If you use cans, make sure they are kept above freezing temperature. Freezing cans can compromise there seal and create a health hazard.

I have made up individual lightweight 24 hr ration packs which weighs around 1200 grams giving around 4300 Kcal, which is equivalent to 3-4 US military MREs for a little more than the same cost of a single MRE in the UK




An Example

Muesli Luxury Fruit with dried Skimmed Milk 158 526
Met Rx Colossal Peanut Caramel Crunch 100 397
Met Rx Colossal Peanut Caramel Crunch 100 397
Adventure Food Mince Beef Hotpot 150 600
Adventure Food Pasta ai Funghi 169 600
BeWell Expedition Rice Pudding with Apple 192 717
Knorr Crofters Thick Vegetable Soup 79 265
Finn Carre Dark Chocolate Bar 108 524
Horlicks Malt Chocolate 70 240

Weight in Grams 1126 Kcal 4266

AFLM, I always love when you UK'ers post your meals. Geez, for being similar, we sure eat different.

To the OP, I've had luck with the USCG lifeboat rations and the freeze dry food. I believe REI carries individual meal size, that are shrunk wrap. I've also had MRE's in my truck for 2-3 years and they're palatable. Not something I'd keep for long term if I was thinking on foot.

Didn't Winston Churchill observe that Brits and Yanks were two people separated by a common language (think bonnet and loo)? Maybe that applies to chow, as well.....

I think so.

Then again, one could argue the same thing based on geography as well ...

We do also eat American Style over here in Scotland as we did yesterday;



Dundee Scotch Pie on the left warming up a flat pebble (primitive survival style ) , Scottish Beef Burgers, red onions, unsmocked Scottish bacon frying in some Chipotle chili oil in the middle and a freshly caught sea trout somewhat camouflaged in some aluminium foil ready to go. The burgers also had some Kentucky Whiskey BBQ sauce applied in the bun. The beefburgers were a success and went down well with some cold Carlsberg lager.



Some 6 inch thick cut beech logs in a natural rock hollow made for some hot coals to cook on.

The location. A couple of hundred yards from Newport-on-Tay west Lighthouse.

Can I come over for dinner?

I keep cans of Campbell's Chunky soup in mine. Long shelf life and very tasty and filling.

I notice you are in Alabama. Assuming the soup cans are in cars and not stored at home (where temperatures are more stable), how does one do intermediate term food storage in the car? In summers and hot climates, temperatures can reach 120-130 F.

All the food in my truck (in the back under a fg snug top lid) is stored in an insulated cooler. While it can still get warm, it is much more moderate. I'm in SOCAL and the temps here can get fairly high in summer too.