Keep it dark, dry, and cool.
A basement shelf would be a revolutionary idea!
If it's sealed, it's good.
Quality may deteriorate. But it will be safe.
Vegetables will get soft, but they are still good.
How?
Get a Ball cookbook.
Canning salt, meat,
In jars.
Process.
Some like to be fancy and add chitt.
That limits your choices later.
We would fry it. Add to noodles. Add soup ingredients.
Make a ragout type dish.
Mom uses it as a cooks TV dinner.
If we came in a 8 O'Clock, we had fried canned meat sandwiches. With a side.
Company showed up and she didn't have enough out for supper?
Something based on canned meat.
