Augason Farms Emergency Survival Food Bucket - I'm not happy

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[@maryannelucas7098]

Thanks for sharing. It sounds like you could do better at the grocery store with pasta, jars of sauce, canned soup, canned vegetables and fruit etc

[@ActionMattGreen]

You are 100% correct.

[@RickSnowman]

these boxes an buckets are trash and rip offs... do the math and look at the prices of the items in the store... most of these things are soy buckets

[@ActionMattGreen]

They are not enough to support someone for very long unless rationing to near death.

[@tlflora]

auguson suks- you think that #10 can of strawberries would be more than 1/4 full- not even crushed- never again on auguson for me--

[@ActionMattGreen]

I had a terrible experience and worried about making several of the items. I'm glad I'm not the only one, I just hate to see anyone waste the money like I did.

[@frugalwitch]

You are essentially paying a ridiculous price for what amounts to rice , pasta, and flavorings. Do you know how cheap rice, pasta, and bouillon is at the grocery store? Oh and are you going to be satisfied with just 1/3 or 1/2 cup of food? Complete rip-off!

[@ActionMattGreen]

These buckets are definitely not a viable source of long time survival in my opinion. Shoot, we all gotta learn some how.

[@preprebelactual]

What I have found with any of these survival foods regardless of company, is that the #10 Cans are resealable instead of non resealable pouches. Having said this, once the can is opened, the countdown timer starts on product quality

[@ActionMattGreen]

After I opened it and consumed some I realize you are probably correct.

[@DaveEdmonds-wp6ue]

I was hoping to see you cook and taste something out of the bucket.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I can make an update video. I still have the bucket.

[@captaincodebook3200]

​@@ActionMattGreenplease do !! I have Mountain House, Peak and this...think you're gonna be as disappointed as I was. Just bought more MH...

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@captaincodebook3200 Ok. I'll dig it out and see what we got. Keep an eye out for several videos on both buckets.

[@cgiandalia1]

I'm a pepper and I mylar bag a lot of dry food and use oxygen absorbers which that's what it appears they've done with your bucket. Oxygen absorbers sometimes appear to have a vacuum seal effect and sometimes they don't. They only remove the oxygen which is the only thing that will spoil food and air contains 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen. Sometimes in the same batch that I do some look like they are vacuum-sealed and others won't but I know that I've done them all the exact same way. You should be good with your macaroni noodles as it is only the oxygen that is the enemy when it comes to food storage of dry food. I hope this helps you

[@ActionMattGreen]

Goodness does it. Thanks a ton.

[@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR]

This is survival food not gourmet meals. They will have to leave certain things out to achieve the desired shelf life. People raise their expectations past the actual intended purpose. This should fill a specific purpose in your preps. If you are capable of creating the same meals with the same shelf life for the same price then you are doing great but if you want something that does not require the work or expertise then this will get the job done. I am willing to put any amount of money on this, if you actually need to use this stuff because of a major event, It will taste like food from a 5 star restaurant. Also you can use this stuff to barter with other people.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I can agree with most of this statement. I was mainly upset due to several bags being busted when I opened the bucket. That leaves the shelf life to be questioned. I try and keep a ton of different foods available in case something happens.

[@edstevens4439]

A lot of expensive pasta .....nice bucket though.

[@ActionMattGreen]

You are absolutely correct.

[@richardjohnson4052]

most of what is in those containers will never be eaten. I will never eat the whey milk or orange drink which eliminates 56 servings. Probably no eat the pancake mix as when I eat those. I will not have syrup or butter so there goes another 30 servings. Plus the meals are in a 4-serving package so I will need to divide each package into 4 equal bags and vac-seal them all when I open them. All in all, no matter what the company, about half the contents will never be consumed. IF the let us pick-and-choose, it would be better. IF they make solo servings, it would be better.

[@ActionMattGreen]

A lot of great idea. I wish they would take stuff like that into consideration, but they just want to sell sell sell.

[@richardjohnson4052]

@@ActionMattGreen I understand. money$$$$$$ I have asked repeatedly asked these people to do single-use baggies, to allow a mix-and-match system and to replace the leaking ones. Mainly because as a kayak camper who lives out of my kayak for a week at a time, those open bags attract wildlife.

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@richardjohnson4052 I am planning a solo canoe trip and that would make a world of difference instead of some mountain house or a high dollar dehydrator.

[@gregzeigler3850]

You are aware, that dried beans, rice and vegetables will keep as long as they never get wet? I can get pretty big bags of dried vegetables (under $15 at the local heath food store) and a small fruit cup makes a crockpot full. Add some meat(jerky, dried chipped beef, etc). Dried beans make a great soup, with a can of diced ham added. Rice can be mixed with a can of chicken and chicken bullion cubes or beef and a beef bullion cube. Of course, it will take longer to cook, but I can guarantee it will be cheaper.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I'm not gonna lie and say I knew any of this, but maybe a little. Thanks a lot for adding all this useful info to my channel.

[@franny5295]

I did it backwards. I knew nothing about prepping and didn't care to until China started building hospitals. I bought months of freeze dried food because I had no idea what else to do. Only that I had to do something because I knew they were lying about "there's nothing to worry about" Now, I have stocks of what we actually want to eat. And the bucket stuff in case all hell, not swearing but mean what I say, breaks loose...

[@ActionMattGreen]

My family and I have been doing basically the same thing.

[@vongtaynhanaikptt6066]

This is another beautiful video

[@ActionMattGreen]

Thank you very much.

[@rebeccamiller3248]

Sounds like just plain noodles some butter, cheese, veggie or broth powder is all they think survival food is. I got all that on my pantry shelf now and use. Glad I didn't waste money on this stuff. I can spend the same buying off store shelf and get at least 2-4 weeks of food for 4 adults, I can prep myself by canning it in the oven.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I'm glad you didn't either. I hope you learn as much as I did.

[@rebeccamiller3248]

@@ActionMattGreen my parents were depression and WW2 kids. I grew up on cornbread and Pinto beans. Both parents grew up on farms in the mountains. Seriously lean times. It stayed with them. Maternal grandmother and Aunts and Mom were Canners. I learned from them. Lol in 70's I almost got hurt/killed by pressure cooker exploding. Mom was canning chilli for winter. My usual was to come home from school kick my shoes of raid the fridge. This day my Mom canning decided while waiting for cooker to finish went outside to hang up laundry. I came in kicked shoes off had to go to bathroom for upset stomach. Thank God neither of us or my little sister was in the kitchen or line of fire. Heard this high pitch whining whistle then boom. My Mom started screaming my name by that time I was coming down the hallway. Got to kitchen doorway. There was glass imbedded in the wall, the ceiling and the pressure pot lid only about 3 inches of bottom lid could be seen from how it was stuck so deep in ceiling. Beans and sauce and meat went from utility room, the kitchen, the hallway and so far in the living room it stained the furniture. If I hadn't been sick to my stomach I would have been seriously hurt. She came flying through that back door grabbed me patted me down see if I was hurt. Couldn't believe how I wasn't in the kitchen when it happened. Running joke in the family is I am a death magnet. Serious illness or car accidents, robberies, I was/am an adrenaline junky and I have always been accident prone to top it off. Serious life or death crazy. Happily I am always one step before it or around it. Blessed that way. LMFAO my Dad swore to his dying day Mom deliberately blew the canner up to get the kitchen and living room and new washer n dryer. Both rooms had serious damage. Glass was in splinters in the sofa and chairs. Not to mention the hardwood floors and carpet.

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@rebeccamiller3248 That's the craziest canning story I have ever heard. So glad everyone turned out all right.

[@MerrimanDevonshire]

So... another "Fiesta Pail" incident? Look up the Black Pants Legion for their results...

[@ActionMattGreen]

Ok. Thanks.

[@unpavedexplorer338]

Hello Syd, it is good to have an emergency food supply. I just keep rice and beans. I need to improve my selection. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@ActionMattGreen]

Your very welcome friend. Living closer to the inner city of our area makes things like this seem more important due to the closeness of neighbors and potential problems in a survival situation.

[@acman131]

The meat bucket is sold separately. Meat is an accessory apparently

[@ActionMattGreen]

Lol. They could have done better with the variety.

[@darksun2789]

ive bought a few of these and there is always 1 bag thats open... however, after reaching out to Augason farms ive been told that the buckets are vacuum sealed and that seal is broken apon being open

[@ActionMattGreen]

Yea, there are quite a few different ways they can protect themselves when claims like that happen.

[@richardjohnson4052]

So they tell you that if you never open the bucket, you are fine but the moment you open the bucket, any unsealed packages are your problem.

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

That would be a little disappointing! Thank you for sharing buddy!

[@ActionMattGreen]

Yes sir. It's not a total loss, but the process to send it back, because they would probably replace it, like most would, is just too much to deal with.

[@deboraheriksen881]

Sounds like a 1000 calorie diet based on the calories per serving.

[@ActionMattGreen]

Yea. I try and look for at least 2500 a day due to having family and such. That's not happening in most cases tho, so I have to plan a little harder.

[@deboraheriksen881]

@ActionMatt lifeboat rations as an add on is one option I use in 72 hour kits

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@deboraheriksen881 That's not something ai ever even thought of.

[@jo199]

Rip off these foods are 10000% mark up

[@ActionMattGreen]

I agree, I have found so many more options that are so much better. Even just simple beans and rice.

[@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816]

I’ve never been a fan of those survival type foods, they have there place, mostly bug out type situations. If your at home you can buy every ingredients you need to make wonderful meals that will last many years. You have almost anything you want in powders, you have pastas, canned beef, canned chicken, etc. One of my favorites is a tortilla mix, that only needs water to create a dough, you only need a hot rock to make a really good comfort food! Your trusting your life to food that tastes bad, packaged poorly, and manufactured by who knows who!

[@ActionMattGreen]

All of those are great ideas that do probably heavily outweigh this purchase. I think being new to survival type foods is what leads to buying things like this. I should have done way more research.

[@ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB]

What's the name of the powder mix that you only have to add water to make tortillas

[@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816]

@@ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB if I remember correctly is was a Great Value brand, I bought and stored several years ago. We tried it, and liked it, simple and very hearty.

[@ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB]

@@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816 never heard of a hot rock are you talking about like a hot rock like for a turtle or snake

[@markoharoldoronearmedpoohb7816]

@@ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB hot rock from a camp fire, large flat stone heated by fire.

[@silaslongshot941]

Disappointing with damaged packaging, as I have the same bucket in our stash. Probably the bags being sealed with oxy absorbers will be sufficient to keep the stuff good as the lack of oxy is near as good as a hard vacuum sealed bag. As far as the 'use by date' goes, different stuff is probably packaged in different places or maybe they run chicken flavored soup this month and noodles the next? As long as it's the same year is close enough for me. With Amazon's return policy, maybe you should ask what they'll do for damaged packaging of the product? Might send you a whole new bucket.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I hate to say it's been so long now I ended up letting it slide. Wish I would have known then what I know now about prep foods, but that's why I make these videos. To put it out there and see what comes back to me. Lol

[@ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB]

Same with some of the 10 cans they're only halfway full or only 2/3 They need to just charge us more money and fill the can up I don't want to have to have 30 cans in my cupboard when I could have only 20 cans also lots of people don't have room for 80 cans and why should we have to have 80 cans when it would fit in 60 cans

[@ActionMattGreen]

I did not know that. I will be testing that theory in the next episode. Thank you so much for such a great thing to test. Comments like this one help me to dive into things I might not notice myself. The packaging did take up quite a bit of space in the bucket.

[@littleoldlady4154]

Do not buy the fruit variety or the vegetable variety. They are just 6 to 8 small pouches of individual dehydrated items. #1 The companies substitute so you are not going to get the items listed on the advertising. #2 They charge extra for the bucket alone and it is not food grade. #3 The pouches in the bucket can be bought at Aldi or Dollar Tree for a lot less than they charge for it. The pro is you can choose your favorites. #4 By making your own bucket, you can inspect and buy your pouches as there is usually a few pouches in the bucket where there is damaged or leaking pouches. You can spend less than $30 and put together your own for a lot less than the the $100 plus variety buckets.

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@littleoldlady4154 It sucks to be the one in this situation, spending more than necessary of course, but super grateful to learn all the little ins and outs of the art of food supply for any situations. Thank you very much for filling me in on a location. I have even started dehydrating things(mostly spice related) but didn't know the best places to go ahead and visit for supplies.

[@littleoldlady4154]

@@ActionMattGreen It took me a while to learn. I was gifted the 30 day bucket. It had 5 leaking pouches with food product everywhere. I am single and live alone. Each pouch is supposed to be about 8 servings with zero instructions on making less and resealing it. I tried the Spanish Rice and I ended up having to eat it for a week. In an emergency without electricity, I am not going to have the power to run the stove, refrigerator or microwave that the emergency bucket requires. Mother Earth has freeze dried and dehydrated fruits and vegetables that cost about $15 in plastic tubs for about the same amount of product that I get in many of the Augason Farms #10 cans. For grains and baking, the #10 cans regularly go on a sale through Amazon about once a month. The pancake mix comes out to $7 and some change which is ongoing right now. There are also other varieties of Augason Farms #10 cans on sale as well. If I can get the single ingredient buckets for less than $50, I buy them. The oats are going for $33 and some change right now. For dairy, Hoosier Hill Farm is similar to Mother Earth with powders in plastic containers. They have buttermilk, cheese, sour cream and other dairy products in powder form. You could always take the Mother Earth and Hoosier Hill Farm items and repackage them into mylar for more long term storage. I repackage mine in glass jars. In these trying times, we all need multiple levels of food storage. In USA, the church of LDS has bishop storehouse locations. There is one in my state capitol or I can have it shipped to me. They have 6 packs of the #10 cans like macaroni and flour and sugar for sale at a price lower than Augason Farms. Save up and buy what you can each week. It could be a $15 plastic container of powdered milk. Or you could purchase a few cans of meat from your Dollar store. Also keep in mind what your family will eat so you only store what you eat. Think about things. How are you going to prepare food without electricity? Where are you going to get water? How are you going to keep your family warm during the winter months? Where can you go if you have to leave your home?

[@FATPINETREEICONGIRL]

Mushrooms highly valuable, healthy-even though no beef, it's awesome!💕

[@ActionMattGreen]

I'll eat almost anything. 😂😂

[@jo199]

Just buy the raw materials seal them and make your own stuff when you need it

[@ActionMattGreen]

Do you know of any specific sealing techniques that work best. I'm assuming a generic vacuum sealer is good but not the best. Thanks for the suggestion. I will be doing something like that soon.

[@egomaniac8510]

They sell dried meats. It would and should be included. But buy those cans separate and add meat to the stroganoff and all other dishes. These are shelter in place food supplies but should always be paired with mre's for quick on the fly good meals.

[@ActionMattGreen]

These things are a joke sometimes.

[@brendanadcock8810]

This is macking it esirer to Mack for all the talk about ww3

[@ActionMattGreen]

I do not understand what that means.

[@angelas.3645]

Thanks for sharing this, I just bought this one actually

[@ActionMattGreen]

Your very welcome. I'm super glad it helps someone.

[@maryannelucas7098]

I would contact Amozon and see how the can get you some satisfaction and contact Auguson farms.

[@ActionMattGreen]

That's a great idea. I need to reach out and find out if it's an Amazon issue or Augson Farms issue.

[@adventureseeker9800]

I have seen these on Amazon as well as the single person two week buckets that are the same size. Obviously this stuff isnt award winning five star cuisine but I just bought my first two of these. Why? Loads of people from different backgrounds, different socio-economic situations, different political leanings, etc all seem to agree on one thing. Everyone seems to believe we're all headed towards some pretty rough patches in the country. Of course there will always be the culture war garbage where one side or the other blames the other guys for all of the country's ills but the consensus is rough times are coming. If the not too distant future plays out the way everyone seems to think it's going to, having a bunch of these sitting in the back of a hall closet or pantry might not be a bad thing! Considering the alternatives whilst functioning under duress in a crisis, these things may be a blessing - and Im not even religious! At that time we may not have the option of being picky. I read the contents of the 1 person 2 week buckets and it seems a worthwhile purchase, but hey thats just me.

[@ActionMattGreen]

I would have been much happier if the contents of the bucket were packaged better. I understand the idea of the bucket, but the packaging should be just as important. I would probably stick up on water, rice, and beans, then other dehydrated supplies like meat, eggs, milk, and butter. I have changed my outlook quite a bit since creating this video, but I greatly appreciate the insight.

[@adventureseeker9800]

@@ActionMattGreen I totally agree with what your saying brother. keep prepping.

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@adventureseeker9800 Thanks and I will do that.

[@ekoms108]

I think there are two routes to go for building survival food. Grocery store items and canned food OR Mountain House (if you can afford it).

[@ActionMattGreen]

I have tried several mountain house and omeal quick fix meals. They are the easiest by far. That and spam.

[@ekoms108]

@@ActionMattGreen check out Keystone canned meats if you have it your area.

[@Inspectorzinn2]

Not really, dried goods like rice, beans, pasta, wheat berries, keep for 30 years when nitrogen packed in Mylar. Butter powder, cheese powder, dry milk, last for 10 packed the same way. Sugar and salt last forever. Mountain house should just make up a relatively small %. No canned good for me, too short a lifespan.

[@ekoms108]

@@Inspectorzinn2 well I don't fill my pantry up and with plans to never use it In 20 years unless SHTF. I use the stuff by on a monthly basis and restock so it cycles in an out. So a 5 year shelf life on canned goods is long enuf.

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@ekoms108 I will look.

[@kurozikoasu1887]

The bucket is so hard to remove

[@ActionMattGreen]

The lid?

[@Pappysan]

That is incorrect! Opening the bucket does NOT affect shelf life!

[@ActionMattGreen]

Thank you so much for correcting me. I greatly want to be correct in these situations.

[@ashleybaxter8790]

Yeah, opening the packet affects the shelf life...open it, you better eat it that day I think hehe!

[@Pappysan]

@@ashleybaxter8790 Well, I saw a vid where the guy said he used some of it a year after opening a packet.

[@ashleybaxter8790]

@@Pappysan well that's him...

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@ashleybaxter8790 CRAZY

[@randymorrison5513]

Most all of these survival things is basically pasta, macaroni noodles, flavoring pasta is cheap. 15 years after the shit hits the fan and all your noodles have rotted. Who are you going to complain to

[@ActionMattGreen]

Only myself for not being properly prepared. I appreciate you pointing my faults out. Need that to improve.

[@damonr4136]

​@@ActionMattGreen I wouldn't call it your fault for not getting what you paid for, then sharing your experience with others to help them👍

[@ActionMattGreen]

@@damonr4136 Thank you. I can always improve, but won't know how till I see examples, or fail on my own. Lol

[@damonr4136]

@@ActionMattGreen No worries, that's the case for us all, it's just some of us realize that and some don't

[@ActionMattGreen]

SO very true. Thanks for stopping by and making me feel good about making the video. lol @@damonr4136

[@UglyDogLures]

I prep a lot buddy I need to look into these different types of survival foods

[@ActionMattGreen]

Yes sir. I will continue to bring you as many as these as possible to save you the trouble of making any mistake.