The Brexit Cupboard Part 2

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Following on from the fantastic thread of the weekend, I thought we'd continue discussing our brexit cupboards and boxes here. Here's to all the preppers and their cupboards, no matter what they contain. (Keep quiet about your stash in real life).

Capricornandproud the food will keep flowing into the country until we exit the EU so plenty of time to get your store cupboard filled up for the two of you. I'm afraid I don't know anything about car insurance but I'd be surprised if anything is cheaper in Brexit Britain.

The local fruit/veg/bargains warehouse has a great deal on eggs this week (I've already got 60 in my kitchen) so I might give freezing a try. I don't think I have an ice cube tray big enough for an egg... oh but I've got silicone cupcake cases!

Or you can just freeze them in a freezer bag, that would take up less space. Just remember to label the bag as to how many eggs the bag contains.

I'm aiming to store a month's worth of food. Mostly tins and packets because our freezer is tiny. The children are basically going to live off baked beans if the worst comes to the worst.

I have dug out my bread maker and have been stocking up on bread mix, and I'm trialling some long life milk.

Thanks for the reminder to get some cash out, although I imagine the problem will be that there isn't anything to buy.

I've seen some comments about storing water, is there any reason why the water would be cut off? We would need to store a lot and we don't have room (and dp would think I've finally flipped)

You can freeze Jamaican ginger cake, best to slice it first. Probs get more portions of that to go with custard than from a tinned sponge pudding.

Lidl do some really good tablet sweeteners. They’re in a white and red dispenser 1200 tabs for about £1.70. My husband can’t tell the difference between those and sugar in his tea. I use them in tea, coffee and porridge. Just thinking they’d take up less room than stocking up on sugar for brews.

We're spending this evening comparing the relative comfort value of various biscuits, to decide which ones become Brexit Biscuits.

Hot ginger bread and custard! Forgot how much I love that combo

Make flapjack. Filling and gorgeous. (Oats, condensed milk, sugar, butter, golden syrup)

Yes to having cash in the house.

I'll going to get some petrol in as well. I'll fill the jerry can I have in the garage for the petrol lawnmower, and either let the grass grow or use the electric mower instead.

Theworldisfullofgs I bought my flapjack ingredients today! I adore the MN flapjack recipe and thought it'd be better for me to have one of those a day rather than rage munching Double Deckers!

Make flapjack. Filling and gorgeous. (Oats, condensed milk, sugar, butter, golden syrup)

Lovely but very expensive to make when you add up the cost of those ingredients. it’s sad that it’s so expensive to bake now and likely get even more so.

I'm not sure if anyone has told you

We are ENGLAND, and we grow veg, have chickens n eggs, we have plenty of cows, pigs, ducks, geese, horse (taste quite nice and was normal until around the 50/60s) sheep.

We make cars, lorry's, petrol/diesel. We even have our own power.

We have workers n farmers, and construction workers, factory workers, designers, all some if the greatest in the WORLD.

Why on god's planet do we need to worry. We even brew our own beer and wine!

All this is, is SCAREMONGERING, nothing less than.

PS...

If life is going great to be so shit suddenly in 3 months.... Why oh why, are they still trying to seek in?

I think you're up past your bedtime. Off you toddle.

'We are ENGLAND'

Brexit in a nutshell. English nationalism.

Well someone's been at the Brexit Kool-Aid

Please don’t forget essential toiletries. No point risking a packed supermarket if you don’t have to.

Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Sanitary products
Bleach
Disinfectant
Washing powder
Dishwasher tablets (if you have one)
Tissues
Toilet paper
Soap
Shampoo

These absolute basics should be stocked in all houses.

Basic OTC medicines:

Paracetamol
Ibuprofen
Aspirin
Plasters
Bandages
Cough syrup
Sore throat lozenges
Calpol (if you have small ones)
A working thermometer
Antiseptic cream/TCP
antacid tablets/liquid
Anti diarrhoea tablets eg Imodium

It’s time to check your medication stores to make check the expiration dates.

There’s an extraneous make in that last sentence...

@NoraButty You can freeze Jamaican ginger cake, best to slice it first. Probs get more portions of that to go with custard than from a tinned sponge pudding.

Back in the 70s I'd heat up Jamaica ginger cake in the oven and then serve slices topped with tinned cream which had a spoonful of instant coffee beaten in... a favourite pudd with visiting sets of both parents and PIL

We are England UK we only grow 50% of our food.

Bottom line - would you eat grandma?

If not, start prepping.

Jamaica ginger cake, yum.

Not all of us are in ENGLAND.

I think the poster meant Enger-land.
And , shock horror, some of us in England aren't English.

Oh bless you Mac. It's so sweet and generous of you to share your insights like that.

I thought it was ING-Ger-LAN.