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Food Storage Recipe: SHEEPDOG PIE

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When thinking about what types of food that can be stored long-term canned goods are the first thing that comes to mind. Canned items can be mixed together to make a meal or just eaten alone. Stocking up on canned soups, stews or other pasta meals like Chef Boyardee makes perfect sense, especially if you are on the move and not in a set location. However, I still think there is something to be said for having something that resembles a home-cooked meal to lift spirits during difficult times. That is why I have tried to take my regular supper meals and make them out of things that I might have long term. Normally I use ground beef browned with onions as my meat in Shepherd’s Pie but I thought for this food storage recipe canned pot roast might make a good substitute.

For the record, this Northern Maine girl had NEVER tasted canned potatoes until I made this meal and I will always prefer my potatoes “uncanned”.  Yes, potatoes are grown in Maine. Maine is not all lobsters and lighthouses. Aroostook County, known as “The County” by Mainers, is located in Northern Maine and is known for its abundance of potato farms. If you ever get a chance to visit you can pick up a bag of locally grown potatoes at a roadside stand between September and October. Just leave money in the box.

Anyway, this recipe turned out to be a very tasty and filling meal that can easily be made with only a few cans of food.

What you will need for Sheepdog Pie:

8×8 inch pan

Aluminum Foil

2 cans of Roast Beef

1 can of corn

2 cans of sliced potatoes

Garlic salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions

  1. Preheat the grill to 375 degrees F

2. Mash roast beef chunks and sauce with a fork and spread evenly on bottom of 8×8 pan

3. Drain can of corn and spread evenly over top of roast beef

4. Drain cans of potatoes and mash or place slices over the top of the corn. I choose to mash the potatoes with a potato masher but I think laying the slices over the top would also be good and faster. I also added some garlic salt and pepper to taste.

 

5. Cover with tin foil and place on top rack of preheated grill for approximately 30 minutes

 

6. It’s ready when hot and bubbly.

If available, top with shredded or parmesan cheese. The homemade banana bread made the meal even better.

Enjoy!!!

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MainePrepperGirl

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12 Comments

      1. Oren Player says:

        Just because I feed the raccoons and possums that live around my wood shed does not mean they are pets. I like to keep them all nice and fat on canned dog food mixed with dog ration. Never know when you may need to have one or two for meat on the table.

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    2. Oren Player says:

      Well heck Capt. Not what I would normally fix up, but I’ve eaten a lot worse. Ham and Lima’s out of C – rats would make this dish look like it came out of a 5 star restaurant.

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  2. goinggray58 says:

    A while back I did do as you suggest.. I used stores I needed to rotate and two meals a day I cooked either rice or beans or both.. dehydrate veggies or canned.. mixed them and then would add a can of meat.. varying chicken, turkey, beef, or tuna. Same with rotateded pasta. While the base was carbs , teh veggies added vitamins and meat protein. I worked in cooked eggs from our chickens and ducks.. All in all I got a good idea of how long a 20lb bag of rice lasts and with some of the stored spices there was quite a bit of variety.. enough to keep me interested at least. Not a bad experiment.. Since I gained weight I was eating more than I burned.. so I think it would support more more activity or smaller meals.

    good thoughts
    GG58

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  3. Mike Suchman says:

    How about sharing this to your MeWe page from time to time. From what I can tell I am just about the only one posting anything over there

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    1. JR says:

      Mike – I rarely get on MeWe, though with this reminder I’ll give it another shot. I was very active for a while but it seemed like there was just no activity. Guess my lack of effort didn’t help…lol.

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    2. John P says:

      Oren, remember the ham and blank blanks well, three months in Quant Tri and C rats three times a day, the beat what the mess hall was shoveling.

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  5. jh says:

    Really nice post that’s missing on a lot of sites that are too wrapped up in running and gunning or activism . You must feed your people and that dish looks like it will feed several at one time using very little. Using the grill vs traditional methods is bonus points in my book. thank you.

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