When you run out of food do you have an alternative until you buy it?

Hi Ctrymuziklvr, and no I never do use substitutes for milk or eggs etc, and we buy whatever we need once weekly and is always plenty at all times. TheFortunes

Yes, ctry, I do keep powdered milk on hand because I don't use milk often. There are certain recipes that require milk, so I just use powdered milk instead of the fresh. If I purchased fresh milk it would just end up going to waste in my house. I used to keep the powdered eggs also, but they are not so easy to find now. I like to keep lots of saltines on hand too. They go with so many things, and I often use them rather than bread.

Wow, that's intelligent. I wish I could say I did that. =p Instead I always just have to go out to get things when I run out. I have given my son rice milk when we were out of milk, but we only had that around because I was supposed to be off dairy. So it wasn't any kind of forethought or planning. I should start being better about that sort of thing, and keeping substitutes on hand. Instead, I usually just eat something else if I'm out of whatever it is I'm out of.

I don't cook but I do bake and I use the true item. But there are about three supermarkets that I can get to by bus from my house so I can just go to the store.

i usually buy extra stuff when its on sale, but if i run out, i do without until payday! it just depends on what it is.

No alternatives don't work for me. I have gotten into the habit of once I know I have opened something, for instance my coffee, I will go buy another unopened one to keep in its place. With milk it is a little harder, I just go out and buy it when I realize it is gone.

I do exactly that. I keep a can or two of evaporated milk in the cupboard as well. Not for the days that I run out of milk but for the days that I am too lazy to go to the store to get more milk of which I just ran out. I am the same as you I won't have it in my ceral I would rather have toast or ceral that doesn't need milk or something. Mind you I was raised on having canned evaporated milk in absolutely everything. Cereals, drinking with a dab of vanilla and teaspoon of sugar, in cooking such as macaroni and cheese, soups and etc. I tried it in my cereal a few months ago and thought oh my goodness how in the world did I ever think this tasted good. I threw it out pretty quick. Powdered milk is another thing I was raised on and good not have it in my house for the longest time. But I have noticed a few recipes call for it so I do keep a small pouch on hand sometimes.

I am the same way with milk. I try to always keep evaporated milk and milk powder in the cabinet just for this purpose. I am also forever running out of butter, so I always save the butter packets that you get with certain take out food, and taco sauce, ketchup, salt and pepper. They always come in handy just when I need them. I have also used liquid fabric softener on my hair when I was out of shampoo, it worked!

raising 4 children on my own, milk was a big expence in our home. I always bought a box of powdered milk. I would mix it up half and half with whole milk to stretch our dollars. it worked. i also kept cans of milk on hand for emergencys.

Hi ctry, Powdered milk prepared and chilled is not half bad. Canned milk is ok. I drink rice milk, so if I run out, that is no big deal. I keep milk in the house for my grandchildren and if they run out, they will drink rice milk which I keep on the shelf. I also keep egg substitute on hand and use it in my baking. Regular eggs are used for breakfast, salads, meringue and so on. Happy posting..

I keep evaporated milk in the pantry along with a few boxes of soy milk for when I run out of the regular stuff. Other than that I guess I am just out of luck if I am out of something I have to run to the store.

I don't like to use substitutes. I try to make sure I buy more of something before I have totally run out of it. When there are less than six eggs left, I buy more. When there's about a fourth of a gallon of milk, I buy more. When there's half a loaf of bread, I buy more. I hate to ever run out of anything, ever. :)

Hi. For me, I can't do anything else but get it!! Haha. I mean I am quite hooked to coffee. So when time I was studying and I am running out of coffee, I will straight away go and shop for it, nothing but shop for it IMMEDIATELY. Haha. I don't use to keep any alternative food as every food mean different to me, haha, they never be the same.