Show me your stockpiles

[SpunBodgeSquarepants]

Not because I'm keeping a list of who has food for when the shit hits the fan... Just because I'm a nosy bitch.

Here's mine - I started adding to it a few weeks ago. It's only me and almost 5yo DS I really have to worry about so I feel its almost there.

Yawn

No, but I may need to redhat after tonight's bashing! 🙈😳

If the world were about to end, there'd be no point stockpiling...

On a different subject, anyone who could give me the name of a nice mash potato brand?
I used to buy the o from Lidl but they haven’t had it for ages now and I still haven’t replaced it.

Idaho has been recommended. I have some but havent tried it yet.

Oh the horror! I can remember having to eat mashed potatoes at primary and I hated it. The dinner woman used to stand over you and make you eat every bite. I could feel it fighting its way back up my throat. I’m sticking to the tinned spuds.

I like smash (for mash get smash) or at least I like it when I was a student --with butter and bisto with a teaspoon of chilli added for spicy gravy)

bum, underline fail due to brain fail.

Thinking about students. Is there such a thing as small cartons of uht milk? If there's a shortage I can't imagine milk in a fridge lasting long.

That's probably where dried milk would be handy - make it up as you need to.

Like this

Yes KatyMac, thanks :)

Is there a dried milk that's ok? I still feel queasy at the thought of marvel

Nido? It's a Nestle product but it's full fat.

You can buy trays of the little single serving pots of uht milk they use in hotels.

Oh, I haven't stockpiled anything. I'm seriously regretting it

oh that's true Redhat. A lot of plastic, but costco do them.

We might give nido a trial run. If I'm brave enough. Full fat is good. Bugger at nestles though.

We've still got a functioning just in time system and reasonably priced food and goods available so not too late to do the minimum of three days worth of stuff, @PoppingBubbles

@mum2jakie - do I have the time to do more though? I'm not normally the stick my head in the sand type, so I'm annoyed at myself for not getting this sorted earlier.
I've not been not 100% myself recently though, had a bit of personal stuff to work through, so I've missed this one out so far.

I tried Nido and was hugely disappointed in how bleh it was.

Tried it again a week later with lower expectations and actually in tea it's lovely, quite a nice after-taste too!

@PoppingBubbles - there's still over a calendar month remaining. Surely anything you can do to prepare yourself has got to be better than doing nothing at all.

Plenty of time

Buy:

5kg rice
5kg pasta
1kg lentils
various pasta sauces
various stir fry and curry sauces
tinned tomatoes
tinned sweetcorn
tinned peas
tinned carrots
tinned beans
tinned chickpeas
tinned mushrooms
tinned ratatouille
tinned potatoes and/or instant mash
tinned soups
tinned meat or fish or TVP/soya mince
baked beans
bread mixes/flour and yeast or part baked bread/wraps/crackers
butter (freeze)
cheese (freeze)
jam/marmite/honey
meat and fish (freeze)
evaporated milk
uht milk
cereal
tea/coffee
squash/long life juice
flour
cous cous
sugar
lard (for pastry)/oil for cooking
multivitamins
toilet roll, toothpaste, shampoo, soap
cereal bars/biscuits/cake mixes/chocolate
salt, pepper, herbs, spices

pet food if you need it

closer to the time buy:
large bag potatoes
large bag carrots
large bag parsnips
large bag onions
garlic
butternut squash
apples
large carton of eggs
more butter
more cheese
(all of which should last a good few weeks if stored properly)

PoppingBubbles it's definitely not too late! Could you spend some time planning this weekend? Then prioritise and do a few extra shops. In your place I would refill prescriptions first, then get in food and essential toiletries like loo roll. As mum2jakie says, anything is better than nothing, as long as it is stuff you will actually use. I think you have time to do more than three days, assuming you have the budget and space to store things.

I have marked Brexit Day on my calendar with a big unicorn sticker.

Have any of us on the (very gentle) stockpiling boards assumed the position of completely abusing those who don't have the same view?
No. Didn't think so.
I've been totally flamed just for saying it was a shame we were put in this position.
Never said I was a staunch reaminer or leaver (for what it's worth, I'm a remainer)
But my goodness, the bullying, shaming, and made to feel like some sort of ridiculous freak.. well it doesn't help to pull together at all

I don't understand anyone who has children and isn't preparing for the worst outcome - best to be on the safe side when it comes to feeding your children

I agree. how can you take the risk if you have children?