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goldfish21
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29 Apr 2020, 4:00 pm

Odd.. I’d think there would be a certain amount of fixed negativity associated with each grocery trip + the variable negativity relative to the duration of each trip. So, one longer trip = all the variable ones added together But only one fixed amount of per trip negativity so overall both less time and negativity.

But to each their own.

My last grocery run was April 6th. We’re running a little low on fresh produce, but literally have months and months worth of other staples, non-perishables, canned and home canned goods, and frozen foods/meat etc. There’s always more food here than any other household I’ve ever seen in my life. We tend to stock up on things when they’re on sale and won’t go bad etc all the time.

But, I have a prescription to go pick up downtown tmw and so will make a few more stops for groceries and fresh stuff and other supplies. Maybe exchange some materials at Home Depot for other materials instead so I have them for a project we’ll be doing in the near future etc.

If it wasn’t for the prescription pickup at a hospital pharmacy downtown I wouldn’t bother with going for groceries for probably another 2-3 weeks when someone else says we should probably have some more fruits and veggies again. :p


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30 Apr 2020, 9:31 am

Magna wrote:
PhosphorusDecree wrote:
Oats are a pretty good addition to a stockpile- they keep well, don't take up too much space, and they're an excellent wholegrain carbohydrate. Add UHT milk and you've got protein too. Only trouble is, they don't go that well with meat, vegetables etc. Oats have a lot of vitamins and minerals for a grain, but not enough to meet your daily needs on their own.

So for a balanced diet you'd need some other kind of carbs as well, plus tinned veg or meat to have with it. Couscous is a good one. Not the sachets of ready-cooked stuff, but dried. Dried couscous cooks in 5 minutes- just pour boiling water on it and stick a lid on top. A 500g pack of couscous is enough for 10 meals. Plus, the panic-buyers don't seem to be targeting it. Very glad I had some in the house- it got me through the first week when my brain wasn't really up to cooking.


My Dad bought a 25 pound bag of organic rolled oats a few years ago and stored it in a few food safe plastic containers with lids. They ended up becoming infested with tiny little bugs. I assume the insect eggs were in the oats when he purchased them. Maybe not that big of a deal, but when he'd cook the oats the bugs (extremely small beetles) would float to the surface. He wanted to give us some of the oats and I refused and he was irritated by that and thought we should eat the oats bugs and all anyway..


That made me think of stories of sailors in past centuries eating bicuits filled with maggots. I deep freeze rice and oats in hermetically sealed containers, otherwise the wriggly little creatures have a party. I also believe the eggs are already present when purchased in some dried products. The aborigines think maggots are an excellent protein source.


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