I just remembered reading that back in the frontier days of the US, folks used to survive on food called hominy - corn flour, if memory serves me well. The way I remember reading about this is, they would take it with water as a draft, and it would keep them feeling full for days on end.

Ground up hominy in water? Sounds a lot like Grits.

wouldn't it be easier just to buy jerky meat from a wholesale vendor? are commercial jerky meat tasty and nutritrious?

I don't have the skills or time to make jerky meat.

Modern commercial jerky is high in sodium, usually because of the jerking process they use, which will require more water to keep you hydrated, which might be a limited resource if your useing jerky as a survival food.. it also looses a lot of its food value, again because of the jerking process..
This method of jerking meat is the old way, the most basic.. I know it doesn't pick up salt or loose a lot of the food value of the meat during the process.. I imagine that you could get nearly the same results if you were to use a dehydrator, as long as it didn't involve cooking the meat or removeing the water in the meat by salts or other chemiclas.. you may even be able to wrap the strips of meat in canvas or muslin, put them on the a bakeing sheet and on low heat put them in the oven with the door cracked.. don't cook them though..
Please note though, I've never tried it those ways, so I don't know for sure, but the book did mention hanging the meat from the tipi poles during inclement weather, remember there are fires inside tipis, so I guess it would work like the oven.

I noticed that you sell Datrex Blue Rations on your site, Redflare. I was thinking about picking up quite a bit, but how much space it would take up in my car is going to be a determining factor in the amount because I still need to carry emergency gear along with whatever else I pack for a trip.

Is there any way you might know the size of one 3600kcal package in inches off the top of your head, or could I convince you to measure one?

Thanks for any help. It's appreciated.

Datrex blue rations weigh 700 grams per 3600 Kcal package.

You might read my post on the main forum under "Emergency Rations - Info Please".

Malcontent from the other thread posted the dimensions. Thanks Malcontent!

What your referring too is probably not hominy. Hominy is corn that has been hulled and treated with lye, steamed then dried, and if ground is hominy grits (or just grits). The pioneers corn flour which is dried corn (best is sweet corn) then ground. Indians invented it. Cope's dried sweet corn (the modern version) is delicious rehydrated, then cooked to like a mush or pudding. Check it out - http://www.copefoods.com/

I haven't tried this yet, but hear that parched corn is a fantastic old time survival food. It supposedly keeps for a long time, is nutritious, provides fiber, and a handful can keep you going for a while. It was a favorite of the American Indians.

Yes this is what I was refering to! I just don't remember the details on how to make this survival food.