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November 3rd, 2006 at 11:47 am
So the question is, if I subscribed at least one of each of these, could I manage to go a whole year without at least needing to go shopping? And how much would it cost, all told?
Oh, I’m sure I’d want to go shopping, as there’d be cooking staples and the like to get, and it might be hard to use the jelly without some bread or similar. Still, it sounds like a crazy experiment, and likely one that someone has already documented on a web page somewhere. Probably worth a Google search.
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Brian: Some of these are mighty expensive, though the rates sometimes depend on how many months you purchase your subscription for. But take the Lobster of the Month Club. Its cheapest rate is $89.95 per month, or $1079.40 per year! I don’t think I’ve ever spent $90 on (fresh/frozen) lobster in a single month. Some of the beer/wine clubs are up there in cost too. So in terms of money, it could turn out to be a costly experiment.
I suppose that you could wrangle things in such a way that you could actually live off (only) this stuff, at least if you got extra subscriptions to fruit and so on, but you’re still going to be mighty short on vegetables, and the diet would have an awful lot of fat, cholesterol, and carbs!
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:39 pm
I suppose, if I wanted to not die by the end, I could combine it with my CSA subscription (though that’s more of a weekly thing), so at least from spring through autumn I could be vaguely healthy and get some vegetation in.
No, this is probably not the quest for me, but it’s a fun thought in any case. Maybe if I got corporate sponsorship…no, no.
November 14th, 2006 at 11:00 am
Do you know if any of these places deliver to Canada?
November 14th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Erica: I’m afraid I don’t know if these places deliver to Canada, but I’m somewhat doubtful. Between higher shipping costs, duties, and agricultural regulations, it might be more trouble than it’s worth to ship these sorts of things across the border.