Weekly preparedness thread. Post your tips, good buys, goals reached and questions here!
My buy this week was Nesquick powder 14 oz can $1.99 at a local Mexican Good chain.This will make powdered milk much more palatable. A plus it’s in metal cans! Yes not the cardboard cans that it comes in in the American version. The cans should keep this fine to use for good long time!
We have been shopping at Lehman’s Hardware in Kidron, Ohio for such things as gas freezers etc. We are about to order a Blizzard Upright Freezer, 18 cu ft...
An upright freezer lets you enjoy the full value of bulk purchasing or freezing your produce, meat and wild game, while taking up much less floor space than a chest freezer. Blizzard freezers give you the most space for your money.
18 cu ft Upright:
4 quick freeze interior shelves, 5 deep pocket door shelves, 1 deep slide out basket
Built-in digital wireless thermometer.
CSA approval pending.
62”H × 31”W × 36”D, 340 lb.
Price is $2595, and they will change the orifice for natural gas use (we have free gas, and when push comes to shove we will run a line directly from the well.
If you want to can with permanent lids, the Tatler lids are on sale at 30% off for 12 boxes of 12 each.
My prep purchase of the week: bulk spices at $6-$10 a pound online (much cheaper per pound for 25 pounds, but that’s A LOT of garlic powder). For about twice the price of grocery store spices in their cute bottles, I can get enough to last through several years. I store them in a cool, dark, dry place and refill the cute little bottles as needed. I just replaced a dozen spices that were running low after quite a few years.
http://www.bulkfoods.com/spices.asp Note: This is not the only online bulk foods site, and I’m not sure whether it’s the cheapest, but it is one option.