This is probably _the_ most informative and important thread I have ever read on FReepers. All the posts will be saved, somehow.
Got a question, though - wheat has to be ground and then baked, pasta has to be boiled, there must be a cooking fire.
How about rice as a long-term storeable grain? Easy to store, simple to prepare, combines with vegetables fresh or canned, nutritious; rice seems like a viable alternative to wheat as long-term survival food.
Thoughts?
Rice is also a good long-term item, for all the reasons you name. I would prefer a large air-tight ammo box full of rice, plus another of pasta, over wheat. As you point out, rice will soak up the gravy/broth of whatever you mix it with, and is good for stretching canned meats.
Please forgive me for just jumping in, because I know you were asking PapaBear3625 about wheat...but you do NOT have to grind wheatberries into flour before using them. You can BOIL them!...whole...and it’s a lot “like” rice...not quite of course. But we eat it on occasion that way here...either put salt on it, or butter. I get tired of it like that QUICKLY though.
Rice is an excellent staple, but it doesn’t have sufficient fat.