Food - if you had to, how long could you last

hollydolly

hollydolly

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...with what you have right now in the store cupboard and freezers at home ?

No Game hunting... just the food you have now at home... how long would it last ?
 

hollydolly said:
that surprises me Kat, given I know your tiny living conditions. Do you have external storage ( freezer ) etc.. or are you just incredibly good at making food stretch ?(y)
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I am good at making food stretch due to having lived a homesteading life before coming here. My freezer is just a regular one in a refrigerator. But it only has meats in it. My cupboards have canned chicken, tuna, salmon, trout & mackerel for my protein. I also have a lot of canned tomato products that I use in various dishes. Plus dehydrated eggs and vegetables (takes up less space and lasts a long time). When I make a meal I always make enough for more than one meal.
 
I keep stocked like Katlupe with the freezer compartment full of chicken and fish and the pantry full of canned goods so most of the time I can go about three months.

At the end of every year I like to use it all up and start fresh, just to know nothing is out dated. It's sort of fun getting down to the last can of sauerkraut, one chicken breast and a box of macaroni -- then Google on those things and see what recipe pops up.
 
Like @Lee , with the exception of eggs.. I could last for a few months in truth... altho' I do stock a dozen eggs at a time, and I don't use eggs every day. I also have frozen egg whites in my freezer.. so the eggs would last for at least 3 weeks

I wouldn't be lost without milk, I store 12 litres in 1 ltr tetra packs at any one time of Long Life milk... and my veggies are all bought frozen... so I'd be alright there. In fact the veggies would last a long time even on their own...

My freezers have lots of fish, meat, chicken, veggies..bread, baked goods, pies, home made soups, sausages, ice-cream and and cake etc

I would miss chocolate because I don't stock up on that, because I'd eat it all... so aside from Chocolate, I'd be ok for about 2 months or more..
 
Probably six weeks to two months. I have a small stand alone freezer that is crammed full. I expect if I sorted through it though I would need to toss maybe a third of it so maybe a month would be a better estimate. Don’t keep too many canned goods or pasta. Have plenty of coffee (always). .I would really miss milk, half and half and eggs.
 
And, some supermarkets here are limiting how many eggs you can buy at one time.
It may come that I'll have to get myself a Girlington Gertrude Hen to provide my eggs, then I suppose my daily converstion with Gertrude would be, "OK, Trudie, go and lay my breakfast, or do you see this axe?" 😊
 
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