Comments on: Food Storage Idea

By: Sara R

Sara R — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:07:42 +0000

M&M has started a new group blog about food storage topics. Come check us out and participate! http://mormonfoodstorage.blogspot.com

By: Janssen

Janssen — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:30 +0000

You know, pinto bean fudge is actually remarkably good. Someone gave me a square recently and asked me if I could guess the ingredients and I couldn’t – it really does taste like regular fudge.

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:48:55 +0000

When pinto bean fudge was announced as the exciting thing last week at Enrichment I chose to leave early.

If I’m living on my food storage, I’m probably not going to be wondering how to make fudge out of it.

By: Ola Senor

Ola Senor — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Grocery stores, in our area at least, tend to run a 12 week cycle. So if cereal is on sale this week, it will be again in 3 months. A 3 month supply of an item is not that burdensome to obtain (excepting dairy, meats and veggies).

Example: Our kids love Capri sun. It is too expensive normally, but every few months it will go on sale for $1 a box. We then buy 20-30 boxes and store it. We get the flavored water kind too, so it can double as an emergency drinking water supply.

If I go to the grocery store, i don’t really make a meal list first, I just buy what is one sale and figure it out from there. This was bad as a bachelor, where hot dogs at 50 cents a pack led to hot dog spaghetti, hot dog omelets, and hot dog tortilla wraps. Spaghetti sauce on sale? SPaghetti, homemade pizza and Spaghetti sauce with rice!

My wife doesn’t care for my inventiveness, but I think it is fun (Sale Item A, plus cheap item B, plus a little of extra item C – Bon Appetit!)

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:17:14 +0000

NB, Walmart groceries will usually price match ads. They don’t have everything there, but it does save running around.

By: meems

meems — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:09:34 +0000

It’s a great idea, Julie. I’m going to try it.

My problem is lack of willpower in those highend types of grocery stores, though. And as luck would have it, when we’re home in the States, the store that is most convenient and nearest my house is one of the gorgeous fancy ones. sigh.

By: Seth R.

Seth R. — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:22:07 +0000

â€œHow much sense does it make to drive around to several grocery stores, burning $4/gallon gasoline, pumping out two pounds of CO2 for every pound of gasoline you burn, just to save a few bucks on groceries?â€

Considering that my wife saves our household well over $100 per month and only drives about 3 extra miles… quite a bit of sense, I’d say.

By: Lei

Lei — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:46:47 +0000

Pinto bean fudge… lol! YUMMY!

I am finally catching on to what our family will actually eat in an emergency. I\’ve done a lot of experimenting (and highly recommend that) with the smorgasbord offered at the cannery, so I know what\’s worth my time and money there.

Thanks for the tip on Randall\’s – I rarely go in there!

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:33:06 +0000

“How much sense does it make to drive around to several grocery stores, burning $4/gallon gasoline, pumping out two pounds of CO2 for every pound of gasoline you burn, just to save a few bucks on groceries?”

Definitely should be a consideration. Fortunately, my Randall’s is three blocks from my house and I can’t go anywhere without passing it. If only there were a Sun Harvest near here . . .

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:53 +0000

Sam, I don’t know about that Fairway. I shop the one in Red Hook.