The Preppers are right. Time to stock up on those price inflated freeze dried meals. And, it’s time to ban the word “gourmet” from the food lexicon.
I know they are much more expensive than what you're actually getting, BUT,
if they can be stored for ten years then the price is actually reasonable, (too expensive now, bargain in 2020).
Thoughts on this?
No, it's time to learn how to garden and do it. I started learning last year and now there is food growing in my container garden - grew most of it from seed. I'll have most of the foods listed in that article as being expensive.
You can have your own food and not depend on California to get water from the feds - how likely is California to get water??
Cocoa: Buy cocoa powder, not a mix, and store it (it's either with chocolate drinks or in the baking section of grocery). Doesn't take much powder to make hot chocolate. Here's a simple way to make hot chocolate:
Hot chocolate made using unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tbsp. cocoa powder
2/3 cup of water
1/3 cup of milk (skim or other)
Sugar, other sweetener to your liking (or no sweetener)
Heat cocoa with water almost to boiling point, add milk and sweetener.