Coronavirus Frugality

I saw the writing on the wall a month ago, installed one yesterday. Nice heated seat. It's a keeper.

Yes I threatened some young punk today walking up 3 feet to me. I'm getting stressed.

Funny, I thought twice should I throw away the empty egg carton yesterday. Maybe, some locals that sell eggs could use them. We used to have to supply our own cartons when we got fresh eggs from someone. Yes, we are trying not to waste food and eat left overs we would have probably thrown out.

Yes! My sister has been telling me this for years. They have a store near them which actually sells expired products, so they can pick up canned, jarred, and boxed items for pennies on the dollar. A little out of date, but normally still good for weeks, depending on the product. A lot of times you can smell when something has turned, such as nuts or chips. I haven't done that, but I have played with meat dates a bit. I have a chest freezer which is NOT self-defrosting. That defrosting cycle really cuts the time you have available to eat the products in the freezer. The chest freezer I have needs me to defrost every now and again, but it will keep beef fresh for a good three years (haven't tried beyond that age).

One tip I can give is to save any two-liter bottles, fill with water and put in the freezer. This ensures that you have some large blocks of ice to prevent your food from spoiling in case of a power outage.

You can make some disinfectant with bleach diluted with water. Put some old rags in that solution, to moisten. You can keep these rags in plastic bags in your car to replace a disposable wipe.

I am baffled as to why people are fighting over bottled water. Wash out your old containers and fill them from the tap. Think twice before you throw anything away. Many things can be reused in different ways.

We have had the luxury of living in a disposable society and maybe it is just time for all of us to change our thinking.

Yeah I kept some expired cookies just in case

I’m eating my normal diet (paleo/carnivore) but who knows for how long.

I was thinking earlier about a pile of clothes I was going to get rid of. Now I’m thinking I might keep and wear.

I am organizing all my supplies on shelves and making a spreadsheet with quantity, description and expiration date so I know what needs to be consumed first.

Put them in a pie crust or a batch of brownies?

All right, BLUE RIBBON for organization! You put me to shame. I'm just doing good to have all my like items together on the shelf and rotated for age.

This will all blow over soon enough. It's just like the countless other psy-ops down the years, it's just bigger than usual.

Even though I've got months worth of Tobacco, Liquor, canned food/frozen food and coffee, my wife and I unconsciously started limiting ourselves to 1 pot of coffee and one good meal a day. If we need more it's good old Raman Noods to fill my gut! Looking forward to losing a few pounds during this madness. Just wondering how we can start rationing Shit Tickets though!

Yeah... specially if its someone elses food huh bum?

I was going to do this Anyway, corona or not. I had 4 pounds of potatoes that started to grow eyes so I put them in the ground. With this shit going around it's better than money in the bank.

My kind of Woman ..!

Thanks! I started to list calories per serving but that was a bit much :)

pan cakes... every day

Take a box cutter and cut down the middle of the roll but not all the way through. Now you have doubled the amount of paper towels you have.

Use tea, kitchen and hand towels in the kitchen instead of paper towels. Only use ones that can be bleached in hot water.

Save glass jars to save left overs in like gravys.

Only a few drops of soft hand soap is needed to clean hands most of the time, not a full squirt.

Start growing veggies from veggies. The end of celery, onions and garlic will grow new ones. Your potatoes sprout from the "eye", cut them up with about an inch of potatoes and grow your own potatoes. The list goes on and on with this one.
Here is a link to ideas
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Make your own laundry soap
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I don't like how the laundry still smells dirty when using above, so I mix in a 1/3 of my Gain laundry soap, really makes a difference.

If you have a fireplace, save the ashes and charcoal incase you need a latrine.

Yep.

Started reusing glass jars instead of recycling them.

Eating everything that's already open before things that are still sealed.

However, I went too far with the old tangerines and nearly ended up drunk from them. Fruit does have a shelf life that should be respected.

Serve beans, rice or pasta at each meal to fill up on.

Single gal here..../\

Yes, I do this so much. I have stuff from Halloween I'm

saving just in case company comes over.






Just kidding ya...

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Oh lawdy...have been saying there would be a serious uptick of bidet sales and installs!!

I'm pretty frugal to begin w/ since I spent a lot of time w/ my grandparents and great-grandma. I learned a lot from them by listening to their Depression and WWII stories.

Lots of people after the great depression did this too.
It lead to the start of massive horders that believed everything had some value.
Saving some things is a good idea but try really hard to not go obsessive.

Yes like never before. And didn't even think about it until I suddenly realized I was being less wasteful.

You can always throw it away after this event is over

Same here. We do have chickens for eggs or culling if necessary but we are eating one meal a day. Dinner
I'm over weight for my bad back and height so loosing some poundage is great for me.

Awesome! I can't use one at home but the GuLPer Ive been quarantined with is ordering one for her condo....

I didn't know that about celery. I have a couple in my fridge I am definitely going to try this! There are quite a few vegetables you can regrow. Who would have thought?