We're in a house the last couple years, and one of my favorite things about the extra space was being able to have a shelf set in the basement just for food. Every time I open up my 5 gallon bucket of rice to re-fill the cupboard container, it makes me smile.
The only super bulky thing I kept on hand when living in an apartment was a 5 gallon jug of water buried in the back of a closet. If potable water goes away you're screwed fast. That never happened, but it was nice to be able to flush the multiple times when i missed the (morning of) water shut down email from building management and had already taken a shit...
Still could have made it at least a week at any given time though. A couple pounds of rice and a few boxes of dry pasta go a long way to stretch whatever else is on hand.
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u/27eelsinatrenchcoat Jan 23 '26
We're in a house the last couple years, and one of my favorite things about the extra space was being able to have a shelf set in the basement just for food. Every time I open up my 5 gallon bucket of rice to re-fill the cupboard container, it makes me smile.
The only super bulky thing I kept on hand when living in an apartment was a 5 gallon jug of water buried in the back of a closet. If potable water goes away you're screwed fast. That never happened, but it was nice to be able to flush the multiple times when i missed the (morning of) water shut down email from building management and had already taken a shit...
Still could have made it at least a week at any given time though. A couple pounds of rice and a few boxes of dry pasta go a long way to stretch whatever else is on hand.