Show me your brexit stockpiles cont...

[SparklySneakers]

A thread for sharing details of our stashes: what we have, what we need, good hiding places and all sorts of hints and tips to help prepare for shortages in the event of a no deal brexit.

Only one person has mentioned Brexit to me in RL , that was Sunday when they mentioned they hoped it would be cancelled.

I have no idea if people are stocking up or not. I suspect all the deal or no deal and extension talk has put some people off stocking up. Or that some people just don't have a clue.

Lemon curd doesn't last that long does it? I'd made some lovely stuff recently but it only lasts two or three weeks.

Now dd is home from university I've been able to show her what we've put aside for her and ascertain what else she needs on the list. Fortunately I've been able to guess her diet pretty well, but she clearly eats much more pasta than even I'd guessed.

Long life bread options? Given she only has a tiny shared freezer. I'd thought about pumpernickel which she likes, any thing else?

I've got a small stash of tins, packets, jars etc in the garage, and get paid on Friday so I'm doing a months shop instead of a week.

Have ordered all my meat & cheese and a decent supply of frozen veg, plus extra tea, coffee, home baking supplies and sanpro/toothpaste as the stuff me and DD use is manufactured in Europe.

TBH I'm not convinced that even the worst case scenario will be quite the drama.skme people are expecting, but it's all such a bloody farce I'd rather be prepared as I really don't need any more stress in my life right now.

On the upside, Mum and Dad have 2 fridge freezer and 6 food cupboards and shop like rationing is about to brought back in, so at least I don't need to worry about them going short!

Kitten what about bread mixes from the baking aisle?

Just add water, mix, rise and bake. Could even do half a pack at a time and make rolls so no need to make a big loaf or buy a tin?

oh that's a really good idea Minty! I'll propose that to her. Cos I'm making my own sourdough, I'd forgotten there were short cuts.

You can get some really good ones in Tesco (including a sourdough mix) for 85p each

You can freeze lemon curd though

Wraps have a very long life on them. I picked up some in tesco the other day with an august date on them.

Long life bread options? My mil makes awesome flatbread.

OK, finally wandered into this thread.
I sort of thought that people were joking about stockpiling really, but was planning to do a bit of it myself in these last few weeks 'just in case'.

However, I'm stuck at home now with a broken ankle, and no clue as to what to actually stockpile.

We have a chest freezer, and 2 fridges, and a whole empty garage.

Any suggestions on what I should target if I do an on-line shop?

Sorry, I should have said I know a lot of people have listed what they have stockpiled but what I am trying to understand is what is the reason for selecting the stuff? Is there anything specific item that is extremely likely to be in short supply in the immediate aftermath?

Its personal preference really based on what you and your family eat. However if I was going to start from scratch now I would be buying

tinned sweetcorn
tinned peas
tinned beans
tinned carrots
tinned chickpeas
tinned ratatoille
tinned soups

pasta sauce and other ready made sauces (lots)
pasta
rice
cous cous
flour - plain, bread and SRaising
eggs (some to keep fresh, some to freeze)

salt and pepper, herbs and spices
jams and spreads
oils
yeast
tea/coffee/squash
UHT milk

tinned fish or meat

tinned fruit
tinned custard
tinned rice pudding

butter (can be frozen)
cheese (can be frozen)
fat for pastry making
meat for freezer (freeze flat to maximise space)
fish for freezer
vegetables and fruit for freezer

biscuits
chocolate

large sack of unwashed potatoes
few butternut squashes
bag onions

This is a list of basics

Check out lady in Tesco says she's noticed a difference since Christmas in that it's much busier. She also said she's going to start stocking up.

Missed out porridge oats and cereal

IMO its about having a range of things which will mean you can be self sufficient for a while. not about which might run short (which is really difficult to predict since when one product is unavailable people switch to another thus causing shortages there..)

Cloudtree
Thank you for taking the time to type that out! It is very helpful, lots of pointers to take into account.

Apologies if someone has given prior detail, but can eg red leicester cheese just go straight into the freezer?

And I will add dog food as well.

@dancerdog , people should focus on what they like and what their preferences are. Obviously, if you like a particular recipe, you want the ingredients to hand or shelf stable/freezable substitutes.
And say you love Shreddies for breakfast or, your fussy dd/ds does, you not only want an extra box of shreddies in your larder but also you need to think about the milk to go with it.
Again, here's the issue of shops being a rather unpleasant place to be for a while because they might be full of angry people who didn't get a buffer of food in. I don't particularly want to go to a shop full of angry people, even if it has milk, so I look at having substitutes for fresh dairy in my house.
It's about peace of mind. You only buy what you can afford to buy because spending loads gives you other unpeaceful moments as well as home storage problems. Everyone makes their own judgement on this and , ahem, takes back a bit of control.

Yep, you can freeze cheese.

I've meal planned for the month ahead taking into account of where I can use frozen/tinned/dry food instead of fresh so:

Frozen veg, including jacket potatoes, stir fry mix, diced onions and peppers

Any marinades/sauces I need

Bread making ingredients - we don't eat huge amounts of bread, but for pizza bases, along with jars of sauce, antipasti, olives (and tinned ham and pineapple for DD...boak)

Really need to make a decision re milk...not keen on UHT and can manage without re coffee but not tea, and DD has cereal most mornings.

The tip for cheese is grate and freeze

AutumnCrow

Good shout re grating, I had a vision of taking a chainsaw to a huge slab of frozen cheese!

But you can also just chuck whole blocks of cheese into the freezer. I never bother to grate it first. Its just a bit more crumbly when you come to use it.

I freeze all types of cheese apart from cottage cheese and cream cheese which don't freeze very well.

Chop big blocks of cheese into smaller chunks so you can get out a bit at a time.

@SparklySneakers I bought five more packs of Fry's Orange Creams today and I promise if it all goes tits up I'll send you some.

Or we could barter.

@AutumnCrow Inlooked in Tesco but none there either. I have a very unhealthy treat stash and would happily barter

I got one pack of the Wispas today whilst in Sainsbury's. Plus some more Kit Kat Chunkies which won't last so the treat stash is still looking good!

I just wish we had some certainty so I knew when I could start eating my pile of food!