On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:57:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>> things
>>> on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>> although
>>> I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>>> later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>>> chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>>> getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>>> popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>
>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>
>> Much of that stuff is impractical, unsafe, or impossible to stockpile.
>>
>> My favorites were fresh meat, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits.
>> None of which can be stockpiled until 2013.
>
>Well some people do freeze meat. Fresh fruit and veg won't do you any good
>unless you can or freeze them and then I think it's only feasible to do if
>they are given to you or you grow your own.
>>
>> Soda, soy sauce, chips, popcorn? Get real.
>
>Soy sauce? Maybe, but seriuosly we eat very little of it. I will likely
>buy an extra bag or two of popcorn. We do eat a lot of that and it will
>keep for a year. Longer if frozen. We drink diet Soda and that is really
>only good for a few months.
>>
>> Eggs, bread, butter - yeah - those will last 6-8 months just fine!
>
>Yeah. That wouldn't work.
>>
>> The list was made by a moron. but get used to the higher prices,
>> folks. Because once the prices go up, they'll never come back down -
>> regardless of drought, flood, or beanstalks that reach to the heavens.
>
>And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on everything
>will go up. And a lot!
>>
>> -sw (who should have stockpiled bacon a year ago)

I see no point in stockpiling food for an emergency in a freezer,
emergencies are when power failures are most common. Most of the
foods you listed are available dehy/freeze dried. Eggs and cheese are
readily available dried. And don't tell me you won't eat powdered
eggs, if it's truly and emergency you will, or starve to death.