Comments on: Food Supply Addition: Value Bucket Of White Rice http://neosurvivalist.net/2010/food-supply-addition-value-bucket-of-white-rice/ Mainstream Survivalism For Regular People Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NetRanger http://neosurvivalist.net/2010/food-supply-addition-value-bucket-of-white-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-20 NetRanger Tue, 11 May 2010 02:09:27 +0000 http://neosurvivalist.net/?p=25#comment-20 The big advantage to wheat is that it keeps for a very long time. Rice is pretty good, though. Wheat will keep for 30 years if kept dry. White rice, about 12 years. Brown rice about 8 years. But, wheat is something we're not used to eating much of. I can tell you this, it makes great snacking finger food. Just put a bowl of it out and eat it by the handful. No cooking, nothing. Its pretty tasty. Rice, on the other hand, must be cooked to soften it. But, either way, you've got a good thing. Corn works too. If you buy the stuff in bulk, its all pretty cheap. And, while you're at it, buy a few cattle salt and/or mineral blocks. They keep forever. Also, just containers of salt are cheap. 50c for a couple pounds. Cooked rice and a little salt and/or sugar can keep you alive for quite a while. The big advantage to wheat is that it keeps for a very long time. Rice is pretty good, though. Wheat will keep for 30 years if kept dry. White rice, about 12 years. Brown rice about 8 years.

But, wheat is something we’re not used to eating much of. I can tell you this, it makes great snacking finger food. Just put a bowl of it out and eat it by the handful. No cooking, nothing. Its pretty tasty.

Rice, on the other hand, must be cooked to soften it.

But, either way, you’ve got a good thing. Corn works too. If you buy the stuff in bulk, its all pretty cheap. And, while you’re at it, buy a few cattle salt and/or mineral blocks. They keep forever. Also, just containers of salt are cheap. 50c for a couple pounds. Cooked rice and a little salt and/or sugar can keep you alive for quite a while.

]]> By: Martin http://neosurvivalist.net/2010/food-supply-addition-value-bucket-of-white-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Martin Mon, 10 May 2010 23:54:40 +0000 http://neosurvivalist.net/?p=25#comment-18 About $12 = 25 pound rice sack =(about) 9 quarts dry. = 36 cups dry = 110 cups cooked. Figure a cup of rice, cooked, at around 200 calories. Figure a hungry adult eats about 1/4 to 1/3rd cup dry or about 2/3 - 1 cups cooked for a dinner, mixed in with a stir-fry or something similar. The math: 1 x 25 pound sack = 8 to 10% of an adult's 2k-2500 calorie diet for 110 days = 3 to 4 months. Similar idea: go check your local agricultural feed store, (eg. Southern States) they'll have 50 pound sacks of peanuts, corn, and sunflower seeds. About $12 = 25 pound rice sack =(about) 9 quarts dry.
= 36 cups dry = 110 cups cooked.
Figure a cup of rice, cooked, at around 200 calories.
Figure a hungry adult eats about 1/4 to 1/3rd cup dry or about 2/3 – 1 cups cooked for a dinner, mixed in with a stir-fry or something similar.
The math: 1 x 25 pound sack = 8 to 10% of an adult’s 2k-2500 calorie diet for 110 days = 3 to 4 months.

Similar idea: go check your local agricultural feed store, (eg. Southern States) they’ll have 50 pound sacks of peanuts, corn, and sunflower seeds.

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