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Subject: Re: living without fridge or food preparation
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 07:43:18 +0000
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 4:59:32 +0000, marika wrote:

> Paul Edwards <mutazilah@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Some time (read: 25 years) ago, I asked about a minimal diet for
>> survival:
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/yNDNcy8v5B0/m/VpIYtj1S9W4J
>>
>> I now have a new objective. I live in Sydney and have access
>> to a supermarket. But I want to see if I can survive without grid
>> electricity. Just portable solar. Basically emulating conditions
>> that might exist if I was backpacking in some jungle. I have 40W
>> solar panels that fit in a backpack. So does my laptop and
>> smartphone and powerbanks. Satellite communication is
>> portable and lightweight too. I only need to connect once/day
>> via UUCP to participate in newsgroups. I have actually been
>> sorting out the software side for decades (see https://pdos.org).
>> Solar electricity I have only taken an interest in in the last
>> couple of years when I was temporarily in the Philippines (and
>> experienced daily blackouts and once it was about 3 days).
>>
>> Anyway, before, price was something I was interested in. Now
>> I'm not too worried about price. I'm interested in not having to
>> store food in a fridge, and not having to cook. I don't want to
>> spend time cooking (lazy), but also, I will (simulating) have no
>> electricity or gas to cook with anyway.
>>
>> I would want food that I could stockpile for say a 3 month
>> supply. And I'm looking for something that could theoretically
>> be sustainable and healthy forever.
>>
>> When I was in the Philippines they survived without electricity
>> after a blackout that lasted about 3 days, but people had
>> chickens and stuff. I didn't look too closely at the food supply.
>> My focus was on electricity - specifically to be able to continue
>> my programming work without electricity other than that I
>> could get from the Sun. And portable.
>>
>> I don't want to maintain chickens either. Nor grow vegetables.
>> I live in a 2-bedroom unit.
>>
>> What are my options within this new constraint?
>>
>> I remember there was some "astronaut food". I don't know
>> if that was a real thing, but it could be as simple as buying
>> that.
>>
>> Thanks. Paul.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I food shop a lot on Amazon from necessity.
>
> One time, I was looking to make a simulation of Jack in The Box tacos.
> My
> sister’s favorites.
>
> It is obvious they don’t use real meat. So I bought this stuff that
> alleged
> it was some sort of soy product meat substitute. It looked just like the
> taco meat from The Box.
>
> It came in a large can, and had an outrageously improbable expiration
> date.
>  The labelling said it was good for camping and for preppers.
>
> Apparently, they have a whole variety of products.
>
> My sister’s favorites said the tacos came out nearly identical to Box
> tacos.
> One time, I was hungry and there was nothing really available to
> eat, so I tried some of the granules without rehydrating.
>
> Omg they were so good. Like eating popcorn or potato chips.  Perfect
> snack.

The Jack-in-the-Box taco was a pretty revolutionary product. It allowed
the joint to put out a taco-like product. You just plop the frozen
product in the fry oil and then stuff it with some lettuce and sell it 2
for a buck. It was an offer that people couldn't refuse. It wasn't like
a real taco but neither is a Taco Bell taco. I used to eat them when I
was younger. These days I find them hard to swallow. That's okay, I've
certainly eaten my share.