How much is enough?

[Technik]

For ME enough is a 1 year stock of food and all other equipment required to survive that year - at the moment I'm maybe half way through... maybe

Half a year? BRILLIANT ! Damn fine I say. Like I said before even 1 week of prep is good.

Thanks but it's quite easy for me because there is only myself and OH + 2 cats, no kids. We are both into prepping and many similar subjects so there isn't a day when we don't get something prepping-wise.

[jansman]

In terms of storage right now - I'm carb-tastic. I have about 30kg of pasta, 25kg rice with potatoes in the greenhouse, garden, tins, jars + Mr. Mash......

I have a LOT of dried lentils and other pulses (probably 50kg total with 20kg of that in the form of red and green lentils)

30kg of tinned tomatoes, loads of herbs, 200 stock cubes, 25kg sugar, 10litres of honey, about 200 asst tins (cant be bothered looking up what they are but many are meats/fish for added protein), 200 toilet rolls......

and it's nowhere near enough - because I'm light on flour, fats, seeds, dried fruits, jams, chutneys + growing salads...... I could go on! The list here is my real "basics" - I'm fine for family toiletries etc. for about 1 year and I'm aiming to get my stock up to that level for all items as a matter of "routine" and then expanding those items with mega shelf life to maintain higher stocks of them.

We've agreed not to buy ANY food this week and just work through what's "at hand" to get a feel for our requirements. We do this periodically and its a useful exercise.


'hope this contributes!

I don't see any problems there!