[Uncle Ike]

” Tobacco is a great bartering commodity. “

I keep my tobacco for personal use — coffee is my bartering stock.. I also drink coffee, but at - until recently - some $4/can for Walmart house brand coffee, I’ve managed to accumulate quite a stock over-and-above personal use needs.....

The general principle you stated is a good one, though — it’s the small ‘luxuries’ - and, yes, minor vices - that will be in demand.....

[processing please hold]

I smoke so we buy bags loose tobacco and I freeze it. That's my back up.

We have been preparing for a couple of years now and when we rotate our supplies the food bank reaps the benefits. It's a win win situation.

We bought a wood burning cook stove about maybe two years ago, just encase. :)