Originally Posted By: teacher
Thinking about food storage, etc.
What would you get? (types of food)
Where would you but it?
where would you store it?


Shopping locally at restaurant supply, warehouse...
house brand
the best deal I can get on dry people food
regularly advertised year round
stable prices
best deal per buck
easily lasts 1-2 years on shelf without special storage

  • 50 pounds of all purpose flour, enriched, unbleached
    ~$13 , 3.8461538 lb/$

    corn meal, rice, corn, oats... all work

    pressure cooker? 40lb for $6 deer corn...
  • 25 pounds of pinto beans or black beans
    ~$13, 1.9230769 lb/$

    second best deal is soybeans, then peas...
  • 1 gallon canola oil
    ~$4.86, .6460905 lb/$
  • 7 lbs sugar
    ~$3.36, 2.0833333 lb/$
  • 60 pills multivitamin
    $2
  • calcium
    $1
  • 1lb iodized salt
    $1


and rounding prices up
13 + 13 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 39$

I believe this is achievable anywhere in continental USA


39$/60days = 0.65 $/day
39$/90days = 0.43333333 $/day


weight
50+25+8+7+1 = 91lbs

volume
16.00426gal = 2.1394584 ft3


this is just part of my regular pantry
(though not always in these quantities)
the flour goes transferred from paper bag into plastic "tupperware" box
everything else goes on a shelf or drawer as is

for extra months storage/coverage
18 gallon plastic tote
34 gallon plastic tote
placed in pantry, closet, under bed ...


for stored cooking fuel,
40 lbs wood pellets for ~$6 (~10 gal volume)
boil/simmer ~40 gallons ... 80 gallons if you use haybox
and there is always free wood , actual wood chips , to be found around the house/neighborhood/city

stored water is ~$1 per gallon
1 gal square jug or 6 bottles

eating well for $1 per day (fuel included) is possible
bump it to $2 and you're in luxury laugh


how do you eat it?
bread
bread
no need to knead bread wink
fermented for at least a day
yeast or yoghurt
delicious sour/alcohol flavor wink
lasts a week on the kitchen counter

can also cook it as porridge
cook as ugali (thick thick thick porridge)

beans sandwiches
bread sandwiches
pancakes/frybread...

dip it in herb/onion flavored oil
flavor goes great with salty butter / margarine , ketchup, peanutbutter...

flour
50lb/60 = 13.333333 oz = 3.0239491 cup
50lb/90 = 8.8888889 oz = 2.0159661 cup

beans
25lb/90 = 4.4444444 oz = 0.65283875 cup
25lb/60 = 6.6666667 oz = 0.97925814 cup


canola oil
1gal/90 = 1.4222222 floz = 8.5333333 tsp = 2.8444444 tbsp
1gal/60 = 2.1333333 floz = 12.8 tsp = 4.2666667 tbsp


salt optional (no need to max out)
1lb/90 = 0.17777778 oz = 0.82621561 tsp
1lb/60 = 0.26666667 oz = 1.23932340 tsp

What about nutrition?

60 days
90 days

Its basically Fameal
Actual fameal is more affordable,
but not a lot of places to buy smile

kids version (milk)
Supercereal (CSB+) 10% sugar/BAG-25kg
indicative price $16.63
55lb = 25kg / 16.63$ = 3.3142252 lb/$