What exactly to stockpile?

[Constantrunner]

I am going out this evening to buy food we can eat for three days without cooking. But what? So far I thought,
Tinned sardines
Bread for the freezer
Jam and marmite
Nuts
Wine

What else would you buy? Please don't talk about things you can cook, I just want things that need no cooking but we could live on for three days. Thanks.

Rice cakes
Crackers
Seeds and nuts
Dried fruit
Peanut butter
Tuna
Chorizo
UHT milk
You can eat it cold: canned beans, peas, chickpeas, sweetcorn, sauerkraut, canned fruit

Sorry if it's obvious but have you got drinking water for three days? Obviously doesn't have to be mineral water, but you'd need a big container to keep it in. (I heard that if the electricity goes off it does affect the water supply?)

I like those Merchant Gourmet pre-cooked grain mixes in packets. I think supermarkets are doing their own versions now but MG are very good.

No I don't have water but I know I need to store some.
It's going to be pretty sad meals if it happens.

tinned fruit
tinned veg and pulses
wet wipes
water
chocolate
cash
loo paper

My kids like the instant flavoured couscous. Just add hot water (not sure if you consider this cooking) Instant noodles (needs hot water)

Supermarket naan and wraps often have long shelf lives

Cheese can be frozen

milk can be frozen or you could have some long life stored. Ds is dairy free so I have some
Cartons of long life soy milk.

Cereal bars

Crackers

sauces like ketchup and mayo. I love the peri mayo mixed with tuna cans

Squash is good hot or cold (not sure if you consider kettle use cooking)

Yes hot water is cooking. I am assuming zero power.

Cereal bars are a good shout.

If you go over to the peppers board you’ll see lots of suggestions.

Tinned fruit, veg, pulses
Tinned fish or meat if you eat these
Crackers/oatcakes
Peanut butter
Oats/cereal & longlife milk
Nuts
Dried fruit
Biscuits
Chocolate!!

We're stocking up on tinned and dried fruit, nuts, baked beans, packets of microwave rice (which can be eaten without heating because it's pre-cooked).

The warnings have also made me realise we need to get a torch and batteries, and have some cash in. And the big thing is I think it will make me more mindful of not running our food right down (which we do sometimes fall into the habit of before a big weekly shop).

Here you go
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5591677-crisis-what-crisis-the-one-you-start-to-wish-youd-stockpiled-like-your-crazy-friend-continuation-thread-3?page=1

I have a camping gas stove and little canisters of butane , I also have a charcoal for fire pit so could use that if needed.
there are loads of lists on the preppers thread but I think most important is
big 5l bottles of mineral water
candles and lighters
charged power banks
for food we eat a lot of tinned beans and lentil pouches etc (vegetarian) but if the power went out I’d eat the contents of my freezer first.
we always have UHT milk in too
Think - camping food

Ryvita, crackers, freezer bread and buns (!), water, tinned salmon, tuna, corned beef, cheese, yogurts (they keep forever just in a cool spot), cake, biscuits, chocolate (I mean you have to have something nice in there and it's only for a few days!). I think you'll survive and won't starve.

We buy bottled water rather than filling our own containers as I find that non sealed home filled bottles do taste stale after a while - ok for washing perhaps but although I try really hard to reduce our plastic I do buy big 5 L bottled water - 3 each summer is the minimum I’d have in per person (15 litres per person), more important than food

Why are we prepping for only 3 days? How did they come upon that number?

The preppers all at least have camping stoves and barbecues. I don't and I am not buying something I may never use.

Keeping three days food in the house can hardly be classed as stockpiling.

It’s normal household management.

I think it best to think for whole meals (I also have fairly fussy kids to consider!)
we have a small camping stove if needed. Not counting stuff we have in fridge/freezer that we would use first or intergrate with store cupboard bits; I wanted a few meals that are solely from the cupboard if needed.

breakfast: cereal bars, cereal with UHT oat milk, porridge pots (just add hot water)

lunches: tinned ravioli, tinned macaroni cheese, tuna (with sweetcorn and mayo) in tortilla wraps. Heinz tomato soup (bread in freezer or i could make flatbreads with flour and water)
pasta mugshots/ pot noodles

dinners: tinned chilli with rice and tortilla chips,
chicken in white sauce stirred into pasta with sweetcorn, tinned curry with rice and naan, corned beef hash (with Idahoan instant mash, served with baked beans and ketchup)
hot dogs topped with tinned chilli or crispy onions, lentil bolognese with pasta and dried Parmesan cheese.

snacks: mixed nuts, jelly pots with tin custard, tinned fruit, multipack crisps, pack of biscuits, angel delight (with uht milk) hot chocolate with marshmallows.

@Applestroodle this is things I would not normally buy, so I do consider it stockpiling.

Best things are things that you would buy normally, things that can store and things that can (in desperation) be eaten cold unless you are confident of maintaining cooking ability.

Most canned stuff I think can be eaten cold provided the seals are intact, although it obviously varies as to how appealing/edible it will be without cooking.

For example I keep quite a stock of canned baked beans and rice pudding in because I eat them on a regular basis anyway, they store for ages and can be eaten cold.

Bad things to buy are probably freezer stuff (if the electricity goes down for a couple of days it will all be ruined), stuff that needs hydrating and cooking (snack noodles are great for example if you have water and some way of cooking, if
you don't they suck).

No I would not have a great time living for a month on cold baked beans and rice pudding. But I would probably survive.

I don't think the fussy will survive the apocalypse.

Fair enough

@GasPanic I eat very little that would not need cooking for meals. So I do have to buy things I would not normally buy. Unless we live for three days on chocolate and wine?

Exactly. I’m kinda baffled. I’ve stockpiled for the next two week, like I’ve been doing my whole adult life 🤪.

oatcakes
tinned fish
tinned fruit
LL milk
water
loo roll

not sure I will last long but I have 2 jeroboams of wine and some Tony Chocaloni.

Could be worse.