I don’t know what it is about snow. Places that really get a lot, like Minnesota, and actually need to go to the store to get toilet paper and milk before a big snow aren’t filled with panicking shoppers. But in warmer places, people flock to the stores and buy every drop of milk, every loaf of bread and every roll of toilet paper. The shelves will literally be bare within a few hours. So, how do you opt out of the snow day madness? You prepare ahead of time. With a few simple purchases around October or November, you can be ready for a big snow storm. Then you can sit at home enjoying all the dramatic television footage of people rushing into stores to get the staples.
So what do you need?
- Yeast
- Bread flour (and ideally, bread machine!)
- Powdered eggs
- Powdered milk
- Several gallons of purified water
- Big pack of toilet paper
- At least a week’s extra of any essential medications
- Cocoa (So can’t come in from a romp in the snow to discover you are out!)
Stuff the pack of toilet paper under a bed so people don’t snitch it when you are almost out of your regular supply, stick the other items on a storm supply shelf in the pantry and you’re all set.
Are you a frantic “Aghh! I saw a flake!” shopper or a laid back “Oh, how pretty!” kind of person?
photo: SXC
Post from: Blisstree