This is obviously not a meal that came from the bucket. If it were, I'd have so many buckets, they'd stack to the ceiling. I'd be able to build a fort out of them. No, the reason I ate the massive burrito has to do with the fact that today is teacher appreciation day and Chipotle is giving out free burritos. I can't really pass on the free food. As such, the emergency rations and black beans get to hang out in the refrigerator for another day.
Oddly enough, the burrito is actually chock full of good survival food: pinto beans and tons of rice. Cooked on their own, it's a cheap meal that's easy to store. The tortilla shell is actually pretty easy to make if you wanted to have the whole enchilada (or burrito). I spent two obsessive weeks teaching myself how to make and cook tortillas. I wanted to really master the skill before I moved on. Honestly, it's not worth the effort to make your own tortillas but they do taste better.
One of my coworkers asked me how eating the gruel was coming along. I think that the emergency ration meals are better than gruel, but maybe I'll use some of the pancake mix to make a modified version of it. Basic gruel consists of:
2 teaspoons flour
1 teaspoon of salt
Combine flour and salt with water at separate times to make a paste. Then add to a cup of boiling water.
You can add onion for flavor and use other various grains or nuts (oatmeal, cornmeal, rice, pine nuts,) instead of flour. Grinding up acorns is also a possibility. When I do make gruel, I'll be sure to post the pictures. In 7th grade, I was a workhouse boy in the play Oliver Twist, so I have a long and storied history with gruel.
Please sir, I want some more.
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