Survival biscuits

[2ndRateMind]

Just tried these. They are a little sweet for my taste, and remind me of condensed, concentrated shredded wheat. Quite crumbly in texture, and easy to eat. A sharp knife is recommended to open the packet. Meat or fish paste to accompany is a good idea, makes them a little more acceptable flavourwise. I intend to buy 12 packs (36 days food, 6kgs to carry in my BOB). Would be interested if anyone knows of a better or cheaper alternative.

Cheers, 2RM.

[lonewolf]

I think i'll stick to "trail mix" bars.

[Malthouse]

I have always favoured the little packets of noodles, they weigh next to nothing and most foraged foods will add a nice bit of interest and flavour to them.

[ForgeCorvus]

OK, food bars like these are designed to provide Subsistance Rations for somebody doing typical activity in a lifeboat, ie not a lot.

One pack (500grams, subdivided into 18 bars) contains a total of 2500 calories, an average adult should have an intake of around 2000 calories
A military temperate ration pack is (I think) around 3500 because Tommy Atkins is going to be hauling his kit, bodyarmour and personal weapon (as well as anything else he needs for his job) for as far as needed and as long as needed.

So one pack is only food enough for one day of treking under a load (like a BoB ), unless you're planning on suplimenting your intake (eating something like meat/fish paste as you said)

That said, if you want something you can stick in the bottom of your BoB and forget about so you've got something to eat when it all goes wahooni shaped lifeboat rations are much better then nothing.

There are also other brands such as Datrex, NRG (available from the same place as you linked to) and Mayday

From what I've read the Datrex and Mayday are a bit more cake like and the NRG is (according to one review) "Really dry, like hard compressed readybreak"
All of them have shelflives of 5 to 10 years, sealed packaging and around 2000 to 2500 calories per pack.

Gormet dining they ain't

[2ndRateMind]

Yeah, thanks for that, FC. My thinking is that foraged food is going to be hard to come by, post cataclysm. It won't amount to an adaquate, balanced diet, and I'm going to need some time to practise and reawaken some long dormant hunting/trapping/fishing skills. So these biccies, if they provide say, 2/3 the daily calories I'll be using, should provide fundamental nutrition to be supplemented by what I can get off the land.

Cheers, 2RM.

PS. The NRG-5 biscuits seem to be universally out of stock, or I'd get some to sample.

[lonewolf]

Yeah, thanks for that, FC. My thinking is that foraged food is going to be hard to come by, post cataclysm. It won't amount to an adaquate, balanced diet, and I'm going to need some time to practise and reawaken some long dormant hunting/trapping/fishing skills. So these biccies, if they provide say, 2/3 the daily calories I'll be using, should provide fundamental nutrition to be supplemented by what I can get off the land.

Cheers, 2RM.

your not storing anything tinned or dried then? unlike some of us. I mean, you don't have to lug it about, you could cache it somewhere.

[2ndRateMind]

Yes, I am storing tinned and dried. But I see these as bug-in supplies, rather than bug-out supplies. Space and weight wise, I think these survival biscuits are the most effective way to carry food calories, particularly since they don't need fuel or water to render them edible.

Cheers, 2RM.

PS. Just noticed your edit. I'm not a fan of caches. Too inflexible, too vulnerable to passing metal detectors, for my liking.

[unsure]

PS. Just noticed your edit. I'm not a fan of caches. Too inflexible, too vulnerable to passing metal detectors, for my liking.

if you cache anything , so long as its not in a tin you`ll be fine , plastic tub/tube sealed and wrapped with a bin bag and lots of duck top and it`ll be fine . if you put it deep enough then even a metal detector wont find it .

[Briggs]

You know what I miss....Biscuit AB.

Where can I get 'em?

[lonewolf]

trouble with foraging is there isn't much around in the winter.