AIBU to ask family to bring their own food?

[borntobequiet]

I have family visiting for Easter. I know they have been "forward purchasing" in case of shortages caused by any no-deal Brexit, as have I. Would I be unreasonable to ask then to bring their own food to avoid depleting my store? The children will eat up all my pasta and pesto in next to no time. And I don't want to waste freezer space on fish fingers, which I never eat.

@EffOrf , I think the idea of getting a buffer in the pantry; of shops not being reliable for supplies; of things getting markedly more expensive quickly, is a new concept for most people. They deal with it in different ways and they address it in different ways.
I hope that people can find a way of getting a buffer in and not getting to worked up about it but the government's attitude of "calm down, dear" which is gleefully trotted out by people on here and elsewhere doesn't help. Never in the history of mankind has telling someone to calm down made them calm down. And when people talk about getting a buffer in as some sort of act of unpatriotic betrayal, it just riles people up even more.

@Bluntness100 - over 90 percent of MPs have stated they will categorically not allow no deal to go through

The problem is, they have to actually do something to prevent it happening. If nothing is agreed between the UK and the EU by March 29th, the UK will leave the EU with no deal. It's as simple as that. Based on their performance to date, I'm not confident that they could agree on what day it is today, never mind agree on necessary action to avoid no deal. To avoid no deal, either the WA, Revoke or changing the UK Red Lines is necessary. A second referendum (unless it's a complicated combination of options) will only help if remain win as if leave win again, you're right back where you started, with a government that is incapable of making a decision. It seems to me that the DUP ethos (Ulster says No) has seeped into parliament and it is now "UK says No" but no suggestions as to what UK actually wants.

An extension of A50 won't help. All that does is kick the can down the road.

Why do you have to eat pasta and pesto over Easter?

Maybe it's their favourite meal?

Maybe guarding the chocolate even closer in case Easter Bunny can't get into UK after Brexit?

Updated dictionary entry:

REVELLING: keeping, for unapproved reasons such as Brexit, a STOCKPILE (see above), however keeping a STOCKPILE (see above) for approved reasons such as “just because” is FIIIIIINNNEE especially if you use a euphemism like “Why, I always keep months of food in my shed, isn’t that normal?”. (See also: MASSIVE HYPOCRITE).

This thread is hilarious, wind em up and watch em go

Do people really keep food in a shed, how weird. We keep our animal feed in the shed.

This is a joke. No one is that much of a pillock

I've read the last post from ElementSong about 3 times now, I'm still none the wiser?!
Just got Ross from Friends voice going "I'm FIINNEE!" going round my head now lol.
Let's make fajitas!! I'm sure we can rustle up enough food between us and all our pantries
I'll bring the tequila in case someone tries to have my arm off suggesting cracking into the stores

Use the local farm shops or independents. Home grown fruit, veg and meat.

*unknowingly and cringingly hilarious”

Oh tee hee! It’s so funny that my son, who relies on specific quantities and types of food to keep his blood sugars stable, could end up in hospital with hypoglycaemia and / or non-diabetic ketoacidosis if food becomes scarce.

It’s so funny that, if the borders are backlogged, I would be able to get essential medication which I can’t stockpile because it’s a controlled drug. Ouch, my sides!

The only pillocks here are the people who think that things will work well enough after a no deal Brexit that food, fuel and medicines will be as plentiful as they are right now (although there are many medications which are already having problems actually).

But sure, go ahead and laugh - you’ll be kicking yourself over your 1/4 of a £6 tin of beans if it all goes wrong. Why would a responsible person with the means and space to do so not stockpile enough for potential emergencies (Brexit or anything else)?

People seem to think that there are counties with no infrastructure and countries with great infrastructure, and the latter can’t become the former, even when the country makes a political choice that impacts every element of society, from the economy to food to medicine to air travel etc etc

We had a national fuel shortage due to a temporary blockade - people have such short memories!

@Jamiefraserskilt - that's not massively helpful for two reasons-

1. Not everyone can afford it; and
2. March April is The Hungry Gap when winter crops are finished and new crops haven't come in.

So you may be able to splash out on locally sourced spring lamb but most people can't.

Some of the replies are unknowingly hilarious though, sinkgirl so was a fair point for the poster to make.

Umm, I posted last night that I'd asked them to bring some stuff and they happily said OK, so it seems I wasn't being unreasonable at all.
And happily I'm not on mains water or sewage:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47409749
Leaked letters from emergency planners indicate a no-deal Brexit may mean Londoners face disruption to food and fuel supplies.
The London Resilience Forum letters highlight various concerns if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
There could also be a shortage of chemicals needed to treat sewage, the LRF said.
Water companies said "necessary actions" were being taken to minimise disruption to customers.
The LRF said "vital" chemicals cannot be stockpiled because of their shelf life, the letters seen by the BBC say.
One LRF letter sent to the government said: "The Environment Agency and water utilities have raised with us the potential for disruption to public water and sewerage utilities in the event that border disruption or regulatory issues cause disruption to the import of chemicals and other resources required for water and wastewater treatment.
"We understand that chemicals vital to the continuity of these services are imported and restrictions including limits on amounts of chemicals permitted to be stored at sites in the UK and the shelf life of these products may prevent stockpiling being a solution to the problem."
The letters said the water problem could be a national issue.

That thing about the water is quite old, I’m sure I saw it a couple of months ago

Use the local farm shops or independents. Home grown fruit, veg and meat.

Jamie Fraser's actual kilt would not make such an uninformed comment. Jamie and Claire would both know that very little edible grows in March (although Claire might forage for some obscure herbs and Jamie might have something delicious tucked away in his sporran)

Perhaps there might be a ban on daily towel and sheet washing, how. will peeps cope without a fresh towel each day, maybe better get the car washed and get some water in the shed.

Oh come on now - a hosepipe ban or limiting washing machine use is not really the same as not being able to process raw sewage, is it?

That’s just one small thing potentially impacted - chemicals for sewage. The pallets thing is another. How many of these niche “hidden” issues are there - thousands probably? Do you honestly think this government, who lied about doing impact assessments when they were supposed to, are on top of them all?

Maybe you should start a new thread on the water.

I don’t thing I can cope with much more of this drama then it won’t come up on threads I’m on

I dare say there will be 'disruption' and 'shortages'.

But no worse than how mental shops are in the week up to christmas.

Maybe you should make sure you have a well stocked larder all the time then you wouldn't have to stockpile would you
EffOrf - Why would I do that? I don't live rurally/somewhere prone to bad weather , so under normal circumstances have no concerns about supply chains or being snowed in etc. I am literally five minutes drive from Morrisons, Lidl, Waitrose, Sainsbury, Asda and Tesco. There is a Co-op at the end of my road. Space in my house is limited. Your comment is therefore nonsensical and patronising. What we are heading for are NOT 'normal circumstances', particularly if there's no deal. I read and watch the news avidly, I have read about supply chains and warehousing and have decided that stocking up will not hurt, particularly given this government's utter ineptitude. I am old enough to have voted to join what was then the EEC in 1975 and I can honestly say that I have never in my life seen such incompetent governance in this country. If you want to trust to luck that everything will go on exactly as before, that's up to you. If you can afford to pay inflated food prices, that's also up to you. But you can fuck off with the patronising tone.

Cloudtree, he always has something delicious in his sporran!
March and April UK veg includes beetroot, artichokes, cabbage, carrots, chicory, Leeks, onions, parsnip, new potatoes, kale, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb spinach, spring greens, amongst others.
Bellini, Chicken, pork and beef are available all year round. Lamb any time from April. Independents, farmers markets and farm shops are not always pricey especially if you don't mind wonky veg. Obviously depends on whether your local outlets consider themselves "artisan" in which case, run a mile.

Gosh, farmers are not feeling very positive about the prospect of a no-deal, perhaps those farm shops will run out of produce pretty quickly:
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1094015/brexit-news-uk-farmers-national-farmers-union-nfu-no-deal-brexit-latest
The NFU have handily published all the technical notices farmers will need to be aware of (there are quite a lot of them) on their website:
www.nfuonline.com/news/latest-news/nfu-analysis-technical-notices-planning-for-a-no-deal-brexit/
Of course, you can help avoid misery for farmers by putting pressure on your MP, this website makes it easy:
www.writetothem.com/