How many cans of food do you stock?

[Nor'Eastah]

Originally Posted by Submariner

You can only harvest tomatoes basically once a year [though harvesting season may last for 2 months]. At the end of tomato harvest say you can 3 months worth of tomatoes. That would still leave you 7 months of every year without access to tomatoes.

??? Why are you only harvesting 5 months worth of tomatoes? We grow more tomatoes, it seems, than anything else, and can so much sauce, juice, soup stock and whole tomatoes, that we often get enough for more than a year. This is in addition to fresh eating. I love 'em!

I know what I'd do if I was without tomatoes for 7 months of the year: I'd plant a helluva lot more!

[historyfan]

Originally Posted by 6.7traveler

I'm not sure how many cans I have stocked as I have never counted but have a decent amount. I'm leaving my house for 5 weeks in the dead of Alaska winter for a vacation so temperatures will be well below zero inside the house while I'm gone (only have wood stove and no water pipes). I'm not sure how freezing temperatures will effect the cans, but I guess I'll find out. Anyone have experience in how cans hold up in subzero temps? Hopefully they don't burst.

The canned goods will freeze & be compromised.

You could open the cans and put the contents in freezer bags & pop into your freezer. This could work for items that freeze & reheat well like sweet corn. Most soups freeze well.