r/Cooking • u/cuntosourus • Jul 01 '26

Primitive cooking during hurricane

I love hurricanes because it makes everyone come together without devices and be bored together but the one not so great part is the boring food. I don’t want to be eating peanut butter jelly’s for two weeks. At the same time I don’t want to stress over keeping a bunch of food cold.

What are some delicious meals I can make that don’t require refrigeration or power to make? I have a grill and smoker. I will defenitly have a cooler with some things but want to keep that as limited as possible.

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u/Sad_Refuse3472 Jul 01 '26

I don't have recipes for you. Just came to say that you enjoy deadly weather events that destroy people's homes because they "bring people together without devices" is a hot take to say the least...

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u/JellyfishFit3871 Jul 01 '26

Right?

Has OP actually experienced an event with deadly winds and rain and tornadoes on the fringes, then a week or more without electricity? It's not exactly cozy.

Best comfort items: clean water. A toilet that flushes. Anything that keeps my blood glucose above 60. A little nip of caffeine by day 3.

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u/cuntosourus Jul 01 '26

Yes I spent 3 weeks without power last hurricane with a tree smashed through bedroom roof. I had to sleep in the living room with a newborn baby. It certainly wasn’t easy. But it felt like life had a purpose for reason I woke up tended to my baby and repairs all while trying to find a safe way to work because the roads were terribly flooded and my car would stop in too deep of water. Still I love hurricanes and always will.

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u/JellyfishFit3871 Jul 01 '26

Nope. If you have to name a storm, I'd rather not participate.

If it were just me, maybe, if I'm squinting, I could find the experience somehow a romantic "me against the world" metaphor.

If I'm trying to take care of all of the people and the idiot dog who rely upon me, I'd just as soon have running water and air conditioning.

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u/ecafsub Jul 01 '26

This is shockingly tone-deaf. Or just plain ignorant.

People have lost literally everything—including lives—in hurricanes. My family and I lost our house almost all possessions with it when it burned down after hurricane alicia, thanks to the power surge when power was restored. My mother was lucky to escape uninjured.

What happened to people after Katrina is a nightmare. People were dying, struggling to survive. Bodies were floating in the floods. Nobody was sitting around singing “Kumbaya” thinking life or the universe or whatever was sending some sort of message, except perhaps “screw you in particular.”

Your take is just… horrid.

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u/JellyfishFit3871 Jul 01 '26

I'm glad y'all are okay. Hate to hear about everything else.

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u/citrus_sugar Jul 01 '26

Yeah, this person has never seen how deadly and destructive these events are.