[Lurker]

"Nobody can afford right off the bat to buy 20 years of dehydrated mashed potatoes," he said.

That's very true. But most of us can afford to toss a couple of extra cans of vegetables in the cart every week. There's no reason that you can't hit Costco or your favorite warehouse store for a $12, 50 lb. sack of flour or a $15 dollar 25 pound sack of rice.

When you're at Home Depot or Lowes toss one of those $3 cases of water bottles or one of those larger 5 gallon jobs for $5 into your cart. It took us a about a year but by my estimation we could go 3 months at least before things got ugly from a food perspective. That's miles ahead of what most American households have. We did it all very low key, too. So it's not like anyone saw us unloading a truck load of stuff into our house at once.

I know you take some crap from a few folks around here, Kart. But I really appreciate all you've done.

Thank you.

L

[cherry]

Kart....you're great....I for one appreciate all you do....

as for prepping...I am very disorganized...I do have extra peanut butter, foil,plastic wrap,extra sugar, pasta, rice etc...but I don't use mylar or 5 gal buckets...I freeze pasta/rice for 2 wks then put them in canning jars with an oxygen absorber....I have at least 140 cans of tuna!...that is my pride and joy...lol....

but not organized pretty....I'm working on that....

[Noumenon]

With enough hot sauce, even beans and rice can be pretty darn good.

[Ellendra]

There's no reason that you can't hit Costco or your favorite warehouse store for a $12, 50 lb. sack of flour or a $15 dollar 25 pound sack of rice.

I'm jealous of anyone who can carry those! My neck and shoulders are messed up enough that I can only lift about 5 pounds anymore. Still, 5 pounds of flour at a time can add up :)