I know that we can only afford enough food for a week at a time. You must be pretty well off to have 2 years worth of food lying around!!!!
Actually we are not well off. It doesn't take a lot of money to build up a food stash and you don't have to do it all at one time. I was able to build up my stash in less than a year. Every time I went to the store no matter what I was getting I got 1 thing for my stash. If I only had a little change in the bottom of my purse I got a bag of dry split peas (88 cents) or a single can of tuna (60 cents). If I had more money available I would buy a bottle of olive oil ($6), or a couple cans of chicken ($2.98 each).
These items are locked in a chest so they don't disappear on me because of foraging activities by my youngest son and husband
I also grew a garden this year and I have fruit trees. I have several pounds of grapes in the freezer, apple sauce and pear butter I canned and a good supply of dried tomatoes.
When our local stores had ridiculous sale prices on turkeys, I bought one every time I went to the store. I ended up with 12 for the freezer and even one to donate. I paid between $5 and $7 each for the turkeys.
We aren't living on steak here. Lots of hamburger based meals and I use our duck and quail eggs a lot. Making quiche today in fact.
You don't have to spend a lot of money to store food for an emergency. It can be done gradually and a few cents at a time even on a very tight budget.
Actually we are not well off. It doesn't take a lot of money to build up a food stash and you don't have to do it all at one time. I was able to build up my stash in less than a year. Every time I went to the store no matter what I was getting I got 1 thing for my stash. If I only had a little change in the bottom of my purse I got a bag of dry split peas (88 cents) or a single can of tuna (60 cents). If I had more money available I would buy a bottle of olive oil ($6), or a couple cans of chicken ($2.98 each).
These items are locked in a chest so they don't disappear on me because of foraging activities by my youngest son and husband
I also grew a garden this year and I have fruit trees. I have several pounds of grapes in the freezer, apple sauce and pear butter I canned and a good supply of dried tomatoes.
When our local stores had ridiculous sale prices on turkeys, I bought one every time I went to the store. I ended up with 12 for the freezer and even one to donate. I paid between $5 and $7 each for the turkeys.
We aren't living on steak here. Lots of hamburger based meals and I use our duck and quail eggs a lot. Making quiche today in fact.
You don't have to spend a lot of money to store food for an emergency. It can be done gradually and a few cents at a time even on a very tight budget.