General Discussion

A little at a time, as I could manage. By my figuring, I'm currently at a little over 6 months stock, if we use it wisely.

Mostly necessary stuff, but some luxuries - I don't classify imported dutch-process cocoa, grits or popcorn as actual food, but It's nice to know we have it. Gallon jars full of dry things like grains, cereals, and the entire legume family. I'm filling canning jars weekly and the freezer is full. I figure the canned stuff can last a year pretty well. The freezer stuff will lose some quality after 6 months but will be useable for 6 months after that. The dry stuff - who knows?

I'll keep going till I hit a year (when things start expiring) or I run out of space or money. We'll start using the oldest stuff up and hopefully be able to replace it and keep cycling through. If by some miracle, we don't hit a crisis, we'll just eat it anyway and save a lot of money. At least it's good food and not expired MREs and powdered eggs. But I expect things are going to get a lot tighter, Meals out will be impossible, imported goods will be unavailable, and everything else will be a lot more expensive.

In 2 years, we can vote to change the legislatures and start turning this thing around again. But it'll take years just to get back to where we are now.

Damn, I'm going to miss coffee. That's got the shortest shelf life of all.