Tip #24: Think Fresh
In terms of types of foods in your short-term store, you will probably be able to store mainly the foods you normally enjoy, but with special emphasis on rotating them to ensure they will keep you supplied for up to a month.
However, you may want to pay special attention to those foods that you may be unable to obtain later and do not keep for long. Fresh meat, fruit and vegetables are particularly important in a short-term store.
Fresh meat is an extremely effective source of sustenance that can help keep people fit and healthy, but which may rapidly become scarce. This includes red meat and chicken and turkey, as well as fish, such as fresh salmon. Cooked meats such as sausages and hot dogs pack plenty of protein and should be eaten early in the even of an emergency.