Thread: What do You Stockpile?

Suggestion : Keep your storage room as cool as possible. Also, you want it to be dark so cover the windows if there are any.
In winter you might want to shut the heat off to that room. In summer if you have air-conditioning it might be helpful to have it on in there as well.
hope this helps. thanks;Virginia

Originally Posted by brchbell

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Cherlynn

Wow, I actually forgot about this one. Need to look into this more carefully.
Thanks so much for the info!!

I only have about 2 months supply stockpiled, but I keep, oatmeal, instant potatoes, soups that I find on sale, canned salmon and tuna, canned tomatoes, macaroni, pasta, mixed veggies, canned fruit, pancake mix that just uses water, jello, mayonnaise, juice, tea, coffee, sugar, powdered milk. For bathroom , toilet paper, shampoo, toothpaste and soap. I would like to add some cookie mixes, or muffin mixes, something to make up for a treat. I also add relish to my stockpile as I can always make tarte sauce with it by just adding it to mayonnaise. I keep my stockpile for mainly if I want to save money, or incase of a some sort of emergency where you cannot get to the store. With my cans of fruit I always make sure I have pineapple, and applesause as I can add them to different recipes. I like dry soups like liptons and find they make great soup bases and you can add any veggie to make up a great soup. Hope this helps
Merry3
Merry3

I do keep a good supply of dried foods and toiletries. I started doing this as part of our earthquake kit where I try to keep a three day supply of grab-and-go goodies. I really like the Aqua Blox water as you can easily stack them. You can find Aqua Blox at Amazon.com. If you are a Prime member, shipping is free.

My favorite website for dried foods is Honeyville Grain. I did not buy my flour from them as it's far more expensive than purchasing 25 pound sacks of flour at Smart and Final. I did buy the storage containers at Honeyville though. Be sure to get the Gamma lids as they are easier to open than the regular lids.

I don't have much room to stockpile but I have a pretty good one. When I first started I made a list of 10 things that we used regularly and that would store...it was things like razors, laundry soap, dish soap, etc. I started watching sales and gathering coupons and it didn't take long to have a years worth of items stocked. Then I moved on to food. I made a list of 10 things we use regularly, that was store able or could be frozen. I started small because I knew I would get overwhelmed...I am now working on a 5 year plan of things that will last that long.
Be careful about storing things in your bathroom because your bathroom gets a lot of humidity and that can be hard on different products.

Under beds, in back of closets are great places to store stuff. You can even build a end table out of boxes of storage and cover it with cloth and no one needs to know what it really is. When we were in Japan we build furniture out of cases of food and when we got ready to move back home we ate our furniture. Use your imagination and you can store a lot more then you ever thought possible.