If there is no electricity, modern cash registers work just as little as ATMs to get fresh money. Supply chains could also break down and the cooling of fresh products is also no longer guaranteed. Therefore, the BBK recommends Eating and drinking for 10 days to have at home as a supply. There is a detailed list of foods that are recommended for emergency care.
Grain products, bread, potatoes
- Wholemeal bread: 714 g
- Rusks: 286 g
- Crispbread: 714 g
- Noodles, raw: 357 g
- Rice, raw: 179 g
- Oat/cereal flakes: 536 g
- Potatoes, raw, peeled: 714 g
vegetables, legumes
- Canned beans: 571 g
- Canned Peas/Carrots: 643 g
- Red cabbage in cans/jars: 500 g
- Canned sauerkraut: 500 g
- Asparagus in jars: 286 g
- Canned Corn: 286 g
- Canned mushrooms: 286 g
- Pickles in a jar: 286 g
- Beetroot: 286 g
- Onions, fresh: 357 g
fruit
- Cherries in a jar: 500 g
- Canned pears: 179 g
- Canned apricots: 179 g
- Canned tangerines: 250 g
- Canned pineapple: 250 g
- Raisins: 143 g
- Hazelnut kernels: 143 g
- Prunes: 179 g
- Fresh fruit (apple, pear, banana, orange): 714 g
beverages
- Water: 20 liters (2 liters per person per day)
- Lemon juice: 0.14 l
- Coffee powder: 179 g
- Black tea: 89 g
milk, dairy products
- UHT milk with 3.5% fat: 2 liters
- Hard cheese: 500 g
fish, meat, eggs
- Canned tuna: 107 g
- Canned sardines in oil: 71 g
- Herring fillet in sauce, canned: 71 g
- Canned Corned Beef: 179 g
- Bockwurst in a jar/can: 214 g
- Veal liver sausage in a glass/can: 214 g
- Long-life sausage (e.g. salami): 257 g
- Eggs: 8 pieces / approx. 379 g
fats, oils
- Butter or margarine: 179 g
- Oil (corn germ, sunflower): 0.214 l
And at will
Sugar, sweetener, honey, jam, chocolate, alcohol, iodized salt, dried potato products (e.g. mashed potatoes), flour, instant stock, cocoa powder, hard biscuits, pretzel sticks, etc.
Important: Don’t forget the water reserve. The BBK recommends 2 liters of water per day and person. For 10 days that makes 20 liters per person, including a portion for cooking. Speaking of cooking: in the event of a power failure, you can neither use the fridge nor the stove. A little Gas camping stove works well in this case.
The free e-book “Cookbook for all cases” from the BBK is also helpful. It lists various recipes for dishes that can be prepared even without electricity and running water.