Cool dark dry

All stored in glass

Hahahahaha

Dark cool and plastic big container put them in . ❤ it

Also for your dank memes.

If you put your bags of rice in the freezer for 2 weeks and then take out, You will have to blot dry the package for dampness, it will kill All bug eggs and then can be stored in tightly sealed plastic jars without the worry of bugs, Same goes for flour, cornmeal

Thank You.

OK thanks 😊 😊😊

Using a stick of spearmint gum does the same thing!

Thank you, I never knew this

I have a bag that's at least 10 years old, thanks for posting!

@@lz8484 If you are cooking old beans you may need to soak them longer than normal but that is the only downfall. Officially, dried beans have a minimum shelf life of one to two years, per the USDA. Unofficially, they last… basically forever. Dried beans are considered non-perishable according to Quora.

Where do you get 30 year old beans?

@@wilbur813 You find them behind the 29 year old dried peas in your pantry 🤣

​@@rachaelsupadventures😂😂😂

Thank you ❤

Thank you so much

I'm going with you when the poo hits the fan.

Thanks for putting this list together!👍🏻

You can put rice in with your salt to keep it dry.

Hydroponic gardening is another option.

Got the seeds but no soil😂😂😂 honest.

And be prepared to protect what you are growing !

Then you need to buy fertiliser and other equipment and also rely on electricity.@@lovealwaysmom

Fortunately where I live I only have to protect what I grow from the birds and insects. I would love a solar powered robot scarecrow that would wander my garden all day shaking it's metal fist and muttering...@@tomboatman2541

Great list I agree with you except por the bullion cubes the texture after expiration date is weird 😮

Can’t several of those items get weevils?

@@catmandoo956 i’ve never had a problem storing any of these items, so far, I’ll check on the bullion cubes more closely

Number one for me is definitely water! No ifs, buts or maybes.

@@Mar-Azull consider Orrington Farms brand

I got moths one year and it was a real pain in the a$$. I lived in an apartment in Florida. The apartment below me had been empty for a couple of months. They left behind pasta and cornbread mix. I had to throw out everything that wasn’t completely sealed 3 times because they wouldn’t go clean out their apartment pantry. I store everything airtight now. I saw bugs I never knew could infest food. It’s been YEARS and I still can’t eat anything that has cornmeal in it. 🤢🤮

My understanding and I could be wrong is 72 hours. It could just be a source that thought tell 'em longer to be sure.

In an emergency, can pantry moths be eaten as a source of protein?

Never heard of pantry moths before

WE are so doomed. Survival packs...HA!! Why?? You will have to defend them, and they will keep you alive longer because.....you aren't waiting for FEMA are YOU??!!!!! You don't think anyone is coming???!!!! The world would become a rabid jungle with unfettered mayhem everywhere. Remember the black out in New York? or the Rodney King riots? Or J6? or Katrina? You think the border is bad NOW??!! Practice stretching so you can grab your ankles long enough to KYA goodbye. Get hold of those little blue pills unless you want to watch your wife being mauled while you bleed out. People writing these comments stalk about it like a camping trip in the park when every thing turns our okay in the end ahahahaha.

Jamaican dishes are great!😅

Mortar and pestle is also really handy for grinding whole-seed spices you've toasted by the serving to custom grain size for the freshest spices, ever!

I have a huge one my daughter got me because it's shaped like a pig. I collect pigs. It can hold a couple cups of grain or corn. I think it's for making masa actually, but obviously I can grind a lot in there. I'll just gather up the nieghborhood kids and some can grind, while others shake cream! We even have a hand crank apple press.​@@trombonemunroe

An oil press should be on that list as well

Don't forget a manual can opener lol. You have to figure out what you would need to cook and bake if you didn't have electricity. I know people who we pretend once a weekend per month that they don't have power. I think I have also see videos on youtube. It could be worth it to check out to get ideas.

Grinder? You can grind most foods easily with stone, that method worked for native People's for thousands of years

It's high in protein vite B and it's related to the rhubarb plant

@@samthunders3611 Rhubarb! I did not know that!

Why the rascals never got cancer.

Dry are fine, and will last longer than canned. The thing with dry is to soak them long enough, and if you have a pressure cooker, you can get them done in not a lot of time. Dried beans were what got us through the Great Depression. We don't have any problems at all compared to the Great Depression and World War II. In fact I can't believe how good it's been or for how long. Except for those of us who have been blessed with a very long life, no one remembers how bad it has been, nor how far from being bad we really are. As a child I couldn't have imagined there being strawberries in the grocery store in January of February, but these days every well stocked grocery store has strawberries in January or February. And they have Raspberries and blueberries, and oranges and grapefruit and tomatoes, and things which come from the opposite side of the world! Any time there were canned beans in the store, they were way more dear than we could afford. We only wood burning stove, but we'd soak some beans overnight, then change the water in the morning, then start them cooking in the pressure cooker about an hour before supper. They'd always be nice and soft and creamy by supper time. It was the soaking that made the difference, and changing the water kept the toots down, if you know what I mean. The great thing about pintos is that you can grow 50 lbs of them in not a lot of space, let them dry on the plant, then harvest them, and you'll be set for a long time. You'll probably get good an sick of eating beans, but they'll keep for years, you can grow more from what you have, and they will fill the empty spots.

@@Chompchompyerded when you soak all night, they take only 15 minutes in a pressure cooker only, i cook always dry beans, theyre far better than canned

​@@roudaynahelou6121Yebo!!!! Soak beans over night and you have a shorter cooking time.

@@roudaynahelou6121 Ever since we got an Instant Pot, I do the same. With one of those, you can cook the hardest-to-cook dry beans inside of an hour.

Dry beans of any kind very easy to cook. Just put them in bowl, feel with water in the evening.. in the morning you wake up and they are ready to cook for 10-15 minutes

Because honey is the ONLY food that never expires.

@@SirDigbyChickenCaesar Water never expires, and all the other foods mentioned in the video will never expire if stored properly.

​@@SunshineCatwomanwater does go bad. There are multiple ways to make it last longer. Storing things properly does go a long way. The issue is that it is very easy to mess most things up. I don't remember if it was the video or a commenter that mentioned storing things by usage size. For example, if you use 1# of dried beans in a soup or stew, store 1# in a jar. Each time you open a container to use an item, moisture has a chance of getting inside before you reseal it. You need to look at most containers and clean them regularly. Just water in some containers can cause leaching of the container. Many clay water pots from many countries contain lead. Some of those countries have laws against this, but they don't normally enforce them. Honey is the only item that I have read any material about not spoiling. I would need to check the natural maple syrup as it has many similarities with honey. Other than these two, most of the other items easily spoil with a little water, which includes high humidity. Good storage helps, but constantly opening the container for using a little at a time increases the chance of water or humidity getting inside. Yes. Humidity is water. I worded it that way due to some people using recently cleaned, but not completely dried utensils to dip into a jar of sugar or beans or whatever.

@@thatgayqueen2826 Maple syrup will mold. It begins to ferment; had it happen.

Protect all of those glass jars, even if you DON'T live in an earthquake zone.

Ceramic, not only to preserve it, but also filter it. Plastic is the most convenient and the number one available thou

@@_DROM_Plastic has its own bullshit going on with it tho

So expensive in UK

Wish I could find bigger ones than the quart jars

civil war will be isolated to a few areas; but there will be losses on both sides.

@@ChickenMcThiccken in gaza?

hell no . america@@henrikfox8960

If we had politicians who stopped using our tax $ for funding war in the middle east to protect their oil, and instead used our $ to help us, it would be a huge leap in a positive direction.

@@kristinetravis-ot6bb The United States has been involved in a number of wars in the Middle East over the past several decades. The reasons for these wars are complex and vary depending on the specific conflict. However, some of the most common reasons include: To protect US interests in the region, such as access to oil or military bases. To counter the spread of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. To promote democracy and human rights. To support allies in the region. The wars in the Middle East have had a significant impact on the region and the world. They have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions of others, and destabilized entire countries. The wars have also cost the United States trillions of dollars. The consequences of the wars in the Middle East are complex and far-reaching. They have contributed to the rise of extremist groups, the destabilization of governments, and the spread of instability throughout the region. The wars have also had a significant impact on the US economy and foreign policy. It is important to note that there are many different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East. Some people believe that the wars were necessary to protect US interests or to promote democracy. Others believe that the wars were counterproductive and have made the region more unstable. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars in the Middle East were justified. It is a complex issue with no easy answers. It is also important to note that the wars in the Middle East are not the only reason for the region's problems. The region has a long history of conflict and instability, and many of the problems that exist today are rooted in that history. The wars in the Middle East have certainly exacerbated these problems, but they are not the sole cause. It is important to be aware of the different perspectives on the wars in the Middle East and to consider all of the factors that have contributed to the region's problems. There is no easy answer to the question of whether or not the wars were justified, but it is an important question to consider.

But they have an Expiration on the Canned Foods…

Why chickpeas?

I believe he included them with beans. They are a "legume". (Not sure why he separated lentils out from the other legumes like beans, chickpeas, etc.) @@joannehendershot1408

@@piacash5216 Canned food has a best by date not an expiration date. Only baby food and formula have expiration dates. Food used past a best by date may look a little bit different or the box of cake mix may not rise as much due to the rising agent being old but it is still edible. Google it and find out for yourself. The best by date is used to trick you into throwing out food to buy more! Also, if you use heavy cream and it goes past its date and becomes sour you can blend it until it separates into butter. Dump out the liquid and the sour goes with it leaving you yummy butter to use just rinse the butter and add a little sea salt for flavor!

@@joannehendershot1408 The liquid in a can of chick peas can be used as a substitute for eggs when baking. 3 T is equal to a large egg. They are also a good source of protein!

Dried pulses?

Chickpeas also known as garbanzo beans are pulses.

When I was younger (early 20's) , I wouldn't eat anything past the dates on the package. I threw so much food out. Now that I'm older and know better, I don't even care about those dates. I think about my mom and grandparents and how they used the smell and taste test for canned goods and the like. That's what I do now. Saves a lot of money.

Not all "tinned" can foods are equal. Plastic in some commercial canned stuff has a plastic liner that breaks down.

Thanks! What about nuts & seeds? Do you think there's a way to store them safely for long periods?

I keep canned soup n foods in heavy cardboard boxes , so that if we have to evacuate in a hurry we can just pick up the boxes to quickly get it all in the car....

That's not quite accurate. Salt causes you to retain fluid, and in some cases that can be bad (for instance if you have heart of kidney disease). It is a necessary electrolyte, but you can get all you need for those purposes just by eating the right fresh foods. Eating too much of it will cause problems for you long term. Like everything, it's a trade-off though. Some people may like it enough that they're willing to knock a few years off their life, or spend the last years in a nursing home where they hide the salt shaker from you, and feed you horribly bland food. In the end, it's your choice. If you know the dangers, and that's what you want to do anyhow, then who's to tell you to do otherwise? Certainly not me. Probably not the loved ones which you'll leave behind either. They'll be devastated whether you go sooner or whether you go later. So you do you.

@@Chompchompyerded If you have heart or kidney disease it's ALWAYS Down to sugar. Not salt. So don't blame salt for the damage sugar has already done.

@@ChompchompyerdedI'll cheerfully tell you something else as well. There's a lot of medications that do far more damage and cause a lot more fluid retention.

@@Chompchompyerded it is a case of everything in moderation. Too much salt and too much sugar is certainly not good for anyone, Everyone has to be treated accordingly.

The big take away I got about salt is for persevering meat.

Not all wines age well

@ngocquynhnhuhuynh3227 Examples of wine that age well ~ Port: 50 to 100 years. Sherry: about 75 years. German Riesling: 15 to 25 years. French Sauternes: 15 to 25 years. Nebbiolo: 20 years. Cabernet Sauvignon: 10 to 20 years. Tempranillo: 10 to 20 years. Pinot Noir: 10 years.

try rum esp white rum the clear one

​@@charmaynebruce6215thankyou

Thanks! I couldn't keep up writing fast enuff - succinct list I can copy!!

@@SnarkasticSunny You're welcome.

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Do your research on trees of all kinds before purchase. Some trees need multiple to produce nuts (4 females to one male) or fruit due to cross pollination. Also check your growing zone!

​@rachaelsupadventures Exactly! They certainly won't grow in South Florida zone 10b.

Lake water needs more than being filtered. It needs to be boiled or sanitized with bleach.

wheat flour,becomes lumpy in 2 years or less

Your water may have been filtered but it wasn't sterilized.

Small organisms (even ants) can't consume carbohydrates without water as a coolant. Ants, for example, don't get into sugar unless it's in solution because they can't afford the body fluid necessary to process it.

P​@@trombonemunroe

Add to dried veggies in water for stews and gumbo's is a great use.

That's a great idea for a video, building a stone wall smokehouse!

In North Carolina I saw a rural smoke house on a former plantation gone to crap that was built in the late 170's or early 1800's in excellent condition that was at least 14 x 20 ft inside and still smelled of smoke and smoked meats. THAT is longevity.

You need good hair to survive. Everyone knows that

So does pasta. 🇬🇧

@@andrewdaley5480 and a McDonalds with fries

Read the headline again

Tell us your Asian without saying you're Asian 😂

@@davidwoolley707 McDonald’s burger and fries still ‘fresh’ after 10 years There’s a story that McDonald’s burgers last forever, so one fan kept a burger and fries from 2009 to see if it was true. Today, they still look fine to eat, with no sign of mould or decay

Ghee wiz. I didn’t know that!

A lot of things society do not want us to know so they can work on us, like doctors.@@Michael-yi4mc

All of those things will eventually go stale, but in the short term (a year or so), they are excellent choices.

@@ChompchompyerdedCream Of Wheat..And Water…Vitamins,Minerals,Calcium,And Shelf Live Is Forever If Kept Packed Nicely

I seen rice cooked in a pressure cooker and it popped just like corn so that would take care of your puffed rice...I personally stopped buying rice cereals after seeing Alton brown say why not just use cooked plain rice....I enjoy it a nice warm breakfast with milk and fruit and some honey

Really

I've never seen a candy cane go bad.

Freeze Dried Ice Cream Bars…And A Lot Of Other Freeze Dried Candies

Seriously in times of emergency, potential starvation, survival and power outage, I doubt candy is top of the list. I just don’t get your 1st 🌍 question 🤦‍♂️

@@shazzabbegg9934 I’m glad I’m prepared to help the helpless in times of trouble, and if helping them means I can also make them happy, I will not be afraid.

As a temporary measure you can pack mouse holes with stainless steel pads which mice won't chew through.

I respect water too. I would never have known how important water was if I missed this video. Lol

Now that I respect it I'll never have to worry about it disrespecting me

And we don't have basements, or food cellars.

But we Floridians can store dry food in #10 cans with O2 absorbers. I've stored rice and beans for several years with no problem.

@lancerevell5979 Even with the #10 cans it's best to store them in a cool dry place. But it's good to hear it can be done.

I think you stop watching too early,it’s the last item mention

@@jacynthetondreau3325 Dried corn is not the same as popcorn. It takes a special corn for popcorn.

@@shaggydog5409 yes only kernel dry corn turns to popcorn,non the less,I was just stating that he mentioned ”dry” corn 😉

Zea mays everta

We actually tried storing popping corn and it did not fair well. The water in the kernel that causes the pop eventually dried out and the corn would no longer pop.

Some of them have added high fructose corn syrup as a cheap extender so the honey will cost less to manufacture.

It spoils after a year even in a aluminium no light container. I mean u still can use it but the taste starts to decay

I think that's what the ghee is for. Oils can last awhile but they can go rancid faster than the shelf life of these items. This is a list of things that last "forever" so to speak

I've read that coconut oil lasts forever so I've bought a few tubs. I don't know how accurate this is, though. I've had Avocado oil go rancid after opening it.

I have a cool basement. I keep a fan on in really humid periods. Simple. DUH.. JUST FIND AN EXCUSE TO BE NEGATIVE

@@cherylperkins7538 Good for you Cheryl- I on the other hand don't have a basement- nor am I upset about that or being negative. Why are you such a bitch Cheryl?

Just about said a hot dry place? You're right if that's what you were going to say. That's why there is hardly anything edible in the desert. A little bit of greasewood, a little bit of rabbit brush, some cactus which has juice that is so alkaline it will kill you in a little bit of no time. Yup. Store it in a hot dry place and it will either be spoiled or dust before you can think of eating it. Back in the day, when refrigerators were tiny and cost a whole year's wages, we had root cellars. We put canned goods and things like cabbages, beats, carrots, and potatoes and squash in there and eat off it all year long. Those things would over-summer and over winter as well. It would be getting low by the following summer, but when the crops started coming in, we'd fill it up again. We never wanted for anything. We always had a sack of beans in there, and that would tide us over in really tight times. It may not have been fine dining, but it kept us alive. You learned a few tricks such as soaking your beans over night, then changing the water and soaking them a little longer before putting them in a pot and putting them on the wood/coal burning stove for the rest of the day until supper. You'd get tired of beans after awhile, but that just made it that much better when something else was on the menu. Even as tired as I used to get of eating beans, I have to admit that I still get a hankering for them sometimes, especially if I can have them with some hot, fresh baked bread and a bit of butter. Nowadays we're kind of spoiled. We can get any food we want, even things from half way around the world. We can get strawberries in January if we're willing to pay enough. If we don't have butter we think we're deprived, and we'd better have meat at least two meals out of three, and three out of three if we want. We live in good times, and it's been good times for so long that most people don't remember when it wasn't good times. Yet we let politicians and video makers who just want more money tell us that it's bad and only going to get worse. Well I'm here to tell you that I've lived a very long and blessed life, and it's not bad, and it's not likely to get bad any time soon unless we fall for the silliness that certain politicians are trying to scare us into believing. We have it good, and the fact that we're not the only ones that have it good anymore isn't a bad thing. It's proof that our way of life works wherever it is adopted. In good times like these, how good our lives are depends mostly on us. If we have a really bad day, or a really bad run of luck, remember that the sun rises again tomorrow, and that each day you have a chance to make the lives of people who cross your path a little bit better, by giving a smile, or giving comfort, or countering untruth were ever you find it. Do your very best to be kind to others and to do no harm, and your life will be fine. I have lived a long time, and I probably won't live very much longer, but I know that life is good, and I know that your life will be good too, if you take a tiny bit of time out of your day to make the lives of others better. To the person whom this is a reply to, You're doing a great job by pointing out that you need a cool dry place. I see the one reply that accuses you of being negative. I don't think you are. You are trying to help by sharing that little bit of knowledge. It's unfortunate that if what you say blows up someone's dreams you'll be attacked for it. But if it gets that person to thinking on down the line, or if it gets someone else thinking, then it was worth saying. You will never know if it was or wasn't, but that's not what matters. What matters is that you tried. Good job, and keep up the good work. Just one little side note, I live in the original tornado alley. It's like it's always been, and maybe a little worse. I'm sorry to hear that it's getting worse where you are. Do what it takes to make yourselves safe. Maybe build a safe room in your house which is so sturdily built and re-enforced that a tornado can't break it. As long as you get through with your life you've got it made. The tornado may take your home and everything in it, but if you have a place to shelter safely from it, you will always have your life, and as long as you have your life, you have all that it takes to help people, and by doing so, to make your life more worth while, and therefore happy. Happiness doesn't come from money or what you have or what you don't have. It comes from within, and how you use that which is within. Never do harm, and always do kindness, and everything will be fine. Love and kindness conquers all. I hope you find a lot of it in your life, no matter how dark or how good things may get.

So interesting a report. Did not know. Am a big fan of Alabama, especially Lookout Mt.& Demopolis. Am in Louisiana wch I also love.

@@cherylperkins7538 In some places you can't have basements because the water table is too high--like Florida, the west coast in Oregon and even in the valley floor in Utah because it's so close to Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake so lots and lots of people don't have the ability to even have basements. She's stating a fact--not being negative.

I'd say that too if it weren't for the fact that I saw so many things in it that I knew for fact was wrong.

Then panic sets in. Those with "arms" will take everything from those without. Unfortunately, many will start taking within the first weeks because they haven't prepared. So you need more than just a cool dark place to keep your food.

And then bend over & kiss it all goodbye...

@@ttttia4734 We saw empty shelves and panic buying just a few years ago during the pandemic, but lots of people think it was a one-off and shortages like that won't happen again in the West. No one expected it, but those of us who planned ahead had enough food--and toilet paper!--for our families and didn't even have to go to the store. Look at Ukraine--three years ago it was a prosperous country, but no longer is. I imagine people who sat around restaurant tables outside in the sunshine had zero hint that their country would be war torn in just a year.

Yes! You can also get oil from a plant that is easy to grow -- black oil sunflower seeds. But it as bags intended as bird seed, and plant them.

Eww!!! 🤢

Peanut butter goes rancid pretty quick, say no more then a year...probably less... in shelf-life. Great for short-term storage where you are going to regularly rotate your stock but not so good for long-term storage.

Peanut butter has oil in- goes rancid after a few months- opened or not. Rancidity causes cancer & other inflammation.

Dehydrated water?!

@@alanalee9437 Yeah they are fantastic, come in tiny tablet form so can store loads and when rehydrated they make 500ml of water per tablet.

​@@alanalee9437I believe that was a Snarky comment?

​@@bethteer1509it's called having a laugh

@@bethteer1509 no, genuinely interested. Dehydration means the water is removed? Take the water out of water you end up with nothing. To rehydrate something you add water. This is not logical.

No chance of running out of salt, so using it to prevent unnecessary car accidents is helpful.

The Earth has salt in abundance. It's not wasted if it saves lives...which it does.

Do you have any food in your home if something were to happen and you could not leave your house? They have lots of versions of milk that doesn't require a fridge. evaporated milk in cans, Dollar store shelf milk, powder milk etc. I have also seen people can and freeze dry milk. Point being if you got really sick and couldn't leave your house or you lost your income and couldn't afford to go to a store or a natural disaster happen and none were open would you still be able to eat? I have stores within a mile of my house however in the winter due to living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan we can get snow overnight and be snowed in. So until we are plowed out we have to have stored food.

@@rachaelsupadventures I do have food. I have bacon, eggs, some bread and currently a nice piece of roast pork shoulder. But I live in central London, and believe me, if something happens that stops me leaving my home, food will be way down on my list of priorities. So I don't spend my life in paranoid anticipation. I enjoy each day as it comes in the sure and certain expectation that tomorrow will be just fine.

@@donepearce Actually it is not a paranoid thing it is a practical thing. It is so easy in our modern world to get caught up in the cycle of buying our food one week at a time or even daily. The Bible says that it is wise to be prepared for the unexpected events that happen to all of us. Any one of us can experience job loss, health emergencies, natural disasters and the list goes on and on. Having some extra supplies on hand could mean the difference between your family eating, or going hungry. I have a friend who got pregnant and was so sick she could not work and then her husbands job closed. She had put food and supplies away and they kept her family fed until they were able to get back on their feet. Being prepared is just that being practical.

@rachaelsupadventures the bible says whatever is convenient for the reader at that moment. Jesus says pay no thought to tomorrow. Give away everything. So forget the bible. It is a piece of useless garbage. And yes, prepping is a symptom of paranoia. It is unnecessary and damaging to the psyche, engendering as it does a permanent mood of distrust. This is a very sad way to exist. I can't call it living.

I@donepearce: I'm surprised at how quickly you've forgotten the empty shelves and panic buying there was during COVID. It'd be a good idea to have at least some foods stored at home especially more than the little bit of meat and eggs you have which, if you are lucky might last a week. Your government was very autocratic during the pandemic. There was a big shortage of toilet paper, butter and yeast for baking and for the past few years there is still a baby formula shortage because factories were contaminated and had to be shut down. You might be in a soup kitchen line along with hundreds of other hungry people like during the Great Depression. If watery soup and humiliation is something that won't concern you, that's good. To be honest, your feelings about food storage and food being such a low priority seem a bit cavalier because you are assuming everything will always be the same. The UK could be invaded by Russia which is already threatening war in Europe so you should maybe be a bit more prepared--especially after what your country went through during WWII. Germany is now preparing for war with Russia. If you don't have a lot of room you can store boxes of food storage under beds and on the floors of your closets. If you don't think you'll need it for an emergency, at least consider it an inflation hedge. You can't guarantee that prices will always be moderate. Look at Venezuela. I know most people in the UK have dinky refrigerators from what I'd seen on television so you'll have to store foods that won't need to be refrigerated. As someone whose husband lost his job, was underemployed and then a student over a 3 or 4 year period in the recession of the early to mid 1980s we had food storage to lean on. I also gleaned fruits and veggies and canned them. Fortunately I had a kind neighbor who let me use her pressure canner because we were too poor to buy one.