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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Runningdawg

(4,516 posts)

15. Will reply once more and leave it that

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2018, 12:23 PM

Jun 2018

#1 rule of being prepared - Eat what you store, store what you eat.
If you enjoy eating only food that doesn't need to be cooked and opening a can is your idea of making dinner, you are good to go.
But...if you would like to make a hard time a little less awful you could <gasp> make preparations for fire!
The choices are many and for every budget. You could go with a DIY rocket stove made from 2 tin cans (youtube) and fueled by trash to a fully equipped outdoor kitchen.
Final word - Anything is better than nothing, but please don't sell yourself short.

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A basic 30 day emergency food and water stock list for 1 person [View all] Kaleva Jun 2018 OP

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #1

Toss in a couple of very large containers of nuts. shraby Jun 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Jun 2018 #3

I am that rare breed - a Liberal Prepper Runningdawg Jun 2018 #4

I was following the KISS principle when making out the list Kaleva Jun 2018 #10

A lot of that stuff doesn't store for long, it is not a good list. braddy Jun 2018 #5

Cold cereal, peanut butter and crisp bread have a shelf life of up to a year Kaleva Jun 2018 #6

Exactly, they are items that can go stale in your pantry and sometimes do before we eat them, braddy Jun 2018 #7

You are going beyond what I'm talking about here. Kaleva Jun 2018 #8

To me a thirty day backup supply of food means food beyond the normal stuff already braddy Jun 2018 #9

What I listed doesn't require refrigeration or cooking Kaleva Jun 2018 #11

None of my foods need cooking either, and they don't go bad in a few months, I just don't see braddy Jun 2018 #12

I don't have an issue with breads, cereals, crackers or pretzels going stale Kaleva Jun 2018 #13

Rice can go rancid rather quickly. I keep mine in the frig. northoftheborder Jun 2018 #16

White rice lasts for years, even decades, I just finished 2lbs of 10 year old rice. Brown rice braddy Jun 2018 #17

White rice for us also. It loses nutrients, but I stored Hortensis Jul 2018 #19

one of the wonderful things about costco is i can get a better quality rice in a bigger bad dembotoz Jul 2018 #21

I'll have to add that to the list. The nearest Costco Hortensis Jul 2018 #22

Please be aware of Costco sticker shock dembotoz Jul 2018 #23

Lol. I believe it because we do have a Sam's Club Hortensis Jul 2018 #24

Would have to modify.. pretzels won't make it thru an NFL weekend dembotoz Jun 2018 #14

Will reply once more and leave it that Runningdawg Jun 2018 #15

agreed if you can not stomach it now you will not enjoy it later dembotoz Jun 2018 #18

If 30-day prepping was normal, our nation would be Hortensis Jul 2018 #20