72 hour kit, Part 2

So we've taken care of water. Now let's talk about food. You don't need to buy food that you don't like to be part of your 72 hour kit! Heck, you don't even need to buy "special" food at all!

We have a "snack station" set up in my kitchen in the space above the microwave. That's where I keep the grab-and-go snacks that go into the lunch bags, diaper bags, and my purse. We have all sorts of snacks that don't need any cooking or preparation at all, plus some minimal preparation foods. In the pantry, we also have plenty of peanut butter, those sausage and cheese gift sets, crackers, cereal, and pretzels.

In an emergency situation where we HAVE power, life as usual would go on. I've got plenty in the fridge and freezer to feed us!

If we're talking no power, but we still have gas- then I can still cook. I can make anything that doesn't require a microwave.

Now, let's assume there's no power, no gas, no water for three days. What would we do? Well, that's where our charcoal grill comes in. I stocked up on briquettes last year when they hit the clearance rack. I can cook plenty of stuff on the grill or in foil nestled in with the coals.

What if it were winter time? Well, in winter it would be too cold for us to use the grill outdoors- we'd be having lots of cereal (since we'd have milk to use up before it goes bad!), nutrition bars, whatever bread we had in the house, and the shelf-stable sausage and cheese snacks.


Have you thought through your options?