Solo Survival Food?

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I'm planning a 2 day solo survival trip with minium gear, No hunting because its in a state park. I can have open fires. What types of food should I bring?
 
Survivalboy,

On such outings I take along the food I normally take when I'm not planning to spend the night in the bush. I have a small cook pot with a lid that I throw in the bottom of my daypack. Inside there is a boil in the bag rice and bullion cube, two instant oatmeal, some raw sugar and two Folgers coffee singles.

The 5 minute rice is easy to cook and you can add anything you find to eat to make stew. The oatmeal works well with any berries you find. Mac
 
If you weren't out in the park what would you eat?

Can you take that and make it compatable with what you want to carry?
 
Homemade beef jerky works great. can be boiled up with the rice, make a broth, or munched plain. I use (don't laugh, it really works) a RONCO dehydrater and slice up bottom round, soak in soy sause, some brown suger,and some liquid smoke for a couple hours. Lay it out in the ronco and the next day you have a pound or two of good jerky.

With some freez dried coffee you'll get by fine. I've got to have my coffee.
 
How close to "Survival" do you want to get? If I were going to actually practice survival, I'd take a backup meal in MRE form, but I wouldn't touch it unless I absolutely had to. I can do pretty well on things I find in my neck of the woods without carrying anything in at all. .
 
Margarine will not spoil in two days. Lots of calories for the wt./bulk. Good on rice or small-sized pasta.

Peanuts.
Dried fruit.
Dried cheese (again, good on rice, pasta)
Canned tuna in oil is pretty efficient for the wt./bulk
Meat also comes in foil packets these days.
Potato flakes bulk up soups, stews.
Bread, crackers.
Hard candy for treat
 
how about a couple of MRE entrees? if weight is a serious issue, one packet of lifeboat rations will do nicely for two days.
 
For SAR work, which in many cases won't allow me to start a fire unless somebody will die without it, I use MREs almost exclusively. Heating without anything but water, filling, lots of the good stuff you need to eat, the only downside is weight and I think it's well worth it. .
 
If you're healthy: none at all.

Make sure you can get plenty of water and make it drinkable, make sure you have serious means to keep your core body temperature level, and have something to reach help if needed. For two days, food is a luxury ;)

Cheers,

David
 
I totally agree with Moine: you're planning a survival trip, not a pick-nick: don't take anything to eat. Nothing else than your "house's bob." Two days are not a problem: that will obliged you to find food (no hunting but fruit picking).
It's my AMHO(and I agree with it :D)
 
Moine said:
If you're healthy: none at all.

Make sure you can get plenty of water and make it drinkable, make sure you have serious means to keep your core body temperature level, and have something to reach help if needed. For two days, food is a luxury ;)

Cheers,

David
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Well said!

And 100% correct!

Used to do 4 and 5 day summer hikes in the mountains. Maybe carry a few candy bars or high calory snacks for emergencies.

You're not even slightly impaired untill the 5th day or so!

After the first day, day and a half you're not even hungry, if your properly hydrated.

Good water OTH is an absolute necessity, smarter tp pack that if there's any question at all about what you'll find on the way.

Well, gotta carry instant coffee too, just tp make the water fit to drink! :D

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The above is summer or mild temps only! Winter is a whole 'nother story, you need all the calories you can pack. 3500 4000 Calories or more per day, depending on the temps. and the exertion level.

When they built the Alaskan pipe line, they planned 3500 calories a day for the work crews. Ended up feeding an average of 6500 Calories a day in the winter, and the workers still lost weight. Lots of calories and lots of fat are a necessity!
 
one of my favorite hiking/camping/survival foods is Ultralight Joe's Moose Goo.
I found the recipe on Joe's Ultralight Backpacking page. Joe went looking for a super fuel to take on the trail, his goal was simple - to make a tasty, compact, efficient and inexpensive food that packed a whallop of energy and would last on the trail. He mixes it up and puts it into a squeeze tube.

Basic Recipe:
2 parts honey
2 parts corn flour (NOT corn meal)
1 part peanut butter (the kind with preservatives)

Mixes thoroughly and packs it into a Coghlan Squeeze tube.

Per tube (2-3 lunches on tortillas):

8 tbsp honey
8 tbsp corn flour
4 tbsp peanut butter

Per tube:

1320 calories
172g carbs (70g simple, 102g complex)
24g protein
 
Best way to "survive" is with a full stomach :o Take rice, beans, potatoes, a couple of cheap frozen steaks, carrots, salt, pepper, fresh garlic, onions, a 2 qt. pot, a survival knife, and a spoon.

Wrap up in your space blanket, listen to Art Bell on your small radio(w/ear plugs), and let your soup simmer for several hours. Whenever you get cold, wake up and stoke the campfire. You will be greatful that you left the freezedried at the store!

This is some of the best sort of camping you could be doing.

CHEERS
 
In 6 ways in 12 ways out the think peanut butter is good and I have used it to and I like mre's not for the taste though, I almost alwas can hunt or fish for my food around here.
 
Maybe I'm just soft, but there's no way I'm purposefully not eating for a few days. I say bring MRE's or similar.

-Andrew
 
Parched corn ground into a coarse flour.
Turkey or Buffalo jerkey.
Raw honey.

Myakka, I like the recipe for your trail food, thanks for sharing it. Do you use commercial corn flour?
 
I wanted to add that unless I have plenty of good water to drink, I don't eat the jerkey. If water is in short supply, eating meat will just further add to your dehydration because it requires extra water to digest.
 
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