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Show me your stockpiles

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SpunBodgeSquarepants · 07/02/2019 20:30

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.

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Nanalisa60 · 09/02/2019 08:06

I’m not really that worried!! But I do batch cook so I now got about two weeks of dinners in the freezer which usually I would have used by now but I’m keeping them for April in case it all goes tits up. But I am thinking of flying off on holiday on the weekend of the 23 March as I think I might get a cheap deal!!

TheCounter · 09/02/2019 16:10

Ellabella989

"Is this really necessary?!"

What do you think? Grin

MegaBat · 09/02/2019 16:26

@Ellabella989 no I don't think so. It's bonkers. I look forward to the threads afterwards though when shock horror - everything is still in the shops. At least people can still eat their hoarded food so no harm done really

Aprilshowersarecomingsoon · 09/02/2019 16:28

18 loo rolls would keep us going....
For a week!!

FriarTuck · 09/02/2019 16:32

Very neatly presented - you get extra marks for that.
I, sadly, have just started on the 2nd box of my Brexit shortbread stash. It'll all be gone (the whole shortbread stash, not this packet) well before we leave the EU. Luckily I also have a stock of the ingredients to make my own Grin

NopeNi · 09/02/2019 16:59

You get that costs are going to skyrocket no matter what, don't you? Between new tariffs, supermarket storage costs, shortages, and people taking advantage - if you can buy ahead now, why the hell wouldn't you?

BlackeyedGruesome · 09/02/2019 22:39

Maybe not necessary, hopefully not necessary, but if so got a buffer in. Also as a single parent with hEDS I sometimes need a buffer to save me shopping.

NoC0ntact · 09/02/2019 22:42

I look forward to the threads afterwards though when shock horror - everything is still in the shopsbut costs at least 20% more

SpunBodgeSquarepants · 09/02/2019 23:42

To be fair, my little stockpile is covering me for when I transition to universal credit from income support in March as well as for Brexit. I'm not sure if I'd have since the same were it just for Brexit... Actually I think I probably would have. The thought of not being able to feed my DS would worry me. Does no harm to get a few things in.

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IDoN0tCare · 09/02/2019 23:45

My brexit friend said that it wasn’t a big deal if we had to live on beans and toast for a while. I did point out to him that the beans aren’t actually grown in the UK. Surprisingly Hmm he did not know that.

This is not a boast list, but it’s a very bloody long one. I have always had extra in, as I had a poor childhood and swore I’d never go hungry again. However, with brexit, it’s got way bigger. I got a lot of tips and advice from other posters and I hope this gives others ideas. I don’t care if anyone thinks I’m over reacting, nuts, unbritish, scaremongering or just paranoid. If the wonderful land of plenty materialises, then great, because I don’t have to shop for the following for months. If prices shoot up, then it gives me breathing space. If I or my children are sick, the weather is horrendous, or people start panic buying, then at least I’m prepared. If I don’t eat or go off stuff, I can give it to the food bank.

I have at least 12 tins of each of the following:
Potatoes, that can be sliced and fried, added to soup to bulk them out, mashed to put on the top of pies.
Baked beans, which can also be rinsed to add to casseroles or salads or stews.
5 bean baked beans. See above.
Beans and sausages.
Sweet corn. I buy Tesco naturally sweet as it’s gorgeous and good value.
Peas. Can be eaten warm or added to casseroles, stews, etc.
Baby carrots. Not a fan of tinned carrots, but they’re good for stews.
Mixed veg,p. See above.
Tuna. Can be used with tinned, mashed potatoes and breadcrumbs to make fish cakes.
Tomatoes. For curries, pies, casseroles, etc.
Various soups.
Chick peas. Can make hummus, add to salad or eaten like nuts. Ok that last bit is probably just me. 😁
Hot dogs. Disgusting but my youngest would live on them and I can cut them up to bulk out a casserole for her.
Hunger breaks mixed grill. It has beans, sausage, diced potato, chicken nuggets and lamb nugget. Disgusting, but see above. It’s handy to cook if fuel is limited.
Big Soup. A filling soup or drain a tiny bit of the liquid off, mashed potatoes on top and you have a casserole.
Chicken in white sauce. Again for youngest and can be used as a pie filling.
Meatballs.

Tinned pineapple. Eaten as dessert, pizza topping for the weirdos or to use in sweet and sour sauce.
Various tinned fruits.
Custard.
Rice pudding.

Dried foods:
I buy good quality, quick cook spaghetti and pasta, as it saves money on fuel. Cheap pasta takes far too long.
Popcorn.
Peas.
Lentils.
Yellow chickpeas.
Rice.
Numerous packets of microwave rice, in different flavours.
Dried fruit.

12 boxes of Napolina pizza bases. That’s 24 pizzas.

About 25 cartons of apple, orange and pineapple juice. Tesco are doing apple juice called growers harvest which is good value and tastes nice.

I have very generous clients, so have about 12 tubs of various sweets, from Christmas.

Lots of spirits.

Six cases of Diet Coke and Fanta. Good for spirts and easier to ration.

Lots of wine, though I keep depleting the stock. Blush

50 cartoons of oatly oat milk (Barista edition) Doesn’t need to be stored in a fridge and can be used as ordinary milk.

Five tubs of hot chocolate.
Four tubs of coffee.
Extra coffee for the coffee machine too.
Two boxes of tea bags. Wee not big tea drinkers.
Various coffee syrups, that can also be used in the hot chocolate.
Two boxes of peppermint tea for indigestion, probably from eating all the tinned food. 😁

I have two excellent barbecues, that I can use as ovens and extra gas bottles.

Four large packs of toilet rolls and 24 kitchen rolls. I get them from home bargains and can highly recommend them. Good quality and great value.
Various cleaning fluids.
Good first aid kit and extra boxes of paracetamol and ibuprofen.
Extra months supply of my children’s drugs. I’ve been ordering them slightly sooner each time, to get ahead. Same with my meds.

I’ve kept the sleeping bags and hot water bottles, that I had intended to throw out, as I’m concerned that heating costs may sky rockets. I’ve also kept the old curtains to double line the current ones, if that happens.

Various frozen foods as I have an extra freezer.

I use the plastic drawers that can be bought in lots of shops, to store most of it. You can take the tops of them and fit them together to make one large stack. They each hold @ 18 ordinary tins and two pizza boxes or dried food, on top of the tins.

IDoN0tCare · 09/02/2019 23:47

Oh. I forgot to say, I also use egg replacement as I and one of my children are vegan, though you’d never think it from the dead animals in a tin, I have for the other kids. 😬

gamerchick · 09/02/2019 23:49

We’ve got an entire shed full of pet food, toilet rolls, rice, pasta, tinned goods, gin and tonic water

Your shed? Lovely, is it made of wood? 'looks for crowbar and saw' Wink

Extremecloseup · 09/02/2019 23:54

Not sure whether to do Confused face or give you a round of applause IDoN0t
Either way I want to be your friend if there's ever a zombie apocalypse Wink

BlackeyedGruesome · 09/02/2019 23:55

@StoatofDisarray I live in a small flat too. Got some stashed under, on, behind, next to variety items of furniture. Cleaning stuff in outside store. It is surprising where one can find space

IDoN0tCare · 09/02/2019 23:57

Not sure whether to do confused face or give you a round of applause IDoN0t
Either way I want to be your friend if there's ever a zombie apocalypse

Grin If things get that bad, I’d probably have you pickled and added to the stock pile. Grin

Extremecloseup · 09/02/2019 23:59

Eek!! Maybe not then Wink

Jellykat · 10/02/2019 00:00

Wow IDoNOtCare you've been busy, fair play!
< runs to get pen and paper >

IDoN0tCare · 10/02/2019 00:02

This is where certain posters will really gun for me. I’m very good at diy and when I was putting my own kitchen in, I attached the kick boards with magnets. You can slide a full case of tins under each 600ml unit. Wink To be fair, I originally did it to store tools, but have since got a garage.

I also forgot to add the bottles of Tesco own brand double strength diluted juice and flavoured water.

Murinae · 10/02/2019 00:04

My cat food stash plus 20 kilos of dried cat biscuits.

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IDoN0tCare · 10/02/2019 00:08

I grew up in NI during the troubles and remember my parents talking about the stricken if 1974, that bright NI to a standstill. I was very very young but remember the fear and uncertainty. As soon as I heard that Brexit had won, I started planning. I hope I’m completely wrong, but I do think we’re all going to have it tough, but especially in NI, if we get a hard border. Better to be thought of as paranoid, than stick my head in the sand and go hungry.

IDoN0tCare · 10/02/2019 00:10

I’m in awe, Murinae. I have selfishly only started pet food stocking. I’m more annoyed anput the extra litter.

Extremecloseup · 10/02/2019 00:19

Idonot I've decided to take the risk of being pickled, because your idea of having extra supplies stashed behind kickboards is genius. The zombies'll never find them there Wink

IDoN0tCare · 10/02/2019 00:31

Extremecloseup, the kick boards are usually clicked into place and you should be able to pop them off, using a knife to get a grip under them. Think about it. You can store a case of 24 tins, under one 600ml unit.

ChoccyJules · 10/02/2019 00:40

DH just admitted that he broke into my Brexit loo rolls last night Angry. Gonna have to find a better storage place!

Jellykat · 10/02/2019 00:40
Grin
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