Super cheap food from the Mormons

[Hummer]

Great advice. However, I'm now curious what a 4 year supply of TP looks like...

Ha, ha, I'm sure I've got that photo somewhere. Imagine a storage/reloading room with fourteen 4'x6'x18" chrome storage racks in rows, and on the top shelf of four of those are four TP packages stacked two high. The packages measure ~14"x14"x2'. Sixteen bundles like this, plus room on each top shelf for paper towels too. That's 720 rolls or about a roll every two days. Works for the two of us.

[Irving]

Maybe bidets will become a prepper item. My neighbors used reusable diapers for their kids, so a kitchen sink sprayer was t'd into the toilet supply line. Pretty nifty. Not heated, but would work in a pinch.

[Hummer]

Maybe bidets will become a prepper item. My neighbors used reusable diapers for their kids, so a kitchen sink sprayer was t'd into the toilet supply line. Pretty nifty. Not heated, but would work in a pinch.

I'm sure they already are. All our baths have one and they can significantly reduce the use of TP. We could be more conservative of paper as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Ne...65177882&psc=1

[Irving]

Do you just run the hot water from the sink?

[clodhopper]

Agreed with what buffalobo was saying. The mormons have a ton of information available for getting started with preparedness, esp. food storage.
https://providentliving.churchofjesu...orage?lang=eng

When most of the canneries closed up the self-canning, the LDS church put some extra effort into their website. You can find a lot of the same stuff listed there, either for direct ship to you or to at least price compare what might be at the local stores.
https://store.churchofjesuschrist.or...345616678849-1
Fun note, the dried refried beans are actually kinda good as snacky-type food eaten dry. I found the carrots odd tasting myself though. Kinda a weird sweet taste that I can't identify.

All that being said, like many I'm a big fan of "buy what you eat" as the first thing you should be thinking about. Having a ton of rice and beans is quick and cheap insurance, but I'm a big fan of rotating things like canned chili and costco canned meats, etc. that you might actually enjoy eating too. Water should usually be your first prep but you don't need fancy containers, etc. for all of that. Start with more "realistic" prepping challenges and go from there. You're much more likely to need to have food / water /etc. for a week stuck in a blizzard without electricity than you are to be stuck hiding in your house from coronavirus for 6 months, etc. Get in the habit of buying food you like and putting it in the basement/back of pantry and then rotating the same stuff you bought 3-6 months ago or whatever to the front and eat it next. Pick a weekend and for fun try to make a couple meals out of whatever you have stored and see if you actually like it / know how to cook it. A lot of the commercial prepper-marketed stuff is not amazing and overpriced. Mountain House food is often considered on the "better" end, and you can find individual bags at walmart for not too much, or costco/sams often have packs of them. Not a horrible option, but I wouldn't go crazy buying a lot of that sort of stuff.

Not sure if it's still out there, but Costco did used to have an 80lb tub of bulk prepper mac and cheese you could buy if you were nuts.

Are they just selling the canned supplies? I used to pick up bulk bagged stuff and take care of packaging myself. It looks like all the food items are already in cans.

[Hummer]

Do you just run the hot water from the sink?

Yes, in two baths I did. One went neatly down through the cabinet and along the baseboard. In the cabin I had to go down through the cabinet and into the crawl space then up through the floor on the opposite side of the room. In another I plumbed a new hot water line from the water heater through a wall and into the bath next to the cold water service. All very neat installations, trouble free for 4 years. The warm water is nice and delivers within 3-7 seconds depending on the installation.

[Brian]

Yes, in two baths I did. One went neatly down through the cabinet and along the baseboard. In the cabin I had to go down through the cabinet and into the crawl space then up through the floor on the opposite side of the room. In another I plumbed a new hot water line from the water heater through a wall and into the bath next to the cold water service. All very neat installations, trouble free for 4 years. The warm water is nice and delivers within 3-7 seconds depending on the installation.

Or just go cold. Better than a cup of extra-caffeinated coffee on a winter morning for waking you up quick!

[O2HeN2]

Just got back from the store in Colorado Springs. They're pretty wiped out. Saw one guy leaving with about 48 cases of stuff. I just got a few cans of different stuff to experiment with.

O2

Hey, does anyone know of a source of plastic can lids for #10 cans?

[Brian]

Hm. I was going to point you back to the online LDS store until I realized the lids were discontinued there. I did find this thread where they have 3 online options posted at various pricing... I would have thought amazon or ebay would be an easy option too but I didn't find something as quick there as I would have thought.

I'm sure you know already but it's probably unfortunately one of the worst times in the last few years to be looking to stock up. I'm bummed too to see how much the LDS store has cut back on options too.

[thebolt]

I looked on line and the only store location shown is in Colorado Springs. Can someone fill me in with a link or locations on other stores closer to Aurora or Denver? Thanks for your help.