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I_UndergroundPanther

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10. I remember my ex and I eating stale tortilla chips

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:36 PM

Mar 2020

I found in the back of a cabinet ,we dipped them in the Oriental flavor dip sauce from mc Donald's. It was two days before my SSI check came in. Right now my fridge is pretty bare. Food stamps come in pretty soon. They barely cover a week,since I am diabetic and can't buy the cheap carb shit that stretches austere budget that really does not look at the real costs of how much food you need to live on.

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How long can I *really* go without groceries...? [View all] FirstLight Mar 2020 OP

Dried beans, dried rice, flour, shortening and salt Xipe Totec Mar 2020 #1

Learned how to make that survival food a long time ago htuttle Mar 2020 #5

Good luck finding dried beans kimbutgar Mar 2020 #9

We'll see when we get back home. Xipe Totec Mar 2020 #11

Managed to find mine customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #22

Huh Aquaria Mar 2020 #26

The people in charge of the food supply have to eat too. They aren't shutting down. brewens Mar 2020 #2

the weird part is I experienced the gap when it was just one family FirstLight Mar 2020 #3

At the very worst it only shows you have the fortitude to "make it work". We'll get through this ... marble falls Mar 2020 #4

thank you FirstLight Mar 2020 #7

Life is good and we're lucky to be here. If we get the vote out even the worst of it will ... marble falls Mar 2020 #12

That's when the creativity kicks in nt intrepidity Mar 2020 #6

We're doing some to-go/pickup orders from nearby local restaurants Roland99 Mar 2020 #8

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #13

I passed by a local restaurant yesterday evening, their Blue_true Mar 2020 #21

I remember my ex and I eating stale tortilla chips I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2020 #10

I am right ther with you... FirstLight Mar 2020 #14

I was in Austin right at the dot com crash. I was a single dad of two daughter and was down ... marble falls Mar 2020 #15

I hope we all have a moment like that FirstLight Mar 2020 #16

There's a reason we're here. Just because we don't see it doesn't mean its not there ... marble falls Mar 2020 #19

Stale chips and crackers customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #23

It took me 3 days to find any meat in Los Angeles. The butchers were bagging groceries BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #17

Navajo Flatbread: Recipe MagickMuffin Mar 2020 #18

heck yeah! FirstLight Mar 2020 #20

This would be a great cross posting for the Cooking and Baking group! littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #25

Thank you for posting this! DangerousRhythm Mar 2020 #35

I don't have much around here in the way of real food Raine Mar 2020 #24

I always tell people that it sucked Aquaria Mar 2020 #27

:) We seem to be seeing the trauma of people who don't cook Hortensis Mar 2020 #33

The first time I made strawberry preserves for my husband Aquaria Mar 2020 #37

Aquaria, I missed this before. two pounds Hortensis Apr 2020 #41

What we are going to do now, duforsure Mar 2020 #28

Make cooking great again. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #29

I thought I was well prepared Chainfire Mar 2020 #30

You could, you know, go to the grocery store and get more supplies. a la izquierda Mar 2020 #31

The problem is Aquaria Mar 2020 #38

Fair enough a la izquierda Mar 2020 #40

Bobby Sands lasted 66 days. panader0 Mar 2020 #32

He was a hero in my family growing up. Nt a la izquierda Mar 2020 #39

Are the stores closed in your area? cwydro Mar 2020 #34

Those preppers storing years worth of food don't seem so crazy now. n/t Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #36