That's the spirit! Now we are getting somewhere.

I'm not in Iraq anymore, but I am away from home, and I don't have access to all my cooking stuff, so it ain't as bad as Baghdad, more like being in limbo for now.

Here's the official "Bif Bar" recipe. This is something from my youth:

3 cups peanut butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
2 cups butter (no substitutes)
4 eggs
1 cup milk powder
2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
6 cups white flour
6 cups oats
2 cups sunflower seeds
3 cups raisins
3 cups chocolate chips

Cream together the peanut butter, sugars, eggs and butter. Add in the milk powder, salt, soda, flour and oats and blend well. Stir in the sunflower seeds, raisins and chocolate chips. Bake in a preheated 275 degree oven for 20 minutes. Remove, let cool, and slice into packable sections.

Alternately, here's my version:

3 cups peanut butter
3 cups dates or figs
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup sesame seeds

Mash the dates or figs (you can cheat with a food processor or blender, but I like squishing them between my fingers). Mix in with the other ingredients to a uniform consistency. Wrap in plastic wrap and smush into packable shapes.

I think mine are better, they're certainly easier.

Anyone know what "BIF" is an acronym of?

I have a ranger cookie recipe that uses total cereal flakes, coconut, oats and butterscotch chips that I thought was a pretty good survival food as well. I may post that again when I get home, as I don't have that recipe here with me.

Actually, none of these are very good survival food recipes. They never seem to make it past the first day or two. Maybe I need to mix in some pepper to regulate the appetite a little.