Wonderful advice.What about flour for making bread?
We live entirely off our supplies for about 8 months of the year, here's some tips on making sure you have all you need to get by:
-don't stock anything you don't normally enjoy eating, chances are you won't like it any better when you have no choice
-make sure to have a large variety of stuff. When you live off your supplies for a long time, nothing is worse than having the choice of only 3 types of canned veggies or always rice and pasta. It's one of those little things that'll make you go up the walls.
-stock enough treats and junk food to tide you through food cravings
-have planters inside the house to grow fresh greens in the winter - you'll be craving fresh fruit and veggies
-to figure out how much to stock of which food item, either weigh every item for every meal that you eat for a month, then multiply by the amount of months you want to stock food for and add 10% extra to be on the safe side. Or keep all your grocery receipts over a three-month period and extrapolate from there (three months because there's lots of items you don't buy regularly but still need).
-don't forget about the small stuff like spices, bottled sauces, baking poweder, yeast etc
-and if you expect to not depend on any stores for a while, remember to get enough toilet paper, toothpaste, dishsoap, medicines etc etc
-for serious preparedness or depending long-term on your supplies, it pays to have two of all vital items (power and light sources, communication, tools)
-also for long-term dependency, to keep yourself happy, entertained and the brain busy: boardgames, reference books and good novels are invaluable
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