Before getting to my entry for #fff I would just like to ask my #fff friends and anyone else who may stumble into this post a couple of ???
Do you have Life Insurance?
Do you have Car Insurance?
Do you insure your home or the contents of a dwelling you may be renting?
Do you insure yourself if you are injured and can't go to work?
Aflac Duck
The list of the things we insure, seems to be ever growing.
- THE LAST QUESTION I ASK IS DO YOU HAVE INSURANCE FOR YOUR
When I look at all of the things I insure, the most important one is my family.
The money we spend on insuring all of our STUFF can add up to thousands of dollars year after year.
Now lets take a look at what it would cost to insure that our loved ones would be able to eat, and therefor be able to survive during an emergency situation.
The meal I prepared for this #fff entry, is all about doing just that, insuring our loved ones.
During an emergency, eating comes down to survival.
Food 4 Patriots is the company where this meal comes from.
https://secure.food4patriots.com
These meals have been prepared and packaged for a shelf life of 25 years.
All aspects of this business take place right in the USA.
The meals included in this package were free as part of a promotional deal.
I do believe that this offer is a still available to potential customers.
The Maple Grove Oatmeal is the dish I slaved over!
1 cup of boiling water
1/2 cup of oatmeal
I love the warnings that come with the package that helps to preserve the meals.
Dump the stuff in and boil for one minute.
Stir occasionally.
After letting it stand for a couple of minutes it's ready to go down the hatch, which is exactly what I did.
It's not the first time I forgot to take a picture of the final dish, woofed this down right from the pot.
No extra dishes needed.
Sealing the meals back up with a vacuum sealer should surfice.
With the air removed and the red light indicating that the package is being sealed it is almost ready to go back into storage.
Tight as a drum
Food 4 Patriots sell many different size survival packages.
Lets just take a look at their best seller.
Cost $500
536 servings
meals provide 98,160 calories
Depending on how much family insurance you want to carry will determine your annual cost.
For simplicity sake I am going to go with a $1000.00 of this product.
Lets do the math.
$1,000 divided by 25 years = $40 per year.
Now that isn't bad, especially when we compare $40/year to the thousands we spend every year insuring stuff who's value doesn't compare.
I like wagering, Hell, I even put a bet in on a World Cup Soccer Match several years ago. I had to listen to those dam horns the fans blew the entire game. My bet would be that an emergency situation of some magnitude will occur in the next 25 years.
If I were the bookie, the line on a major economic and monetary meltdown occurring in the next 25 years would be 25 to 1.
Hope you enjoyed, more importantly I hope you're insured!
thebigsweed