My mom feels like we need to organize our food storage. And, seems to be, my mom is usually right. Almost always. Also, in case you don't know Mormon's are BIG into food storage (
official church site on food storage), but then 'older' people, like my mom, who were raised to have extra food in the pantry should be honored.
SO...we talked about buying a little extra at the store, locating and filling up those empty water containers I have, and (locating) updating our inventory list.
I have some under my bed at mom's, and in a rented storage building, she has more perishable under her beds, and a freezer full. BUT we don't really know what we have.
Our church ladies have compiled a 'easy' list to get you started (at the bottom of this page) and I'm doing it, and gonna see how much it costs in today's market.
I only want to spend $20 extra bucks each week, so I'll round out any extra other things.
Mom suggested we buy on sale can or boxed stuff.
I was behind three weeks, so I had $60 to spend, and luckily, the little store here in town had can veg 2/$1, box mac&cheese 3/$1, salt 2/$1.
Actually, I was looking at a different list and bought LOTS of salt. Since we have the basic dry long term food at mom's, I think I'll go with the variety in the the list below.
That said, I still need to get tuna. :) The below list says it is for two people.
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| all bagged and ready to take back home:) |
Until I get the tuna, I can't tell how much of the $5 at week I spent.
The two boxes of salt were only $1. Since week two and three are
on sale now, I think I'll use my extra money and go ahead and catch up
on the weekly thing and be on week four instead of week two.
Saturday score:
74 cans of veg:
white hominy @ 2/$1
yellow hominy @ 2/$1
sliced carrot @ 2/$1
green beans @ 2/$1
mixed veggies @ 3/$1
creamed corn @ 2/$1
whole corn @ 2/$1
tomato soup @ 2/$1
Also:
taco seasoning @ 2/$.88
chili w/beans @ 4/$5
sugar 4lb 1.99
candle @ 4/$5
mac&cheese box @ 3/$1
12 salt @ 2/$1
=$45.00
Food storage for $5 a week
From: Olga Jones
[Outlands comments are at the bottom]
{Olga says:]
Know anyone who thinks they are too poor to prepare? Help is at hand, from the PREP
list...
Ok I finally got the copies of the Food storage for $5 a week.
I don't remember where I got it, but it wasn't off the internet.
What you are supposed to do is set aside $5 a week and then
buy specific items each week. You have a kitty set aside that
you put the $5 in and you can't touch it for any reason but to
buy the food storage item for that week. You put in whatever
remaining change you have back into the kitty. Some things in
the beginning are going to be cheap and then later will be more expensive.
In order to pay for the expensive stuff later you need
to keep the leftover money in the kitty.
| Week 1: | Two cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt
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| Week 2: | 5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese, 4 cans tomato soup
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| Week 3: | 3 cans mushroom soup, 1 2.5 lb peanut butter
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| Week 4: | 1 bottle vitamins
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| Week 5: | 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 6: | 1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
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| Week 7: | 1 100 lb container wheat
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| Week 8: | 1 5 lb powdered milk
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| Week 9: | 1 5 lb honey
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| Week 10: | 4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
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| Week 11: | 1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt
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| Week 12: | 4 cans mushroom soup
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| Week 13: | 1 bottle vitamins
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| Week 14: | 1 100 lb wheat
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| Week 15: | 1 box macaroni and cheese
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| Week 16: | 1 5 lb honey
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| Week 17: | 2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup
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| Week 18: | 1 10 lbs sugar
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| Week 19: | 1 100 lbs of wheat
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| Week 20: | 2 10lbs of sugar
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| Week 21: | 10lb powdered milk
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| Week 22: | 1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar
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| Week 23: | 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar
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| Week 24: | 1 10 lbs sugar
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| Week 25: | 2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup
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| Week 26: | 1 100 lb wheat
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| Week 27: | 3 10 lbs sugar
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| Week 28: | 1 10 lb sugar
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| Week 29: | 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 30: | 2 10 lb sugar
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| Week 31: | 1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
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| Week 32: | 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup
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| Week 33: | 1 100 lb wheat
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| Week 34: | 2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
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| Week 35: | 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 36: | 2 10 lb sugar
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| Week 37: | 4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
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| Week 38:
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| Week 39: | 1 100 lb wheat
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| Week 40: | 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 41: | 3 10 lb sugar
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| Week 42: | 2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar
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| Week 43: | 2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup
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| Week 44:
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| Week 45: | 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 46: | 4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
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| Week 47: | 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 48: | 4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
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| Week 49: | 7 cans of tomato soup
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| Week 50: | 7 cans of mushroom soup
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| Week 51: | 2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt
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A few weeks you will have "off" to replenish the kitty. I haven't
figured it out myself, but by the end you should have 700lbs of
wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10
lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 32
cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500
aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins plus they suggest
adding 6lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and this should
be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2 people you
have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the amount
of whatever you are buying that week.
Different $5 week list.
