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Pandemic influenza on a budget
Stocking up on food doesn’t have to break the bank. Budget a few dollars a week, and buy the most essential and longest-lasting items first.
Nutritionist Bronwen King, author of Survive Bird Flu and Other Disasters, recommends these basic, budget-friendly supplies:
- Salt (also useful as a gargle for sore throats, and in rehydrating drinks – mix one litre of water with three tablespoons of sugar/honey and quarter of a teaspoon of salt)
- Canned food: tomatoes, baked beans, corn, tuna, fruit
- Soup mixes (the hearty old-fashioned sort, with barley)
- Packets of instant chicken noodle soup or stock cubes, to make rehydrating drinks for sick people
- Dried fruit and nuts – the cheapest are usually peanuts and sultanas
- Crackers and something to put on them: peanut butter, jam, Vegemite or Marmite
- Bleach (for sterilising), detergent and soap