Now we're about half-way through our month of no grocery shopping and only living off of our food storage.
Here's what I've realized so far:
-- I should've done this experiment in June or July so that I could at least get some fresh vegetables from my garden.
-- I'm going to need to freeze a lot more butter (when you're mostly eating home baked bread, you go through a lot more butter than I thought).
-- If at all possible, try to keep some cash as part of your food storage so that when your family revolts (and they will), you can make a quick trip to McDonald's and grab some Dollar Menu burgers.
6 comments:
Love your updates...and your candid review of the system!
Love your candid review!
those are great observations
I don't keep $ in my food storage but do in my 72hr kits. With my family living in the hurricane area we know that ATMS all shut down.
Also I ALWAYS want more eggs and butter! I know they have powdered eggs and I want some but powdered butter??
I did so much baking when we weren't buying groceries. LOTS OF DESSERTS made me feel better about feeding everyone beans/rice so often haha.
It's not just food storage; it's emergency preparedness. Everything that you normally buy should have some equivalent stored, not just food.
JHJD -- just being honest.
SHILLGS -- we had beans and rice last night for dinner and it was delicious. Of course, we had to add some freeze-dried cheese to it.
VORQUEL -- so true.
Are you allowing yourselves to barter with others—you know, swap storage items?
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