Hot or Cold

[IB1]

When I first put together a GHB for the car and at work I struggled with what food to put in. At first I went down the few tins of beans and similar, later I went to Rice and boil n the bag type meals, then later again I changed it to some of the meals out of the current 24hr ration pack, Now I have changed it again to using the biscuits out of the ration packs along with the tubes of jam and marmite type stuff.

The main reason for me keeping reviewing and changing the food is the never ending task of making the bag as light as possible. After a few years of trial and error, yes i'm a slow learner, I realised that If I didnt use food that needed heating up I could also dispose of the stove as well which is why I went down the biscuit and various spreads route.

Apart from lightening the load, it also means that you can eat on the go without having to stop and heat up food and running the risk of being discovered.

I'm now thinking of doing the same with my BOB for much the same reasons as above, I'm currently using various bits of the 24hr ration packs with a Trangia type stove, but i have this nagging feeling that I am missing something and that there is a very good reason that a lot of BOB contents you see listed on the internet include stoves and MRE's or similar.

Anyone got any thought on why stoves and foods that need heating should be part of my BOB ? Like I said earlier, I just have this nagging feeling that I'm missing something