Originally Posted by redkimba
Originally Posted by yolanda
Seriously on the food, I don't know if I should stock up. Is it to save money?
Buying some things in bulk is cheaper in the long run. Just take a look at the price tags the next time you go to the store - there's a list of "unit price". The bigger the item, the cheaper the unit price is.
The drawback is if you buy things in bulk that you don't use most of the time. Example - flour. Sure I could buy a 15 lb bag, but I don't use flour all the time so it would go bad or the weevils would get to it before I used all of it.
same here, I don't use 3#'s of flour all year...of course if I have to start baking bread for the guys to have sandwiches on the weekend, then I might have to buy more and store in the freezer!
I bought a pressure canner, just have to get brave enough to use it now!