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I think that many people don't "stock up" because eating out/ordering in has become a way of life for a lot of families. I know some who eat out 3 or 4 times a week and pick up pizza or Chinese as well. They're the people who need to heed the warning of a Snowpocalypse and get to the market and load up. Just hope they remember how to cook!
I don't keep a whole lot of food in the freezer, but taking into account all of the canned and dry goods that I have in my basement, coupled with my frozen meats, fish, and vegetables, I could easily survive for a few weeks if I had to remain indoors for an extended period of time.
If the OP's question is related to yesterday's East Coast mega-storm, I have to wonder about the people who have a compulsion to rush to the supermarket and buy bread, milk, and eggs (it's always that troika of food items!) whenever a winter storm approaches.
Do those folks really crave French Toast whenever a snow storm approaches?
And...more to the point...do those folks really think that a snow storm--even one of blizzard proportions--would make it impossible to get to a store within a day or...at the most...two days?
There are a lot of people that live in tiny apartments in NY city that only have a small apt. fridge and may not have even a stove. Seen some of those that are less than 100 sq. ft. They get their food from food carts or convenience stores almost daily and only have a small storage for non-perishables.
A couple of weeks. I always have a few boxes of ziti in the cupboard, and a container of oatmeal in the drawer. I usually don't ever run completely out of eggs but I often get down to just one or two before I pick up another dozen. I have a couple jars of tomato sauce, and maybe 8 cans of soup. I only have one can of tuna left, so I need to buy a few more. I was surprised when I found just the one in the cupboard, I could've sworn I had three.
If I had to live on carbs for three weeks I could stretch it another week, since I have plenty of flour, oil, and cheese. Could make pizzas every day. Or oatmeal raisin cookies.
A few days of real meals, but I could go longer if I had to by eating soup and canned goods and other things I could find in the pantry. I don't like to keep a lot on hand because when I do that it tends to expire before we get around to eating it.
Exactly. Eggs, milk, and bread are staples in many households. Bread is the foundation of easy and satisfying sandwiches that can be assembled without cooking in the event of a power outage. Hard-boiled ahead of time, eggs can also make a meal when power fails, because they'll last quite awhile even when the fridge has stopped cooling. And milk is used for cereal/oatmeal and a rich cup of hot cocoa, an essential for my family after a day of shoveling. When I know a big storm is coming, I always check the fridge to see that we have milk and eggs. Then, I set about making an extra loaf of sandwich bread, an ingredient of which is milk, and soaking beans for a big pot of chili. The basics in our house are milk, eggs, cheese, olive oil/butter, dried beans, canned (or box) tomatoes, dried pasta, grains, and onions. They make an appearance on our table nearly every day.
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If the OP's question is related to yesterday's East Coast mega-storm, I have to wonder about the people who have a compulsion to rush to the supermarket and buy bread, milk, and eggs (it's always that troika of food items!) whenever a winter storm approaches.
Personally, I am not too worried about a blizzard these days as it is 70F right now. However, I spent the last 15 years in Chicagoland as well as stints in Cleveland and Detroit. In all those years, I think that the longest that we were actually stranded was about four days. To be honest with you, the mad rush to the store in THOSE areas was far less than when I lived in Nashville or Richmond when a storm was coming.
As for bread, we keep about 100 tortillas and 12 loaves of pita bread in stock. They are easy to store and don't take up space in the freezer. I guess what we could get in canned bread but we have not seen a need.
As for eggs, we use a dozen every three months so it is not an issue. The running joke around here up until I bought eggs last month was that I had paid $0.99/ dozen for my last eggs which was true as I bought them Easter week.
As for milk, we generally freeze it and we consume very little, usually half and Half. I guess that if we had to, I could buy a couple of cans of evaporated or condensed milk like our grandparents did. Or maybe I would store some coconut milk. If I had children, I would probably keep powdered milk.
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