by St. Funogas, Survival Blog:
Canned Vegetables – 52 15-oz Cans
For variety with meals.
Peanut Butter – 12 40-oz jars
Twelve jars of peanut butter sounds like a boat load to some people but again, our daily menus after the SHTF will change greatly from what they are now with so many processed and or refrigerated/frozen foods.
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Of course, peanut butter will work as a food-storage item for some people but not others. With the same money you can get another 48 cans of canned tuna and/or chicken, or other food items, but all will have fewer calories per pound than peanut butter.
With 2,675 calories per pound peanut butter takes up less storage room calorie-wise than other foods, plus it has good nutritional value. Peanut butter goes best with the fresh bread we’ll be baking or can be eaten straight out of the jar when the Mr. Planters run out.
Do an Internet search on peanut butter recipes and you’ll find all kinds of interesting ways to use it in cooking. If you have cocoa powder in your cupboard you can combine the two to make Reece’s-Cup-tasting baked items such as brownies and cakes. I use peanut butter as a thickener in hummus when I don’t have tahini.
Ramen Noodles – 104 packets
Yes, they’re made from sawdust, newt tails, recycled microplastics, and chemicals still unknown to science, but they won’t give you gastrointestinal cancer or epilepsy by eating them twice a week for a year. At 30 cents each and 370 calories (1,973/lb), they’re inexpensive and provide a quick-cooking meal after hauling water from the creek all day. If cooking fuel is short don’t simmer, just add hot water and let them sit. By the time they cool down enough to eat, they’ll be fully cooked. I generally make “Roman” noodles by tossing the flavoring pack and adding Italian spices and garlic. I’ll have to get my RDA of monosodium glutamate elsewhere.
Coffee and Tea
I don’t have these on the JIT list but for those who wouldn’t want to face life without them, don’t forget to add it. Shelf life can be almost indefinite with an oxygen absorber added.
Making Your Own List
Now, tweak my list to make your own. Procrastination is your enemy here so don’t put it off or get discouraged by all the hard-core prepper equipment and techniques. This is a JIT food-storage list, not a 30-year program so again, use situational operating procedures.
A JIT food-storage shopping list needs to be prepared ahead of time so it’s ready to take to the store as soon you think things are beginning to heat up enough to make you nervous. As mentioned, you don’t want to be in panic mode trying to make decisions while standing in the store aisle so this list is important. Planning your list can be a fun project and perhaps get you thinking a little more about prepping on a larger scale. If you’re proficient with spreadsheets, making your own list is even easier.
When making your own list, remember that any food-storage program must be based foremost on calories. If we have a balanced diet but it only adds up to 1,000 calories per day, we’ll have to dig in to tomorrow’s food to supply enough calories for today. We’ll have to forget the food pyramid and think more in terms of survival and what our ancestors used for food on a daily basis. A full year’s worth of 2,500 calories per day comes out to 900,000 calories so round it off to a million and be sure your total JIT list adds up to something close to that. For a one-month JIT food supply, plan on 80,000 calories per month.
Don’t Get Caught Up in the Details – I can’t stress enough when you’re making your JIT shopping list to avoid getting caught up in too many details and overwhelming yourself. Been there, done that when I first started storing food way back when. Keep it simple if you feel that happening. Procrastination is your enemy so it’s important to keep it simple so you can get your list finished. Keep it simple. It can be overwhelming to look at the long lists of food and equipment, and how many dozen buckets you’ll need of this and that. If you’re a JIT shopper ignore all that! Keep it simple. Do yourself a favor before you start and take your or my list to Walmart just to help you get an idea of how much space 60 lbs of beans (3 large bags) takes up and what 50 lbs of sugar looks like (2 large bags). It’s not much! If you can visualize it at Walmart then do that instead of letting lists on the internet overwhelm you. And they will. Keep it simple. You’ll be more encouraged looking at the actual items in the grocery store than you will reading lists on the internet making it sound like you’re going to need a forklift to move it all around. After you feel comfortable there in the Walmart aisle, then tweak my list to match your tastes and budget. And in case I haven’t mentioned it, keep it simple!
Start Out Easy – At the very least, for your JIT list figure out how much you need in the way of beans and grains. That’s the easiest part. On my list, they account for 85% of the calories.
