Big Ol' Bucket of Food

I woke up hungry this morning. That made me think about how hungry I would be all the time if all the farmers and ranchers turned into zombies. ::sad face:: 

We're all going to have to become good at the old hunting and gathering tricks. Learn about berries, those kinds of things. Although, most of our gathering will probably be from abandoned grocery stores. Here's the kicker though, you're going to have to have to wait until a lot of stupid, dangerous people die first, before you go into any type of store with valuable resources. A lot of people talk to me about their 'plans' for the zombocalypse that involve storming a gun store, and then a sporting good store, and then a grocery store. ::another sad face:: That's a good way to get killed. You know who owns gun stores? Gun enthusiasts, and those crazy old bastards are just waiting for you to try and steal their stash of guns and ammo. BOOM! Dead. 

Same with any other resource, you have to wait in hiding until there are less threats around. Not to mention, in the beginning, everybody will be going nuts, so there's no bargaining or talking sensical, they're just going to kill you and take all your stuff. Eventually, we're going to want to loot a grocery store, but until it is safe enough to do so, we are going to need to survive off of our own food pantry. 

Check out this Chef's Banquet ARK 1 Month Food Storage Supply, or, as I like to abbreviate it, this big ol' bucket of food. 330 servings totaling 2100 calories for 30 days, for one person. Grab some of these for each person in your group, put them in your safe house. Go ahead, do it right now, they have a 15 year shelf life. If 15 years comes up and we still haven't had an apocalyptic scenario, you can have an end of the world party in your basement and host a lousy meal for all your friends. All you got to do for these things is add water and eat, it's listed as a 20 minute prep time. Check out the market, I like this one because it's an even 30 days, and the bucket is a 6 gallon round bucket that you can use for many things, including attaching that Sawyer Filter to it. Other options have longer shelf lives and different options for meals. For your group it would probably be best to have a large spread of options, so get a lot of different ones.

My plan is to stay underground for 30 days, then come out when things cool down a bit. Don't forget that the living will be just as big of a threat as the dead, so wait until everyone kills each other before you parade around town. In order to go that, I'm going to need food, so I'm going to need a whole lot of these buckets. You also may want to stock up on a bunch of MREs and canned goods. If we're going to be underground for 30 days, we don't want anyone going all psycho on us because the menu didn't have enough selection.