Food Ideas for Winter Car Kit / GHB

[rbeau30]

Oh, I'm sure if I was hungry enough, I could choke them down.

I'm going to do a little research and see about making my own granola bars or something.

Heeey, look what I found!

http://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-ma...l-ration-bars/

MMMMMmmmmm..... granola.

Now, I am craving a big batch of granola. I may have to do that this weekend if the temps allow the oven running.

Perhaps putting it in mylar ith some O2 absorbers would extend the shelf life.

[Brian]

These Millennium bars aren't too bad, some flavors are better than others. The links below are for a smple/combo pack of different types.
They're smaller packages than the larger lumps that you usually see with boat ration options.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049J5DXW
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/FOOD-900

Now I want some granola too. LOL.

[zimagold]

Meant to post a link, but I have been experiencing issues posting with my phone.

Perhaps he is talking about the mylar (I think) emergency water packets.

http://www.amazon.com/Datrex-Emergen.../dp/B00ANY4EXM

I agree with the Datrex Bar choice. I think they were the least offensive tasting, (kinda like a shortbread cookie) and the most important thing to me was the ingredient list.

Wheat flour, Vegetable Shortening, Cane Sugar, Water, Coconut and Salt.

(I don't know where the heck they put the water... but as soon as the bar hits your mouth it immediately sucks up every drop of saliva in there.) I have a few laying around in the typical strategic places.

Those look to be the same as ours. They are a polymer-foil packet (same material type as Mylar), but mine feel a lot more like heavy aluminum foil than the Mylar bags I have encountered.

By design there is sufficient room for expansion during freeze and thaw.

Ours packets have been through 3 full summers and winters now (2 back east in the Great Lakes Region). No issues and they taste same at 3 years as day one. I keep them sorted into 1/2 galloon lots in freezer bags for convenience and to help keep them from directly making contact with other items in the car kit. I also leave an empty water bottle in the kit.

They're expensive, but I got tired of most other containers failing after a winter of freeze and thaw back east.