Feeding a family

As a family of six, we go through a lot of food.  For example, on some days, between toast and sandwiches, we go through a whole loaf of bread by lunchtime.  And this is when the kids are grade-school age.  I shudder to think what will happen when they're teenagers and have the appetite of a swarm of locusts, devouring everything in sight.

Our rebate check* from Costco came recently, so yesterday I made the trek to Costco to stock up on everything.  Here are the essentials I got:

•         18 pounds of hamburger (6 of which got turned into approximately a billion meatballs)
•        16 pounds of chicken; poached, chopped, divided into ziploc bags, then frozen by me
•          2 whole chickens
•          8 pounds of pork tenderloin
•          12 pounds of pork chops
•          12 pounds kielbasa sausage
•          10 pounds of flank steak
•          6 pounds Italian sausage
•          14 loaves of bread
•          50 pounds of sugar (canning season is coming, must be ready)
•          12 pounds of butter
•          6 pounds of grapes
•          3 dozen eggs
•          4 gallons of milk
•          6 pounds of cheese

And in case you're wondering, we have a large freezer in the basement to hold most of this stuff.  I'm not sure how long it will take to go through all this food, but I'd say we're good for meat for a good loooonnnng time.  As long as Pepco keeps our power on.

*We have an American Express card that gives us cash back in the form of money to spend at Costco.