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Originally Posted by Nammu
My daughter sent pictures of her local Walmart, the grocery section is bare! I keep wondering how much food is gonna be thrown away from this panic buying people are doing? Unless they're also panic buying freezers how are they going to keep it all?
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Hi Nammu. I didn't go crazy with shopping, but did do a bit of understandable stocking up. I've tried to be strategic with what I buy. As for quick perishables, I have a plan for them in the coming couple days. I've been trying to plan out meals so as not to let anything spoil. For longer term, I tried to buy stuff that has a long shelf or fridge life. For examples, with just some exceptions, I tried to buy plenty of root veggies, winter squash, and the like, that really can last for weeks without spoiling, if stored properly. I have several cans and sealed jars of various stuff in my garage and basement. My pantry is VERY well stocked with dry goods.
I bought a number of veggies that went into soups. We ate a bit fresh, then I froze the rest. I bought a number of those plastic disposable freezer containers and gallon size freezer bags for things like leftover muffins. Right now, I have five different homemade frozen soup options (plus homemade chicken broth), and three different frozen muffin options. Certainly meals like chili, goulash, or Bolognese sauce freeze well, too, as do meatballs, meatloaf, etc. I have various frozen dumplings and pierogies, frozen grilled Buffalo wings, frozen shrimp and tilapia, and other stuff. I bought sealed kielbasa and hot dogs that can last for a long time even in the fridge (yea, sodium nitrate). Pickles/sauerkraut stay long, too.
I confess that in addition to my regular fridge/freezer, I have a dorm fridge upstairs, and a chest freezer in the garage. I've had all of these for quite a while. They're just especially coming in use nowadays. We bought the chest freezer because our fridge had had issues a while back. I keep plenty of bags of frozen veggies and fruit there, plus vacuum sealed meats that I split up from value savings family packs. I even vacuum seal cheeses. They last four or even five times longer that way. I
my Foodsaver vacuum sealer! I like the dorm fridge upstairs to keep beverages in, so I don't have to fall down stairs in the middle of the night. Between my Seroquel XR and Tegretol XR, I'm prone to being clumsy. I'm simply always thirsty.
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