Have you tapped into your Prep supplies?

[The Lazy L]

I'm trying to judge the state of affairs concerning available of food and hygiene products.

I know there is a storage of toilet paper which in my opinion is caused by panicking sheeple.

My question is more for those that have anticipated something like this happening and have put extra back for "just in case".

Are there actual shortages (please don't include inconveniences) of food or hygiene products that have cause you to pull items from your preps? I'm not asking about routine rotation but actual supplies that you had to use that you currently are unable to replace?

 

[Sentry18]

Not even close. The wife and I did a quick inventory of our non-prep food, beverages, hygiene, medical, and other supplies and figure we have somewhere between 5-6 weeks worth before we would become low enough that preps would come into play. That is presuming we were unable to go to the store to restock anything during that 5-6 week period or the weeks that follow. Although during that period adjustment would have to be made for menu selection and the like.

 

[kd4ulw]

Short answer, no.

Long answer, noooooooo.

 

[Amish Heart]

Nope. Just basic pantry useage. I did just bring in 2 boxes of vanilla almond milk that will expire soon for the kitchen fridge for the kids to drink. Am thinking about rotating in some of the bean based main meals with the fresh meat/veg meals I am currently making. Don't want food boredom.

 

[Caribou]

I don't really segregate preps and non-prep. I have a rolling (FIFO) inventory. Things that we were ready to buy when this hit, on the next Costco run, in the normal course, are TP, baked beans, and Clorox wipes. We have plenty of each but we are down one unit of each.

 

[Amish Heart]

I guess I consider preps to be my freeze dried stuff. Stuff that doesn't expire for a really long time.

 

[dademoss]

I might run out of beer Pet stuff was not on my list, it is now, FIFO inventory. Everything else is good for at least 30-90 days before we hit the other supplies.

Panic has hosed my delivery estimates, but it's still managable.

 

[WVDragonlady]

No

 

[Cascadian]

No not really.

 

[hiwall]

No.
But I look daily to see if I can have more items shipped here that we could use in the future. I do not think this is a short duration situation. This is instead the event we have all been prepping for all those years.

 

[Weedygarden]

No! I will be good for a while. I have always kept a deep pantry besides my cans and buckets of preparedness food items--wheat, rice, beans, oatmeal, and more. I have always kept extras of most things I eat and use. For instance, I use olive oil for salad dressing and cooking. When a bottle runs out, I go to the pantry and grab one and then add that to my shopping list, which I buy the next time I go shopping.

 

[snappy1]

I don't really segregate preps and non-prep. I have a rolling (FIFO) inventory. Things that we were ready to buy when this hit, on the next Costco run, in the normal course, are TP, baked beans, and Clorox wipes. We have plenty of each but we are down one unit of each.

That's what I do, also.

 

[Supervisor42]

No.
This is the best "pretend-hurricane" we have ever had .

 

[jimLE]

my everyday items is my preps.and my preps is my everyday items.so I buy for everyday life and prep at the same time.while building up my supplies at the same time.

 

[hiwall]

I want to change my answer! I now consider every single item at our place to be a prep item. So my new answer is yes we are using our preps.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

No

 

[bkt]

No, there has been no need. We're good for at least a few weeks before we touch preps and the stores are well-stocked for a change. Provided there are no more surprises, I expect not to need to touch preps.

 

[phideaux]

I plan on taking some Bluegill outta the pond...

Just to practice.

Other than that...wife and I are just cruising along on stuff.

If I don't make any runs to any stores in the next 2-3 months , I'll go into my bean storage by late summer. The Bluegill may extend that.

My Augason Farms is at least a year down the road. I'll start harvesting all them rabbits , I see every night in my headlights, in my yard.
Them dang deer just can't stay away from the pear trees.

I dunno the storage stuff is safe for a while.


Jim

 

[Terri9630]

The only thing we've done different is to start adding a bit of rice to the dogs food. The Aussie pup was an unexpected addition and since our oldest came home with her 2 dogs we decided to add a filler to stretch our supplies a bit longer. We have dog food to last our pack of 6 several months but last 2 times we went to town there was no dog food. We ordered some off of Amazon but the largest they had were 30lb bags. We normally get 50lb.

 

[Sentry18]

We have dog food to last our pack of 6 several months but last 2 times we went to town there was no dog food. We ordered some off of Amazon but the largest they had were 30lb bags. We normally get 50lb.

We must be fortunate as our fleet/farm store is still well stocked in Taste of the Wild. Just the same we picked up a few extra bags.

 

[Terri9630]

We must be fortunate as our fleet/farm store is still well stocked in Taste of the Wild. Just the same we picked up a few extra bags.

We had 100lbs stored for the 2 mastiffs and 50lbs of puppy food for the kids lab. Then the Aussie pup showed up so we stocked up on formula and added another 50lbs of puppy food. Then this stuff started spreading here so we bought another 100lbs of adult food. Now with the oldest kids border collie and malamute I want to make sure we have enough so I bought the 2 30lb bags on Amazon. That malamute is fat so he's going on a diet!

The cat has 60lbs. She is catching squirrels to help out even though we told her she didn't need to.

 

[Haertig]

We don't really separate preps from normal stuff either. I guess you could call our canned veges and fruit "preps", because we don't normally eat much of that stuff, preferring fresh, or second best, frozen. But cans of that stuff are sitting right there on the same pantry shelves as the stuff that we do routinely eat.

But no, I have not had to break into a can of stewed okra yet (and I hope to never have to!)

 

[angie_nrs]

No. I think we have more stuff now then before this whole CV thing exploded. My local grocery store is still pretty well stocked and I don't even know what more I would need. My freezers are all full. We just took a car full of stuff to one kid. I think we're good. If not, I will have learned a lesson or two.

 

[Haertig]

We are making much more of an effort to eat up all our stuff that has a short lifespan. We are not normally wasteful, but do occasionally end up throwing food out that has gone bad. We are making a conscientious effort to not let anything go bad anymore, even if that means eating something blah for a meal when we really were craving for something different. My dinner of baked potato, nothing but baked potato, at the start of this virus mess qualifies as one of those blah dinners to use up food with a short lifespan. The really blah stuff got choked down pretty quickly, and now we have started in on the semi-blah stuff. After that, we hit the good stuff - steaks in the freezer! Then, as final fallback before we die, it will be the canned stewed okra that gets eaten during the last months of our life.

 

[phideaux]

We are making much more of an effort to eat up all our stuff that has a short lifespan. We are not normally wasteful, but do occasionally end up throwing food out that has gone bad. We are making a conscientious effort to not let anything go bad anymore, even if that means eating something blah for a meal when we really were craving for something different. My dinner of baked potato, nothing but baked potato, at the start of this virus mess qualifies as one of those blah dinners to use up food with a short lifespan. The really blah stuff got choked down pretty quickly, and now we have started in on the semi-blah stuff. After that, we hit the good stuff - steaks in the freezer! Then, as final fallback before we die, it will be the canned stewed okra that gets eaten during the last months of our life.

You need bluegill...

Jim

 

[dademoss]

Ohio is "locked down" but I can go to the local park. I just got out the bluegill rod and tackle

 

[Haertig]

You need bluegill...

Those were good, weren't they?! I wish I could visit my daughter down in Hawaii. Her job keeps her supplied with two or three nice fish per week. Kampachi I think it's called - fairly expensive, used in sushi and other high-end offerings. These fish are about 8 lbs each and around 50 cm long.

 

[phideaux]

Those were good, weren't they?!

Yes they are.

I'm getting ready to catch some from my pond..
Wish you could be here to eat some .

Jim

 

[Supervisor42]

Those were good, weren't they?! I wish I could visit my daughter down in Hawaii. Her job keeps her supplied with two or three nice fish per week. Kampachi I think it's called - fairly expensive, used in sushi and other high-end offerings. These fish are about 8 lbs each and around 50 cm long.

He's not talking about 'blue-fin' tuna, he's talking about blue-gill bream:

I cleaned and ate about a million of 'em growing up.
Better than regular bream.
They rank right up there with catfish. :lil guy:
Best fried.
(Any of the above is better than tuna, which is cat-food)

 

[Haertig]

Phideaux is the one who introduced me to bluegill. After one of his shoots, he took me on a tour of the area and we had some for lunch that day. I had never tasted bluegill before. They were quite good! They were fairly strong in flavor as I recall, although some of that could have been seasoning as far as I know. I like all kinds of fish. If it swims, I'l eat it. Yes, that even includes your beloved catfish (which I actually do love!)