Is it a good thing to store food for bad times, and for how long?
2006-10-28 10:58:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I usually do, but right now I don't have the extra room and after my house gets built, I will stock up well...
2006-10-28 11:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here in Calif. the land of the Quakes, I do not really store but have a pantry full of needs that get cycled through maybe every 6 months or so. The freezers the same, along with the gas for the generator also. Once in a while maybe every 9 months we go through everything and weed out the stuff we really don't need. We could survive for about three months on what we have. One other thing off topic but sort of on is stashing 1 dollar bills, power goes out, you need something, who's going to give ya change for a 20
2006-10-28 11:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by Steve G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I live in Cali, but don't stock up for a quake. I buy non-perishables on sale because I can. I hate running out when a moment of inspiration or a craving hits. I'm pretty sure we could live for a month on what we have here.
As for the flour and sugar, I got containers from Wal-Mart to keep them sealed from bugs.
2006-10-28 11:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My folks stocked food... now I stock food.
Guess it's from living in California (earthquake-country) and from going through a typhoon in Japan. I also lived aboard a sailboat for several years. Mostly canned and dry goods, though also some meats in the freezer. I rotate my stores every 6 months or so... thank goodness for computers, databases, and labelers.
I figure I have laid in a months worth of food. Canned soup, tuna, chili, veggies, fruit. Top Ramen, 20 pounds of dried beans, (spare) 10 pound bags of rice, flour, corn meal, onions, garlic, and potatos. I buy my meat/poultry in bulk and wrap and freeze it in small portions for myself. I also have doubles on almost all my spices and dry herbs...
And of course, the most important... 50 gallons of water, a few cases of fruit juice, 20 bottles of wine, and my liquor cabinet !!
2006-10-28 11:17:50 · answer #4 · answered by mariner31 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a very good idea to keep on hand at least a week or two supply of canned and dry goods, as well as drinking water. I am very suspicious of our government pulling something really nasty on us, then declaring a state of emergency and martial law. If, or when this happens, it could be a week or two before any semblance of a food and water rationing program can be put into operation.
2006-10-28 11:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would love to but don't have the funds right now. Non perishable items are the best. Pastas, rice, beans, canned goods. Stuff like that. Be careful stocking things like sugar, flour and stuff like that because it may get weevels or bugs.
2006-10-28 11:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by Silly ol Me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes like cereal
beef
chicken
pork
ham
turkey
boxed foods like
potatoes
rice
pasta
pancake mix
tea
or canned foods like
canned soup
peas
carrots
corn
green beans
or baged foods like
flour
sugar
or food in jars
tomato sauce
dip
or bottle drinks like
apple juice
OJ
soda
snapple
etc.
nothing like eggs milk yogurt cheese or bread doesn['t last long
unless freeze so yea but i'm not stocking up i'm in college
2006-10-28 11:04:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Mormons been doing it over 100 years,Homeland Security says
you can have 3 months worth of supplies,I say stack up on as much
as you can,because in hard times every man for himself!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-28 19:34:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i always do. whatevers on sale i stock up on, & its there till i use it. but usually its stuff i buy n-e-ways, so i never run out.
2006-10-28 11:01:29 · answer #9 · answered by sexycarmelthang 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋