Calling all nutritionists...

[The Shaggy D.A.]

I've just finished Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". A good read, not too keen on his writing style though. The basic premise is a father and son in post-apocalyptic America, trying to make it to the warmer south whilst avoiding being raped/eaten/killed by roving gangs. It's a wasteland, there's no food except what they find in abandoned houses or shops. It's been something like 6 years since whatever happened, so most places have been picked clean. Anyhoo, that got me to thinking about food in general.

Some time ago I read a comment that was along the lines of "The bare minimum food to get all your nutritional needs from is cabbage, cheese, bread and water". I tried to find something to back this up; it sounds feasible (albeit boring - you'll be farty and have bad dreams) but I've not found any hard evidence.

Any nutritionists out there who could expand on this statement? I'm guessing a dose of multivitamins wouldn't go amiss for starters. Both my father and my neighbour have separately said they lived on beer, peanuts and sausage in Germany whilst doing National Service.

What would your "survival food" be? Rice and beans? Bananas and peanuts? We'll take the water as a given.
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[yandy_yay]

I'm no nutritionist but..

I could quite easily eat peanut-butter sarnies and drink milk for ever... i suppose a multi-vitamin tablet a day would be a good idea too

Andy
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[stinkwheel]

The cabbage, cheese bread and water thing seems pretty low on the protein front if you ask me.

Cous cous, soya and green beans?

Rum and rasin?
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[JonB]

I could happily live on beans and toast ad infinitum.

I'd just have a very flatulent arse.
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[colin1]

Survival food doesnt have to be a balanced diet to survive.

I dont eat much veg, and as long as I've got some carbohydrate and protein, Im ok.

I could live on dried beans that you soak before cooking, and rice, but id prefer meat really. Id like a bit of cooking oil, and some flavourings like spices or sauce, but not completely necessary.
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[The View Askew]

If i had to survive some sort of shortage, I would seize many many cans of tuna, many cans of beans, wood and potatoes.
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