I am curious on what and/or how people store/pack emergency foods, and what sort of quantity.
ie; dried veggies, cans of baked beans or spaghetti.
Also what you do when it comes to not having fruit and veg on hand, for quarantine reasons. Again, like jars of fruit, frozen vegies, dehydrated items.
Myself, I pack some baked beans, spaghetti, jarred fruit, few cans of vegies, and cupa soups. Generally enough for 4 or 5 days, unless going remote, then double up, just in case.......
Watching with interest on any responses from others.
Pretty much most of what you list with an emphasis on frozen veg and tinned fruit.
We also cook up slices of potatoes and freeze them which passes quarantine and can reheat. Often cook them with some onion and bacon and then when reheating add some cream and cheese to make like a potato gratin. Goes well with most meats.
You can take onions through most check points if you top and tail them. Lots of info on the various Gov't web sites which can give you clues as to how to keep some stuff.
These are great and provide a decent meal with zero preparation, include a paper plate and plastic spoon and there is no washing up either. Just boil in the bag for eight minutes, don't even need potable water for that, water from a dam over a fire will be fine.
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Good ole baked beans !! A few of those noodle cups you add water to. Never go without my chilli tined tuna . Wheat Bix . Milk powder .Condensed milk . Dried peas . Spam and corned beef in tin. We are home using up these long life food at present to keep dates current !!
Home made baked beans, several curries (ie massaman, red, green etc), cooked mashed vegies, meat, pasta sauces, roasted veggie, lasagna, zuccini slice.... all in meal size containers and in our freezer.... a 5kg bread mix or two (Lauke)... rice, cous cous, pasta..... oats, bran, museli ... we run an additional fridge as a freezer in the car.... my wife is a vegan... so we hate border crossings.... all our organic home grown stuff is not allowed (unless cooked or frozen) and you have to buy poor quality stuff once across the border lots of times.
My wife brings every spice known throughout history with her..... since she went on a plant based diet.
-- Edited by Noelpolar on Sunday 1st of September 2019 11:56:42 AM
I've always carried emergency food and water but nowadays it's more like Mike Harding's, a secondary pantry. Just make sure you cycle everything so it doesn't go stale.
We try not to carry too much tinned food. With all the liquid in them the weight soon builds up. Our emergency stocks are usually packets of pasta,rice and egg noodles etc. Don't need many other ingredients or spices to make a nice meal from these and they are filling also.
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