Welcome back to the Simple Farm House Life Podcast, episode 49.

Today I wanted to talk a little bit about buying food in bulk,

why you would want to do that, how you can store it and prepare it, and just some of the things

that I've learned from buying certain things in my pantry and freezer in bulk.

Now I don't buy everything in bulk but there are some things

that I do and I have my reasons for that.

My name is Lisa, mom of six and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farm House on Boone.

Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home from scratch cooking

and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way.

So first up, what would make you want to buy some foods in bulk?

One would be convenience.

So for example, one of the things that I want to talk about today is buying milk in bulk and not having to go to the milk pickup every week.

I feel like I've come up with a strategy for this more recently,

whereas in the past I would get milk every single week. The reason is that where I live now,

the place that I go to get raw milk is about half an hour away. It was a lot closer where we lived last time. So it was no big

deal to go every single week. Also now that I am milking a goat and I'm getting about

a quart a day from her, I don't really need milk every

week and I would hate to go all the way out there for a gallon or two. So what I'm

doing now is I'm getting my usual four gallons but only going

every other week and I have a little bit of a strategy for that. Another thing and

reason that you would want to buy in bulk is if you are ordering directly from a farm and you are getting meat.

So I've talked about this before, but I like to order my pork and beef in bulk.

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