Comments on: In which I request that all my Christmas gifts be food items http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:48:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frema http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/comment-page-1/#comment-56746 Frema Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:22 +0000 http://www.holaisabel.com/?p=3129#comment-56746 I love this. It's like an emergency fund for your belly! And what an innovative idea, to marry it with Christmas. You'll have to take photos of you get! I love this. It’s like an emergency fund for your belly! And what an innovative idea, to marry it with Christmas. You’ll have to take photos of you get!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/comment-page-1/#comment-56738 Michelle Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:31 +0000 http://www.holaisabel.com/?p=3129#comment-56738 Have you checked out Costco lately? We just got a new one close to us and now I don't know how I survived without it, even though we are just a family of three. It's like the Target of wholesale stores. What I like is that they have a lot of organics, the store brand Kirkland is good, a lot of times they package together several regular sized items instead of just having one gigantic portion, and they have great coupons. I have built up my pantry without even meaning to. Plus, your family can just get you a membership and some gift cards to save on shipping and wrapping. :-) Have you checked out Costco lately? We just got a new one close to us and now I don’t know how I survived without it, even though we are just a family of three. It’s like the Target of wholesale stores. What I like is that they have a lot of organics, the store brand Kirkland is good, a lot of times they package together several regular sized items instead of just having one gigantic portion, and they have great coupons.

I have built up my pantry without even meaning to.

Plus, your family can just get you a membership and some gift cards to save on shipping and wrapping. :-)

]]> By: Liza http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/comment-page-1/#comment-56730 Liza Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:11:46 +0000 http://www.holaisabel.com/?p=3129#comment-56730 This falls firmly into the "Isabel is the awesome ambassador of the LDS church" category. I had no idea that your church advocated food storage. When I was living in DC not too long after 9/11, during the anthrax scare, I started trying to store food and water, but I didn't have a system or a plan or adequate storage. Now I just have crap that I overbought at randome points in time. But having lived in a place like DC through those things, I believe in having both an emergency plan and emergency supplies. The plan includes maps etc in the car, meetup locations if you have to evacuate and aren't together, and easy-to-pack evacuation luggage/supplies. Does your church have any guides? Or should I just come back here and read all the advice you get? This falls firmly into the “Isabel is the awesome ambassador of the LDS church” category. I had no idea that your church advocated food storage.

When I was living in DC not too long after 9/11, during the anthrax scare, I started trying to store food and water, but I didn’t have a system or a plan or adequate storage.

Now I just have crap that I overbought at randome points in time.

But having lived in a place like DC through those things, I believe in having both an emergency plan and emergency supplies. The plan includes maps etc in the car, meetup locations if you have to evacuate and aren’t together, and easy-to-pack evacuation luggage/supplies.

Does your church have any guides? Or should I just come back here and read all the advice you get?

]]> By: heidikins http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/comment-page-1/#comment-56728 heidikins Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:22 +0000 http://www.holaisabel.com/?p=3129#comment-56728 I have been collecting pasta and pasta sauce, rice, flour, and cans of tuna or veggies. I buy a little bit at a time, an extra can or two here, an extra three of four when they're on sale. It's comforting to know that I can feed myself for a while if things get really bad. Also--may I suggest investing in an extra can opener or two, no sense in having cans and cans of food with no way to open it, ya know, when the Hard Times come and the grocery stores and left as piles of rubble. ;o) xox I have been collecting pasta and pasta sauce, rice, flour, and cans of tuna or veggies. I buy a little bit at a time, an extra can or two here, an extra three of four when they’re on sale. It’s comforting to know that I can feed myself for a while if things get really bad.

Also–may I suggest investing in an extra can opener or two, no sense in having cans and cans of food with no way to open it, ya know, when the Hard Times come and the grocery stores and left as piles of rubble. ;o)

xox

]]> By: Maria http://www.holaisabel.com/2009/11/02/in-which-i-request-that-all-my-christmas-gifts-be-food-items/comment-page-1/#comment-56722 Maria Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:52 +0000 http://www.holaisabel.com/?p=3129#comment-56722 Stocking up foord is smart. Watch out for the sodium ans sugars on canned foods though. Maybe you can find someone local who cans their own jams and jellies - I am trolling Craigslist right now for that one! Homemade blueberry jam is the one thing I always try and fined! Stocking up foord is smart.
Watch out for the sodium ans sugars on canned foods though. Maybe you can find someone local who cans their own jams and jellies – I am trolling Craigslist right now for that one! Homemade blueberry jam is the one thing I always try and fined!

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