Right NOW - how long could your food supply last you

[millerjane]

I would say a good month of eating twice a day (pasta, rice dishes) - ie no thrills just sustenance

And I am high risk so we went to the supermarket at 7am to avoid crowds this morning for a bag of potatoes and milk.
Should we need to get anything we will get there first thing again.

Probably 3 weeks if we ate some weird combos. I've got 3 jars of Christmas chutney we could have for pud.

In a pinch, you can make pasta from flour and water. It's not difficult and be flavored with any dried herbs you've got kicking around.

2 weeks max for us having f we make our own bread and have black tea.
Packed lunches for DD would be a problem,she is veggie and we would quickly run out of sandwich fillings and left overs that can be eaten cold.
The cats may go a bit hungry.
We could last longer if topped up with milk,cheese and fresh fruit and veg.
If we were isolated I would put out a request on the town Facebook page,someone will help.
I should get some cash though to pay.

I could last 3 months possibly more as I have meal replacement sachets from my VLCD so all i need is 3 shakes a day and water

That 3 year old Christmas pudding might get eaten!

Yes, I freeze milk. Always have some in the freezer for emergencies.

I'd say my food would last 2 - 3 weeks. This is what I aimed for in case I was asked to self isolate for 2 weeks.

10 days definitely, then maybe another slightly hungry week or so of weird food combinations and then if it's possible to survive on ice pops I have about 200

Have about a weeks worth of food, down to the dregs though . We have a low income, I am worried when I get paid Friday wont get what I need as I usually get big shop each money, so at the very least when we run out of money there is always food in the house. Couldn't afford to buy more than a months food, looks like I wont even get my cheap 20p pasta that we rely on as a family of five for cheap bulky meal that goes round everyone and some I can use for lunch the next day. Cheap noodles and tins of soup I would buy in to feed the kids when off school, wont be getting them either now. Could never have prepared, I never have any spare cash, I have a budget and bills and stick to that each month. So so worried

There is a big difference between preppers and panic buyers.

Preppers will shop as normal and buy a few extra bits over a period of time. They will only buy things that they need and will use.

Panic buyers come in and clear the shelves of anything. They don't tend to think about what they are buying or how they will use it.

Most of the preppers I know - myself included - did very little shopping last week. Mine was for fresh veg, which was untouched as everyone was chasing pasta/rice/loo roll and medicines.

To suggest that a prepper is responsible for empty shelves now is fundamentally incorrect as that's not how it works. The whole point is that you build up a buffer gradually over a period of time, for situations like this so that you can leave what's on the shelves for people who need it.

About 3-4 weeks but it wouldn't be very exciting food towards the end!

Probably 1 week on a normal diet, 2 - 3 weeks on a stretched diet including many meals of pasta/rice and sauce.

Cats you need to stop buying tins of soup and start making some.

About 4 weeks, except the last week would be couscous with a sauce made from my mountain of chutney. Bleurgh

I wouldn't describe myself as a prepper but usually have around 2 months worth of food in as I grew up poor with bare cupboards. As soon as news on this dreaded virus started hitting in early Feb I started adding an extra few bits to each shop. I havent touched a uht milk, long life juice, tin of fruit etc for around a fortnight which is around the time people started panic buying so don't feel like part of the problem and my buying patterns havent affected supply chains particularly. I have just been doing a normal weekly shop the past few weeks. I never panic bought. My mum, who is 73, low income and on a state pension has been doing the same and has around 4 months worth.

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I have tinned chickpeas, a jar of tahini and bottled lemon juice to make home made hummus.
If your DD will eat hummus that is a store cupboard option.

Roughly a fortnight.

We have a large dog and a big BBQ

2 weeks of eating normally. Maybe 6 - 8 weeks of unappetising meals made from stuff lurking in the bottom of the freezer/back of the pantry.

Probably 4-5 weeks for food. We would run out of coffee beans first! 😢
(Very important chez Tartyflette)
But will be all right for veg as we have carrots, leeks and potatoes in store plus this season's purple sprouting broccoli is in full swing and it's bloody lovely. Rhubarb too.
Dh's hobby is vegetable gardening.

We could eat fairly normally except nothing fresh for a couple of weeks as a family which I thought would be sensible in the event of having to self isolate. But I could make myself protein shakes with water to keep me going and prioritise feeding the children with the actual food if it looked like we needed to go for longer. We also still have half a Christmas cake! As far as I know though, we aren’t expecting major long term food shortages, just difficulty getting to the shops if ill and then restricted visits to shops if lockdown happens.

A week, we did food shop on Saturday.

3/4 weeks, that’s what we usually have at any rate, I suppose if we ate lots of pancakes I could stretch to more. But I must admit that I have gone out and bought a tin of condensed milk for tea just in case

6 weeks I’d say. It would get boring towards the end though.

With rationing? Probably late August/September.

But I'm a general prepper nut anyway. Multiple fridge/freezers, very decent veg plot, garage/attic/spare room full of non perishables/toiletries/baking stuff etc.

Got all the dc birthday things and easter eggs too.