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Same, I've gone from grocery shopping every week to focusing my meals around non-perishable ingredients so I only have to go every other week. On the other han
by dx87 7y ago
Same, I've gone from grocery shopping every week to focusing my meals around non-perishable ingredients so I only have to go every other week. On the other hand, Wal-Mart grocery deliveries have started to become available again, and they added an option to let them leave it on your doorstep the way Amazon does.
- Scene_Cast2 7y agoAny suggestions for non-perishable sources of protein? As for deliveries - Safeway tends to have more availability and also leaves groceries at the doorstep
- actionowl 7y agoSoylent https://soylent.com/ https://soylent.com/
- freeone3000 7y agoBeans. Peanut butter. Buying meat and freeze it isn't non-perishable but will last over a year.
- ghaff 7y agoAdmittedly not everyone has the freezer space, but there's really no good reason not to buy frozen or freezable food like meat, fish, vegetables, etc. if that's what one normally eats. You don't need to subsist on beans if you don't want to just because you're only getting groceries every couple of weeks.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoThat's really important to keep in mind for all this - while we should probably have a couple of cans of things kicking around, we can eat normally. At least where I was stores have returned to normal stock levels. If the power goes out for long enough that the meat goes bad in the freezer, we're now in Mad Max territory, and you can then break into your can supply and start to develop plans on rebuilding civilization.
- ghaff 7y agoEven milk/cream last for 2 or 3 weeks unopened and butter/eggs even longer. I do have more or less my usual amount of beans, noodles, and rice in the house as well as canned goods. I'm not going to starve if my power goes out for a day or two--as happened to many people in the last bout of violent weather that swept through the eastern part of the US. But prepping for a month or more of no utilities--as some people were doing early on--and planting large gardens to ensure a food supply didn't make sense to me. If it makes them feel better, it's mostly harmless. But it's hard to see it being a rational response. I wouldn't really describe my local groceries as back to normal. I can't get everything on my shopping list. But there is absolutely no shortage of food, including fresh and frozen.
- 8ytecoder 7y agoLentils, green peas (frozen/dried), chickpeas, beans,....
- dx87 7y agoI've mainly been eating a lot of meals with beans as an ingredient, like chili and burritos, then eating stuff like hummus for snacks. Almost all of the ingredients for chili and burritos are canned or jarred and have a shelf life of at least a year. I've also found that vegan meat substitues are usually in stock, and while they aren't non-perishable, they aren't hard to find.
- enitihas 7y agoI think there are many non perishable sources of protein as commented below by others. What I am not able to find is non perishable sources of fibre, to be able to eat less fresh vegetables.
- Scoundreller 7y agoMetamucil should still be in stock.
- triceratops 7y agoOats, frozen vegetables, frozen rye bread (tastes awesome toasted and buttered), whole wheat, brown rice, beans and legumes.
- greenyoda 7y agoAlso, canned vegetables. Not as tasty as fresh or frozen (because they're usually overcooked), but they'd have the same fiber content.
- triceratops 7y agoEggs are good for at least 2 weeks past their printed expiration/best before date if you refrigerate them, but probably longer than that. And it's trivially easy to to get eggs with an expiration date 3 weeks out. It's not non-perishable, but 5 weeks is longer than any fresh meat or fish will last. There's also textured vegetable protein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textured_vegetable_protein. Makes great chili dishes, burritos, enchiladas, soups.
- greenyoda 7y agoCanned fish are good non-perishable sources of protein. Tuna has to be eaten in moderation due to the high mercury content in large fish, but small fish like sardines and mackerel are safe. Canned wild salmon is also available. I was also able to get some canned chicken. Certainly not gourmet food, but you can warm it up with some seasonings and serve it over rice or pasta.
- Terretta 7y agoWorthington or Morningstar Farms ‘vege-meats’
- telesilla 7y agoWe started a menu board, to write down the days we absolutely need to eat things by. Tomorrow for example is pancake day because we have a ton of fresh berries that won't last much longer, and for dinner, fish soup since we still have uneaten stock from a big haul of fish purchased over the last weekend. It's fun for us also to see what we're going to be preparing, something of a restaurant vibe happens in the kitchen.