Gluten-Free Emergency/Camping Foods

[helwen]

For the most part I don't worry about this stuff, but for those interested in having some just-add-water foods in case of power loss or whatever, this site looks promising:

http://www.glutenfreeemergencykits.com/


This site might be okay, but with the chosen background for the page....well, I don't know if it's ironic or something but it did kind of amuse me:

http://www.myfoodstorage.com/other-products-1/life-source-meals.html?gclid=CO2qwY7w_rQCFQinPAodcmQAIg

Comments

[oakmouse]

Yeah, not only the page background but the complete lack of an ingredients list is... a bit off-putting. (Since there's no Federal standard for gluten free labeling, they can say they're gluten free without actually being gluten free. I wanna see what's in it. Spelt, perchance?)

The other site looks better, although clearly they haven't gotten the message that 60% of people with celiac disease and gluten allergy are also unable to tolerate dairy, so they've ruled out more than half of their potential market by including dairy in their mixes and meals.

(This is why I do my own emergency foods. *sigh*)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Too true. And while I don't have a problem with it myself, soy is another one that's often used that can be a problem.

A few years back I'd bought some Mountain Foods stuff, and then this week realized that while I can tolerate some occasional wheat I wouldn't want to eat just that for days -- at least Lyle can still eat it :P I don't really keep a lot of convenience food of that type around, GF or otherwise, but I really need to put together something. As soon as I have some time off from setting up house, making some snack bars, jerky or maybe learning to make pemmican might be some options. Right now mostly what I have is nuts and dried fruit, plus our stove top is gas (off a tank, not from a line), so there'd also be beans, rice, squash, and eggs. I like to have more options though.

[oakmouse]

You could make your own mixes. True, they're not dehydrated and therefore will involve more weight in a bugout/evacuation situation, but they'd be safe for you to eat.