@freepatriot MRE are thrown away money imho, much too expensive.
maybe reverse of the lentils is popcorn, you only need a heat source for it.
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regarding water, i have a manually pumped ceramic filter. some are good enough to make water from a puddle clean enough to drink. i'd store a bottle of unscented bleach as well and add a few drops because it can't hurt.
underrated are unscented bars of pure soap. kills germs because of pH 11, makes things clean, it's really versatile.
@freepatriot i still am not sure which foods to stockpile.
noodles are easy to store, but i know they will fuck up my digestion when i eat them on too many days in a row. i don't want a fucked digestion in these scenarios.
i thought about dried lentils, because you can let them germinate (only requiring a bit of water, no heat source) and then eat the sprouts. probably not the worst thing.
sugar stores forever if dry, but it's not that useful.
canned stuff is nice, but takes much space.