prepping did I go overboard too much food storage how to use stored food hi it's
AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper look at the Fireweed you can tell it's summer because the beginning of
the blossoms will open at the start of summer and then fireweed will open all the way up and when
the very last ones open at top that tells you that there's six weeks until winter or I think
it's the very first snowstorm so you can see we've got some enjoyable times ahead summer in Alaska is
awesome if you want to see the Fireweed in bloom all over you need to come in July and August
I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance who was talking about buying food stockpiling
food prepper pantry from the pandemic from two years ago did we go overboard too much food she
wanted to know I have 19 cans of beans left I have a couple of bags of rice and three different kinds
of oatmeal maybe I went overboard and I didn't need to get any of that food stocking up isn't
about just because you went to the store and there were shortages during the pandemic that's
what caused Panic buying when people would buy whatever they could find and they didn't really
think about what are the foods that I actually eat what food can I store that I know how to
prepare and I'm willing to serve my family now it sounds if after all this time you have these
random Foods you don't even know what to do with that's not the food that you should be
buying does it mean get rid of it no what you need to do is figure out how to actually use
that food but if you aren't going to eat it then you should donate it to the food bank for example
or to someone that you know that would be happy to have that food to use this is also a prime example
of normalcy bias I was worried there wouldn't be food so I bought whatever I could and now
I just shoved it in the pantry and now things feel normal again and so I don't need to have
any of this extra food stockpile around normalcy bias is a very slippery slope you think things
have returned to normal that bad things will never happen again you are inviting catastrophe down the
line you never know what SHTF can happen anything can happen emergencies if you pay attention to
what's going on in the world there are still many very dangerous situations there are calamities
going on and the future doesn't look as bright and cheerful as it should yes we want to return to
normal we want to feel happy and that everything is smoothed out and we can continue to go and get
the food supplies prepping things we want but it doesn't always work out that way if you've been
to the store lately the prices are dramatically increased depending on how much your gas costs it
could cost you fifteen dollars to drive to work or to go to town to get groceries and bring them back
again we need to pay attention to yes we don't feel like it's as terrible as it was when the
pandemic started and nobody knew what was going on what we should do to prepare how we should
prepare but that doesn't mean that hard times are no longer ahead of us it just makes sense
to continue to be a prepper to continue to build your food prepping supply stockpile but think of
it strategically when you go to the store look for foods that you're willing to eat look through the
meals that you normally make for your family how can you have those foods in your pantry in your
freezer how can you have those foods long-term prepper pantry food storage it may not be exactly
what we want but if we find ways to use the foods that will last longer then we are ensuring that
our family will have enough meals going forward if you remember back when you couldn't get
the food toilet paper things you wanted even as a prepper I remember feeling panic and I just didn't
know what could happen have we really hit the SHTF apocalypse and for some people that is what
happened but for others things smoothed out again and we can get the food cleaning supplies things
that we want a lot of the time but maybe you don't have the finances to pay the prices that they are
now it's a blessing for some people they don't have to worry about what the prices are they can
still go to find any of those special Foods they want but others of us most of us have to count
our pennies we have to pay attention to what we buy and figure out how to stretch our dollars
so did we go overboard stocking up on food only you know for sure if you did or not have you gone
through your pantry and made sure that you have utilized the canned foods that you bought pay
attention to the dates yes it's a Best Buy use by sell by date it's not an expired rotten by date
but it can be and there's no reason putting Foods away for year after year and never using them you
should be stockpiling foods that you're willing to eat that you rotate and replace so take this
time and go through the foods in your pantry make sure that you're getting the foods that
are the oldest and pushing them to the front and then replacing them with new refresher foods that
you put behind those I know that I am guilty many times of my Foods don't get rotated because it's
I don't have a big old Pantry that I can easily move things around mine is sort of stash it here
stash it there and stack it up and it's it can be difficult to keep track of those things so
you need to take inventories pay attention figure out what you have and even make a note of things
where did you put food things how do you plan to use them and what is the date on them so that you
try to rotate food before that date comes around many foods will last longer you just need to look
them over does your can look bulging is anything look leaking or just just doesn't look right if
you try to open the can does it spurt at all does anything smell bad look unfortunate if it does
then you probably need to throw it away don't take a chance eating foods that you are questioning if
it's still good to eat because you don't want to get sick over a dollar or two worth of food
Alaska mosquitoes are really bad this year even with my bug repellent snappies same with your
package and dry Foods did your package get chewed on did it get torn open does anything
just look stale or food doesn't look right try to store your Foods as airtight as possible in
a cool dark dry place and they're going to last as long as possible but we all make mistakes we
buy things maybe we didn't really like or we couldn't really use or we forgot to rotate
that happens but make it a part of your food storage planning and prepping strategy that you
do go through those foods and use them so you get the most out of your food storage and your
grocery dollars make the most of the time that you have and the opportunities that we have to
still stock up on things that we want it's not a time to panic but it's certainly not a time to say
whew I'm glad everything is back to normal because it sure doesn't feel normal to me when you really
think about what it used to be like a few years ago leave us a comment if there's ways that you
figure out how to rotate some of your food have you looked in your pantry and said wow I didn't
realize I bought so much of that how did you find a way to use up the foods that you had so that
even if they weren't your favorite you were able to use them and rotate them and maybe replace them
with something different food going forward leave us a comment on how you've achieved some of those
goals and challenges rotating prepper pantry foods Teddy come here are you tangled up again
bugs are bad the bugs are very bad this summer make sure you're prepping for your
pets have the food and supplies that they need they count on you to do that for them
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