Appetite Fatigue

March 29, 2013
Ken Jorgustin

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/appetitie-fatigue/#more-26573
Imagine only eating rice and beans day after day, week after week? For those of you who have stored food ahead for long-term emergency preparedness needs, how many of you have actually thought about literally having to source your daily food needs from ONLY your storage?
If your long-term food storage consists mostly of the basics like rice, beans, wheat, etc., and IF you are ever forced to rely only on your supply, it won’t be long until appetite fatigue sets in making it difficult to eat the same foods for a long duration.
Appetite fatigue can even become bad enough that some people will begin to resist and may even simply refuse to eat…

Diversify your food groups

When planning your food inventory, not only is it important to plan for nutritional health, but planning a diversified storage of food groups will raise the spirits of those who are forced to eat only from this supply day after day.
Plan on a variety of foods, and those that will store well.
Fruits and vegetables should be an important addition to your storage.

Spices and condiments will be a tremendous asset to offset the bland humdrum of repeatedly eating the same foods.
Anything that will mix up the taste of foods will provide a welcomed variety of tastes.
Comfort foods like chocolate, candy, and sweets will bring significant pleasure to a dull and repetitive food routine.
What are your favorite ‘treat’ foods? Can you store them?
This thought process of food balance and variety is more important than you may think. In today’s modern world, we are accustomed to the immense variety of food choices, flavors, and variety at our disposal. We truly are spoiled in that sense. Grocery stores are filled with nearly anything we can imagine, even during off-season. Now imagine none of that being available?
Do you really think that you can live off of the food that you have right now stored in the basement without becoming tired of it after a week or two?

A few ideas of food supplies other than ‘staples’. Many of these can be canned at home or available in cans or jars, dehydrated or freeze-dried, and/or will last for some considerable time.
Mustard
Ketchup
Soy sauce (I like Tamari sauce… yummy)
BBQ sauce
Hot sauce
Condiment sauces (e.g. Worcestershire)
Spices (all types)
Chocolate (hard and syrup)
Hard candy
Jams and Jellies
Coffee and Tea
Sugary drink mixes (powdered)
Peanut butter
Stew
Chili
Meats (canned or jarred)
Spaghetti sauce
VEGETABLES (all types)
FRUITS (all types)
Soup mixes
Broth cubes
Powdered milk, Butter, Eggs
Honey
Pancake type mix
Maple syrup
Vinegars, Ciders
Raisins
Salsa
Pre-mixed flavored meals
Relish
Tomato paste and sauce
Juices

Hopefully this list has inspired a few ideas for you to add to your own food storage. If you have any of your own ideas to add (items that may be other than the typical food-staples), leave a comment for the rest of us…