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Unlike last February when I started getting ready for the end of the world, kek, this year to repopulate my shelves I have been more selective about what I buy. I have 3 criteria:

  1. It must be shelf stable

  2. It must be something that my family will eat on a normal non SHTF day

  3. It must be at least 40% off

Every Wednesday when I take my boys to Kung Fu practice I have an hour to visit the big store there and walk all of the isles looking for stuff that meets my criteria, the loss leaders that these big retail chains offer just to get you in the door has been very helpful. I don't buy any of their other stuff just the cheap good stuff that meets my needs so fuck them.

For example today I picked up 27 juice boxes (right section, 3rd shelf down, blue box) at a 50% discount; I got 12 bottles of Heinz ketchup (same shelf) at a 45% discount; 12 cans of hot dogs at a 69% discount and a box of Oreos for 50% off (right section 2nd shelf down). Today was a good day.

We will be rotating all of this into our normal food plans and will be saving an actual bundle; if SHTF we should be fine for about 4-5 months.

So niggers, give it to me straight, what am I missing and what am I doing right?

Unlike last February when I started getting ready for the end of the world, kek, this year to repopulate my shelves I have been more selective about what I buy. I have 3 criteria: 1. It must be shelf stable 2. It must be something that my family will eat on a normal non SHTF day 3. It must be at least 40% off Every Wednesday when I take my boys to Kung Fu practice I have an hour to visit the big store there and walk all of the isles looking for stuff that meets my criteria, the loss leaders that these big retail chains offer just to get you in the door has been very helpful. I don't buy any of their other stuff just the cheap good stuff that meets my needs so fuck them. For example today I picked up 27 juice boxes (right section, 3rd shelf down, blue box) at a 50% discount; I got 12 bottles of Heinz ketchup (same shelf) at a 45% discount; 12 cans of hot dogs at a 69% discount and a box of Oreos for 50% off (right section 2nd shelf down). Today was a good day. We will be rotating all of this into our normal food plans and will be saving an actual bundle; if SHTF we should be fine for about 4-5 months. So niggers, give it to me straight, what am I missing and what am I doing right?

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Nothing you have is truly long term, hope you rotate. Canned food may still be edible but loses nutritional value. For the rice look to mylar bags and oxygen absorbers. Your water filter isnt up to par for filtering bad water either. But hey your doing way better than most faggots.

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What are your thoughts on the FoodSaver bags from Costco for vac bags? Not mylar, but they don't seem to leak o2, but I did notice flower only lasted a few years.

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Food saver bags are thin plastic that can be easily punctured and the cheapo sealers only use a single weld to seal the bag. You really want bags that are rated for sous-vide and of course, a commercial grade machine to go with them.

Mine has dual pumps so it works very fast and uses a double weld to seal the bags. It also seals at a much higher temp so I cant even buy the cheaper bags, those just get burned right through.

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mylar with o2 is the only way to store long term, vac bags do indeed leak. They are good for extending life of freezer meats and such though.

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I mostly use them as freezer bags, definitely going to pick up some mylar and o2 packets for dry storage!

[–] • 1 pt

Water filter should be ok... am I missing something?

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The specific problem is dirty water will clog the filter quickly. You'd want to pre filter the water, get a 5 gal bucket, put a hole the bottom and cover it with cloth, char coal, then sand. This can quickly filter water before your good filter, making the longevity of the filtration much better.

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That's a damn good idea and if the water mains go out I will certainly do that!

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Where do you plan on filtering from? Pitcher filters arent good unless the water is relatively safe to begin with. Sawyer filters are probably the best bang for the buck. I myself have several different ones, now lifestraws suck but the lifestraw family one isnt bad. Of course for taste you have to add a charcoal filter for it to run thru after filtering.

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The filter is this one specifically and is rated for 99.999% filtration of all metals, bacteria and viruses. My source of water is the well in my backyard which is, tbqh, very high on heavy metal content.

https://epicwaterfilters.co.uk/collections/jugs/products/epic-nano-water-jug-navy-removes-bacteria

That particular filter is slow as fuck btw, a single pitcher takes between 30 to 45 minutes. Tastes good though and is worth the wait.