# Recipes with nonperishable ingredients (need answer fast)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-nonperishable-ingredients-need-answer-fast/842612 "2019-10-28T18:17:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-nonperishable-ingredients-need-answer-fast/842612/1 "2019-10-28T18:17:09Z")

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I’m without electricity and don’t know when it will be restored. I have a usable gas cooktop but an electric oven. I also have a charcoal grill. I’m looking for recipes which can be cooked on the cooktop or grill, but whose ingredients don’t need to be refrigerated. I’m not crazy about veggie-only meals, so incorporating meat somehow is a plus. Going shopping today and I want to get supplies for a few days.

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-nonperishable-ingredients-need-answer-fast/842612/2 "2019-10-28T18:21:54Z")

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I think the easiest answer here is canned stuff. How do you feel about canned tuna, chicken, vienna sausages, etc?

If it were me, I’d just load up on canned tuna and make lots of tuna salad sandwiches, melts and cheesy pasta with tuna. I realize that would probably get old quick.

I wonder if you could do something with beef jerky. Diced up and added to tomato sauce for a meat sauce for pasta maybe?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-with-nonperishable-ingredients-need-answer-fast/842612/3 "2019-10-28T18:27:14Z")

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Yep canned meats. Or soups.  
Grill up some meat, hamburger patties, maybe. Keep them in a ziplock bag in an ice chest. Reheat on your stove top.  
There’s precooked bacon. I’ve never tried it. But it doesn’t require refridge.