I seldom panic and wasn’t going to prep. Then both of my kids asked me about Covid-19. And then the President declared a national emergency and the CDC said we should have a month’s supply of “stuff” on hand. And now, we’re supposed to avoid places with more than 10 people.
Thanks to the wisdom of my ancestors, who instilled in me the need to preserve and store large quantities of food, I’m still not going to panic. Some of you may remember the last government shut-down in which I went eight weeks without buying groceries and suffered no adverse effects thanks to my “Mormon Pantry.” At the time, I joked that it was a dry run to see if I could survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Turns out, it was a test run for surviving Covid-19.
For the benefit of my children (and possibly their friends and random strangers) I have created menus and a shopping list detailing the items one person needs to shelter in place for a month. Since most recipes serve four or six, you’ll be eating left-overs several nights in a row, but it beats starvation. Continue reading