No Cook Foods

Snow storm just shut the city down.

With the microwave and electric stove being useless for two weeks,
what to do instead? Eating out is nice, but very expensive.

Foods with no cooking, comes to mind. Granola bars, canned meat
(Vienna Sausages, etc.) and what else?

jmcquown...

EEEEK! None of the above! You need a way to cook something. Sheesh, I

Jo Firey...

I'm working on the winter fur coat myself. I had my fingernails done this
morning. Started to ask the manicurist to polish my toenails too.
Remembered how long its been since I shaved my legs and almost changed my
mind. But figured she'd seen worse so now have nice bright toes too.

(And believe it or not this does relate to cats. The only real reason I get
my nails done is because they are naturally very soft. The fake ones
scritch so much better.)

wrote about this a couple not long ago... you must have a way to cook.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

How about salads and sandwiches? And instead of granola bars, how about
granola, or other cereal? Cottage cheese, yogurt, toast (your toaster is

Magic Mood Jeep©...

LOL!!! I guess you forgot that *toasters* run on *electricity, eh? ;)

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

I'm sorry, I didn't see the original post, but only saw your response,
and I saw that the stove and microwave weren't functioning, but I didn't
realize that was because he didn't have electricity.

Untoasted bread isn't bad either, of course! :)

I guess this means he doesn't have a fridge, either - but then, there's
always the outdoors. :)

jmcquown...

Yep, if it's that cold just set the food out in a cooler or ice chest in a
snow bank. It will stay frozen!

John F. Eldredge...

Just make sure that the ice chest or container is sturdy enough that
the local critters can't get into it, or else you may find that the
local wildlife and/or pets have eaten your dinner.

OK, right?), fruit, nuts, pre-cooked meats such as cold cuts, cheese,
raw veggies?

And what can we do to cook, since the stove and microwave are off for
two weeks?

jmcquown...

You've gotta have a grill and some charcoal (or if you must, propane,
although propane tends to run out and not be easy to find in a prolonged
power outage because there's a run on it). Even if it's only a hibachi.
You can cook just about anything on a grill as long as you have some cast
iron cookware.

And you must have some coolers (this is assuming you have anything at all in
your freezer or fridge, and I'm not convinced you do.) Ice may be hard to
find. This time of year depending upon where you are you can often freeze
water in big ziplock bags just by setting them outside then use them to keep
the frozen or refrigerated stuff cold.

I keep a lot of lump (wood) charcoal and I have a charcoal grill. I also
have a number of coolers so stuff in my freezer doesn't thaw out and become
useless.

For inside the house I have oil lamps and lamp oil, plenty of flashlights
and batteries stored in the refrigerator. Candles aren't cats best friends.
I have wood for my fireplace. If you don't have a fireplace, you may be
able to use some sort of a camping heater but be sure it can be used
inside - kerosene is a NO NO! Or maybe you can hook up a generator to power
your electricity. I don't recommend electric "space heaters" because they
are notorious for starting fires (I don't care what your precautions are,
you hear about the fires every year in the winter).

Good luck. I'm glad the last time my electricity went out for a week it was
in the summer. I cooked on the grill; made everything from bacon & eggs and
biscuits to jambalaya with sausage in an enameled cast iron skillet. It can
be done.

Got a grill? Mind standing out in the cold while the grill (either charcoal
or propane) heats up your food? That's be the way to go. Yum :D

sriddles...

We finally set up a coleman burner, we got so sick of cold food. DH is
a real dutch-oven chef back from his Scoutmaster days too. We even had
hot biscuits and cobbler. :-)
You could fix up a "Cracker Barrel" like Boy Scouts do. Cut up
different cheeses and cold cuts and a variety of crackers. (But it's
still *cold food*!)
Hope you get your power back before 2 weeks! That's a long time.