Emergency Food & Paranoia, was Re: reply for PJ was: Really yum: meringues: a not so caloric scd treat

March 17, 2010

I'm not advanced enough for Larabars, but I think a good old fashioned homemade

trail mix would be awesome emergency food.

> >I agree. I'm totally paranoid about anything I

> >don't make myself.That is why I reserve them

> >(Lara Bar) for " emergency only " situations.I

> >keep one in my purse. I usually travel with a

> >cooler full of food. However, there have been a

> >few times where I have found myself totally

> >stuck- in traffic, or at a school event where I

> >can't get to my food, and I have used one to

> >tide me over until I get home. I figured it is

> >better to do that than risk anything cooked in a

> >school cafeteria with who knows what in it. I'm

> >grateful that I have tolerated them in this

> >context, but I have not eaten them frequently or

> >regularly. Everything else I eat is " home made " .

> >

> >I have not eaten any sliced meat or anything like that.

>

> Agreed. I find the Larabars to be a useful

> emergency food. Ditto small cans of tomato juice.

> (Though not together, generally!)

>

> Since I do tolerate whole nuts at this juncture,

> a preferred procedure is to put 2-3 dates, and

> tuck 2-3 pecan halves into them, squishing the

> date around the nuts. I get dates, and nuts, but

> no spices -- and I control how much carb I'm

> eating by controling how many dates I eat. <g>

> Once I open a Larabar, it's all over. I eat the whole thing.

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>

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