Augason Farms Dehydrated Potato Slices Can, Emergency Food Supply, Everyday Meals (Packaging May Vary)

Yes, there is a warning for California about lead and a bio engineered chemical warning on the label also. That could be part of the freeze dried process.Regardless, I also assume unless organic that all foods have chemicals in them (pesticides). I will probably die faster from a zombie apocalypse and another virus and or weather bf the food.I mainly have this bc I don't trust our government. I want to make sure that me and my pets are taken care of. Now, rabbit's can't eat potatoes, but I did just buy 🥦 and 🥕 for them and spinach will be on that list.Take the good with the bad. I mostly have veggies. I don't trust fruit too much esp considering how expensive that is.For the long shelf life can't be. I also will be buying extra bc I do have to try everything I eat at least once. I made a mistake one time with some long shelf like Alfredo noodles and got diarrhea.So, I always need to know how my body reacts. You also want to like what you eat.

I buy Augason products when they are on sale. Been doing this on and off for a few years now. Always been a bit of a "prepper", since I was a toddler it seems, haha (In my 40s now). I has served me well through power outages, sicknesses, unemployment, and even bigger stuff like the pandemic, and now... *vaguely gestures around* everything else that is going on. I've never been one to be without when anything has come up. I never did "emergency food" if only because I didnt have the budget. I would stick with typical foods and try to store them well. Well now I have a little more wiggle room in my budget, and with the on and off sales of long term storage (20+ years), I take advantage when I can. I remember buying some Augason eggs back in 2019 for $19. Today? $33-56 for same container, depending on the day.And so, I haven't opened this 1 lb 1 ounce can of potato slices.. sorry. I dont intend to any time soon. I am familiar with dehydrated potatoes and I tend to prefer them cubes up as potatoes can be a little rubbery. I expect these may be the same. I dont really care as this is for extra long term storage, and I have other canned potatoes and fresh to use first, as well as hopefully grow my own. But I wanted to shore up my options. Having some soups and such just adds flavor to other options used. I can add more veg, or a protein, or beans, or simply have some bread to dip into it. Or I can use as way to flavor something. I have a slew of reviews to write on various Augason products, and so they will all be pretty much the same: Super long term storage (25+ years), no matter what the weight, it will be stuffed into a #10 can (that reads, "number ten", not ten pound. I see that mistake in reviews). They keep sizes uniform. Next size up is a round bucket, next size up gets into the rectangular buckets. This is for storage that can be uniform, etc. So yes, you may buy a 7 ounce item that is volume wise that takes up a smidge of space, but it will be packed into a large #10 container. Just remember, all food products are sold based on weight, not volume anyway. All of my containers have been in perfect condition. Maybe one day soon I will try one container out and see how the product actually is.Everyone's SHTF scenario varies. It could be bad weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms), could be illness, could be road trip gone wrong (you do keep supplies in your car too, right?!), could be unemployment, or power outage, or lack of transportation, or oven/fridge/other appliance break down, or bigger stuff like plagues, food shortages, supply chain issues, *cough WW3 cough*, etc. No matter the situation we all need some things to get by: we need is food, water, shelter, some hygeine and medical stuff, and so on. You dont have to stack "emergency supplies" but you do need to stack shelf stable food items. Buy a few extra things every single time you go to the store. If you get to a spot that you feel comfortable and have the budget, then grab the "emergency" items like Augason offers. I like adding it in and just forgetting about it.I give 5 stars because the cans always are in perfect condition, they have regular sales, are good about shipping items as soon as they can, have lots of items to choose from, and so far seem to be of good quality.

The two Augason Farms #10 cans are in excellent condition. There are no dents in either can, their lids or their seals. They were delivered on June 2, 2025; they expire on March 13. 2050. The box they were delivered in is in perfect condition, also.

I ordered this just as the Coronavirus craziness was heating up. It came as advertised, as have several other items I've bought from Augason Farms. I have tried these 3 times. First time was just rehydrating them per instructions (pour boiling water over them, let sit for 15-30 minutes, then cook as desired). They are about potato chip thickness when dry. Rehydrated, they get to about tortilla chip thickness. First time I used them I just cooked them in a cast iron skillet with onions and sauerkraut. But when I looked at them, my thought was these would be good for potatoes au gratin or scalloped potatoes. So my 2nd try was potatoes au gratin, Prepper style. By that I used the rehydrated potatoes, enough to fill a 9" cake pan about 1/3 of the way deep (it's about 1.5" deep), sauteed some diced onion in butter (ok, those might not be "Prepper" but what I had), then added about 3 oz of grated Parmesan, the kind that doesn't need refrigeration, and a 5 oz can of condensed milk. I poured that over the potatoes, added a scoop of the water that I had used to rehydrate them, and baked it at 350 F. for about 40 minutes. For the third try, I had some hydrated potatoes left over from the au gratin, so I sliced them and used them for has browns the next morning.None of these was a culinary masterpiece. But all were ok, more than edible. With practice (or a better cook than me), they should definitely be a nice change up from rice or pasta.A couple things I'm not thrilled about, so not a 5 star review, 1) they are peeled. I know some people insist on that, but a lot of the nutrients in potatoes are in the skin, and in a long term emergency, getting all the micro-nutrients we can will be important, so if they could do unpeeled version without sacrificing much in the way of shelf life, that would be an improvement. 2) they are too thin to work well in stews or some other dishes, if they could be a bit thicker, again assuming that can be done with out sacrificing stability, I would prefer that.But bottom line, I'll be ordering some more.