Storing foods you normally eat and rotating them into your regular meals is truly your best bet. They're more cost effective, you've already given them a "test drive" and know what you like, and you already familiar with their preparation.
Disasters are tough enough to handle under any circumstances. Why add to your misery by putting icky tasting food on your plate?

Apocalypse Chow

Can prepackaged rations make surviving the aftermath of a disaster more palatable?

APack

Pasta and vegetables; crackers; peanut butter; fig bar; raisins; shortbread cookie

Price $6 | Calories 1150

Our vegetarian-friendly menu looked the most appetizing of the entrees. It proved to have "a decent tomato sauce, though a touch salty." Unfortunately, it couldn't mask the fact that the noodles were overcooked. The side dishes ranged from "yummy, not overly sweet" (shortbread cookie) to "dry but tasty" (fig bar). The big disappointment: the unnaturally moist raisins, "an insult to grapes everywhere."

Grade: B+

Sopakco

Beef enchilada; bread and grape jelly; strawberry toaster pastry; mixed fruit

Price $7 | Calories 860

The south-of-the-border option was at least shaped like an enchilada, although it lacked un sabor delicioso. The sauce was "too tangy and acidic, completely masking the flavor of the meat." The strawberry pastry was really dry with a "bland but familiar taste." The fruit cocktail proved to be "just as fresh as the canned variety," and the bread, though "a little dense," was nicely complemented by a "smooth and flavorful" jam.

Grade: B-

MRE Star

BBQ chicken with beans; potatoes; dried fruit; nut-raisin mix; vanilla pound cake; sugar cookies

Price $6.50 | Calories 1530

Smothered in "cheap barbecue sauce," the meat in the poultry entree had a consistency that was "indistinguishable from the vegetables." The pound cake, on the other hand, was a standout, deemed to be "the best of all the desserts" in the test. The dried fruit snack tasted "a bit like soap," with too much sugar. Thankfully, the nut mix had a "great, familiar taste," on par with regular trail mix.

Grade: C

Meals ready-to-eat (MREs) are the military's answer to a long-term, disaster-proof food supply. These vacuum-packed foodstuffs--also available in civilian versions--require little more preparation than activating an included heating pad by adding water, and have all the nutrition necessary to keep you alive. But does the taste inspire the will to survive? To find out, we served up civilian MREs from three different manufacturers to some of PM's hungriest staffers in a flavor face-off. Here's what the end of the world tastes like.

Survival Cooking Tip

Food isn't just about calories. Your disaster menu may include MREs or canned food, but either way, a few extra shelf-stable ingredients can go a long way toward civilizing your supper. Don't forget to stock up on flavor-enhancing items that don't need refrigeration, such as ketchup, mustard, salt, spices, hot sauce, bouillon, powdered drink mix and chocolate. A few bottles of wine wouldn't hurt either.

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