Stealthy food has to be quiet so no crunchy celery, crackers, granola bars, cereal ,except for soggy cereal,and definitely no popcorn! (I had a bad non stealth experience related to popcorn that almost got me grounded in high school, sad, but true)
No shells to crack open and only cans with flip top or peel off lids (a manual can opener might be okay)
Steel jaw traps for hunting prey wouldn’t work, too noisy by far! (not to mention inhumane) Come to think of it the only hunting method would have to kill instantaneously and silently so that rules out most crackpot hunters (of which we know there are a few)
Even vacuum seals popping open might not be stealthy enough.So no Snapple and no applesauce in glass jars but peel off lids like snack packs could pass even strict CIA imposed stealth standards.
You would need a very sharp knife for carving and slicing so it would glide through food without chopping or hacking.
No microwaves and no bubbling pots of soup or vegetables.
No sizzling steaks or deep fried chicken.
No eggs (cracking the shells open silently might be possible but it sounds a little messy)
You need to prepare it and cook it silently and eat it silently.
Oh and what about smells! If the food you cook is fragrant that would be a dead giveaway! I’m not really sure how stealthy you need to be, so that is a consideration. But then you did say “relatively stealthy” so maybe smells are okay? Maybe a quietly boiling little pot of water would be okay? (I do so love my noodles!)
Hmm, so that leaves stealth cooked vegetables, peanut butter and vegemite, jerky, tomatoes, bread (not too crusty) cheese, berries. bananas, avocados, ….hmm, this is starting to sound like a disaster preparedness pantry, sorta.
So our menu could include:
Peanut butter and banana on white bread. Stealthy and crackpot certified.
Vegemite sandwich with kangaroo jerky (it’s the kangaroo jerky that makes it a bit crackpot)
applesauce and porchetta Definitely a weird looking and scary thing. Could be construed as crackpot, especially if you are a vegetarian. (ok,ok, if you aren’t a crackpot and you are easily grossed out, try the precooked variety here
Tuna Pate’
1 Pkg softened cream cheese
1 can cut up tuna
1 tsp horseradish
Okay, okay, I’m just not crackpot enough. It may not all be stealthy, but these people sure have me beat!!