Posted on 07/10/2012 3:49:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
Here are 52 stock-ups – one for each week!
15 packs of Ramen Noodles 6 cans of mixed vegetables 5 cans of fruit 6 cans of tuna 4 cans of spaghetti sauce 5 cans of diced tomatoes 4 pounds of rice 3 pounds of kidney beans 5 cans of kidney beans 10 cans of baked beans 3 cans of chilli 12 cans of generic condensed cream of mushroom soup 12 cans of condensed tomato soup 4 pounds of white sugar 10 boxes of iodized salt 6 bags of dry pasta 2 jumbo boxes of raisins 1 pound jar of honey 2 cartons of molasses 15 boxes of baking soda 5 jars of spices 48 bottles of water 5 cans of apple juice 2 jars of peanut butter 10 boxes of macaroni and cheese 3 cans of flaked ham 3 cans of flaked turkey 4 cans of flaked chicken 1 canned ham 3 bottles of barbecue sauce 500 tea bags 120 herbal tea bags 1 large canister of iced tea mix 50 packs of generic cool-aid mix 10 boxes of instant pudding 20 boxes of gelatin mix 10 cans of corn 3 cans of beef stew 5 bags of dehydrated onion flakes 5 bags of garlic powder 10 packets of gravy mix 2 cans of spam 10 cans of Vienna sausages 2 bags of beef jerky 5 pound bag of flour 3 pound bag of cornmeal 4 pounds of dried black-eyed peas 3 jars of sauerkraut 3 pounds of steel cut oats 2 pounds of powdered milk 3 pounds of brown sugar 30 bouillon cubes
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Actually, we just tossed a can of fruit cocktail with bulging ends. First one we have seen in forever.
Skills help.
/johnny
Check later. Thanks.
Seems like a good thread to pimp my tag line.
Get your corn and grain items now before prices really go up later this year.
Today, the plastic, flexible coatings mean that even dented cans don’t expose the contents to direct contact with steel, except in severe conditions.
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do a search on “salvage foods banana box grocery”
http://www.cascadesaleswis.com/
I lived on tortillas, rice, and ramen for years. Nothing wrong with it.
Bunuelos - flour tortilla cut into quarters. Place into a hot skillet with just enough oil to cover bottom. Cook both sides a minute until golden. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Simple, fast, delicious and cheap.
Just a reminder- you need to prep according to how/what you eat. I don’t think I’ve used a can of mushroom soup in a decade. In a pinch, I might eat it, but planning for the future, it’s more reasonable to buy things I and my family do and will eat.
“Actually, we just tossed a can of fruit cocktail with bulging ends. First one we have seen in forever.”
The cans to watch are primarily pineapple and tomatoes, followed by fruit cocktail and mandarin oranges. They can go bad and explode. (Prepper since 1998). There’s probably other precautions, but I just remember those tidbits.
I don’t know if they have 99 Cent Only stores where you are, but if they do check it out. It’s like Dollar Tree on steroids, much more orented towards food, including fresh fruits and veg.
Does that apply to imports, as well?
5 cans of apple juice
10 boxes of macaroni and cheese
1 large canister of iced tea mix
50 packs of generic cool-aid mix
10 boxes of instant pudding
20 boxes of gelatin mix
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The only item on this list that has graced my doorstep is gelatin in the even someone got sick. Waste of prep money crap. Missing from this prep list is medical items- how about some Gartorade powder, Hydrogen peroxide...it’s not all about food, and it’s not about “feel good” food. It’s keep you alive items and you can eat it food.
That list is useless.
No Coffee!
No Wine
No Tabac
That list is useless.
No Coffee!
No Wine
No Tabac
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Indeed. Coffee to keep you awake when you have to be on guard, alcohol for pain relief or barter, and tobacco for barter unless you’re a smoker.
I just checked the can from the NZ cheese that I opened recently, and it is lined with the plastic.
Buy a few cans, open one to test the product (never buy something in bulk without trying it) and inspect the lid and internal liner. The plastic is pretty noticable, if you grew up with real 'tin' cans.
/johnny
What I can't grow is coffee. And the only good time to buy green beans in bulk from Costa Rica, where I buy it from, is Oct/Nov.
/johnny
And a partridge in a pear tree!
Great post. People need to realize a few things:
1) Rice and pasta get you the most calories for the least amount of money. Roughly $1.00 will get a person the 2,000 calories that they need for a day.
2) No, you don’t just eat rice and pasta - you do eat other stuff, but the rice and pasta keeps you from vaporizing over time - it is the bulk of your calories. The key is that, if you have a lot of rice and pasta, you’ll only be fighting for the extras, while the others are fighting just to get their basic calories.
3) While many people (including my wife) will tell you that they’ll get tired of eating the same thing every day (from the rice/pasta standpoint), we’re talking about a survival situation. Ask the people of North Korea if they’d be ok eating rice every day, instead of tree bark.
4) Finally, rice and pasta need to be cooked, so have a means for that. A solar oven might be good, depending on your situation. What I have are two Coleman stoves that can run on unleaded gas (and backup spare parts for them). It doesn’t take much gas to boil water, but it does take a decent amount of propane, so you have to be careful with how you plan this out. I keep decent amount of gasoline handy in gas cans, and also have a number of cars. I can go months before exhausting that supply (I figured it out once, it was a long time).
The key is to think it through, and even practice if you can. After one of the hurricanes in Houston, we came home and had power - but we chose to go a week without opening our refrigerator or using tap water (for drinking). Instead, I went into the garage and took water that I’d stored before we left - in 30 gallon trash cans, with thick bags as liners. It worked great.
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