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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do one of the "buy nothing" months. Eat from your pantry / frig, go as long as you can without buying extra food, toiletries, etc.. for that month. Even if you only do this a couple of months a year, the savings add up.[/quote]How much crap do you have that you can live off your pantry for a MONTH. Yeah I do that for a week but by the end of the week I'm eating canned tuna and our pantry is bare....[/quote]

I'm not PP, but we can go a lot longer than a week on a pantry clean out! We always have a zillion single chicken breasts that we froze (I usually throw those in the crockpot) and a dozen partial bags of frozen vegetables. I do supplement with fresh fruit and vegetables, though.[/quote]

Yeah, I probably have a couple of months of food in my pantry.  Honestly, I find that to be important/comforting as I grew up poor.  Just knowing that food is there if we need it helps reduce my anxiety.  I also buy in bulk when I see something on super sale.  I am not one of those people with a basement full of food, but my pantry is always pretty stuffed (and it is large!)  Plus, I have a lot of preserved food from canning -- most fruits and veggies are only in season for a short time, so you have to make a year's supply if you want home-produced food to last you until next year.  I have enough things like jams and applesauce, apple butter to last a year and give as Christmas gifts.[/quote]OK that makes more sense. My pantry has never been like that- we can make it like a week before things get pretty bare and are left with just instant mashed potatoes  :lol: . I do have some frozen veggies that your post inspires me to work into a meal though.[/quote]

My HHI is a lot higher than the OP's and my kitchen/house is t big enough to buy in bulk and I don't have a pantry. I think the people posting this stuff live far outside of the beltway, or in Kansas maybe.  Close living in D.C. Does not come with a pantry at $130k per year. [/quote]

I think you're interpreting "pantry" a little too literally.  I get what you're saying - I just got an in-kitchen pantry last year when we moved, and I'm not close in at all.  But, when we lived close-in, we had a freezer stash of partial frozen veggie bags as referenced above and a food supply that would last more than a week (though a month would require creativity and a willingness to ignore normal food pairings/meal planning guidelines), even if it was in bins in the front hall closet in one place and in a narrow Ikea Billy cabinet with doors added when we got a slightly larger galley kitchen.  We weren't hoarding, but we wouldn't be starving through a snowstorm either.[/quote]

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