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Bulk food storage, sources, and buying experiences.
John Shaw:
Do you have a stock of provender?
I think having three months or more worth of food is generally a good thing, but we're not crazy about it. How about you?
We've found that both Emergency Essentials and Honeyville Food Products are pretty good suppliers and the prices are pretty good, but I'm always interested in hearing about where people get stuff.
Any other good suppliers?
Also, talk to me about your rotation methods and shit.
If you buy bulk bags, how do you like to store stuff?
Laetitia:
--- Quote from: John Shaw on October 21, 2011, 01:45:23 PM ---Also, talk to me about your rotation methods and shit.
If you buy bulk bags, how do you like to store stuff?
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I don't have the storage for a 3 month pantry, but I can manage 3-4 weeks.
With the international markets here in Atlanta, I'm good for opportunities to buy in bulk.
Knowing how real people are rotating and storing would be great. That's the biggest reason I don't get more.
The online stuff I've read so far seems to be for people who live in a bubble and can store in ideal conditions for a longer periods, or for people with 6-10 kids, making rotating go more quickly.
Even with 4 loaves of bread and several batches of pancakes, biscuits, etc each week, it takes long enough to go through 10 lb bag of flour that I get hit with the pantry moths before I can finish it. Same thing for oats and cornmeal. Rice, beans, canned goods are easier, but I need to get more organized about those too.
Turd Ferguson:
I have the Mountain House #10 cans of freeze-dried chili-mac.
The stuffs pretty tasty. You should give it a try, if you like such things, I promise you wont be disappointed.
Beyond that, I just have dry goods, beans, rice and other things you can get at any grocery store. I generally put store bought things in order on a shelf in the basement as I buy them. For instance, sardines get the new stuff put in the back, then when I grab a can, I take it from the front and any new purchase goes in the back, always pushing the stuff forward, sorta like a bottle of Coke from a vending machine.
I have a MSR water filter and the MSR purifier for that extra last step if needed. I dont store water..........too much of a pain in the ass. I figure its just something I would prepare on the fly when the need came up.
Beyond that, I dont really think too much about it. No checklist, no inventory sheet or any of that. Just simple rotation back to front as I use it.
If the shit ever hit the fan, I would rely quite a bit on hunting critters for a source of protien as well.
Bill Brasky:
I used to keep about two months larder. But it wasn't because of paranoia or whatever, it was actual living requirements.
The last place I was living, the store was too far away for convenience, and I didn't have a car.
So I kept a bunch of dry bulk along with it, nothing that would impress anyone. Bags of rice, bags of beans. They're cheap enough. I didn't take any protective measures with them, because the bags sometimes have micro-holes in them for a reason. I figured they were less likely to rot if I allowed them to achieve symbiosis with the natural atmosphere. A few bugs won't hurt me, but mold probably would.
The rest was Spam and soups and veggies in cans. Some Ramen. A lot of crackers (I like crackers anyway). Ham spread. Peanut butter. And a reasonably stocked fridge.
I had a regular sized apartment kitchen. Six cabinets down, six cabinets up. Three had glassware and cooking pots. The rest had the foodstuffs.
It wasn't a bad little setup for a single guy. I doubt the whole works was worth more than four hundred bucks.
Now I have a grocery spitting distance, so I don't care. I'm not a big believer in armageddon. I still keep a pantry but it's not as large.
I always have a thousand pounds of meat living right next door, so.. whatever.
Turd Ferguson:
--- Quote from: Bill Brasky on October 22, 2011, 12:10:16 PM ---
I'm not a big believer in armageddon.
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I'm not either, BUT I do believe it is possible. If I had to put odds on it, id say about 10/1 against it ever happening in my lifetime.
I look at it the same way I do a fire exstinguisher. Odds are you will never use it, but why not have it just incase. If I never use it, fine, no sweat off my balls.
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