How much food?

How much food do you typically keep in your house/apt? If there was some type of crisis how long would it last you?

I usually keep a lot of food in - like canned goods, and food in the freezer. If I had to guess I'd say it would last us (if we ate it sparingly) about a week.

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sadly, I only buy food for the week.

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Perishables would be enough for a week, then we have canned soups, beans, veggies, ramen soup, crackers, and other snacks, plus water, juice, seltzer. Enough for 2-3 weeks, but it wouldn't be the healthiest meals. When we move, I do plan on getting more water and canned stuff and other non-perishables.

And I stock on freezer stuff too. So I think if we still had electricity, we'd be okay.

Message edited 9/2/2005 11:52:40 PM.

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We have some kind of backup but not extensive, maybe 2 weeks tops and 1/2 of it would be no good... a stove would be needed

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Posted by mattnnic327

We have some kind of backup but not extensive, maybe 2 weeks tops and 1/2 of it would be no good... a stove would be needed

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Posted by FireIslandLove

Posted by mattnnic327

We have some kind of backup but not extensive, maybe 2 weeks tops and 1/2 of it would be no good... a stove would be needed

Yeah, or power, right...for the food in the fridge?

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Posted by Aliasmom

sadly, I only buy food for the week.

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I usually got to Costco's, BJs and buy steaks, chichen etc. and freeze them. I try to keep canned goods and water stored god for bid something were to happen - but as of right now i desperately need to make a trip to Costco's to load up again.

Ultimately i probably have enough food to last me the week...

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We would def. be living on canned veggies, crackers, pretzels and pasta.
To drink, it would be I guess warm soda. I really should keep bottled water in the house.
I'd say, we would last maybe a week and a 1/2.
Cereal too.

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I'd like to have a lot more canned items, jsut so I have a choice in cooking our meals. But, we don't have alot at the moment.

Our food shopping usually lasts 2 weeks

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Like a typical NYC'er I have NOTHING - we are always eating out or getting take out. I would starve in a matter of days - I mean, I hardly have canned goods

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i would say a week. we get ground turkey or ground chicken to make hamburgers also we buy yogurt, sodas, tortilla chips and salsa , even hamburger helpers and frozen vegetables i should buy some canned vegetables just in case we did have a poweroutage on day huh?

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Frozen food, only a weeks worth. I usually go to the butcher once a week and pick up the meat for the week Other than that nothing good in my freezer to eat!

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for Xmas DH bought me a freezer for the basement that is the size of my refrigerator and it is fully stocked
we would be set for a month or 2 maybe more...I have a basement full of canned goods and other stuff

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I have a bunch of food- canned food- in the top shelf of my cabinet and I typically keep 7-8 gallons of water under my sink just in case.....

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the way we eat? probably about 2 hours.

even the non- perishable food we have- most of it still needs to be cooked anyway, so if the power went out (electric stove) it wouldnt make a difference anyway.

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I have several canned goods.

However, when we had the blackout I realized none of it was good withour power since I onky have an electric can opener. Ya think I have gone out and bought a manual one like I said I would.