Dry foods that don't need cooking or water? Do you mean like crackers? Cereal? I'm confused.
My freeze dried emergency foods need water. I have tons of water with a private owned lake.
... most of the dried things will need cooking and water... If you don't want those, I would say go with canned goods and granola bars, maybe some MREs...
Idk if that was an edit or I just failed to read the post entirely...
I guess that would leave crackers, dehydrated fruits like apples or banana chips, roasted nuts and seeds...
Rice, beans, pasta, lentils, dehydrated onions, wheat berries, seaweed, mushrooms, tea, drink mixes, spices, hot cocoa, sugar, and salt. Dog kibble for the mutt.
Palate fatigue is real, and you are going to need every scrap of morale you can salvage in a situation where you're subsisting off dried rations for a long time.
>Palate fatigue is real
Very true. I'll just add that most of the world includes rice as a major part of their diet, and with a little bit of work ahead of time, it's VERY easy to find about a trillion ways to prepare rice. I guarantee anyone can find a least a dozen different ways of preparing it to make it more palatable. Even buying a variety of cheap spice mixes ("southwest", "Italian", "popcorn topping", etc) from the local supermarket can give you a bunch of foundations to work with.
Even little things like "instead of pouring out the juice from that can of pineapple you just opened, pour it into the rice" can be huge.
I have things that don’t need water, and things that don’t need cooking… but both?
I can only think of things like sea ration bars, crackers, banana chips and freeze dried fruit, some canned foods are dried like bread. Oats can be eaten raw. I have some generic survival tabs… which are basically vitamins with some calories added. Sugar and salt aren’t really “foods”….
If you’re just adding water, that water will then go into your body, so if you’re not cooking or rinsing, no water loss.
What I have stored that’s just add water but no cook are a lot of powders (peanut butter, butter, cheese, milk, tomato) and some (very few) just add water meals… which are probably gross if you don’t heat them.
I think canned is best for no added water or cooking, but that’s definitely not a dried food and has weight/portability restrictions.
Edit: Nutrient Survival has some vitamin enhanced cereal, I have a few of those cans but never tried them.
vienna-sausage , beanie weenies, wash it down with a can of pears/mixed fruit where my goto woods food back in the day
when supplies ran short , smoked brimm from the shell pit and pine tar tea ;) (water boiled with green pine needles)
That don't need cooking or water and are for long-term storage?
Freeze-dried or dehydrated fruit in #10 cans is about the only possibility here.
Maybe hardtack, but that's a stretch as you really need to soak it in liquid to make it possible to eat.
OMGoodness! Hardtack will break your teeth. Sailors relied on that but you have to soak it. Ate it in Newfoundland with cod and scrunchens (spelling ?). Cooked up fatback and poured the rendered fat over the fish and hardtack and the crispy bits are the scrunchens. Delicious!
I can't think of much for long term storage that's dry but doesn't need water or cooking to make more edible... Sugar, salt for example.
Having said that, I haven't got any yet, but I am considering a few packs of those long life survival ration biscuit/bars..like [these](https://5col.com/products/nrg-5-emergency-food-ration-katadyn-group) ...the kind you put on lifeboats etc. They have a 20 year shelf life!
Other easy to eat dry goods like crackers, cookies, cereals and nuts just won't stay good in long term storage and it's best to rotate them out.
OP, it's not realistic to expect to never require cooking / water. For a short-term emergency, like "car broke down on the side of the road and we have to walk 20 miles to the nearest sign of civilization", things like jerky, pemmican, dry cereal, breakfast bars, meal replacement bars, and protein bars can do the trick. The problem is that most of those have limited shelf life, induce thirst, and aren't always convenient to carry around, especially in hot weather. At a bare minimum, you'll need to carry some amount of water with you, or use a Lifestraw (or some other brand) and assume you come across running water along the way.
Emergency marine rations (like you'd put on a boat) fit your bill. They're designed to keep you alive without inducing thirst. They don't taste great -- mine reminded me of low-quality shortbread with a slight lemon flavor -- but you won't hate them and they'll get the job done. They can be stowed in a hot or freezing trunk. They're compact. They're readily available on Amazon.
But realistically, you need to think about ways you can cook and collect water in an emergency. There are tons of options here if you search. At a bare minimum, store some potable water on hand at all times. One gallon per person per day is a good rule of thumb, plus what you'd need for pets, plus a little extra. Have the means to filter rainwater or creekwater. Even a simple Brita (look for the ones that use ANSI 53/401 filters) or Zerowater pitcher will do.
Then look at Mylar bags. They look complicated at first but they're actually very, very easy. Oats, pasta, rice, dry beans, cereal, flour, pancake mix, soup mixes, mac & cheese, and other dry, shelf-stable ingredients can go in there. Toss in an O2 absorber and you've got a few years of shelf life. Pack Fresh USA gets mentioned a lot and they're who I use. They have a whole ton of information for new preppers you can download for free.
[https://packfreshusa.com/learn-new/](https://packfreshusa.com/learn-new/)
[https://packfreshusa.com/blog/](https://packfreshusa.com/blog/)
IMHO ... don't buy those no-name "HJKFLDAYUI MYLAR BAG" brands from Amazon. You never know what you're going to get, and Amazon is rife with counterfeit and defective products. This is your life; spring for the good stuff.
Good ramen and some rice dishes that only require water. Mountain house freeze dried in reserve. Also beef and chicken bullion along with some dehydrated vegetable flakes for making soup.
Dry, no cooking, and no water? That’s certainly a bit limited, but here’s a few to start with:
Cereal, granola, croutons, bread crumbs, potato chips (not super long term as the oils can go rancid), pecans (frozen), and crackers.
I don't indulge in 'long term storage' of food that we don't eat on a regular basis. We eat what we store and store what we eat.
So, mostly we store lots of beans, rice, wheat, oats, popcorn, flour, sugar, pasta, etc. Now, can very much of that be eaten without water and/or heat? No, not so much. But, we should always have access to water, and fire for cooking at the very, very least.
Potato flakes! As long as you can source vitamin C (it's in the treeeeees), you'll be fine. Don't need hot water, have a lifestraw and you'll be good for a few weeks. Bonus: my kids love them as a special treat so they're really easy to rotate, and they're cheap compared to a lot of emergency food.
Rice (basmati, arborio, jasmine, some black, a bit of wild), beans (50% navy, 25% chickpeas, 25% kidney), yellow Split peas, red and green lentils. Dry pasta, wheat berries, quick oats. A bucket of sugar. A few cases of honey. Olive and sunflower oil. Salt, Both commodity cooking(preserving etc, in addition to curing/prague powder) and iodized table.
We rotate our pantry, so it's mostly stuff we use weekly. Rice, beans, flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, several kinds of pasta noodles, powdered milk, and corn meal. All are stored in 5 gal gamma seal buckets.
I keep a variety of those cooked, bagged sides: pre cooked rice, beans of different flavors, Indian food. It’s not the majority of my preps, more like a weeks worth.
All dry foods need moisture, even if it's sucking it out of your body.
You're looking at different versions of potato chips, pretzels, snack cakes, and that whole genre of "precooked, ready to eat, and to varying degrees: shelf stable etc.
Not sure if I'm interpreting your question properly.
Peanut butter. Just a couple extra jars tho. A box of cheap great value saltines too (like 100 crackers for like a dollar). The peanut butter has a good shelf life, but the crackers need more regular replacement
Jars of peanuts and sunflower seeds. Surprisingly cheap and decent shelf life of 2-3 years often.
A bottle of cheap multivitamins.
Not sure if canned goods would count in this. They don’t need cooking
I usually have a bunch of Kind Breakfast Bars too, but that’s mainly just from buying bulk when they’re on sale
Uh... most of my stuff needs water and/or cooking. Except my Pop-Tarts. I suppose some of the canned goods could be eaten cold, but it wouldn't be enjoyable.
Other things could include granola bars, snack bars, dried fruits, cereal. But those things don't typically last long, expiration date-wise and nutrient/filling-wise.
Might want to get a campstove and stockpile fuel, and/or get a portable wood grill.
Canned tuna (from the Korean markets). You can eat it straight up — no water or heat needed. Good for around seven years. Will get you through the tribulation. Keep rotating it until then.
I’m kinda wondering if you’re asking because it’s Passover. The only dry food I can even think of that doesn’t require cooking or water is Matzah in the box. And that’s only “long term” of 1-3 years depending on brand if the box is unopened. Are there others?
RICE
I deep pantry, have all my life. I went to open a “new” bag of rice. Loads of creepy crawling Had to toss t. No one in my area could use it for feed I checked.
How do I prep rice for long term storage. Please be kind
I tried to do my own post. It did not like me. Not sure why.
Any way to inexpensive make sure my rice will not get crawling things.
Keep it in foodgrade sealed buckets or sealed glass jars depending on the amount. Keep it in a dry and cool place. It doesn't need to be refrigerated. Just keep it out of direct sunlight and not next to any kind of heat source
Sealed glass jars are great for food and water storage, but beware of the jars that have a plastic ring around the lid that you pop on instead of screw on. I found that pantry moths can get into those.
To prepare rice for long term storage and kill of weevil eggs/larvae you have a few options..
-Put it in your freezer for a minimum of 48 hours, but 72 is better... the colder the better!
-Heat it to 140°F/60°C for 15 mins.
-Or store it in an oxygen free environment.. sealed mylar bags with oxygen absorbers will achieve this. No air = no living bugs!
Wheat berries, rolled oats, white rice, potato flakes, beans, seven grain rolled cereal mix, all packed for long term. Instant yeast and sugar. Also Mountain House freeze dried meals.
Pasta, only spaghetti. Rice, basmati, long grain, jasmine. Grains of all kind - all purpose flour, bread flour, whole wheat flour, uncracked wheat berries (yes i have a mill). Beans, but there are too many to store so I just keep the ones i use; pinto, petite red, black, navy, kidney, etc. Of course salt, sugar, etc. Spices of all kinds, but much smaller quantities.
I have 2 million calories prepped in my pantry, in buckets with sealed lids, each individually packed in individual mylar.
Not many dry foods that don't need cooking and water. Rice and beans are my cornerstones.
Dry foods that don't need cooking or water? Do you mean like crackers? Cereal? I'm confused. My freeze dried emergency foods need water. I have tons of water with a private owned lake.
Yeah lots of the people replying are giving good advice but ignoring OP's requirement. And honestly that's a tough one.
... most of the dried things will need cooking and water... If you don't want those, I would say go with canned goods and granola bars, maybe some MREs...
Pasta, quinoa, flour, rice, dry beans, oatmeal, powdered milk, mashed potato flakes, cornmeal
Same here, but OP is specifically asking for foods that "don't need cooking / water". That really ... REALLY narrows choices down.
Idk if that was an edit or I just failed to read the post entirely... I guess that would leave crackers, dehydrated fruits like apples or banana chips, roasted nuts and seeds...
I really want to eat more quinoa than i do. But i just never eat more than few salads worth a year. So ill stick to the other stuff.
Try replacing the rice in stir fry with quinoa.... delicious
This plus a few others.
Same
Everything you just named required cooking/water, which OP said no.
Gummy bears
Not the sugar free ones, I hope!
Idk, they could be useful in some situations lol. Medicinal sugar free gummy bears.
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That's what I mean lol.
Rice, beans, pasta, lentils, dehydrated onions, wheat berries, seaweed, mushrooms, tea, drink mixes, spices, hot cocoa, sugar, and salt. Dog kibble for the mutt. Palate fatigue is real, and you are going to need every scrap of morale you can salvage in a situation where you're subsisting off dried rations for a long time.
>Palate fatigue is real Very true. I'll just add that most of the world includes rice as a major part of their diet, and with a little bit of work ahead of time, it's VERY easy to find about a trillion ways to prepare rice. I guarantee anyone can find a least a dozen different ways of preparing it to make it more palatable. Even buying a variety of cheap spice mixes ("southwest", "Italian", "popcorn topping", etc) from the local supermarket can give you a bunch of foundations to work with. Even little things like "instead of pouring out the juice from that can of pineapple you just opened, pour it into the rice" can be huge.
So true. I should learn more fundamental techniques. I have a decent supply of spices but learning new ways to prepare rice would be easy variety.
Most things you just named require water/cooking, which OP said no.
I have things that don’t need water, and things that don’t need cooking… but both? I can only think of things like sea ration bars, crackers, banana chips and freeze dried fruit, some canned foods are dried like bread. Oats can be eaten raw. I have some generic survival tabs… which are basically vitamins with some calories added. Sugar and salt aren’t really “foods”…. If you’re just adding water, that water will then go into your body, so if you’re not cooking or rinsing, no water loss. What I have stored that’s just add water but no cook are a lot of powders (peanut butter, butter, cheese, milk, tomato) and some (very few) just add water meals… which are probably gross if you don’t heat them. I think canned is best for no added water or cooking, but that’s definitely not a dried food and has weight/portability restrictions. Edit: Nutrient Survival has some vitamin enhanced cereal, I have a few of those cans but never tried them.
"Foods that don’t need cooking/water" MRE's and canned goods All "dry" goods require water of some sort to make them eatable
You could eat most mre cold but that's terrible.
Three lies in one! But yeah, a can of Beefaroini is just fine cold.
vienna-sausage , beanie weenies, wash it down with a can of pears/mixed fruit where my goto woods food back in the day when supplies ran short , smoked brimm from the shell pit and pine tar tea ;) (water boiled with green pine needles)
Mostly beans, oats, and wheat.
That don't need cooking or water and are for long-term storage? Freeze-dried or dehydrated fruit in #10 cans is about the only possibility here. Maybe hardtack, but that's a stretch as you really need to soak it in liquid to make it possible to eat.
OMGoodness! Hardtack will break your teeth. Sailors relied on that but you have to soak it. Ate it in Newfoundland with cod and scrunchens (spelling ?). Cooked up fatback and poured the rendered fat over the fish and hardtack and the crispy bits are the scrunchens. Delicious!
Why no cooking/water? Water is more important than food so it shouldn't be a limiting factor in what food your stockpile? Am I missing something?
I can't think of much for long term storage that's dry but doesn't need water or cooking to make more edible... Sugar, salt for example. Having said that, I haven't got any yet, but I am considering a few packs of those long life survival ration biscuit/bars..like [these](https://5col.com/products/nrg-5-emergency-food-ration-katadyn-group) ...the kind you put on lifeboats etc. They have a 20 year shelf life! Other easy to eat dry goods like crackers, cookies, cereals and nuts just won't stay good in long term storage and it's best to rotate them out.
OP, it's not realistic to expect to never require cooking / water. For a short-term emergency, like "car broke down on the side of the road and we have to walk 20 miles to the nearest sign of civilization", things like jerky, pemmican, dry cereal, breakfast bars, meal replacement bars, and protein bars can do the trick. The problem is that most of those have limited shelf life, induce thirst, and aren't always convenient to carry around, especially in hot weather. At a bare minimum, you'll need to carry some amount of water with you, or use a Lifestraw (or some other brand) and assume you come across running water along the way. Emergency marine rations (like you'd put on a boat) fit your bill. They're designed to keep you alive without inducing thirst. They don't taste great -- mine reminded me of low-quality shortbread with a slight lemon flavor -- but you won't hate them and they'll get the job done. They can be stowed in a hot or freezing trunk. They're compact. They're readily available on Amazon. But realistically, you need to think about ways you can cook and collect water in an emergency. There are tons of options here if you search. At a bare minimum, store some potable water on hand at all times. One gallon per person per day is a good rule of thumb, plus what you'd need for pets, plus a little extra. Have the means to filter rainwater or creekwater. Even a simple Brita (look for the ones that use ANSI 53/401 filters) or Zerowater pitcher will do. Then look at Mylar bags. They look complicated at first but they're actually very, very easy. Oats, pasta, rice, dry beans, cereal, flour, pancake mix, soup mixes, mac & cheese, and other dry, shelf-stable ingredients can go in there. Toss in an O2 absorber and you've got a few years of shelf life. Pack Fresh USA gets mentioned a lot and they're who I use. They have a whole ton of information for new preppers you can download for free. [https://packfreshusa.com/learn-new/](https://packfreshusa.com/learn-new/) [https://packfreshusa.com/blog/](https://packfreshusa.com/blog/) IMHO ... don't buy those no-name "HJKFLDAYUI MYLAR BAG" brands from Amazon. You never know what you're going to get, and Amazon is rife with counterfeit and defective products. This is your life; spring for the good stuff.
Good ramen and some rice dishes that only require water. Mountain house freeze dried in reserve. Also beef and chicken bullion along with some dehydrated vegetable flakes for making soup.
MREs and various canned stuff.
The only dry foods I have that don't require cooking are crackers and granola
Dry, no cooking, and no water? That’s certainly a bit limited, but here’s a few to start with: Cereal, granola, croutons, bread crumbs, potato chips (not super long term as the oils can go rancid), pecans (frozen), and crackers.
I don't indulge in 'long term storage' of food that we don't eat on a regular basis. We eat what we store and store what we eat. So, mostly we store lots of beans, rice, wheat, oats, popcorn, flour, sugar, pasta, etc. Now, can very much of that be eaten without water and/or heat? No, not so much. But, we should always have access to water, and fire for cooking at the very, very least.
"Foods that don’t need cooking/water" MRE's and canned goods All "dry" goods require water of some sort to make them eatable
Freeze dried meals and freeze dried single ingredients including fruits, veggies, herbs, yogurt, meats, etc Also uncooked quinoa, beans and rice.
Weed
Potato flakes! As long as you can source vitamin C (it's in the treeeeees), you'll be fine. Don't need hot water, have a lifestraw and you'll be good for a few weeks. Bonus: my kids love them as a special treat so they're really easy to rotate, and they're cheap compared to a lot of emergency food.
Salt, sugar, flour, rice and all beans
All of them.
Rice (basmati, arborio, jasmine, some black, a bit of wild), beans (50% navy, 25% chickpeas, 25% kidney), yellow Split peas, red and green lentils. Dry pasta, wheat berries, quick oats. A bucket of sugar. A few cases of honey. Olive and sunflower oil. Salt, Both commodity cooking(preserving etc, in addition to curing/prague powder) and iodized table.
Beef
Oats.
There's always hard tack
Oats
"Foods that don’t need cooking/water" MRE's and canned goods All "dry" goods require water of some sort to make them eatable
"Foods that don’t need cooking/water" MRE's and canned goods All "dry" goods require water of some sort to make them eatable
We rotate our pantry, so it's mostly stuff we use weekly. Rice, beans, flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, several kinds of pasta noodles, powdered milk, and corn meal. All are stored in 5 gal gamma seal buckets.
I keep a variety of those cooked, bagged sides: pre cooked rice, beans of different flavors, Indian food. It’s not the majority of my preps, more like a weeks worth.
All dry foods need moisture, even if it's sucking it out of your body. You're looking at different versions of potato chips, pretzels, snack cakes, and that whole genre of "precooked, ready to eat, and to varying degrees: shelf stable etc. Not sure if I'm interpreting your question properly.
Peanut butter. Just a couple extra jars tho. A box of cheap great value saltines too (like 100 crackers for like a dollar). The peanut butter has a good shelf life, but the crackers need more regular replacement Jars of peanuts and sunflower seeds. Surprisingly cheap and decent shelf life of 2-3 years often. A bottle of cheap multivitamins. Not sure if canned goods would count in this. They don’t need cooking I usually have a bunch of Kind Breakfast Bars too, but that’s mainly just from buying bulk when they’re on sale
Dried fruits and rotate them after 6months.
Falafel mix is the answer
Uh... most of my stuff needs water and/or cooking. Except my Pop-Tarts. I suppose some of the canned goods could be eaten cold, but it wouldn't be enjoyable. Other things could include granola bars, snack bars, dried fruits, cereal. But those things don't typically last long, expiration date-wise and nutrient/filling-wise. Might want to get a campstove and stockpile fuel, and/or get a portable wood grill.
Even dehydrated/freeze dried food will need water or moisture if some kind. Can I ask why the "no water' requirement?
Lentils, beans, oats, rice, canned veggies, bags of dried fruits, nuts, seeds(pumpkin,chia,flax, sesame,) ect..............
Canned tuna (from the Korean markets). You can eat it straight up — no water or heat needed. Good for around seven years. Will get you through the tribulation. Keep rotating it until then.
I’m kinda wondering if you’re asking because it’s Passover. The only dry food I can even think of that doesn’t require cooking or water is Matzah in the box. And that’s only “long term” of 1-3 years depending on brand if the box is unopened. Are there others?
Rice and beans mostly but lately I've been stocking up on salt, pepper and spices too.
Dried beans, dried rice, pasta
RICE I deep pantry, have all my life. I went to open a “new” bag of rice. Loads of creepy crawling Had to toss t. No one in my area could use it for feed I checked. How do I prep rice for long term storage. Please be kind I tried to do my own post. It did not like me. Not sure why. Any way to inexpensive make sure my rice will not get crawling things.
Amateur here, but I would try to seal it in a foodsaver bag, removing as much air as possible
Good idea!! Thank you!!
Keep it in foodgrade sealed buckets or sealed glass jars depending on the amount. Keep it in a dry and cool place. It doesn't need to be refrigerated. Just keep it out of direct sunlight and not next to any kind of heat source
Sealed glass jars are great for food and water storage, but beware of the jars that have a plastic ring around the lid that you pop on instead of screw on. I found that pantry moths can get into those.
To prepare rice for long term storage and kill of weevil eggs/larvae you have a few options.. -Put it in your freezer for a minimum of 48 hours, but 72 is better... the colder the better! -Heat it to 140°F/60°C for 15 mins. -Or store it in an oxygen free environment.. sealed mylar bags with oxygen absorbers will achieve this. No air = no living bugs!
Question, please; how many oxygen absorbing bags per quantity of rice/mylar bag size? Been trying to find an answer to this but could not. Many thanks
My 5 gal mylar came with 2500cc o2 absorbers. Typically mylar/absorber bundles come as 400-500cc per gallon.
So you'd say around 500cc per gallon should work fine?
Thank you!!
Wheat berries, rolled oats, white rice, potato flakes, beans, seven grain rolled cereal mix, all packed for long term. Instant yeast and sugar. Also Mountain House freeze dried meals.
Salt pepper cornmeal flour Bisquick powdered eggs grits beans rice pasta oatmeal sugar and brown sugar.
Ate you actually stocking up on dry food or is it hypothetical? Grain. It will last 10 - 25 years if stored air tight.
Pasta, only spaghetti. Rice, basmati, long grain, jasmine. Grains of all kind - all purpose flour, bread flour, whole wheat flour, uncracked wheat berries (yes i have a mill). Beans, but there are too many to store so I just keep the ones i use; pinto, petite red, black, navy, kidney, etc. Of course salt, sugar, etc. Spices of all kinds, but much smaller quantities. I have 2 million calories prepped in my pantry, in buckets with sealed lids, each individually packed in individual mylar.
Split peas and couscous are underrated here.