My basic shopping list for the week of food and other items

[hank2222]

In the post about life without a car i talked about using a backpack to go into town and get food and other supplies for the week.Since i get paid every two week i shop enough food to last for three weeks because of the simple basic fact i could not be able to get to the store if something happens one week.

Plus i plan my meals out for the two week that i eat from breakfast to lunch to supper.I pack my lunch for work and take diff sandwichs on the days i work

So here is my basic list of items .

in the cooler goes this items

-x-bag of chicken
-x-bag of hambuger patties
-x-package of boneless ham steaks
-x-package of boneless pork chops
-x-package of boneless steaks
-x-packages of hotdogs-x-2
-x-package of deli ham
-x-package of deli roast beef
-x-package of oscar myer beef bolgana
-x-package of sliced chesse
-x-package of shedded chesse
-x-package of bacon slices
-x-eggs
-x-package of sauage
the meats are broken down into smaller ind packages for the freezer unit to make each meal as it need .The hambugers are also broken down into two patties per package for making up bugers as it need


in the backpack goes the following items

-x-packages of the ind type mash potatoes mix
-x-package of the ind type mac & chesse mixs
-x-cans of chili-x-2-
-x-cans of corn-x-4-
-x-cans of ravolia-x-2-
-x-cans of bush bbq beans-x-2-
-x-bottle of apple sauce
-x-cans of beef stew-x-2-
-x-cans of chicken-x-2-
-x-cans of spam-x-2-
-x-loaf of wheat bread-x-2-
-x-bagels-x-2-
-x-bottle of ketchup-
-x-box of ceral
-x-package of angel hair spaghetti-x-2-
-x-cans of spaghetti sauce-x-2-
-x-cans of campbell soups-x-2-
-x-box of salttines crackers
-x-homel completes meals-x-2-

this items are bought every week

the next set of items are bought as it needed

-x-family sized box of white rice
-x-cans of red beans for red beans & rice-x-4-
-x-box of earl grey breakfast tea bags
-x-box of lipton cold brew ice tea bags
-x-package of spendla
-x-box of pancake
-x-box of powder milk
-x-cans of tuna fish for sandwichs
-x-tub of butter
-x-box of oatmeal
-x-bottles of diff item like the following items
mustard
karft mayo
sugar free pancake syrup
sweet & sour sauce for the red beans & rice
sugar free honey
other items as it needed
-x-boxs of hot chocolate-
x-diff boxs of jello pudding & other types of sweets after dinner type items
-x-large jars of whey protien and sugar free smoothie mix as it need
-x-jars of flavored peanut butter from peanut butter & company & sunland peanut butter company
-x-jars of the diff flavored faries finest sugars
-x-jars of diff flavored faries finest coco's drink mixs
-x-bottles of diff booze i drink here and there .
-x-package of tp & paper towels
-x-diff personal grooming supplies
-x-bottles of cabin cleaning supplies
-x-plus other items as well for the cabin
these items are gotten as it needed to be replaced .

I try to get all the big item in a once a month run to the store with the car as it needed and use the backpack & cooler for the small weekly items.The powder milk is made up as it need for ceral or cooking with and it made in a 2.qt sized bottle that i blend up as it need .

The meals i make are simple three dish meals with a meat dish with two side dish item like mac & cchesse & apple sauce or potatoes with corn or bbq beans & apple sauce .etc etc .The after dinner dessert is a basic jello pudding i have made that day for my after dinner treat

You get basic idea of how i make my meals .

[Sniper-T]

correct me if I'm wrong... but that seems like a huge amount of weight to be carrying both on your back and in a cooler.... and if I recall, you are uphill and quite a ways from town too, no?

you must be in pretty amazing shape to be able to do that!

I think I'll stick with my truck for now.

:)

[hank2222]

The pack design helps with the wieght and it good for me as my doctor says i have droped about 20 pds during the first couple of weeks doing it.

The biggest problem was finding the right pack for the trip with the proper waistbelt and shoulder strap design to help with the wieght of the supplies .The cooler unit has a web handle to help with carrying it and i try to change hands as it need with a walking stick to help balance me out when walking the back way into town and back out to the cabin

[Sniper-T]

How about switching to two smaller coolers? One in each hand to balance the weight.

When I backpacked across greece, I wore two packs, one on the front and one on the back. While all of my friends were hunched over and/or straining under the weight of theirs, I could walk comfortably, standing straight. And with 2, I was carrying more than they were.