if you are buying dried foods in bulk to help with costs that are rapidly rising in the grocery store, here a chart to help guide you on how much you can store in the two most common size containers used for storage.
Food Item #10 Can 5 Gallon Bucket Wheat 5 pounds 37 pounds White Flour 4.5 pounds 33 pounds Cornmeal 4.3 pounds 33 pounds Popping Corn 5 pounds 37 pounds Rolled Oats 2.5 pounds 20 pounds White Rice 5.3 pounds 36 pounds Spaghetti 3.9 pounds 30 pounds Macaroni 3.1 pounds 21 pounds Dried Beans 5.6 pounds 35 pounds Lima Beans 5.4 pounds 35 pounds Soy Beans 5 pounds 33 pounds Split Peas 5 pounds 33 pounds Lentils 5.5 pounds 35 pounds White Sugar 5.7 pounds 35 pounds Brown Sugar 4.42 pounds 33 pounds Powdered Milk 3 pounds 29 pounds Powdered Eggs 2.6 pounds 20 pounds |
you can give my lima beans to someone else ;-)
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That is a big help.also saw a chart that showed how much food a family of four needs for 3 months and 6 months.
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I think all of that would last me for YEARS! And where is the chocolate on that list!? Now that would be #1 on my list. :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
you can give my lima beans to someone else ;-)
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I sgree chocolate #1 and NOo Lima beans!
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I'll take your lima beans!!! :-)
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thanks, we are doing that.....and your figures are a big help!!!
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Zoe Zat says....What about cat food!!!!!!!
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I would have to figure out a place to put all that stuff (except for the lima beans)
PS - just say no to Lima beans. |
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