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AnneD

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5. I have always ....
Fri May 11, 2012, 03:05 PM
May 2012

prepared by having a fully stocked pantry (at least one year). All my Aunts and my Mom had pantries and gardens. The idea was reinforced when I lost my job and was unemployed for over 8 months. I did not have to waste precious money on food. When we had a hurricane that left us without power (thus stores and banks etc were closed.) we did not have to endure the long lines of panic shoppers. A stocked pantry is better than money in the bank. The secret is to rotate your stock.

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