A couple of posts back I asked for opinions on food that was suitable for long-term storage but would be impervious (or at least highly resistant) to any issues from a freeze/thaw cycle. The premise was that you make it to your remote hideout which has been left unmanned and unheated for the last several months into the winter. What food you have stored there must be long-term, obviously, but it has to be of a kind that is not going to have a problem with being frozen and thawed and couple times over, and has to be packaged in a manner that is also conducive to surviving that sort of situation. The things people came up with in comments was interesting, and while technically they might have been correct they didn’t really grasp the nature of what I was asking. The two most suggested food items were pemmican and peanut butter. Thats great and all, but imagine the scenario that would unfold: you make it to your hideyhole after hours of driving, ditching your vehicle, hiking in the snow for another hour and arriving soaking wet and cold….but alive. You change clothes from the bin of stored clothing you kept on hand for just such an occasion, fire up the small woodstove to keep you warm, and break into your stored food supply for the next few days. You scarf down some pemmican and peanut butter, feel the energy return to your tired frame, and after making sure your gear is secured, you hit the rack for a some sleep. Next day. Whats for breakfast? Pemmican and peanut butter. Whats for lunch? Pemmican and peanut butter. Whats for dinner? Pemmican and peanut butter.
You’re absolutely right, I asked for foods that were long-term and could be stored through freeze/thaw cycles without unacceptable damage. What I should have said, it seems, is “what sort of menu could you put together with foods that were long-term and could be stored through freeze/thaw cycles without unacceptable damage”. Let me give an example:
Breakfast: Instant oatmeal, dehydrated eggs, dehydrated hash browns, instant coffee, orange drink, pancakes from mix, etc.
Thats really more along the lines of what I was thinking when I asked that question.
