Baked Beans for survival

[Melonfish]

I am sure I ate dogfood in Hungary (by mistake!) it was not too bad with BBQ relish!
I understand that dogfood has to be fit for human consumption (in the UK ) but catfood does not ...though I may have this wrong.....
Pretty grim if you have to eat this stuff - so a good choice for survival rations I say!

i have accidentally eaten cat food before, i'm not talking a whole can whilst drunk but obviously off a finger i thought was clean.
horrible stuff.
never tried dog food but it doesn't smell too bad. dog biscuits are good tho, charcoal ones are a bit odd but overall tasty.

[John Fenna]

i have accidentally eaten cat food before, i'm not talking a whole can whilst drunk but obviously off a finger i thought was clean.
horrible stuff.
never tried dog food but it doesn't smell too bad. dog biscuits are good tho, charcoal ones are a bit odd but overall tasty.

Ohhhhhh!
Spillers shapes - ate those as kids - great taste , great crunch - but the charcoal ones were a bit gritty in texture
Perhaps this is why I like "biscuits brown so much....

[_mark_]

cold rice pudding out of the tin is probably one of the best things in the world that does not involve consenting adults......... it is probably illegal somewhere as it is so nice!

If you like rice pudding try Rachel's Organic Divine Rice! Amazing!

[santaman2000]

There are probably worse options, but in the long run you wouldn't be in a very good state if you couldn't get fresh food.

One major problem is that beans wouldn't supply all the amino acids you need...Canned beans are also very low in fat. They'd work out to about 3% fat, 20% protein, 76% carbs. Humans can probably tolerate a fair range of variation in macronutrients, but this is very low in fat...

True about the amino acids, that's why as I said many Caribbean cultures diet relies heavily on beans and rice in combination. The idea of the low fat however is one of the benefits of beans. I'm not sure how our dietary authorities differ but over here the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of fat is miniscule; in fact the actual wording for RDA of fat is, "sparingly". Generally 3% caloric intake from fat would be probably double or more the recommended amounts. I think there might be a confusion between recommended fat intake (which should be sparing) and recommended "body fat" levels which for optimum health should be maintained at about 12%-17% IIRC.

As to the other vitamin and mineral deficiencies I think we would really need to set a time limit on our hypothetical survival situation. A few days? A week or two? Perhaps a month or more? At what point does it cease to be "survival" and become a new way of life? For most people who begin the ordeal in good or fair health I don't think there would be to many long term effects from deficiencies lasting only a month or two. After that yes you would definitely show signs of declining overall heath.

[mrcharly]

Tinned beans plus a few multivitamin pills? lol

That's an interesting chart. Since people keep mentioning dog and cat food, do you have a comparative chart for dog and cat food?

[John Fenna]

If I remember correctly the survivors of the Andean aircrash who survived on human flesh were in great shape except for lacking in some trace elements....
So survive on Human Beans and a tub of multi vits and minerals?

[mountainm]

How about beans and marmite - marmite keeps for ages and is a good source of B12

[WoodMan]

How about beans and marmite - marmite keeps for ages and is a good source of B12

I'd rather die! Glyn

[Bushwhacker]

Another favourite of mine is to get a girt hunk of cheese, put that in with beans and melt it in.
Try it.

[Satyr]

If you like rice pudding try Rachel's Organic Divine Rice! Amazing!

Thanks for that! Its just topped my shopping list - I love their greek yoghurt with honey so rice pudding should be pant wetting good.... (I'll stop now as their may be kids reading)