My mother lived through the depression and was very frugal in so many ways. We bought dog food since we could afford it, but she always supplemented the dog food with scraps and bacon grease, etc. We lived remote so if we ran out of dog food she would make corn meal mush, and then add an egg or scraps and bacon grease. The dogs loved her homemade dog food.
I stockpile staples and always have; my daughters do the same though they don’t really think another depression or other emergency will happen. They are young and tight on money so they get into their stash when they are short on funds or just don’t want to go grocery shopping. Storing food just makes sense even if you don’t believe bad times are possible, so I don’t understand people that don’t store food. I had a sister-in-law that would literally have to grocery shop every day after work just to make dinner. I wondered if she really didn’t see how foolish that was.
I understand that. Hubby is a carpenter so his work lets up in the wintertime. When we hit our storage food we always write down what we used to replace it when we're in high cotton again.
Storing food just makes sense even if you don’t believe bad times are possible, so I don’t understand people that don’t store food.
Absolutely. That Homeland Security announcement on the radio I mentioned earlier had people on who only had food in their iceboxes. They didn't know what they would do if an emergency happened. Being unprepared today is the wrong way to go.