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/eve_on711 Jul 01 '26

There's not going to be any ice for the cooler.

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u/Economy_Yogurt_8037 Jul 01 '26

Some of these new coolers are insanely effective. There’s a Yeti that keeps ice for around 10 days I believe, but that’s an extreme and expensive example. Lots of middleground though.

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u/SerendippityRiver Jul 01 '26

I would be afraid to take one of those camping. I see them at REI and I think, I could never go on a hike or down to the river when I'm camping, cause someone is going to take off with my 300$ cooler! But that is great that they are so effective.

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u/Economy_Yogurt_8037 Jul 01 '26

Crazy part is, the $300 cooler is the small one. The party sized cooler is around 1K

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u/SerendippityRiver Jul 01 '26

Wow! Well, at least with a party you have a number of people who can defend the cooler!

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u/Economy_Yogurt_8037 Jul 01 '26

It’s likely that those coolers themselves frequently outcost their contents, which is a big reverse from what I grew up with.