My New Survival Food Discovery

Triquetra

Triquetra

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This may be old news but just in case I wanted to share this with everyone. Usually when I go grocery shopping, I buy an extra package of rice or beans and I take them home and further vacuum seal them in the package. But after a tragedy like Katrina I wondered about these backups in the situation where there is a lack of purifible water. I happened upon these this weekend and thought that they would be good to add to my supply. These are precooked vacuumed sealed packages of rice. They come in a variety of brands and flavors. They are light and easy to store and can be found in any grocery store. Best of all no extra water is needed. You just heat and eat. It works great in a skillet. I'll continue to get the dried variety because of weight and storage space but I think that these are great as a supplement. They should be good for camping too.
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Looks like a good product to me. I'll try some. Rice, beans, rice & beans, add some limb rat, nothing could be finer. :D
 
ive tried those rice in the pouch,,,they are very good,,,camping,emergency,,have a few in my emergency gear,,
 
And the Zatarain's Dirty Rice is probably the best of them all! :D

Beware of the evil spectre of MSG in them, however.
 
There are some of those in health food stores sans chemical tastes enhancers.
 
Don Rearic said:
And the Zatarain's Dirty Rice is probably the best of them all! :D

Beware of the evil spectre of MSG in them, however.
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I didn't see MSG listed on the Uncle Ben's packages unless maybe that's what they are calling "natural flavors". I did see it on the Rice a Roni though so I think that I will check out the health food store to see what they have.
 
I have been using these for a while now. they are great for backpacking, just heat them up in a pot of water !
the red beans & rice are good!
 
The just add water types of food are perfect for carry and storage. The Easy Mac that doesn't need milk is another great lightweight food. It cooks up in my JetBoil nice and quick.
 
My experience with these simply as a side dish is that they're great, but can be very salt heavy. A little salt can be a very good thing in some situations, but if water is scarce, a lot can be a bad thing.

Edited: on the other hand, don't take my word for it. Cook one up and eat it and see if it is or isn't too salty for you.
 
Out of the two thousand people actually allergic to MSG, 6 million of them live in California!!!

Actually, MSG has one third the sodium, and 5 times the flavor enhancing properties of sodium chloride (table salt). Very few people are allergic to MSG. Lot's of people claim to be but they aren't. If they were, they would be allergic to tomatoes, aged cheese, and any other source of free glutamic acid (the molecule - an amino acid, the building blocks of proteins). MSG has gotten a bad rap for years and still carries that baggage from the '60's and '70's.

I had a boss in the Army once who told us he was deathly allergic to onions. If he ate any, or was even in the same kitchen with onions, he would die. All the while he was telling us this, he was eating chips and salsa at Chili's restaurant! The salsa is full of onions – he didn't even get sick, let alone die! However, I wanted to put onions in his food from that day on!

There are so many complex compounds naturally in food, that to pin a bad reaction on one is totally foolish. Most food allergies are discovered by taking the patient of off almost everything, and then adding back "one thing at a time"! Any other method is basically worthless.

Right on btuner and naked.

Oh, by the way, I have a graduate degree in Food Science.
 
thanks man i always hate when i hear people fuss about MSG. I called one lady out, that was infront of me at arby's, the other day making everyone wait until she found out if everything on the menu had MSG in it.
 
Grappler1911 said:
Ramon noodles are good too.
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Love these for camp, plus with the little sauce packet you can moderate the saltiness yourself. I like to fill a little film container with a mixture of dehydrated onions, chives and other goodies to toss in the noodle water during boiling! Finally, a couple of dashes of hot sauce - and it is great. Don't forget to use your knife to make chop stix!
 
My Dad and I are big Ramen fans. We usually try to spice it up a little bit, for flavor and for nutrition. I usually add a can/bag of tuna or chicken to a Chicken and a Beef Ramen, I find that these two flavors mixed together are awesome.

My dad goes a step further and adds some type of nutritional substitute powder. I've emailed him to see what specifically it is. My wife is shopping now and I told her to pick up some more of these insta-rices, it made me hungry.
 
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