[Pollster1]

So now I don’t guestimate in my planning but count actual meals and calories.

I count calories and have a tally sheet showing how many 2,000 calorie days of food are stored. It's enough to carry our family rather well, even without supplementing with squirrels, birds, gardening, and other sources. A family of four should need just over 1400 man-days of food to last a year.

[JRandomFreeper]

That's a good way to go.

My brother once went with me on a shopping trip, and I kept doing calculations on items. He finally asked what I was doing. Told him I was calculating the Kcals/$ value of each product.

It makes a difference when stewardship is required. Check out chocolate sometime on the Kcal/$ scale. ;)

/johnny