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Right NOW - how long could your food supply last you
millerjane · 16/03/2020 13:19
I would say a good month of eating twice a day (pasta, rice dishes) - ie no thrills just sustenance
PardonWhat · 16/03/2020 13:21
If I was to hammer the tins and not do meat with every evening meal - probably 3/4 weeks
WickedlyPetite · 16/03/2020 13:21
Family of three - including one teenage boy who eats more than an adult - about 2 weeks give or take a couple of days.
wondering7777 · 16/03/2020 13:21
Probably about two weeks if I ate absolutely everything in the cupboards and freezer, but it would be pretty grim by the end of week two. I'd be on things like pasta with no sauce by then.
NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 16/03/2020 13:24
I think 4 weeks but that would be with careful management & planning and i would probably finally lose that baby weight
GinNotGym19 · 16/03/2020 13:24
Just had mine delivered, everything came except loo roll and tomatoes. Could do 2 weeks or 3 at a stretch if we ate weirdo combos
StarShapedWindow · 16/03/2020 13:24
Probably 2 weeks - I guess a month if we went down to just sustenance.
andannabegins · 16/03/2020 13:24
Family of 5 here. I think we could last for a month. Not exciting meals though!
BlackeyedSusan · 16/03/2020 13:24
Dunno? Not worked it out. One thing I can say is the last thing we will be eating is slightly out of date dried beans. I use them to make stews, have a wide variety, but they are such a faff that I don't use them very often. When you see a stinky green toxic cloud over the west midlands you will know we have reached the back of the cupboard and started on the dried beans.
NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 16/03/2020 13:24
And we wouldnt do well on the fruit/veg front, I've only really got peas.
Peanutbutteryogurt · 16/03/2020 13:25
About a month, but wouldn't be very exciting food by the end
LovelyBitOfSquirrelJackie · 16/03/2020 13:25
Maybe a week and it would include some weird, cobbled together concoctions. We haven’t stockpiled anything and I’m starting to wonder if I’m the stupid one as the supermarkets nearest to me are rapidly emptying.
Glenthebattleostrich · 16/03/2020 13:25
Probably 4 to 5 weeks. Meals would get s bit samey in the end but could Keep it pretty healthy.
shinyredbus · 16/03/2020 13:26
2 weeks maybe. We have rice and grow tomatoes. Couple of packets of frozen veg. Meat wise, my husband buys meat and then freezes portions so prob two weeks worth too. I can make soups with stock cubes.
Paintedmaypole · 16/03/2020 13:27
About a month, but we would be eating odd combinations of food after 3 weeks. Would soon run out of milk and bread
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millerjane · 16/03/2020 13:27
reassuring - assumed people were panic buying months' worth of food
NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 16/03/2020 13:27
Also i should add... I'm a batch cooker. So there's a week or so of meals already made in the freezer, which makes it easier. I also bake & have plenty of flour in, including plain, self raising, bread & pasta flour so from week 3 or so we would be on a lot of home made bread, pasta & cake
DingleberryRose · 16/03/2020 13:28
A month or so. It’s just DH and I so easy to stock up just for us.
bluebells1 · 16/03/2020 13:28
2 weeks of semi decent meals. 3rd week would be random bits that don't make sense and won't taste good.
ElizabethMountbatten · 16/03/2020 13:29
Family of five, one dog, three cats, three ducks.
Six weeks to eight weeks.
Biddie191 · 16/03/2020 13:29
It depends if we actually ate all of the dodgy tins and packets that have been lurking in the larder for years - and all of that chutney from MIL
loobyloo1234 · 16/03/2020 13:29
I think probably 1 month to 6 weeks? There's only 2 of us at home though, and I have a freezer full of food - luckily. No panic buying as I seem to have a cupboard full of sauces and spices which would help to break up the monotony of pasta/rice with every meal
I don't have any frozen veg though so it would be very beige dinners if the need came 
Yabadee · 16/03/2020 13:29
Til Thursday when I get paid again. Maybe a bit longer. Can’t afford to do a massive stock up shop right now, so just hoping there’s something left by time I can.
I take a high dose of immunosuppressants and luckily enough I have a medication delivery next week where they are supplying me with antibac wipes and soaps, since they’re all selling out. I have a supply of dry wipes for my stoma we can use if I can’t get toilet roll. So we’ll manage somehow.
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