Shopping Day in Nunam Iqua, Alaska. ( aerial wolf hunting )

The Mudflats ^ | January 25th, 2009 | Ann Strongheart

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

We went into the store and bought our groceries. Here is a list of what we bought:

$ 8.99 —- 2 lbs Raisins

$ 3.10 —- 2 boxes of Jiffy Blue berry Muffin mix

$ 6.99 —- 1 bag generic cheerios

$10.25 —- 3lb Coffee creamer

$ 4.72 —- 8 packages unsweetened Koolaid

$17.34 —- 6 cans of fruit cocktail

$10.76 —- 4 cans vegetables (2 peas 2 beans)

$13.35 —- 1 large jar of Mayo

$ 6.45 —- 1 one pound box spaghetti noodles

$10.35 —- 5 lbs white rice

$13.40 —- 4 boxes of rice-a-roni

$ 4.49 —- 1 can spaghetti sauce

$ 5.00 —- 4 small cans chili

$ 8.95 —- 12 cup a noodles

$11.98 —- 2 loaves generic bread

$ 9.95 —- 6 rolls of Toilet paper

$12.90 —- 2 - 2lb boxes of pilot bread

$ 6.99 —- 5 lbs fresh potatoes

$ 5.99 —- 18 eggs

$ 3.81 —- 1 quart cottage cheese

$ 7.99 —- 1 pkg string cheese

$ 6.38 —- 2 pkg blue bonnet margarine

$ 3.99 —- 1 pkg frozen stir fry veggies

$ 9.15 —- 1 dozen frozen corn on the cob

$ 7.41 —- 1 pkg oven roasted turkey (for sandwiches)

$ 6.19 —- 1 pkg sliced ham (for sandwiches)

$14.78 —- 2 pkg Kielbasa Sausage

$11.42 —- 2 lbs ground beef

$22.36 —- 5 pork chops

$16.38 —- 2 pkgs Johnsonville Italian Sausage

$19.58 —- 2 pkgs Tyson IQF frozen drumsticks

$ 9.79 —- 1 pkg Tyson IQF chicken thighs

$ 6.49 —- 6 rolls generic paper towels

$82.55 —- 1 case size 6 Huggies diapers (144 diapers)

Total including tax

$409.26

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

This shopping list makes it painfully clear why the wolf population in alaska needs to be controlled.

Did you notice how expensive ground beef is? And ham, sausage, etc. Heck, all of this stuff is expensive.

I don't think heating oil is cheap, especially during colder months. So the existence of moose and caribou to eat is likely an essential.

Human survival is controversial in the liberal media.

[ERJCaptain]

Her shopping list looks like that of the tin foil hat survivalist gurus around here. Don’t worry guys, when it happens, I won’t be coming to your bunkers begging for cubes of beef broth.

[randita]

Whoa! And I thought my grocery bill was high. Seriously, you could save a lot of money by using cloth diapers. Just sayin’.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, I’m surprised someone didn’t think of that.

But they save money by hunting caribou and moose.

[CrazyIvan]

Six rolls of TP divided into all that food seems a little lacking to me. Let's hope some nice soft leaves are poking through the snow about now.

[chatham]

What a wonderful story. About half way through I started to worry and sweat that the snow machine might not start up again.
My wife says from time to time that we should live closer to the supermarket, we are about 3 miles away from a Stop & Shop. We live in Cape Cod. I guess were not really tough citizens. The only thing similar to Ann Strongheart and us is the price of food.

[BronzePencil]

More than $13 for a jar of Mayo?

[Eska]

Along the Yukon, gas is %5.50, milkman that was 25 bucks in anchorage is 75 bucks in our village; figure 3X everything. Wolves are regular land sharks; clean the country outta all moose and really put a hurtin on the caribou. Then wolves starve, eat each other and disappear. moose move back in, build up, cycle repeats. Trouble is people have increased and depend on eating the moose or pay 20 bucks a lb for ground meat. So unless 90% of the people on this earth aren’t ready to give up their spot, they better start controlling the dang wolves.

[ansel12]

That was a weird post, what was unusual about her grocery purchases?

[ERJCaptain]

My post targeted at the guys who claim that they are stockpiling food for some kind of End-of-the-World scenario.

[ansel12]

Like I said it was a weird post and didn’t make sense, her grocery list was normal. Your second post was just as odd.