Baking Supplies & Meat

This week I've found sales for baking supplies so it's time to stock up as much as I can. I put away 10 pounds of flour, 5 pounds of sugar and 24 packages of yeast. Sometimes it doesn't seem like much when I spend about $10 a week but it is adding up and I'm using the rotating system where new stuff goes in the back and I eat the older stuff. I am trying to only buy what my family will eat.

My wife is vegan (vegetarian with the added twist of not eating or using anything from any animal. So not only no meat there is also nothing with dairy, no eggs and no honey). That's just her and the rest of us continue to eat meat and such. She too is helping to store food she can eat. She came up with the idea of putting dried beans in quart mason jars. She has jars of different colored beans lined across the top of the cupboard. Not only will they assist if the shit hits the fan (shtf) but they look decorative too.

This week I also bought a can of stew. I'm trying to find meat in a can besides tuna fish that I can cook with. The can cost me $3 for 24 oz. I'll try it probably over egg noodles to see if it taste good and to help extend the use of meat. I'm realizing if the shtf then meat will be scarce for me and I will have to make what I have last longer. That can of meat, with noodles and a loaf of bread will feed 4 people instead of just me. Anyway I'll have to taste that kind of stew and see if it's any good. I could buy a few and take a chance because if it's all there is and I'm starving I know I'll eat it but if the world doesn't end, it will sit in the cupboard and pass the expiration date and then it will be no good. I can't afford that. To me $3 is a lot of money that I don't have.

I'll have to start buying turkey, ham and chicken in a can too. Also canned ham. I do have one canned ham but it cost so much I don't want to try it because I can't replace it yet. I may like it or I may not but until it's closer to expiration it may just sit there. The tuna I have, I got a deal on, 2 for $1. The rest of the meat will cost me at least a dollar a can. I'll let you know when I start storing it. I'll probably end up getting a can or two a week with other things. Unless I find a good sale of course!