Bread and peanut butter, mostly.
But tonight, the whole street is pulling out their BBQ's and cooking the partially thawed meats from their freezers......huge block party. The power should get restored tomorrow.
I'm sure somebody got ice to cool the beers.
My advice is going to sound like locking the barn door after the horse has run away.
Go to
www.invertersrus.com, buy one that will fit your needs.
I have 2500 watt inverter. It ran the freezer, the fridge and the TV and computer off of my cars battery, while out of power for three days. It is about 3 times the size of a laptop computer.
It is far better than having a generator. Zero maintenance. Just store it in a closet.
I live 20 miles from the nearest town and I have had to suffer through many power outages for days.
Couple of hundred bucks spent, but an invaluable investment.
Recouped the cost, by what food was not lost in the first days.
Sorry to hear what's going on, but it sounds like your going to have a great block party.
PAX