What would be some good food items to pack in an emergency kit?

Question

You know how in your emergency kit for your house you're supposed to include high protein, nonperishable food that doesn't require a lot of water and doesn't require heat? Well, what would that be: other than peanut butter?

Answer 1

Before Katrina, my hurricane kit included raisins, nuts, canned tuna fish, sardines, crackers, peanut butter, two boxes of cereal, canned fruit, granola bars, Gatorade (very important) and water.

Now, in this Post-K world, I have stashed away four unopened boxes of M.R.E.s (military rations), 12 bottles of various flavors of Gatorade, and a 24 pack of bottled water, 5 jugs of water, raisins, chips, canned fruit, extra flashlights, batteries of various sizes, a camp lantern, radio, manual can opener, and a big knife. If another hurricane heads this way, I also plan to boil a dozen eggs to have on hand as well. If you have pets, you need to stash away pet food, pet treats, enough extra water for the pet, and cat litter. You will also want big ziplock bags to store opened food in, because when the power goes out, and you have to open windows to breathe, you get bugs. The whole back of a closet is now my emergency kit.

Answer 2

There are a couple of schools of thought on this, but you're right about the protein and calories -- you want something that is compact and gives a big energy punch (plus other nutrients if you can get them). Some people actually store canned cat or dog food in their emergency kits, just to keep themselves from trying to snack on their disaster stores like some people might if they knew they had a big bag of beef jerky or granola in the hall closet. There are also protein bars specifically for disaster kits, that don't really taste very good but pack three day's worth of protein and about 10,000 Calories into a package about twice the size of your standard candy bar, that you can nibble on throughout the day to keep your energy up while you're trying to survive until FEMA... well, sees the disaster on CNN. There are also packets of sterile water that might be good to have around (jugs of tap water stored in a closet for a long time can still grow stuff you wouldn't want to drink, and I'm only drinking out of the toilet if that's all that's left, personally... so having stuff that's packaged for storage in an emergency kit is good)

Answer 3

With every day pass, our country is getting into more and more trouble. The inflation, unemployment and falling value of dollar are the main concern for our Government but authorities are just sleeping, they don’t want to face the fact. Media is also involve in it, they are force to stop showing the real economic situation to the people. I start getting more concern about my future as well as my family after watching the response of our Government for the people that affected by hurricane Katrina.

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Answer 4

canned foods such as soup, beans, chili. Also a steno cooker so you have some sort of heat for preparing your wonderful canned goodness. Also have some cash on hand as ATMs may not work. If you can plan ahead of time before the need arises, fill your tank in your car. Leave contact information with friends, family and neighbors, and get their contact information as well in case you need to leave. Have your cell phone fully charged. Perhaps purchase a replacement battery, or use a "quick charge" battery sold at some technology retailers.

Answer 5

Lots of can goods don't really need to be heated up can goods like soups, beans, vegetables, fruit in cans, crackers, cereal, lets' not forget bottled water for drinking and other uses, flashlight with extra batteries, first aid kit, blankets, and many more I probabley won't have enough room to fit all answers, but most can goods really don't need to be heated or use water.

Answer 6

Granola Bars. Fruit Bars. Chocolate Bars. High Protein Bars. Powdered milk.

Answer 7

I'd pack a few Nutrigrain bars, some beef jerky, some of that dehidrated food the military issues, A LOT of water, and some mace (you never know when someone will get out of line).

Answer 8

If this is for the home, buy plenty of canned goods. You really don't have to heat canned goods because they are already cooked and are usually sealed in their own liquid so you won't really need much additional water. Make sure you have a good sturdy manual can opener too.

Answer 9

Not a lot of items that don't require water to rehydrate. But, dehydrated anything (almost) and rehydrate later. They have a whole MENU of things from meat (gross thought) to parsley that you can purchase dehydrated, complete with vitamins and all kinds of first aid stuff in a disaster situation, you just need to look for them online. One web site is www.72hoursurvival.com, shop away. They even sell.. you guessed it! WATER! (Many kinds, many forms).

Answer 10

Fruit in can, salmon or tuna in a bag, granola bars, water, batteries, flashlight, blanket, bandaid, alcohol and one change of clothing and oh, yes, peanut butter. That is my kit.