How long could you last on the food you have in your house?

[prolesunited]

If you had no money or couldn't get to the store, how many days (months) could you live off the food you have in your pantry and freezer?

What would be the last thing you consumed?

[SeattleGirl]

1. I'd say at least a month. n/t

[KitchenWitch]

2. We have a large freezer full of food

I guestimate we could last about 2 months.

[Tektonik]

3. Hmm

I'd say two weeks comfortably, probably could stretch that to 4 weeks though if I was in a true crisis.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. A couple of months

It's summer and I have a garden loaded with veggies, plus the freezer and pantry food. Meals would get pretty plain in month 2 when I had no cooking fats left.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. About two weeks, as long as the water was running

Then I'd run out of coffee. :scared:

[Left Is Write]

6. A couple of months at least.

I don't know what we'd eat last.

[EFerrari]

7. A month and MREs.

Katrina scared the hell out of me and I put in a big emergency supply of stuff including surgical tools and radios you can crank. Two of them.

We seem to have raided the liquor, cigarettes and cash though. :P

[Norrin Radd]

8. We did that too.

I always eat the emergency chocolate bars I put in the bin, though.

[prolesunited]

11. Surgery tools?

And who would perform these operations?

[EFerrari]

14. We're not there yet but we're prepared!

lol

[ThomCat]

9. Several months.

If I could manage to cook it.

[The Straight Story]

10. I got two dogs and cat to eat as well

:rofl:

[prolesunited]

12. Well, I certainly hope they would be last

I'm a vegetarian, so I would have to be pretty desperate to eat meat in general and at death's door to even think about eating a pet.

On edit: You wouldn't eat the neighbors, would you?

[Bennyboy]

13. One more day.....

I got a half a bag of chicken strips and some noodles left. No ramen, no soups. pancake mix but no syrup. And a half jar of peanut butter. No bread.

[Kali]

15. me alone? probably 3 or 4 months

with my kids? couple days :rofl: kidding (sort of) we could go 3 weeks to a month, depending on how the garden holds out. Just restocked rice and beans, have a pretty good stash of meat, - we would be short on fruit and spuds, but could get by - low on coffee though, that would be a DRAG for sure.

edit to add: last consumed would be the cow's tongue from an animal we butchered way too long ago and/or the strange unrefrigerated cheese whiz type "product" in a "crock" (plastic I think) that someone left here from some distant party :scared: :puke:

[alittlelark]

16. 4 people, 6 pets, 3 months

We live in earthquake country and our shed is STOCKED! H2O only for 2 weeks, but creek is mighty close.

[DarkTirade]

17. I'd do okay, but not great.

Mostly because my roommate went to one of those warehouse stores and bought a crapload of stuff... so there isn't ROOM in the freezer for me to buy much of anything. :\

[baby_mouse]

18. A month, probably.

Last eating thing would be the cans of pumpkin soup. YUK.

[MissMillie]

19. maybe about 3 days

tomorrow is grocery day

[Blue Diadem]

20. Probably several months.

My inability to get to the store would change what I did with the food..stretching it to make more meals.

Most likely I'd use up freezer contents first, boxed and canned goods last.

[nosillies]

21. A looong time

We're always hurricane-ready, so we're pretty stocked, plus we have two fridges.

We could go about three weeks on tuna and beans alone. We'd run out of baby formula in about a month, though.

Last thing to go for me would be the stockpile of Marmite, but my husband and son would probably finish that off first. :puke:

[TommyO]

22. I'm guessing around four weeks

It would mean rationing things a bit, and I guarantee that I would lose weight. Thinking of my "stockpile", I need to get more frozen and canned veggies into the mix.

Edited to add: powdered milk, plastic sheets and duct tape need to be added as well.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. maybe a month, possilby 6 weeks and I would gain 10 pounds

because I would be eating stuff I normally don't eat because it is starchy, like pasta, rice, dried beans and canned soup etc. Since I would be out of fresh fruit and veg pretty quickly, I would say that weight gain would be looming on the horizon.


on edit: 18 Weight Watchers points a day would be hard to maintain on what I have in my house, once I ate all the frozen chicken breasts and the fresh food that is here.

[Broken_Hero]

24. I'd say at least a month plus...

and the last thing to be eaten...my dog Spot and Lulu...I got them a little tag on their collar that says "Emergency Food Supply".....





:hide:

[seemunkee]

25. Probably 2-3 weeks

Depends on how much beer I have kegged.

[soleft]

26. I have a box of a month's worth of nutrisystem

So I guess I could survive for a month. Would be awfully hungry tho.

[Gato Moteado]

27. about 15 minutes

and, damn, you just reminded me that i'm hungry.

[hfojvt]

35. good for you!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiNE4QGz0Y :evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

28. If I had the Gourmet Guide to cooking with condiments only - about 20 years

If I needed real food - about a day

[BrotherBuzz]

29. About a week and a half , then...

I'd be down to eating canned cherry pie filling and my precious Peeps collection that is more than twenty years old.

[BluePatriot]

30. Maybe 3 weeks

I haven't been able to stock up as well, since hubby has been in charge of the groceries for a while due to my illness.

I guess I can get the most bang for my buck with rice, beans, and pasta. Even ramen, since it lasts forever and someone will eat it eventually. We splurge on the expensive 99 cent and Thai ramen...it's not terrible. I cant stand old school ramen...too much in college...especially Hot and Sour cups...

Anyway, this assumes electric and water supply. With neither of those, maybe a week, and we'd be trading off the booze.

I would be more concerned about running out of my medication and vitamins first. We plan to loot a pharmacy and health food store, lol.

[NewJeffCT]

31. Can I drink the tap water?

If so, i can probably survive for a while on peanut butter & ritz crackers and dry cheerios after the regular food & drink gives out.

[JVS]

32. I have the last few chips in a bag of nachos, some apples, and some grapes.

Not long

[triguy46]

33. 2-3 weeks.

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. I don't believe in using boxed or canned food for the most part, so not very long.

I have a few things in case of emergency (such as when I'm really sick), and have some veggies in the freezer, but the rest are all fresh.