I know a lot of guys buy flour & yeast etc with this grand idea that they're going to be making delicious bread post SHTF. I buy the big bags of Krusteze pancake mix so all I have to do is add water to one other ingredient and heat over a fire. It's not quite homemade bread, but it simplifies things and will get you by pretty easily.
It's amazing what you can accomplish once all debt is removed. "The ABC's of Financial Freedom" is a great book to learn how. It's a faith based outlook.Got a new to me Glock 22.
But more importantly the wife and I got ourselves on a plan to pay off all debt except my student loans by this time next year.
Be thankful if the twins don't need the fancy (anti colic) formula. That stuff is about $30 per can that's not much bigger than a coffee mug and it only lasts about 4 or 5 days.
I know a lot of guys buy flour & yeast etc with this grand idea that they're going to be making delicious bread post SHTF. I buy the big bags of Krusteze pancake mix so all I have to do is add water to one other ingredient and heat over a fire. It's not quite homemade bread, but it simplifies things and will get you by pretty easily.
They are on a mix of natural (Mom) and formula and so far the regular stuff is working. They have put a whole new twist on the preps.
Hey from the talks we have had I know you will handle it with a cool head Churchmouse.
Tomorrow I am going to the store and picking up about 150 bucks of dry foods for long term storage....Beans, Rice, Flour, Yeast, coffee. Any other ideas......???
Don't forget the spices to make it all taste better!!! Salt, Sugar, etc.
If you have a SAMS Card (or have a friend) they have Large Containers of spices, 4 lb boxes of salt .98. Lots of things from Sams I keep in my rotation, but don't just assume that because it is in bulk it is a better deal there, because some things are NOT.
This week I did a little price comparison shopping up at Indy. I went to SAMS, GFS, ALDI (going next week), Wal-mart, Kroger to compare prices. I am going to make a list and chart so I know what a good price is on everything I buy. I like to buy everything I can at Kroger when it goes on sale (there regular prices are crazy) because then I get extra fuel rewards (I earn $3.50 off every time I spent $100 because my burb will hold all 35 gallons offered, but usually I have spent more like $300 or $400 so my I get $10.50 or $14 off and around here our Turkey Hill usually has the cheapest diesel around) , can use coupons (they double everything .50 or under) and earn extra boxtops for my homeschool group (this helps pay for all those fieldtrips for our unsocialized children).
I am going to make a list and chart so I know what a good price is on everything I buy.
Picked up several pack of white wash clothes...18 for 4 bucks at Walmart...I plan on getting 15-20 packs of these of theses...it is what we will use should ****F and we run out of TP.