I found this recipe a couple of years ago and gave it a try. I cut the bars into eight 125 cal. cubes. I wrapped the cubes in aluminum foil (mistake) then froze half and stored half in the pantry.
After 12 month, the remaining cubes in the pantry were still edible. (My son had used a few as snacks at school.) After 18 months a little mold was forming on the pantry batch. The frozen ones were fine.
During the first year, I used one to make a hot cereal and it was pretty good.
Like all of the “hard tack” type of rations you need lots of water, but, other than that, these little suckers are pretty tasty…and cheap.
The foil stuck to the cubes (and I don’t like aluminum chewing gum) so I now use Press ‘n Seal and flatten the cubes more like a thick cracker so that they are easier to carry in a pocket. We make these when we make jerky and store them in the freezer until we need them. We also keep some in the vehicles.
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Emergency Ration Bars
3 cups rolled oats, barley, or wheat
2 1/2 cups nonfat milk powder
1/2 package citrus flavored Jello powder
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoon honey
3 tablespoon water
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Heat together water and honey, stir in Jello powder.
Stir dry ingredients together, stir in Jello water, and mix well. Add additional water 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture can be formed into two bars.
Dry in oven, wrap in foil (not the best choice) to store. Each bar is 1000 calories. May be eaten as is, or cooked in a pint of water.
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Pat