The day has come and you have made a provisioning run and now have a cockpit full of groceries, both food and household items.  It appears to be a daunting task, where is it all going to go and how will I find it all again?

Don’t despair!  Begin by reducing the size of the pile, i.e…get rid of all unnecessary packaging and where necessary repack into Ziploc bags.  Example, a box of Ritz Crackers with 4 stacks, remove from box, place the 4 stacks in a gallon Ziploc, squeeze out the air and seal.  They will stay fresh for 6 months or so.  I’d like to say longer but they haven’t ever lasted that long on-board Malaya without being eaten up!

Items like Bisquick take out of the box, place package into appropriate size Ziploc and seal, when you open the bag to use, either leave in the Ziploc or place Bisquick in an air tight plastic storage container.  Flour gets repackaged into wide mouth gallon glass jars with wire bale snap down gasketed lids along with a bay leaf or two to kill any weevil eggs.  I’ve been using the same glass jugs for over 20 years and other than replacing a gasket have never broken one. Coffee, I like to buy the vacuum sealed 1lb packages, no repacking needed and they stay fresh a long time.  When opened I either place in an old Folgers Coffee container or in an air tight plastic or wide mouth glass jar for easy use.

Items like cake mixes, cookie mixes, mac and cheese, brownie mix and other ready-made dump out of the box and add water meals get repackaged into quart Ziplocs, we then cut the recipe or cooking directions off and place them in the bag so we know how to prepare the meal.

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Items in cans, especially those with paper labels, you need to write with permanent marker on the end of the can what is in the can along with the month and year you purchased it.  Stow where they will stay dry so the cans don’t rust.  Failure to label the cans will result in canned dinner surprise because sooner or later the labels will get damp and fall off and unlabeled you will have no idea what is in them.  That can make for some interesting meals.

Items packaged in plastic bags don’t necessarily need to be labeled as to contents, though white cake mix, bisquick and flour all sort of look-alike, so label as you see fit, I do recommend that you at least write the date on the package so you don’t find yourself wondering just how old something is.  That said while it is rare for dry or canned food goods to spoil they do lose flavor and some items like bisquick will have a change in how they react when mixed up for use.  Dating will at least allow you to use the older packages before ones you purchased recently.

While repackaging is time-consuming it does have several important advantages; it reduces the amount of trash you will have to dispose of as you cruise, keeps items fresher than they would stay otherwise and items take up less room as there is a lot of wasted space in most packaging.  In tropical areas where bugs like to lay their eggs in the packaging glue you will also eliminate potential bug problems.  Opening boxes and inspecting the contents especially for food items you got on sale somewhere in the tropics is always a good idea, I’ve once found Brownie mix on sale in a little store in the Bahamas at 1/3 the normal price.  Thought “now that is a great deal” until we got back on board, opened the box and found the package was crawling with weevils.  That package of Brownie mix was over board pretty darn quick!

Ok, now it is time for you to make your list, go shopping and figure out where to stow it all!  Have fun!