Hi Guys,

I am considering adding a couple of day's emergency food to my in car kit. I keep plenty of food at home for any emergency but a third of my day is spent far enough from home that I would want some thing closer at hand. However, here in Iowa during the summer the inside of my car gets very hot and in the winter it freezes. I looked at MRE but at elevated temps the shelf life goes down dramatically and they recommend not exposing the packaging to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

Any ideas on a food that could handle being left in a car for a long time?

Or alternatively, I have considered packing the food in a Styrofoam cooler. The Styrofoam would help to insolate the food moderate temps rises during the hottest part of the day.