor.
Mix these with a cup of rice and you got yourself a pilaf going.
My one criticism is, why include potatoes? I can add those myself if I want to. Only by a very lose definition of the word are potatoes considered “vegetables.”
Del Monte, huh? Better buy up a few cases quickly!
Oh yeah. I have quite a few of these and others, but not enough to last four years.
Maybe because they’re the cheapest ingredient?
Just FYI, took my first shot at growing potatoes in 5 gal pots this year. Have grown them in ground, but saw a lot of gnawed on, damaged and diseased tubers. Getting pretty consistent 2.5#/pot of Princess Larette (supposed to be very fancy fingerlings, and really are quite tasty.) The Makah Ozettes are still growing, haven’t started harvesting those yet. Much easier to harvest, every tuber is lovely, and the potting soil can be reused fot decades, so although up-front more expensive, long term (especially if you save tubers to replant year to year) almost free. There is a reason potatoes are staple crops!
[Del Monte mixed vegetables]
I’m thinking that as an emergency food, though, you could open that and eat it straight from the can, without needing water or fuel to scrub and cook potatoes. So I like that for emergency supplies.
Looks like the ingredients include “onion extract” and “natural flavor”, so maybe that’s why they’re tasty/tastier than expected?
Speaking for myself—earlier, when this thread was a lot about stocking up on food, I thought I really should keep some emergency food on hand, so I tried buying and sampling various canned and packaged items. I found almost nothing that didn’t have WAY too much sodium, or ingredients that I avoid due to food sensitivities. The best thing I could find was canned vegetables, because they’re usually just plain and simple, i.e., just the vegetable in water with some salt. I even bought some canned potatoes, something that I never imagined I would do. (I haven’t actually sampled any of the vegetables yet. I have confidence that they’ll be fine as emergency food, but maybe I should try them…)
They would serve that practical purpose. The individual servings come in a ring-pull can.
It could be. I can’t taste the onion, happily, but they do taste slightly buttery. A lot of canned soups sneak in onion purée, and boy can you tell.
Me too. I even bought canned garbanzo beans and canned mushrooms. I am prepared to make a huge pot of emergency soup.
This is why I keep canned turkey chili. It has a pull-top can, so no opener is needed. The only downside to including it in a bag is multiple cans increase the weight.
In addition to increasing emergency food supplies, I took advantage of recent sales* to expand my power backup and refrigeration options during prolonged power outages. Here are more details on that:
*I was tempted to do this when Father’s Day sales were promoted, but decided to take advantage of Prime Day instead. To maintain my Amazon boycott, I made sure to get price matching direct from the manufacturers. 
Stacey Abrams and Amber Ruffin discuss the importance of maintaining joy and humor - especially political humor - in these difficult times:
I love the title of this episode, because 
cannot stand to be mocked.
“Mixed vegetables” update.
I tried the Goya Mixed Vegetables.
Not as good as Del Monte. Flavor was fine, I guess. But it was mostly carrots and potatoes, with a few green things thrown in. What’s with all the potatoes in my vegetables?!?
the family behind Goya Foods are big-time tRump supporters.
that brand is a no-go for me.
good thing you weren’t that fond of it, if you buy less of it (IMHO).
yes, i know Del Monte is problematic as a brand on its own.
Oh, I remember. But I just wanted to see how it was, to be fair. No reason to buy this one again.
Anyway, it’s hard to figure out which large corporation is more or less evil.
