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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

dembotoz

(16,922 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2018, 08:27 PM Jun 2018

what should a basic prepare for bad times pantry contain [View all]

offshoot of a discussion in gd.
not a doomsday prepper...jimmy bakker style dehydrated slop bucket....but what should we have in our pantry so that if we can not get to the store for a couple days or longer...we do not starve.

and perhaps what to do with the stuff once we buy it.

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what should a basic prepare for bad times pantry contain [View all] dembotoz Jun 2018 OP

a couple of days? Really? Good heavens, I've got six months worth of various dried and canned hlthe2b Jun 2018 #1

I got a 3 day supply that feeds several from Patriot Supply. RKP5637 Jun 2018 #2

Nice to just lay in a pre-packed supply. Hortensis Jun 2018 #16

Non perishables tazkcmo Jun 2018 #3

You don't have to love it. You just have to live. Rorey Jun 2018 #4

I agree with you about water. That's # 1. Kaleva Jun 2018 #6

Absolutely the most important!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2018 #8

Regular groceries that you can buy years in advance and rotate is what poor people need to do, it braddy Jun 2018 #5

Never thought of bringing one of those cheap solar yard lights inside Hortensis Jun 2018 #10

Always buy ones that use AA rechargeables so that they are easy to renew when the batteries get braddy Jun 2018 #14

Also use them to recharge AAs. (!) Hortensis Jun 2018 #15

Hi. I'm of the unlikely to happen but need to stock for a few months Hortensis Jun 2018 #7

Thanks dembotoz Jun 2018 #9

Rotation seems key dembotoz Jun 2018 #11

And don't forget to stock food, supplies & water for pets Kaleva Jun 2018 #12

Good point, means cat litter too dembotoz Jun 2018 #13