According to Rob Richardson of Off Grid Survival there are six very common mistakes that they see people make, in their opinion, could be detrimental to their ability to survive.
The Rice & Beans Mentality
you need to tweak your plans to fit your unique situation. If rice and beans is what you normally eat, then by all means go ahead and stock up on rice and beans.
Just remember that buying a truckload of emergency food that you’ve never tried, or would never normally eat, is not only expensive, but it could get you killed.
An emergency situation is never the time to find out how your body will react to certain foods. The last thing you need during a survival situation is to find you don’t like the food you stocked up on; even worse would be finding out you have a life threatening food allergy. And even if something that drastic doesn’t happen, do you really want to be stuck eating foods you hate?
In my case this would totally apply to me with MRE's. I've never had tasted them before so it doesn't make sense for me to stock up on them right now. So I do what I can. I stock up on canned goods for the most part but we will definitely need to progress to dry foods eventually such as rice and beans.
