I hate it when I lose any kind of food products, whether they are forgotten in the back of the fridge, hidden beneath a couple new rolls of parchment paper in the bread drawer or pushed to the back of the cabinet behind several boxes of cereal. In the best-case scenario, they are old and stale when I find them and, in the worst, they are truly "icky." Alanna, from A Veggie Venture experienced neither situation when she came upon a 10-month old loaf of Wonder Bread that had been long since lost in the depths of her bread drawer. It didn't have a speck of mold on it and smelled fine, with no indication that it might be past its prime. Based on this unintentional experiment, Alanna concluded that Wonder Bread "is truly-truly dead and lifeless cardboard."

I wasn't buying Wonder Bread before and I doubt I'll be changing my shopping habits any time soon. Unless, of course, I'm shopping to replenish my emergency disaster kit and want foods with a really long shelf lift.

A vocational therapy center in Japan is now producing a variety of canned breads intended to be used as emergency rations. Each can contains two 50 gram loaves of bread that supposedly stay fresh for up to three years without preservatives, according to Asahi.com. Pan Desuyo! (which translates to "This is bread!") is available in chocolate chip, raisin and fruit, and a blend of coffee, fruit and nuts. The cans sell for around $3. For many of us, the idea of canned bread probably conjures images of B&M's canned brown bread. Having tasted neither product, I can only say that Pan Desuyo! looks far more appetizing.

[Via Boing Boing]

Now that we know all the foods we want to eat before we die, we should face a possibility far worse than death: a time when we would not be able to grocery shop. The post-apocalyptic foodie might have three arms, but our taste buds still have to be satisfied. The Hedonista has put together her list of items for a foodie's apocalypse kit, stocked with all of her foodie favorites in addition to the supplies recommend by FEMA. My favorite inclusion, though I do love Sarabeth's jams, is for vodka, bourbon or other hard liquors. Because "liquor is endlessly useful in hard times."

Just to be on the safe side, I'm going to stick a package of Twinkies in mine, since there's a good chance that they might still be edible no matter what the future has in store.

[via the Food Section]