rafter
Since 1999
Is it because you still have so much stuff from y2k, or because you think it will be a nothing burger?
CORONA What are you stocking up on for corona virus?
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Breadmaker = Too Easy.
Too easy to have bread around when I know I shouldn't.
Besides, nothing made in a bread maker is as good as my hand-made loaves.Profit of Doom
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Got enough dog food?
Virtualco
Panic Early - Panic Often
For two adults I have 39 days at 2000 calories a day worth of canned albacore, canned chicken, mayonnaise, and creamy peanut butter. These foods provide all the fats and protein needed. I also have Ritz crackers stored to make little sandwiches and to add carbs.
Plus soups, healthy oils, dry grits, beans, lentils and on and on.
Actually this is a lot of food and takes up a lot of space not accounting for the cost.
Still need gas for genny until freezer fridge gets emptied. but counting on canned foods the most.
Plus soups, healthy oils, dry grits, beans, lentils and on and on.
Actually this is a lot of food and takes up a lot of space not accounting for the cost.
Still need gas for genny until freezer fridge gets emptied. but counting on canned foods the most.
Virtualco
Panic Early - Panic Often
Same here 1911user.
This has been a wake up call for this household. I didn't know I had run low on about everything. But in good shape now.
Knighttemplar
Veteran Member
got to have limes for corona
Was not planing on anything happening soon, but we have come across some really good sales on meats and last month we got some chicken and canned it up we have like 30 quarts of it, next was chop meat at aldi's and said half off at register I don't remember the price but wife bought like 30 pounds of chop meat and I took 5 pounds of it and made 15 quarts of spaghetti sauce. Two days ago we were in Walmart and found whole Hams on sale for a $1.28 a pound and bought two Hams and canned them up and we now have 18 quarts of canned ham.
naturallysweet
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Pet food!! Bleach, wipes, hygiene and cleaning supplies, etc. Have a whole beef coming to my freezer in a couple weeks. (homegrown) but an looking for sales other meats. pancake mix (because pancakes make everything better and can be cooked easily without power.)
If you don't already have rice and beans, why are you even here?
If you don't already have rice and beans, why are you even here?
1-12020
Senior Member
I really want a couple cases of fresh MRE's . I know the cost vs value ration compared to other foods are way off but I like having them for hand outs and while I'm out and about. Super easy to grab, and use. If I had to bail a few days I would want an MRE or the main entree. The epicenter has great price anyone have a source for quality/fresh MRE's at good price?
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
As do we.... but a few extra slims jims may have fallen into the cart last week....
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Local grocery store is selling Progresso soup for 98 cents. I’m sorting my change bucket now.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
That sounds like Cary and his beef summer sausage!
Freezer strategies; we keep whatever empty space void there is in it filled with frozen 2 liter bottles of water,
which makes it easier for freezer to work when power on and if/when power off will keep all contents colder
longer in between genset running.
Also, I've been buying up thousands of square feet of used freezer panels for years, usually 4" thick with nice
aluminum or galvanized steel on both sides and paying 50 cents a square foot or less for it. Have made some
neat projects out of it, like insulated greenhouses and one ton ice holding boxes and wrap around for a super
insulated camper, etc., and can cut/snap a box around my freezer (leaving little opening for heat exchanger).
Craigs list is your friend finding such, but it is infrequent, so we load up when we come across another deal...
which makes it easier for freezer to work when power on and if/when power off will keep all contents colder
longer in between genset running.
Also, I've been buying up thousands of square feet of used freezer panels for years, usually 4" thick with nice
aluminum or galvanized steel on both sides and paying 50 cents a square foot or less for it. Have made some
neat projects out of it, like insulated greenhouses and one ton ice holding boxes and wrap around for a super
insulated camper, etc., and can cut/snap a box around my freezer (leaving little opening for heat exchanger).
Craigs list is your friend finding such, but it is infrequent, so we load up when we come across another deal...
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
Don't hate on me! Sams is carrying the small sticks in a dispenser box.... I just set it in the pantry and when I want a snack, boom there I go. I figure I am saving about $12 over the package store, (southern talk for quickie mart) and easier to handle than the long sticks.
We can get them drop shipped fresh & cheap direct from SOPAKCO facility. Seriously, nothing is fresher or cheaper.
Unfortunately, minimum order is full pallet load of 48 cases, so you'd have to get some others locally to go in on one.
Details here for anybody interested...
MRE's Meals Ready to Eat - Military Rations & Survival Food FAQ & Sources
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SouthernBreeze
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Yeah, I know the ones you're talking about at Sam's! Was in there, yesterday. We were going down the aisles, and Cary was grabbing stuff off the shelves like a kid. Beef summer sausage is his weakness. Loves snacking on it with crackers. Sometimes he slips things into the cart without me noticing. When we start checking out, I come across all kinds of things. He has a funny look on his face, telling me that it all just fell off the shelves into the cart! That's what made your post so funny!
EastWest
Senior Member
Israeli Gas Mask with Filter and Powered Air Unit: RDDUSA | Leading supplier of Gas Masks and Military Tents.
I bought a couple of these about 10 years ago and they were well maintained, non used, inspected surplus. The air supply unit is somewhat cheap but functions well every time I test them. They are powered by (4) CR2 3V batteries with a quick release battery block you pull out when it’s time to Rock n Roll.
These are a mass produced, cheap military version of a (PAPR) Powered Air Purifying Respirator. I have one of the older civilian use 3M, RACAL Full face units that cost around 700 back in the day and the Israeli unit does the same job; In the sense that a Yugo will get you to town same as a Cadillac in comparing the 2.
A positive pressure respirator vs negative is literally day and night, especially when the body is tired or stressed with prolonged use.
The ones I bought were like new with one set of filters and the batteries. YMMV
FYI:
3M Civilian Version: https://www.amazon.com/3M-Face-Mounted-Respirator-Respiratory-Rechargeable/dp/B004RH197K/ref=sr_1_9?crid=1SD67QH9Q3TRE&keywords=3m%2Bpapr%2Bsystem&qid=1582058825&sprefix=3m%2Bpapr%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-9&th=1
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
In my day there were lots of things that "fell" off the truck....... another part of a past life....lol
Zahra
Veteran Member
Added some OTC meds I rarely use but thought might be good to have on hand (Mucinex, Naproxen, Acetaminophen, & breathe right nasal strips to help widen nostrils in case of congestion). Took advantage of the sales going on at Amazon & bought a lot of boxes of facial tissue, plenty of laundry detergent, and another case of Georgia Pacific Tp paper.
Moved all cans of freeze dried foods out of sight into readily accessible storage area inside. I was able to inventory everything that way too and now know exactly what I have and where it is if needed. Started pressure canning chicken and beef hearts for the dogs and placed those home canned jars in the auxiliary pantry where I used to store the cans of freeze dried foods. That's the only sort of thing anybody looking for food is going to find!
Working on making my own meals ready to eat. Canned beef stew, chicken breasts, and chicken bone broth. I also tried canning ham for the first time ever. I opened a pint to check it out and though it works fine, the only way I'd eat it would be in soup, so I made a gallon of potato & ham soup, added the ham chunks to it and froze it up in double bagged quart sized bags.
The freezer is full --- I feel like a food horder sort of -- but if this gets to lock down stage I'm going to have the kids come over here to weather it out so I'm planning on more than just me. Got propane for the outdoor griddle - wood for the fireplace, and enough of just about everything -- except chocolate!!! Is there such a thing as "enough" chocolate????
Moved all cans of freeze dried foods out of sight into readily accessible storage area inside. I was able to inventory everything that way too and now know exactly what I have and where it is if needed. Started pressure canning chicken and beef hearts for the dogs and placed those home canned jars in the auxiliary pantry where I used to store the cans of freeze dried foods. That's the only sort of thing anybody looking for food is going to find!
Working on making my own meals ready to eat. Canned beef stew, chicken breasts, and chicken bone broth. I also tried canning ham for the first time ever. I opened a pint to check it out and though it works fine, the only way I'd eat it would be in soup, so I made a gallon of potato & ham soup, added the ham chunks to it and froze it up in double bagged quart sized bags.
The freezer is full --- I feel like a food horder sort of -- but if this gets to lock down stage I'm going to have the kids come over here to weather it out so I'm planning on more than just me. Got propane for the outdoor griddle - wood for the fireplace, and enough of just about everything -- except chocolate!!! Is there such a thing as "enough" chocolate????
Refrigerated eggs will keep for many months,especially if you wipe them in some kind of oil,like crisco, butter,lard or even mineral oil.My Aldis sell eggs for$.48 a dozen.
Nancy in OK
Senior Member
OAD you might ask around at your church if any farmers have any empty feed tubs. I punch a few holes in the botto, fill about 1/3 way with empty water bottles or whatever then fill with potting soil. They make great pots for tomato, squash, onions, cucumbers or pepper plants. Garden seeds-we all need garden seeds!
Not stocking up any more. Was feeling panicky a few hundred pages ago in the main Coronavirus forum thread, so headed to the local big box store and got some canned meats and sanitizer supplies. The wife already thinks I’m a hoarder. She’d pitch a fit if I laid in more stuff. To her the sky is always blue and tomorrow is a better day. Yes, she’s following the virus news, but maybe she doesn’t think anything bad can happen to us. Normalcy bias?
Chicken Mama
Veteran Member
I've not heard of using vodka in laundry. Sounds like alcohol abuse to me! And a very expensive cleaner, too!
Chicken Mama
Veteran Member
I use the bread maker to do the kneading and breads turn out perfect.Breadmaker = Too Easy.
Too easy to have bread around when I know I shouldn't.
vessie
Has No Life - Lives on TB
It's the Only thing that gets rid of 'pit' smells off of work clothing.
And when I buy the half gallon jug of the cheap stuff, it's like $7.99 plus tax at our local Safeway.
Regular laundry detergent and even adding Oxyclean, doesn't do the trick.
You spray the vodka onto the armpit areas on your shirts and bras etc. and then let it sit for 15 minutes.
It kills the bacteria which creates the smell and then after letting it sit for 15 minutes, wash as usual.
The clothes will smell like brand new. V
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Those USED to KEEP FOREVER---many of you may not remember, but they started using these sorry little plastic bags to store them in in the early 1990's--and if stored in them very long at all the CRACKERS GO BAD. They have the most god-awful SMELL, and taste. I think some kind of chemical from these sacks is leaching into the crackers. I remember as a girl mama could buy a box of saltine crackers and they would KEEP ALL WINTER, unrefrigerated. Now, even in a sealed container, if they're in those plastic bags they come in inside the box, they go bad within a couple weeks.
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
BABY food is "shelf stable"?\
Are they still putting baby food in the good old GLASS jars where you live?
I was shocked to discover a few weeks ago, in grocery stores here in Atlanta, that almost NONE of the baby food is in PROPERLY SEALED GLASS JARS. Almost all of it is in some plastic container with a pull-off lid, like yogurt---and the shelf-life dates are VERY short.
I know this has happened since the year 2000, since my last son was born in 1998 and ALL the baby food was STILL IN GLASS JARS at that time.
Old Gray Mare
TB Fanatic
In our area it comes in both jars and plastic. Good point. I purchased canned fruit in #10 cans for that reason. If the refrigeration goes out my plan is to add brandy to any leftover fruit from the open cans and let it get happy.
Profit of Doom
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Chocolate is like ammo, never enough.
Great Northwet
Veteran Member
Great thread OAD. My response is similar to many others-lot's of iron rations especially veggies. I have a couple skillet things now frozen. 50 surgical masks and 500 surgical gloves but wish I had x 10 of both. Taking a multi-vatamin every morning(Centrum/men), and a Vitamin C supplement(made in China), but I have enough to last until mid summer.
I work on a major University Campus with about 8000 Chinese students. Everybody is watching everybody-the Chinese are taking the masks off now because they don't want to be suspected of having it and the ostracization that comes with it, besides, no one is infected-so they say.
My biggest concern is if there is an outbreak on the Campus. Do they close it, or do I just quit going to work, and I don't want to lose a state job just now.
I work on a major University Campus with about 8000 Chinese students. Everybody is watching everybody-the Chinese are taking the masks off now because they don't want to be suspected of having it and the ostracization that comes with it, besides, no one is infected-so they say.
My biggest concern is if there is an outbreak on the Campus. Do they close it, or do I just quit going to work, and I don't want to lose a state job just now.
HarvestMama
Contributing Member
Eggs fresh from the hen house have their own natural sealant we call "bloom." Some old folks would raise a ruckus when someone washed fresh eggs since it would remove the bloom.
I believe eggs sold in stores are washed probably due to some sort of regulations. All other things being equal... in my experience ... eggs left with the bloom will outlast washed eggs.
Cut the corner out of a bag of oyster crackers and vacuum seal them. Some time ago bw (I think) vacuum sealed Sailor Boy crackers. I have since tried them. It works great because they won't crush. They need salt though when you eat them. Big saltines without salt.
I've kept them for months.
Also have some hard tack in the cabinet. Coffee or soup to soak it in is a must unless you have the chompers of Jaws from the James Bond movies.
We don't stock up for specific doom, we're into generic doom prepping.
AlfaMan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Always keep stocks of MRE''s on hand in the house and both cars. We've stocked up on what I call "nibbles". That is, easy to fix and or eat straight out of the can foods. If you're sick the last thing you want to do is cook (all I want when I get sick is for the missus to take care of me. Us men are such babies when we get sick .
We cleaned out the hall closet over the weekend and between that and the prep closet we're in good shape. Both freezers are full and we're good. Meds are fully stocked for at least 4-6 months (except for my Humira).
Another thing we're stocking and people may not have thought about. We're keeping the bird feeder full and keeping peanuts on the ground for the squirrels. You never know when you might need an available protein source in an urban environment.
.We cleaned out the hall closet over the weekend and between that and the prep closet we're in good shape. Both freezers are full and we're good. Meds are fully stocked for at least 4-6 months (except for my Humira).
Another thing we're stocking and people may not have thought about. We're keeping the bird feeder full and keeping peanuts on the ground for the squirrels. You never know when you might need an available protein source in an urban environment.
mudlogger
Veteran Member
I've been getting these...this is the retail page.
Elder Berries - Starwest Botanicals
I have a wholesale acct, and can sell them to you cheaper than this, I believe. Hmm, drop shipping.
Pm me if I can help you.
Elder Berries - Starwest Botanicals
I have a wholesale acct, and can sell them to you cheaper than this, I believe. Hmm, drop shipping.
Pm me if I can help you.
naegling62
Veteran Member
Increased my rotating pantry to 1 month and long term freeze dried to 2 months. I have ponds that can provide meat year round.