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I inventoried my foodstuff today. I share a townhouse so I can not just stack all my food in the pantry. Partly because we do not have a pantry :p but mostly because my house mate / landlord would really not understand. Anyroad, the housemate is away for a week so I decided to pull all my food out of the places I stored it and inventory. I am happysad I did.

I have to say I am a little embarrassed about posting this.

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The card board box has 12 one liter jars full of various spices. The bucket has about five pounds of baking soda in it. In the back is TP and my every day hygiene supplies. This does not include the various half open packages of stuff laying around the house. I did not scrap up every roll of TP and grain of rice.

I think I am fine with the hygiene products (can always use more TP) but it is still woefully lacking on the food side. Frankly I thought I was making some headway but really I have been falling behind. Some of the things I had bought I must have used along the way somewhere. I know I had some tins of mushrooms but I can not find them and there is only one tin of olives. I guess it is time to start practicing my own advice and make better lists.

I think I have a reasonably well rounded start here. I have lots of oil and cooking supplies. I have carbs, protein, meat, and veg; even if it is all dried or canned that is fine, this is fine as this is a supplement to my normal meal schedule that I can fall back on. First to round out the menu with some accessories like olives and `shrooms and stock up on some more canned veg. Next is just buying more but this time keeping much better track of the whole mess.

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Thank you for all the encouragement, everyone.

Thank you for all the encouragement, everyone.

@preparedmama - For a variety of reasons I am sure the housemate is not eating my food. I am a little concerned what would happen SHTF but the chances are pretty good he will not be here. I would like to get my own place but I do have it pretty good where I am now and my future is kind of up in the air right now so it is hard to make such life altering commitments.

@Jericho - I thought I had a goal. I guess I just proved to myself that I can not keep things organised solely in my head. The level is as much as I can reasonably store. I am not sure how long it would last but it is the best I can do. I pretty much want to stock what you see in the pic. Basics (rice, pasta, beans, oil, spices), some instant stuff (ramen, chili, tuna helper), tinned veg and some goodies.

@Humungus - Thank you for the tip on the bed. My bed is actually just sitting on some pads on the floor. I could pretty easily put it up on something.

@VCGTV - I am in this for the long haul. :thumb:

@Jab - Good point on the water. Water is heavy so I did not want to lug it up from the basement. I have 64 liters (@16 gallons) of water stored in soda bottles and two 10 liter store bought jugs for primary drinking. I also have a bunch of four gallon buckets that I can fill when an emergency starts brewing.

@chrisday4064 - The hygiene products are mostly a hedge against inflation. I do not intend to be shaving every 10 minutes during a zombie apocalypse. :D: Razors just never seem to stop going up in price.
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@captbob - Baking soda has a million used: cleaning, toothpaste, biscuts, deoderization, the list goes on and on. Check out The Baking Soda Book and search this forum for more information.

@voyuer1 - Yeah, that is one of the 'goodies'.

@Asymetric - I am laying in some skills too. I have been working on soda can stoves and water conservation measures and other things like that.

@Lady Bug(ging) - It is like wearing motorcycle leathers. They may not keep you alive but they make your corpse look good at funeral.

@Jericho - I have two Pristine Pioneer Pro straw type filters. (One for showing and one for going.) I do not have easy access to a water source. I should see what it would take to collect water from the down spouts when it rains.

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