Hey, school’s back in and I’m ready to get going with my preparedness plans. How about you? Did you work on your preparedness over the summer? I stocked up on freeze-dried goods but I am running low on the basics. This week let’s work on sugar. It’s my best friend and my worst enemy. Either way, I need some in my food storage. The thought of not being able to make cookies if the world is on the fritz is just too overwhelming.

I would suggest a mixture of brown sugar and regular granulated sugar. I would suggest 3-5 lbs of sugar per person. You can split that up amongst the various sugars however you like.*

The nice thing about sugar is that bugs pretty much leave it alone. Which is weird. It’s sugar! Why wouldn’t bugs like it??? But they seem to prefer things made of flour, at least in my neck of the woods. So you don’t need to go to extreme measures to preserve your sugar. I leave mine in those paper sacks they come in and everything is hunky-dory.

See you next week after you’ve gotten your sugar! Remember, the point is to get it done’ this isn’t about driving across town to the cheapest store and trying to clip coupons. It’s about getting it done. So throw a bunch of sugar in your shopping cart next time you’re at the grocery store. If the cashier looks at you strangely just shrug and tell her you’ve got PMS.

*But not honey. We’re saving that for its own week.