Just purchased over 100 lb of bacon from a food salvage place. By the case at less than $1 per pound. It is Applewood smoked and still in date. There is about 20 lb per case.
Put it all in the freezer and pull it out 1 at a time, keeping 1 thawed in the fridge. Keep my freezer at zero degrees, found it keeps things bbetter.
I have no problem keeping food 2 to 3 years if properly sealed and frozen.
I get lots of meat this way, close to date, and then freeze it. Purchased 30 hams, 3 cases of Jimmy Dean Sausage, 300 lbs of frozen vegetables the same way.
Have a 15 cubic ft chest freezer in my van for food runs. Then just plug it in with an extension cord while parked in the driveway and transfer it to my home freezers. They are full to the brim.
Had to put 2-50 bags of oats on the van freezer lid to keep it shut.
I expect the STHTF. I’m fully sustainable indefinitely with enough books to keep me busy for decades.
And 150 lbs of popcorn to sit back and watch!!!
I brew beer, so I have a ton of barley malt and lots of adjunct grains, hops and yeasts. Needless to say, I share with a large extended family.
My kind of planner!
Where do you find these salvage cos?
What is the name of this place? I have 3 freezers here.