Is this possible - 6 months worth of preps for $220

[General of Darkness]

Well I made a trip to Costco today and just purchased a bunch of food to use as preps. So I'm doing the inventory at work and this is what I came up with. Am I missing something or does this make sense the way I did the calculations?

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2738/preps.png

[chad]

depends upon how big a serving you are looking at.

i have a can of tuna in front of me that allegedly has 2.5 servings in it. what's that, 1 tablespoon or so? i'd starve on 3 servings of 1 tablespoon of food a day. or at the very least, i'd have to lay in a pile and not move around.

[Ash_Williams]

Yeah three servings per day... going by what you have up there as a serving (1/2 can of most things) I have 4-6 servings per meal, so 12-18 servings per day.

If you can get through a day on 1/2 can of peas, 1/2 can of chili, and 1/2 can of corn I guess you're ok though. It could probably keep you alive for the 6 months assuming you didn't do anything and kept warm.

[madfranks]

Hmm, you like to eat "young sweet pees"? Yikes. I personally prefer peas, but whatever floats your boat man.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdm3px3nz3_uKJlu7-aHXiLHlTvLoDXxawVmsqMxZy8C9eY4BxFw

[General of Darkness]

This is OT, but have I ever shown you guys the pictures of me in our annual parade?




Dude, seriously? No one wants to see your parade pics. But, whatever floats YOUR boat.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/634618244_46fbe1f405.jpg

[nunaem]

I just got 6 weeks worth of food @2000cals/day for $37. I figure rice isn't going to get any cheaper with all the Doom in Japan and likely Asia.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

This is OT, but have I ever shown you guys the pictures of me in our annual parade?




Dude, seriously? No one wants to see your parade pics. But, whatever floats YOUR boat.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdm3px3nz3_uKJlu7-aHXiLHlTvLoDXxawVmsqMxZy8C9eY4BxFw


I really want to be here when you learn who pedobear (that image) is.

[mick silver]

paper plates . water you drink . add some spam . i need some meat

[General of Darkness]

This is OT, but have I ever shown you guys the pictures of me in our annual parade?




Dude, seriously? No one wants to see your parade pics. But, whatever floats YOUR boat.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdm3px3nz3_uKJlu7-aHXiLHlTvLoDXxawVmsqMxZy8C9eY4BxFw




I really want to be here when you learn who pedobear (that image) is.


How did you do that?

[chad]

what the hell is pedobear?

[madfranks]

what the hell is pedobear?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedobear

Pedobear is a popular joke on the website 4chan,[2] which adopted the character primarily as a way to mock users requesting or posting sexualized images of children.

[BabushkaLady]

Wow! I didn't even Know Mac & Cheese comes in a Can!! ;D

Best bet General: Start eating and see how long it lasts; then Restock!! You'll know what NOT to buy!

[MNeagle]

Actually, Costco tuna comes in 7 oz. cans (supermarkets are typically 5 oz.) so 3 servings might be right.

[solid]

I figure rice isn't going to get any cheaper with all the Doom in Japan and likely Asia.


Indeed, General, you need more rice and chili. Mix a can of chili with rice and it'll satisfy the hungriest of appetites. A good SHTF meal, imo. I actually eat this quite regularly I enjoy it so much. Add a tortilla, cheese, and salsa, you've got a burrito as well!

[mightymanx]

Servings don't really mean a damn thing Calories are the key to the kingdom.

I love love the adds where it says 3 meals a day 1200 calories total

You are going to die on that ammount remember all work is manual in SHTF. Lumberjacks that hand fell trees used 6000 clories a day to stay even. (you ever seen a picture of fat lumberjack in 1900). I budget 4000 calories a day for me walking digging hinting gathering.

If you go into starvation mode you also become a giant Pitri dish for everysingle cootie out there and there are going to be a shitwack of them floating about in the new 3rd world.

Emergency essensials has a great calculator to add in your inventory and figure all the stuff out.

hope that helped

[solid]

I love love the adds where it says 3 meals a day 1200 calories total

You are going to die on that ammount remember all work is manual in SHTF.



Taking another look, the General is allocating 3 servings a day. One can of spaghetti sauce he has listed has 4 servings. So, a day's worth of food is 3/4 of can of spaghetti sauce, in this calculations.

So, I'd say 3 servings per meal. 3 meals per day, minimum of 9 servings per day just to stay alive. So that would be 2 months of food and you'd be very sickly and thin at the end, imo.

[mick silver]

my wife the one who come up with paper plates . like she said water will not be washing plates . there other stuff people will need that they can use once an that it

[Buddha]

A package of ramen noodles has 2 servings.

[nunaem]

Let's not rush to judgment. Maybe GoD likes the Auschwitz survivor physique? ;D