https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10181068902Oh my.
Kaleva (18,629 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 07:59 AM
I got about $50 for gas and food for the rest of the month
I'm going to need almost all of that for gas so I did a quick survey of what food I have and it looks like I could easily last a month.
4 loafs of bread (frozen)
10 bagels (frozen)
3 1/2 gal of mil (frozen)
8 gal of cold tea (enough teabags to make that much)
2 doz eggs
1 lb of mild cheddar cheese
1 lb of processed cheese singles
64 oz of tomato juice
27 servings of canned soup
42 servings of canned vegetables
8 lbs of cabbage
1 lb of carrots
1 stalk of celery
8 lbs of brown, white and wild rice
4 lbs of dried kidney beans
2 lbs of dried pinto beans
2 lbs of black beans
1 1/2 lbs of lentils
5 cans of kidney beans
1 lb of dried navy beans
68 servings of hot cereal
32 servings of cold cereal
1 12 oz package of hotdogs
1 lb ground hamburger
1 5 3/4 lb whole chicken
8 1/4 lb of pork roast (frozen)
9 1/2 lb spiral ham (frozen)
5 1/4 lb of pork riblet (frozen)
8 lb of chicken breast (frozen)
1 lb of canned chicken chunks in water
1 1/2 lb of cod fish (frozen)
1 lb of pollack fish (frozen)
8 boxes of jello
2 lbs of butter
2 lbs of margarine
various condiments, sauces, spices and boxes of pasta
My daily menu will be something like this:
Breakfast
1 serving of hot or cold cereal with milk or tomato juice
Lunch
1 serving of soup
1/2 bagel or 1 slice of bread with 2 tb of peanut butter or 1 slice of toast with a poached egg or a grilled cheese sandwich
1 serving of raw or canned vegetables
1 cup of milk
Mid afternoon snack
1 serving of raw vegetable
Dinner
1 serving of chicken or ham or pork roast or pork riblet or fish
1 serving of rice with beans
1 slice of bread or 1/2 bagel with margarine or butter
1 serving of cooked, steamed or boiled vegetables
1 cup of milk
1 serving of jello
For fruit, there are a few bags of frozen blueberries and raspberries in the freezer of unknown weight and quantity. I can also purchase some apples and bananas.
While breakfast, lunch and the afternoon snack will be consistent with what I listed above, I do have options for dinner to make it more varied.
safeinOhio (13,508 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:11 AM
4. The gas increase
ate up the tax bonus I was going to use to get that Costco membership. I feel your pain..
Kaleva (18,629 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:15 AM
7. Strict food rationing in Britain during WWII improved the population's health.
Well, yeah.
How about if we put those getting fat on food stamps on "strict food rationing," able to get only healthy foodstuffs?
safeinOhio (13,508 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:18 AM
8. Thanks to trump and ryan...
we might live forever.
By the way, this Ohio Safe guy, who deals in used goods, is a chronic complainer.....about everything.
In case one hasn't noticed.
MFM008 (14,436 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 08:09 AM
3. I got 2 gallons of chocolate
Milk, 6 twinkies, 6 bagels, butter, some cheese
A bag of chips and a case of sprite.
Till May 1.
MissMillie (28,464 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2018, 09:57 AM
16. We're in the same boat.
Except we completely ran out of money about 5 days ago.
We have enough dog food, thanks to the generosity of others.
We're running out of eggs, bread, coffee, half & half, and butter.
We're already out of cold cuts and cheese.
In the freezer we have 1 pkg of Italian sweet sausage, a pkg of chicken breast cutlets, 1/2 bag frozen green beans, and about 6 hash brown patties.
We have some canned tuna, some boxes of pasta, a few cans of kidney beans, 1/2 jar peanut butter, and half a bag of brown rice.
The irony is that I stopped buying cigarettes because I couldn't afford them, but now I'm eating like a pig.
We've been boiling water to do dishes (for the last month) to conserve on heating oil (which we only use for hot water) but we're going to run out of that soon and may have to shower at the neighbors.
This has been a very tough winter for us. We thought by now we wouldn't have to buy any more wood pellets, but there's snow in the forecast for Sunday and we only have one bag of pellets left. We spent a fortune of repairs to keep the truck functional.
I wish I could help you, because last month I was lucky enough to get quite a bit of help and I'd love to pay it forward.
It sucks being a primitive.