Post Apocalyptic Cuisine

[Jasper]

Flour, salt, eggs, water.  *Shrug*

[RunsWithScissors]

Parched Corn and Hard-tak

Standard reenactment/encampment foods.   Easy and quick to make, filling, semi-healthy.  Also great for hiking trips.

[LMNO]

It's hard to make flour, I would assume.

[Jasper]

It's hard to make flour, I would assume.

Yeah, it used to be on par with salt, if I recall.

[saint aini]

Pasta would probably be a luxury item.  You could still have it, but there's easier ways to get your starches.

Note that I noted that beer would be necessary.

I'ma get medieval on your ass.

[LMNO]

Solution:  Gnocci.

[Jasper]

Solution:  Gnocci.

That takes care of the eggs and salt, but flour is still a tough one.  Takes farming and work.

[LMNO]

Gnocci is potato based.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

If you live on the North American continent, it is highly likely that you are almost always within a mile or so of edible food. Obviously there are some exceptions (desert etc), but in general, there is always some edible food available. The trick is in identification of veggies/fungus/etc... even lichens and mosses are edible for the most part.

Other things to keep in mind. You cannot live on Rabbit alone. If the s*it hits the fan and you have to get your own food... do NEVAR have a diet solely of rabbit. Rabbit doesn't have enough fat to keep you alive. If you eat only rabbit, you will starve to death.

Also, refrigeration:

You need two clay pots a big one, and a smaller one that fits inside the big one. Put sand in the bottom, so that the lips of the pots are at the same height. then fill in the area around the smaller pot with sand. This results in a bog pot full of sand and a smaller pot. Now, soak the sand with water and place a cloth over the top. The inner jar will stay cool and you can refrigerate some stuff in there.

Also, keep in mind that we've been spoiled by variety. Greens grow everywhere, but most people ignore them... they're very healthy. Many other 'weeds' are good to eat, even if they taste like... well weeds.

I highly disagree with the 'Go Vegan' concept. Vegan is tricky enough with all of our modern amenities. To try to remain healthy with no meat and no easy access to supplements and regular checkups... that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Even in nations where veganism is common, its only because of the abundance and type of crops available that they can remain healthy.

Humans are omnivores thus our creed should be:

When the shit hits the fan,
Eat whatever you can.

[Jasper]

Gnocci is potato based.

I'm stupid based.



(Never made it before, my bad.)

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

refrigeration?
man, i wonder what we did 60 years ago without it.

oh. we just didn't use it.

you don't have to have refrigeration unless you plan on storing food for long periods of time.

[East Coast Hustle]

Gnocci is potato based.

yeah, it is.

but just try making it without flour.

[Bruno]

refrigeration?
man, i wonder what we did 60 years ago without it.

oh. we just didn't use it.

you don't have to have refrigeration unless you plan on storing food for long periods of time.

And then only if you plan on storing it fresh, not dried.

[rong]

re: refrigeration - a protip i learned from the amish community:

1 - get giant pieces of styrofoam, or lots of insulating material

2 - build a building out of it

3 - cut ice all winter long and put it in there

4 - enjoy your fridge.

enough ice and insulation and it'll last you all summer.

[The Dark Monk]

Is this an actual apocalypse where radiation kills everything, god rains meteors on us, or is it a zombie apocalypse? If it's a radiation or zombie apocalypse I hope you have a basement with 60 years of food in it.