I have had an emergency "gluten free" small food kit for several years now which I keep in the car. I think if you are celiac or non-celiac gluten sensitive you should consider two types of kits:
One that has three or four meals in it, used for when you get stuck away from your home and your gluten free (GF) supplies, like if you are waiting in a hospital emergency department or admitted to hospital. It can take a few days after admission for the GF diet and meal plan to be arranged. Or if you find yourself suddenly changing plans or helping someone else and you need to eat.
The second kit would be to supply meals for an extended period of time, a "survival" kit. Here where I live there have been severe floods,or ice storms and people want to stay in their houses. Making it difficult to go out to a store and there may or may not be services like phone or electricity.
When making a GF emergency food kit, I do suggest:
- that there be a can opener in the kit. In the three or four meal kit, the small kit, I have cans that have pull tabs to allow me to open the can without a can opener. This keeps the portable kit that much lighter. My pantry has water and emergency food, with portable heavy duty can openers.
- Just in case buy or make provisions that can be eaten without the need for cooking. Peanut butter and crackers, or jerky or canned soups or canned vegetables. You may not have easy access to electricity. If you can, have a small camping stove available with enough fuel for a few days.
- for severe or prolonged emergencies, you and your family need a good source of fat. One that does not go rancid quickly, such as coconut oil. Dark bottles of olive oil. If you have a freezer for storage, available to you, keep GF hot dogs and sausages. A freezer will stay cold for a few days without electricity, so the food will stay frozen for awhile. Yes, I have experienced a few black outs, and as long as you keep the lid closed, the food will stay frozen. Especially when the outdoor temperature is below freezing.
- And do rotate out the food every 3 months or so replacing the older food with newer foods.
- You can personalize the emergency kit to a GAPS protocol too. Grain free crackers may be pricey so you can make your favourite bread and slice it thinly and dehydrate the bread slices. They keep well in an air tight container or bag. Or make crackers.
And don't forget "potted" bread which is bread in a vacuum sealed jar. You take your favourite GF bread recipe and a dry and sterilized pint jar used for preserving. Put enough bread dough in the jar to up to 2/3 the height of the jar and bake it as you would normally. It will be baked through much sooner than a full loaf of bread so watch for it to be done in about 20 minutes. When it is ready, it will have stopped rising and you can see dry bubbles through the glass. Remove from oven, and seal with sealing top. As it cools a vacuum will seal it air tight. This will last at least half a year. ( I have put a jar of "potted" bread in my checked luggage when travelling, just in case I got stuck with out GF supplies and it works nicely.)
- I just found out about GlutenFreeEmergencyKit and I hope to try it out soon. It is not GAPS or Paleo friendly but there are bio-hacks available if one has to eat grains. This is a subject for a future blog entry. (hint: fermenting, specialized digestive enzymes and probiotics would be fundamental).
The following article from Celiac.com gives advice on how to prepare a "survival" kit.
Celiac.com 11/24/2
017 - Do you have an emergency survival kit at home should disaster strike? Does that include drinking water and gluten-free provisions for at least a few days?
The fallout from the latest string of disasters still looms over parts of America; over Houston, Florida and neighboring states devastated by Hurricanes and by resulting floods; and over northern California communities devastated by wildfires.
That got us thinking about emergency kits. Gluten-Free-free emergency kits, to be precise.
What's in Your Emergency Gluten-Free Food Kit? This list is by no means authoritative or final. In fact, we are inviting you to share any favorites or ideas you may have for your own emergency kit.
Your Gluten-free Emergency Kit should include the following:
017 - Do you have an emergency survival kit at home should disaster strike? Does that include drinking water and gluten-free provisions for at least a few days?
The fallout from the latest string of disasters still looms over parts of America; over Houston, Florida and neighboring states devastated by Hurricanes and by resulting floods; and over northern California communities devastated by wildfires.
That got us thinking about emergency kits. Gluten-Free-free emergency kits, to be precise.
What's in Your Emergency Gluten-Free Food Kit? This list is by no means authoritative or final. In fact, we are inviting you to share any favorites or ideas you may have for your own emergency kit.
Your Gluten-free Emergency Kit should include the following:
Water: You'll need a minimum of 3 days worth of drinking water for ever person. This includes water for cooking and other non-drinking uses. When it comes to water, it never hurts to have more than you need, so consider stocking even more than a 3 day supply.
Food: When assembling a survival kit, you want to put together a kit that will feed each family member family 2 cups of prepared meals 3 times a day. Canned foods like black beans are essential.
To Your Health
Dr. Barbara (TM)
CeliacBrain.blogspot.com (TM)
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