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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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Duckshead · 12/02/2019 21:11

Howdoidothis you must have a brilliant system in place for rotation?

EmmaGrundyForPM · 12/02/2019 22:00

HowdoIdothis will you really use some of that stash in the event it's not needed? I get the pulses, flour etc but we never use dried milk here so I'm reluctant to buy it as it will just be a waste. Same with stuff like mushy peas. I can't imagine that even come the zombie apocalypse I'd eat tinned peas.

Spurred on by this thread I've just had a look online at Tesco to add tinned fruit to my order but again, there's hardly any tinned fruit DH and DS would eat. I'd be fine with tinned peaches, I might get dh to eat tinned pears but I suspect ds would just die of scurvy......

BlackeyedGruesome · 12/02/2019 22:29

I work on the principle that we will all eat different things from the stash. The tinned milk will be for my coffee or cooking with. I doubt that things will replace the current way we eat.

I have been unpacking the shopping and have added crackers and crisp bread to the store along with some nuts.

I need to get AAA batteries
Plasters, different crackers, canellini beans, chick peas, more DD's milk, tuned carrots, more loo roll, cookies, food flasks, sort the freezer, kids sweets,sort the fridge, see what else will go under the stairs, etc etc etc.

Cloudtree · 12/02/2019 22:54

emma would they eat applesauce?

Howdoidothis4eva · 12/02/2019 23:28

Everything will get used, as I hate waste. I mostly only buy thing's that we'll use, although I do like to try new things (hence the spam!).

I like mushy peas with sausage and mash, and with chips, and I've also used them to thicken pea and ham soup before.

I'm very good at packing stuff efficiently into small spaces, and I've got a spare room that I use for storage.

I use dried milk in my baking, usually when I'm baking bread or rolls, and I'll sometimes use it in my tea too. I do a lot of baking though.

Every time I buy something it gets moved to the back of the shelf/cupboard, so that the older stuff is at the front. It's labelled with BBE date in marker pen, where it's easily visible with just a glance. I also keep a list on every cupboard, with contents and BBE dates for everything in out and they get updated as things get used and replaced.

LightAsTheBreeze · 13/02/2019 08:34

I use my understairs cupboard like a pantry, it has shelves all round which I can get loads on. On the floor against the wall I have wire bathroom racks (bought from Next Clearance) to stack things and in the middle of the floor I stack multipacks of coke etc and store large bottles of squash etc. I also have got a couple of shelf hanging baskets from Wilkos in there.

It seemed a far better use of space than just putting the hoover and brooms in there which people generally use them for as it is also handily next to the kitchen and frees up the kitchen cupboards

Solewindow · 13/02/2019 19:40

I can't imagine that even come the zombie apocalypse I'd eat tinned peas.

Oh no I love tinned mushy peas, that's a lunch for me!

BlackeyedGruesome · 13/02/2019 19:45

Tinned peas would be useful ammunition in a zombie repelling catapult though.

IDoN0tCare · 13/02/2019 19:46

Oh no I love tinned mushy peas, that's a lunch for me!

With fresh buttered bread. 🤤

AutumnCrow · 13/02/2019 19:47

I learned to love tinned peas as a student. And tinned spaghetti bolognese. Not necessarily together.

bellinisurge · 13/02/2019 19:56

I'm a 70s kid. The only peas we ever had were tinned peas.
Peas and rice. Mince. That's my childhood. With a dash of Tabasco sauce.

Howdoidothis4eva · 13/02/2019 23:33

I have actually been known to eat cold mushy peas straight out of the tin Blush

havingtochangeusernameagain · 14/02/2019 08:19

Yuck Envy not envy!

If it really all goes pear shaped I'll just have to eat Easter eggs and tinned fruit...

havingtochangeusernameagain · 14/02/2019 08:19

no pun intended ;)

JiltedJohnsJulie · 14/02/2019 08:42

My DF used to put cold tinned peas on a salad. Slightly odd but bloody lovely Grin

AutumnCrow · 14/02/2019 08:49

Tinned marrowfat peas are nice with fishfingers and tomato ketchup, mashed, in white bread.

piscis · 14/02/2019 14:42

I am a bit Hmm at more than one person recommending supplies for 3 days, no more. Surely even without Brexit, 3 days worth of food is nothing, my kitchen cupboards/fridge would be empty with 3 days worth of food!

bellinisurge · 14/02/2019 14:56

The thing about three days is that it's a start and it's doable. It's also better than nothing. I've been suggesting three days for months. I could not even start to pretend I know everyone's circumstances so it is pointless me suggesting anything more. That has to be a personal decision where you take responsibility for your own situation and make your own judgments based on what you can afford and what works for you.
Three days is a standard emergency amount- many countries recommend at least twice that. For people who have never done it before or thought about it before that sounds intimidating and overwhelming, particularly if you are on a tight budget. Do more if you want but don't do less.
Your area might be absolutely fine and smooth running. Others might not. Your supermarkets might have no angry panic buying. Other area might not. With three days you can keep away from all that and decide for yourself.

bellinisurge · 14/02/2019 15:02

And three days is breakfast, dinner, tea (I'm northern, it's what we say Grin). It's snacks. It's treats. It's hygiene stuff. It's pet food. It includes milk. It's whatever your household needs without the shops. I think it's a bit naive to think everyone already has all of this all the time.

redhat · 14/02/2019 15:09

I think 3 days of extra stuff is fine for a starting point but it really isn't much and I think 3 weeks is a much more realistic aim for this scenario. Then extras of items you really don't want to do without eg coffee or a particular brand of sauce loved by your DC plus extras of things like vitamins, fruit juice etc which will be useful if fruit and veg becomes problematic.

bellinisurge · 14/02/2019 15:14

If you are living on a tight budget in a small space, three weeks is unrealistic. If you have a fair amount of spare cash and lots of space then three weeks may be fine for you. But to suggest that anyone who doesn't have loads of spare cash and doesn't live in a big space has no chance of doing anything useful for themselves is not very helpful.

piscis · 14/02/2019 15:30

I think that, Brexit stock aside, I have always tended to have my cupboards quite full. I always have enough food for a couple of weeks anyways, that's the reason why stockpiling for 3 days seems like nothing to me. Agree with @redhat, 3 weeks or even one month is much more realistic in this scenario. You cannot rely in any chaos being sorted very quickly when in 2 years they haven't been able to do nothing at all Sad. I aim to 2 months not because I think we are going to starve, but because I do think that prices would increase, so at least I can save some money by buying beforehand!

I obviously understand that everyone circumstances are not the same, space being a problem, and also budget, but to be honest I do have quite a big Brexit cupboard and I don't feel like I have spent so much as I have been doing it little by little since October last year, just buying a few extra items each time I was going to the supermarket. Stockpiling for a long period last minute can be a bit of a problem with a tight budget, yes

bellinisurge · 14/02/2019 15:33

Which is why I have been telling people on here for months to look at this and their situation. And start with three days.
No point saying it now because it is harder to do it carefully and proportionately with such a short time to do it in.

bellinisurge · 14/02/2019 15:34

And the stick I have been getting from numpties saying that buying a tin of peas three months ago is "panic buying ".

redhat · 14/02/2019 15:45

If you have a fair amount of spare cash and lots of space then three weeks may be fine for you. But to suggest that anyone who doesn't have loads of spare cash and doesn't live in a big space has no chance of doing anything useful for themselves is not very helpful.

I didn't say or suggest that though.

No desire to fall out, particularly since I am a regular under a name change. But I do think that at this stage with the very real chance of no deal, there would be a false sense of security in getting in 3 days' worth and thinking 'job done'. It is better than nothing and as I said, it is a starting point.

Most people could get a weeks worth of food in for less than £40 for a family. It wouldn't be great food. It wouldn't provide an interesting and varied diet. But it would feed them.