How many days can you go?

[CaptUSA]

I did an inventory of my store today and I estimate that my wife, my youngest son, and I can go at least 180 days without a grocery store visit. Probably longer if we're rationing. And we'll still have calories beyond that, but the meals will get really weird.

I've got it down so at this point, the only thing we buy to consume this week is produce, bread and milk (we get our eggs from a neighbor). Everything else is pretty much in rotation. That includes food, but also detergents and cleaners, batteries and lightbulbs, medicines and first aid, bags, foils, and paper products. We've been doing this for a while, so everything I'm using today was purchased with money about 6 months ago, so I figure I'm 6 months ahead of inflation. And so far, we've managed it so nothing has expired! I have a corner in my basement we call, "Cappy's Corner Store". (My grandkids call me "Cappy".)

Curious how others are doing?

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Good Job!
That is the key. Use what you store, and rotate the inventory.
It is work.
I end up having problems with pantry moths. Those suckers get in sealed containers. It does no good to purchase items I will end up having to discard.
It is possible in a SHTF scenario your neighbors eggs might not be as readily available.
I used to raise meat rabbits. I thought those were great. Fantastic size to feed a family.

 

[CaptUSA]

Good Job!
That is the key. Use what you store, and rotate the inventory.
It is work.
I end up having problems with pantry moths. Those suckers get in sealed containers. It does no good to purchase items I will end up having to discard.
It is possible in a SHTF scenario your neighbors eggs might not be as readily available.
I used to raise meat rabbits. I thought those were great. Fantastic size to feed a family.

Man, that sucks. I have no issues with pantry moths... I do get the occasional mouse, but they go after the bird seed or trash - all of our food is mouse-proof.
And yeah, in a SHTF scenario, the eggs will dry up. Same with bread and dairy. But in a SHTF situation, those things would be luxuries. We've got at least 6 months before we have to start to worry and that's the insurance policy that gives me peace of mind.

For me, it's about getting ahead of inflation and setting us up so we won't be caught up in any panics. I have room for more than 6 months, but the issue is that I'd probably be throwing things away. We go through a full rotation about every 4 or 5 months, but I have long-term storage items that can boost us to the 180 day mark.

 

[osan]

I can still go all night until she begs... Oh wait, wrong thread.

Sorry.

 

[osan]

I did an inventory of my store today and I estimate that my wife, my youngest son, and I can go at least 180 days without a grocery store visit. Probably longer if we're rationing. And we'll still have calories beyond that, but the meals will get really weird.

I've got it down so at this point, the only thing we buy to consume this week is produce, bread and milk (we get our eggs from a neighbor). Everything else is pretty much in rotation. That includes food, but also detergents and cleaners, batteries and lightbulbs, medicines and first aid, bags, foils, and paper products. We've been doing this for a while, so everything I'm using today was purchased with money about 6 months ago, so I figure I'm 6 months ahead of inflation. And so far, we've managed it so nothing has expired! I have a corner in my basement we call, "Cappy's Corner Store". (My grandkids call me "Cappy".)

Curious how others are doing?

We're over a year. The birds provide eggs. We are LOUSY with deer, so I could fill the freezer with venison if I were so inclined, which I am not. I will wait for doomsday for that.

We have about 150 square feet of pantry and it is full, if a mite chaotic in terms of actually finding what you seek.

But if you have to go a year, you know things are way bad and all our lives will then have become very different.

 

[osan]

Man, that sucks. I have no issues with pantry moths... I do get the occasional mouse, but they go after the bird seed or trash - all of our food is mouse-proof.
And yeah, in a SHTF scenario, the eggs will dry up. Same with bread and dairy. But in a SHTF situation, those things would be luxuries. We've got at least 6 months before we have to start to worry and that's the insurance policy that gives me peace of mind.

For me, it's about getting ahead of inflation and setting us up so we won't be caught up in any panics. I have room for more than 6 months, but the issue is that I'd probably be throwing things away. We go through a full rotation about every 4 or 5 months, but I have long-term storage items that can boost us to the 180 day mark.

Mice? HA! We hve Dot the Destroyer. She was a minuscule kitten and we thought she might not live. We loved her healthy and she is the scariest hunter on the planet. She's an assassin. Shen she was maybe three months old and less than two pounds, she'd come home with barn rats nearly as large as she. She brings home mice and rats every single day and dumps them either in the kitchen or the master.

 

[acptulsa]

Mice? HA! We hve Dot the Destroyer. She was a minuscule kitten and we thought she might not live. We loved her healthy and she is the scariest hunter on the planet. She's an assassin. Shen she was maybe three months old and less than two pounds, she'd come home with barn rats nearly as large as she. She brings home mice and rats every single day and dumps them either in the kitchen or the master.

There's no mousetrap like a hunter/seeker mousetrap with non-artificial intelligence and a highly sensitive sensory array.

They're decorative, too. And affectionate.