Folks used to laugh at us for doing this or even talking about it.
Interestingly, my sister who is a die hard democrat and liberal, also preps to a great degree.
But it was part of our upbringing as we had very little when I was growing up and when my parents found good deals somewhere that were bulk, they would buy it.
We always had a stock of canned veggies in the basement, and home canned tomato juice and stewed tomatoes. Every year we would also freeze up broccoli, cauliflower, and applesauce, That’s where I learned all my canning skills and have just kept at it.
There’s also the factor of NY winter. Neither my sister or I relish the idea of schlepping a load of groceries in through the snow and ice and slop.
So we always stock up and just need milk, eggs, bread, and a few fresh veggies on occasion.
She doesn’t consider herself a prepper or hoarder either, unsurprisingly.
I don’t talk about it with folks I don’t know, and have all my supplies out of line of sight from the basement windows.