Show me your brexit stockpiles cont...

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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.

New to this thread, got a decent Brexit cupboard/ freezer stash on the go. Are the concerns about milk/ butter/ bog standard cheese due to anticipated price rises rather than availability? As all our milk and majority of everyday dairy products are from British cows. What am I missing? Thanks.

My mum randomly adored Sainsburys basics fish pie. Her little freezer was full of them.
We also set up an account with one of those ready meal suppliers that brings it to your door - actually they brought it inside to Mum's freezer and were lovely people.
I don't know if they would have supply issues with Brexit but I would like to think they would be prioritised. Maybe look into it.
My mum was a fussy eater, a private sort of person and very much "oh, I'll be fine " kind of attitude. And we talked her around to this.
Obviously I don't suggest this as a "Brexit solution" for everyone but if you frame it more generally do keep Brexit out of the discussion she might go for it.

@smogsville , while we are pretty self sufficient in dairy in UK, the shops themselves might be unpleasant places to be for a bit if we No Deal. And there may be general supply issues (even short term) which make it less than certain milk etc will be available.
And price rises as costs rise.
If you just think about the buffer of stuff you would like if you were snowed in.
We can't insulate ourselves indefinitely, particularly from price rises.

I thought a lot of dairy was imported from Ireland?

A lot is @IrritableBitchSyndrome . And like all farmers, dairy farmers in the UK would need investment in infrastructure to supply the local market (UK) properly.

Just packed up the old toy box with supplies and put the old toys back on top to disguise.

I only need three more loo rolls stashed away to reach my arbitrary number required. I have space for 9.

Thanks @bellinisurge that makes sense. I think I had a vague plan of getting in a bit of butter and cheese 'nearer the time' but that time is probably now isn't it...

Yep, @smogsville

Yep, we are definitely in nearer the time territory now.

I have set myself the task of putting everything away so not on show and cleaning the flat and doing administration before venturing out to get the last of the supplies. May have something to do with the torrential rain this morning making the morning commute a bit of blind faith as seeing other cars became difficult it was so heavy.

We are self sufficient (sort of) in milk but not in milk products or any of the milk or milk derivatives (eg powdered milk) which are used in manufacturing other food products.

So if we had supply chain issues the milk products (butter cheese cream, yoghurt) producers and the other goods (breads, cakes, biscuits, rice puddings, custards etc) producers are all going to be needing the milk we produce.

Plus there's also an issue with animal feed (weather last year caused problems with UK crop and we import a lot). If the cows are not getting the nutrients they need the milk production will drop.

Suddenly we are looking at milk issues and escalating prices...

Bugger.

I am working on the principle that the DC will get first priority on the food they eat, I will get those nutrients in other forms, Eg rice pudding.

Rice pudding is actually a badass prepper food thinking about it.

Long life in tins
Calcium
Protein
Fat
Can be eaten hot or cold
Bloody delicious
Filling

There are worse puddings to put by.

Kids don't like it though.

DD gets soya milk and that is really long life. I have a few put away and some in the cupboard.

For Ds I have powdered milk. He may not like it so that might be mine for cereals coffee etc. He would then get priority on any milk I can buy.

Rice pudding plus Nutella is hard to ignore.

My DC also claim not to like rice pudding but its easy not to like things when there's a plentiful supply of everything and lots of other alternatives. They will say they don't like the rice pudding offered, knowing they will then be able to negotiate a biscuit instead. If alternatives are not so readily available I suspect they'd try it properly and find its actually lovely. Half of the issue is what you are used to.

DS1 should love tinned rice pudding. I was eating it whilst in labour!

I can't stand the runniness of tinned rice pudding. Makes me 🤢

My two don't have non-dairy milk as they're bloody awkward. They both had it whilst weaning / as toddlers, but declare they don't like the cereals / scrambled eggs etc they used to devour when little. Sigh.

My milk bill was extortionate when I was buying lactose free for DD and the junior Alpro for DS!

I can't stand the runniness of tinned rice pudding. Makes me 🤢

Top tip, if you bake it in the oven it will firm up and is far more similar to home made rice pudding. Takes quite a while though since you're basically getting the water content to evaporate, the rice is already cooked.

That is a good tip! Thank you.

Ds is autistic so we have to be careful with food offered. Offer a generally accepted food in a slightly different format, or at the wrong time or in the wrong receptacle or at the wrong temperature can lead to on going rejection completely.

I think mum likes rice pudding. I've not had it since I was a baby. The thought of it makes me want to vomit. Gloopy, horrible looking stuff. Anything creamy is out for me. I don't like ambrosia, prefer birds.
I'm thinking crumble mix packets might be good to have in.

For anyone wondering about yoghurt have you seen these?
Shelf stable, decent expiry dates (I have some for Dec 19) and my two love them.

My freezer is full of butter and cheese. My cupboards are full of wine. #priorities

I get paid on Tuesday so will either go to Tesco or get a delivery.

Sorry bit random that! I mean to stock up on the rest of the things like crumble mix and whatever is missing/wanted from the stash.

I guess we'll know tonight more about how likely crashing out is?

I've put prepping on hold for now, are you all still going full steam ahead? It's hard to know whether it's worth spending more savings on it or not