Stocking Up Part II

[David LaPell]

Well, with the Middle East turmoil picking up, the wife and I have been taking some of our extra money and buying some canned food. Today when we bought milk we noticed that even that had gone up 20 cents from just last week. My wife does a really good job with coupons and keeping ahead on some things. Have you done the same now that things have started to heat up and with gas and food on the way up? I truly feel bad for the folks living on a fixed income who have no choice but to scratch gravel. I don't think this is going to get any better, in fact I see it getting much worse.

 

[bigshot500]

I am not worried, with three big dogs...if times get tough I can always have slab of lab.


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[gregintenn]

My wife has been something of a food hoarder since we married. We're good for months on food and toilet paper. Recently, I've really been stocking up on ammo and reloading supplies; not really meaning to, but buying lots of it when I find a bargain. I think I'll be glad I did one day. If not, maybe my boys will find a use for some of it.

 

[rburg]

Disclaimer: I'm not a Mormon.

But if you want some advice from professionals, find one and ask how they do it. Its one of the tenants of their religion. Be self sufficient. Have a year of food put back. I'm sure they have some helpful hints you could use.

First rule is to only buy items you will eat and enjoy. Its stupid to buy things you don' t like or can't stand. Then only buy items that are still in code date and have an adequate shelf life. Then rotate your stock, using the oldest (or the shortest code date first.)

Coupons may be good. Except sometimes stores run specials and coupons in the paper on stuff they see getting near the sell date. Low cost isn't good if its going to go bad before you use it.

Remember to buy adequate quantities of kitchen matches. How you going to heat the food?

 

[jkc]

Remember to buy adequate quantities of kitchen matches.

This is inferior advice, unless your concept of "adequate quantities" approaches infinity, as kitchen matches, even the very best of them, in my experience, are only good for one, initial, use... Alternative ignition options are important!

 

[jkc]

My wife has been something of a food hoarder since we married. We're good for months on food and toilet paper.

Well, we hope that these are reciprocal rather than mutual needs. We're hoping that these are in balance. If not, please advise most nutritious and palatable variety of toilet paper...

 

[max]

My neighbor is a Mormon, but he doesn't have a gun.

 

[P&R Fan]

I buy ammo almost every time I go to the sporting goods store and there's a gun show in town this weekend. Gotta get some .357 Magnum 125 Grn Federals there.
All that's good, but I have about a years supply of the substance that keeps the Wife and I alive. I speak of course of the nectar of the gods.......Coffee.
Whenever Folgers or Maxwell house gets to about $5.00 per 2 lb. can I stock up. Think I have about 30 of them right now. We won't run out for a LONG time.

 

[Engineer1911]

P&R Fan,

OK you got coffee grounds, what about a pot and water? I don't believe grounds will filter contaminants out of drinking water.

I just going to get my stuff from entitlee's as they pass on. They gots lots of stuff with no survival skills -- easy pickings.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

If the beef jerkey, rice, water, canned and dried food give out, my subdivision is blessed with vast herds of fat, unarmed neighbors. (That is a joke, and only a joke).

 

[blujax01]

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As Larry The Cable Guy said:

"That there's funny, I don't care who you are!"

 

[walnutred]

Having used an old Sheridan for small game hunting my recent "stock up" involved a supply of 20 caliber pellets. I think good air rifles are under appreciated when people think of survival tools.

 

[truckemup97]

I've been buying canned goods, dried beans, rice, etc. for over a year. Like Dick said, only buy what you already use, and first in, first out. Problem is, most of the non-perishables are still fairly inexpensive, or frequently on sale. Fresh meat and veggies are what seem to be going up quickly. I found a sale on boneless, skinless, hormone free chicken breast on Monday. $1.39/lb. I bought all I thought we would eat in the next six months and froze almost all of it. Tomatoes are out of sight, due in part to freezing in Florida, south Texas and northern Mexico. Even bananas are going up. I guess I've got to start tilling soil for a garden....

 

[rburg]

my subdivision is blessed with vast herds of fat, unarmed neighbors.

You're going to need large quantities of cooking oil (unless part of your plan is to render them down.) Then you can make pork crispies for snack food. Sometime when you get bored, you could try to make Bacon out of them. Just find a likely candidate and slab her out. Few would mind much. Her absence might be noticed by a small blip upward in the food supply.

 

[walnutred]

You're going to need large quantities of cooking oil (unless part of your plan is to render them down.) Then you can make pork crispies for snack food. Sometime when you get bored, you could try to make Bacon out of them. Just find a likely candidate and slab her out. Few would mind much. Her absence might be noticed by a small blip upward in the food supply.

Make some Soylent Green?

 

[deralte]

Just read a good survival article. They highly reccomend storing white rice and dried beans. Seems when they are cooked together they form the same proteins as when eating meat. They also will last 15+ years. As for water I highly reccomend the Katdyn Vario water filter which will purify 500 gallons of water. May cause a lot of gas around the homestead but you will be full

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Here's a food storage calculator you might find interesting.

Food Storage Calculator

 

[HCD]

Got Beef

It's whats for dinner. Just a few we keep close for ourselves.

 

[thomashoward]

If the beef jerkey, rice, water, canned and dried food give out, my subdivision is blessed with vast herds of fat, unarmed neighbors. (That is a joke, and only a joke).

Long pork.
seriously, We are in kalifornia earthquake country ( between two faults) and have always had at least a week's supply of food & water on hand. If we need more we shall seek Mormons (joke)

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I am not worried, with three big dogs...if times get tough I can always have slab of lab.


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Or your labs can have a chunk of bigshot