Valley Food Storage Review ft. Tactical Temptress

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

I hope you all enjoyed watching the video! This was a fun one to taste test. All of the entrees were really good! After filming this video, I stocked up on extra of their supplies. If you're interested in purchasing some of the Valley Food Storage entrees seen in this video, here are the links: FREEZE DRIED FETTUCINE ALFREDO: bit.ly/2MzdUaw FREEZE DRIED PASTA PRIMAVERA: bit.ly/2B9T2RZ FREEZE DRIED WHITE BEAN AND LIME CHILI: bit.ly/2nL5Uep FREEZE DRIED IRISH PUB CHEDDAR POTATO SOUP: bit.ly/2BdtK5D Thanks again for watching! ~Cliff

[@victoriouspauper8495]

Placed my first order with VALLEY FOOD STORAGE on 7-27-17 (TODAY) and service was great and people helpful. I got Ckn Rice Pilaf, Ckn teriyaki, Chili Mac, Classic chili, Irish Pub Cheddar Soup, Pasta primavera, PLUS .... one bucket each of Freeze dried FRUITS and VEGGIES. Gave me 10% off on first order !! AGAIN, very HELPFUL FOLKS.

[@MrPd23322]

Once again WELL DONE...sure do like your video's and the detail / attention to the details you put into them. I can myself using the Husky at work. I work for one of the shipyard (just like the one in Bremerton) and I am constantly needing to bring a bunch of tools to the job site (sub) and there's nothing worse than finding you left the one you need behind...with this I can attach the tool organizer to my belt and have it with me. Unlike the HUGE tool bags we are given there's no pockets for organizing them.

[@jerdog333]

Great video and great info. My only concern is the amount of cook time. 15 - 20 in an extended full power out situation, would require a lot of fuel for 3 meals a day (I think. I've never been in that situation for very long). But great product review, especially from Kid Prepper. I now know to stock up on the Mac N Cheese for my kid. Thanks and Happy New Year!

[@LEO1WOLF]

Kevin Baker - - My goodness! Since you've already been down that road (albeit for 1 week that still seems plenty long enough for a wake-up call for food storage to me), you have given me some good ideas. Thank you very kindly for sharing your experiences with us!

[@thndrpnts]

I think they're really affordable--the #10 cans from Mountain House are about $40 each, and come with about 10 servings ($4/serving). The Valley Food pouches are 5 servings for about $12 each (~$2.50 a serving). I also like that you're opening a pouch instead of a huge can.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Whitfield Parham Excellent point! I should have mentioned the cost per serving. I too enjoy the pouch vs. the huge can. More practical, IMO.

[@kevinbaker6168]

+TheUrbanPrepper, does Valley Foods offer smaller sized packages, or offer instructions on rehydrating smaller amounts? That would be helpful to singles and couples if they came in packages for one or two servings. I see that the packaging is resealable (zip lock closure) which would allow you to remove enough for one or two servings and keep the rest to use later.

[@timgambino9564]

+TheUrbanPrepper cans can be used later for various storage tasks. There nice to have :)

[@suprola7961]

After watching this video, I went to their website. They will send a free sample if you pay for shipping. So I ordered one. And, I am pleasantly surprised at how good they really are. Our sample was the Irish Pub Style Cheddar Potato. Made as instructed and shared with the kids. They approved and asked if we could have it for dinner! LOL. Anyways, thanks for the review! I will definitely be getting more of these for my prepping needs!

[@learningtobeprepared4866]

I wonder if you mixed some of the lime chili with the Mac and cheese if the adults would like the Mac and cheese more.

[@Whoozerdaddy]

Excellent video, UP Crew. It's always great to have reviewers actually try these foods out and give an honest opinion of them. These look to be very affordable and will definitely end up in my emergency pantry. Thanks for the review.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Whoozerdaddy Nice! I always enjoy testing out the various options for long term food storage. These ones were pretty exceptional; extra long shelf life, quality ingredients, good packaging, affordable cost per serving, easy to prepare and they tasted great. I've been trying to find "the catch", but I'm not sure that there is one. These were made "by the people, for the people". People = Preppers. I am definitely going to stock up.

[@kikconzuelo]

Wow! 25 year shelf-life!? That's awesome, and they look tasty. Having a cool and fresh basement cache for food would be an great for Preppers that would not like to bug out, and having them in conjunction with MRE's and stuff would be smart in a bug out Bag or a dedicated Food BOB bag.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Kik Stark These would work PERFECT in your basement storage. Bugging In is definitely recommended if at all possible.

[@christopherbiegel9553]

I'm also really impressed with the cost of these. I've avoided stocking up on Mountain House because of the cost but 5 230 calories serving for $12 that last 25 years is a steal. I'm going to have to try out a few and see if I enjoy them as much as you guys did.

[@LIBERTYVIEWS]

I LOVE their White Bean & Lime chili and bought a bunch of those for extra. I made 1/2 pkg at first and found that half the water they called for made it VERY watery and I had to keep adding instant potatoes to thicken it up. For an extra good flavor add some canned chicken and/or some green salsa verde. I've tasted one other brand of stored food white bean chili, but Valley Foods was WAY better IMO.

[@johnlord8337]

You are doing the inhouse preparation. If you did this outside in a container (me, JetBoil), I use the JetBoil for only making a simmering, barely steaming hot water. Then pour into packet, ziplock, squatty sit, and jiggle mash for mixing up the product. The hot JetBoil dries out. Then make an "S" shape of the packet and slide into the container. This makes the elliptical mouth shape change to "O" and you can eat out of the packet and JetBoil/container without burning your hands (or man jewels). The mylar sits inside the metal container and keeps so hot, that it takes me 15-20 minutes to finish a packet. No more dropping food back into the packet, on lap, shirt, or ground. Easy to finish entire packet, pull out, ziplock, lick spoon clean, and put all away, no dishwashing. All clean eating.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+John Lord Great tip, John! Thanks!

[@okcrich]

- The serving calorie counts are as follows (from the Valley Food website): White Bean 230 calories per serving Irish Pub 230 calories per serving Mac and Cheese 250 calories per serving Pasta Primavera 380 calories per serving - For Comparison sake: A Clif bar is 250 calories A Big Mac value meal is 1320 calories with medium Coke An MRE is about 1200 calories - During combat a male burns up to 4,000 calories per day - A sedentary male burns 2,000 calories per day

[@grandmapatty1493]

I loved your review so much I went an ordered a value kit. I'm going to spend three nights in a cabin with my dog, and I will be taking this food with me. Thanks for including your son in the taste test. You can't pay them to eat something they don't like.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

So cool! I hope you enjoy them. I agree. Kids give very authentic reviews.

[@dominicflores3250]

awesome video gave me great ideas on food prep I'm gonna be working on a power outage duffle bag and survival bag all in one any more ideas

[@byrondaniels421]

I wish you would have measured the amount of food mix that came out of the mylar envelopes compared to the amount that was listed in the contents. Thanks for the taste test video.

[@johnguz76]

On mine I use 1/2 cup less than recommenced as I like mine more chunky than soupy on several of their items.

[@aaronneumeyer5572]

Sea salt is great but you lose the iodine that's in table salt and that's something that in a survival environment seems to me would be important. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[@subaru3169]

is this the same as eden valley farms, on trentvukich.com? they have the same mylar packaging and labels, it seems.

[@alexander_nunezf]

UrbanPrepper;your videos are cool...however,I haven't seen one where you talk about how to find out what's going on in the country or world when usual communication & power grids are down.I guess walkie-talkie communication and AM/Shortwave radio would be helpful.I don't know what would happen to GPS,wired phones,etc.Oh I forgot...also,it'd be great if you talked about solar and dynamo-rechargeable devices and gadgets useful for prepping.

[@SuperParve]

It's good to see Tactical temptress back.We missed you!

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+SuperParve We filmed two videos the day of this one, so she'll be appearing again very soon. :)

[@SuperParve]

Yesssssss

[@rayserrato9519]

Another great video! I haven't even heard of this company so I've been stocking up on nutristore and mountain house #10's but the cost makes it hard to get a lot quickly. I'll have to look into getting these. Did you have a good source to buy online?

[@Zero_Reaper13]

I will get some of these if I can in UK, you should get some in storage and do some folllow up vids like after 1 year, 5 years etc.

[@goldenblooms6672]

Do you have any videos on MRE tasting?

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

Not yet. I've had requests to do one though.

[@CanadianPrepper]

Great video as usual, nice to see a Tactical Temptress cameo. How does the price per calorie compare to the competition?

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Canadian Prepper The calories per serving are a little lower than I'd like, but the cost per serving is really low, which is nice.

[@CanadianPrepper]

TheUrbanPrepper Its always hard for me to wrap my head around "servings" as its really subjective, one companies serving could be a meager 80 calories whereas anothers is 250.

[@iancoyle4610]

Did you notice Kid Prepper waving at the camera when you were talking about the history of Valley Food Storage?

[@irlrsk8]

I've tried these and they are very tasty and like that they do not have any things we do not need

[@iwillshowyouhowgreatiamma9790]

When is your bug out bag ready

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+I Will show you how Great i am M L It's ready now. However, I'm staggering out the module releases as I fine tune the PDF's and organization. I'll try to do a new module once every 1-2 weeks.

[@iwillshowyouhowgreatiamma9790]

Great! Keep it up

[@timgambino9564]

Very nice family. You Folks are Blessed! !!

[@WildMedGuru1]

Tac Temp is sooo cute! Cool product review.

[@RoguePreparedness]

I keep hearing great things about these. I need to get my hands on them ASAP. Haha, Kid Prepper can just have Mac & Cheese, that's okay. :) Tough critic there! But it sounds like they're all really good. Thanks for the taste tests!

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Armed Rogue I think you will enjoy them. It's fun doing these various taste tests. KP loves doing them too!

[@stevenwells9606]

Thanks for these videos...they are very helpful.

[@howardl5059]

I'm interested in seeing you review their breakfast cereal and pancakes (Mmmmmm ..... pancakes), stroganoff, pasta Alfredo and lasagna. Meanwhile, I'll be ordering the Mac & Cheese and the pasta primavera.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Howard L (L4D2OldDude) I'm planning on placing a large order soon. Breakfast items would be fun to review.

[@howardl5059]

TheUrbanPrepper Cool. Looking forward to the review.

[@aaroncross5066]

very nice household you have, thats what im impressed about your channel.

[@dutchcourage7312]

I lol'ed at the video hand bombing ... yeah i see you there KidPrepper :D ... though i will have to say you should have at least tried the Pasta Primavera, it sounds really tasty ... now obviously the beans are just blergh (it took me year to be able to stomach them in any kind of dish) and the irish cheddar simply sounds to foreign to even wanna try (although from the package it reads mainly like potatoes with cheese, may not have been that bad) ... pasta primavera though, just a different shaped macaroni with a slightly different sauce on it, could have at least taken a bite ;) ... (though I won't fault you on the beans and irish stuff, some thing are just common sense to steer away from ;D ) ... ... @TUP , tnx for sharing, sounds like a good option to look into for longer term storage, and like you implied 'a change in spice brings out the appetite' (or something along those lines)

[@LuisGarcia-pr9yb]

At least the dehydrated food it's way better than the emergency ration bars, it looks like tasty, I hate food without taste.

[@timgambino9564]

thanks for the vid. Just went to website and placed an order :)

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

Awesome! What did you end up ordering?

[@christianstiltner1104]

Thanks for the vid. Keep 'em coming

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Christian Stiltner I'll keep cranking out new videos as frequently as I can.

[@patrickskinner7110]

New to the channel but which one is his wife

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Patrick Skinner the one off camera. She likes her privacy.

[@tom_olofsson]

Kid Prepper should have his own channell. Kid Tested and Kid Approved.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

+Tom Olofsson LOL! I'll ask him. Hopefully this is not deemed forced child labor.

[@tom_olofsson]

+TheUrbanPrepper Only if you make him eat the chicken chili. ; )

[@DenisHauser]

7:10 Baby Prepper is hungry! ;)

[@hakon5873]

Looks good

[@chuck_howard]

Nice video kid prepper. Don't let those grownups steal the show. ;)

[@jcTamales]

Great vid, I thought tactical temptress was ms urban prepper

[@KaylynnStrain]

that kid is way too cute!!! these look delicious

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

Thanks! They are really good for emergency food rations.

[@WanderingBeast]

I really enjoyed but they sent me all veggie meal , I had to put some meat in mine ;)

[@onionknight69]

Great video. 25 year shelf life is great, but the price isn't. I looked at the meal plans and it's pretty expensive. I buy my own food and seal it in mylar. I do buy a lot of Augason Farms #10 cans (milk, butter, meat, etc..). But none the less great for a single person.

[@devonpatton9066]

it's like preparedmind101 you have a female point of view great vlogs.

[@agent-sv3dp]

can you do a valley giveaway

[@texasdirtdart6432]

Hey, our counter tops are the same....I know, lame comment lol

[@ATF_CA]

Kid Prepper's the worst food tester ever.

[@TheUrbanPrepper]

LOL! He's a tough critic. He'll give two thumbs down without even tasting an item. He's extremely picky, so if he approves the Mac, it's good.

[@cardojoal]

i´m on a diet!!!!! now i´m hungry jejejejeje

[@Oban2006]

Those food items are basicly all the same. I would pass.

[@stevenhuteson7400]

They boast no words you can't pronounce.... First word I notice is Worcestershire... Nice try

[@Dutch_Prepper]

pretty lady :o)

[@goldenblooms6672]

Do you have any videos on MRE tasting?