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.

We have a breadmaker, can't always be arsed doing it but it's soooo nice. Got extra flour in as part of stockpile.

We've built up a stock of (probably quite boring) staples and the last week or so I've turned my mind to more treat type stuff in case it does all get very boring - so I bought a load of jelly! Takes up little space, is made with just boiling water, and makes me regress to five-year-old at a birthday party feelings. Good call, I thought.

We looked at the stash the other day and DH said "I think we've got nearly the amount of food which my mum keeps in all the time" which made us both chuckle and at least means we don't need to worry about mil and fil should there be problems.

I need to double check what fuel we've got for cooking - but we live fairly rurally and keeping the camping supplies/candles stocked up is just routine bad weather preparedness for us.

I am not mentioning my "Brexit shelf" to anyone, as the very few people who I did tell (DH and DS1, I am looking at you) were very vocal in making fun. But I have:

Coffee, hot chocolate and tea
Squash, juice, tonic and diet coke
Flour, bread flour, yeast and sugar
Biscuits and sweets
Tinned tuna salmon, soups, tomatoes, kidney beans, curry sauces
Tomato puree, garlic puree
Rice, pasta, lentils, posher Smash
Crackers, crisps, Pringles and popping corn
Condiments
Jams, honey, marmite
Custard, rice puds
Laundry stuff
Household cleaning stuff
Sanpro
Over thoe counter medication
Loo rolls, nappies and wipes
Spices, stock cubes, seasoning, herbs etc

Also a 6 foot tall full freezer with meat, fish, bread etc. (Yet to buy frozen veg, including chopped onions though.) I've stewed apples, and frozen blackberries as I figure I can then make a crumble. Butter seems to freeze ok. Also stocked up on everything that DS2 (diagnosed with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) will eat that can freeze.

Considering getting UHT milk even though none of us like it - what are everyone's thoughts on milk being in high demand/short supply?

Not sure about milk as a lot of it has British milk on the container iirc

Doesn't matter if it has "Annie's farm about two minutes from the supermarket " on it. If you don't want to be near supermarkets full of angry people, get some freezer friendly and/ or shelf stable stuff in if that is a key part of your diet.

I rarely go to the supermarket anyway l get it mostly online also so could get it then. We always have about 6l of the uht stuff in anyway

And the supermarket is going to deliver what to you?

Hopefully the supermarket will deliver my shopping like it always does. Amazon delivers our shopping also. If not there is only 2 of us and I’m sure we will manage with not much or no milk or Amazon will have some powdered stuff

@bellinisurge unicorn milk, obviously

We have 6 litres of uht milk anyway which is probably more than most on this thread so we won’t need any unicorn milk getting in

If push came to shove I could up my breastmilk supply. According to my ds there's lots of milk in my right breast. Not sure how good my left one is as think they are tired after 4 years (self weaning is a slow progress 😩).

I love the "hopefully". That's rather the point.

Well if they don’t deliver we have at least 3 months supply of stuff and a big veg plot, how many months supplies do you suggest people get in then

I have consistently said 3 days . Do more if you want. Don't do less.

Well not a problem then is it. 3 days is hardly anything

I'm not sure how much I've actually got. 2 weeks maybe. 3 once I've got decent UHT milk supplies. I made a ciabatta from a mix yesterday and turned out well so might get more mixes. My forays into flour, yeast and water haven't gone well. I've ordered Paul Hollywood's Bread book from the library and will keep trying. I've ordered a few packs of crackers today. The children get free school lunches but who knows if they will continue.

You would think not@WhentheDealGoesDown1 , but the haranguing I've had on here for suggesting it is eye popping.
As a general prepper I do more but I recognise that most people have neither the money , the space nor the inclination to do anything.
I don't know everyone's circumstances so there is no point me urging people to do more. That is their call once they have a 3 day buffer in.

have:
spaghetti, penne, fusilli
rice,
pearl barley
red, green,brown lentils, mainly red as we use these most
dried beans: canellini, black turtle, urid, butter, haricot
split yellow peas, dried chickpeas
sugars (icing, castor, granulated, something brown that has been in the flat for 15 years+)

tinned beans: black, kidney, butter, blackeye
baked beans.

1 tin pilchards
1 tin chicken white sauce.
tuna

weetbiscs
sultanas
raisins
dried apricots
oats
seeds: pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, chia, ground linseed, poppy, hemp,
dried milk, uht, soya

sweetchilli dipping sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, balsamic vinegar various other oils/vinegars that were required for recipes, cooking wine
salt, pepper
dried mixed herbs
cumin,turmeric, chilli powder, dried coriander, ginger

stir in sauce
jar sweetand sour

peaches, pineapple,
rice pudding, christmas puddings, (need custard powder)
jelly blocks
3 sorts of biscuits
box of biscuits
cereal bars
jam

tinned sweetcorn
tinned peas
tin mushrooms,
tinned tomatoes

soup
cup-a-soup

crisps, pringles, peanuts
various chocolate and sweets, box of chocolates
popping corn
crackers

coffee
sil's teabags

oil for cooking

self raising flower
bicarb of soda
baking soda
yeast

(need bread flour later)

pineapple juice
apple juice
orangejuice
squash
fizzy water
plain water
water purifying tablets (take up very little space)
coke bottle

stuffing mix.

washing detergent
washing up liquid
washing up gloves
antibac spray
soap (need more)
conditioner
shampoo,
baby wash
bubble bath
toothpaste adult/child
deodorant
sanpro
razors

hoover bags
binbags
recycling bags
pens
batteries
tin foil

wind up torch
solar power bank
solar radio

wool jumpers and blankets and warm clothing generally already in use.

large pieces of plastic packaging to be used as dust sheets for painting but can be utilised for other things.

yet to do the fridge and freezer. they both need tidying out.

Reads BlackeyedGruesome’s list, gets new pen and paper, digs down sides of sofa for more money

we normally run quite high stocks anyway due to illness, single parenthood, being without water after mains went, disabled children, etc

I make sure that I have at least one of everything in stock and enough for about three days anyway, so increased to about a week or two. some I have months in, if for example there has been a recent offer, but not usually across the board. I

I have alwasy stockked up on tinned beans and tomatoes during ramadan when offers are on in shops.

now I am just filling in the gaps.

I do not care, mine has been copied from other peoples lists, everyone likes different stuff. I am not going to stock up tinned potatoes, yet, but will find something else to replace them. I have just used up the potatoes I bought on holiday, in august. They were fine.

Anyone else keep adding more and more into their shop? I'm worried that the Tesco delivery driver is going to rumble me, I've decided to tell him/her that I'm doing a big cook up for the church fundraiser!

No point in stockpiling for us. We have 7 children and one single undercounter fridge and freezer and one tin cupboard.

Stockipiling as much as we physically can might feed us for a an extra day, but if things are genuinely that bad, who'd want to survive anyway....?