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Subject: Re: living without fridge or food preparation
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songbird wrote:

> Paul Edwards wrote:
> ...
> > 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.
> 
>   yes, MREs...  plus
> 
>   if you don't want to cook it but are ok purchasing food
> that is already prepped, then you could get into the various
> kinds of chips that are already fried and bagged or dried
> and bagged.  nuts of any kind are usually good eating for me
> and i do happen to also like banana chips.  add to this any
> kinds of dried meats you may enjoy to make sure you are getting
> enough of certain vitamins and protein.
> 
>   for this though i think it gets even more critical to have 
> a reliable and clean water supply (especially in an arid
> climate) since much of what you are talking about involves
> rehydrating.
> 
> 
>   songbird

Things like this are easy.  Dehydrator strawberries, no power required.
Just spread on screen then cover with bugproof screen.

https://postimg.cc/9rpRdjs4

This was about 1 quart of strawberries.  We use them in our morning
oatmeal.  Next, I plan to dry bananas for the same purpose.  Our
ancestors with no refridgeration, dried alot of produce in summer for
winter use.