Hell is ever closer-how's your stash looking?

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My brexit cupboard shelves have been depleted due to using up the things that were going out of date like long life milk and juice. We also seem to have raided the baked beans
After today's announcement of buffoon johnson (isn't Johnson an American term for penis?) being our new PM and his threat of brexit on Halloween come hell or high water I figured I should assess my supplies. I still have my original lists somewhere so need to check everything.
Anyone else extra worried now and assessing their supplies?

Thanks for the oat milk recipe @MotherWol - DD won’t drink cows milk so this is very helpful for the future.

We have just thrown away the last butternut from last year! They were fine until June. The tromba are useful because they are more like a courgette without the sogginess.

I might grow more squash options next year if it's confirmed I've got my second allotment plot this week. I've no space right now! They're space-crazy (I'm not sure which plant is attempting world domination more successfully out of the courgettes, pumpkins and squash!).

The tromba climbs so ours goes through the magnolia tree and the serpents hang down like a bizarre fruit. 😀

FFS, we've just discovered the builders won't be out of our loft (where the stash goes) for another two weeks. Im desperate to check the dates and do a stock check, but I do not want it on display to them.

Packing and going on holiday will disrupt my stash sorting plans.

I know how you feel about getting on with it OYBBK.

We are nearly ready if he went now, but need to rotate use and restock if definitely October.

I bought more courgette seeds to give it a try next year.

Waffler on radio proclaiming it is all project fear and costs with no benefits. Trying to refute food and drink association.

In weeks things will be back to normal, will adjust, not a big deal.

Just in time is not about speed it is about logistics, factor in extra time

Their customers voted to leave, not leaving is far more dangerous than a few delays, if there are delays which I don't think there will be...

^quoting man on radio 4 on WATO

A couple of sentences stating food and drink association, interview refuting this position.

A few weeks disruption seems to have been admitted to, then refuted.

Claim that food and drink association only has 350 members and there are thousands of producers many of whom do no import or export to Europe.

The big companies in fada are throwing toys out of pram apparently to try and prevent Brexit.

Well, I guess we'll see, one way or the other. Hedge fund betting on short positions will increase, though, I think. If only we all had £300 million to gamble on British business collapses, like one of Johnson's donors ...

If it was all so rosy, why are so many organisations and businesses being constrained from communicating fully by NDAs by the government?

The Food and Drink Association and the Road Haulage Association amongst them - so what they are at liberty to say is a small part of what they'd like to say about the potential consequences.

Xmas shopping started...

New shower being purchased at end of month, front room being decorated...

Stash being added to...

I went slightly mad and bought 30 bags of pasta, now have 15 kilos of it . It is my favourite Italian brand and was on offer and has a use by date of 2022. But still, it was a bit rash of me.

If anyone is looking for a bit of variety in their veg stock, I can recommend Aldi jars of artichoke. It's a bit expensive I suppose, but you get quite a lot of it and it is lovely with in a tomato sauce with reconstituted dried mushrooms. Goes well with the pasta!

I was in Aldi today (central London) adding my extra stockpile bits alongside my normal shopping & there were no paracetamol & limited sanpro. It was the same in Asda last week. There were quite a few packs of antihistamines & ibroprufen though.

Nice Aldi tip @ghostofharrenhal

Rha on PM.

Not sounding good.

Alternative point of view now.

Unlike earlier when mainly leavers side.

You're welcome @bellinisurge, I have learned a lot from your posts, so thanks for that.

👍

I had a really good stockpile before the last Brexit deadline but then when it got extended I ate it all. I think all I've got left is a giant bag of pasta and a giant bag of rice.

I am trying to pack for holiday and am searching under the stairs for those things one only uses on holiday.

I have discovered the stockpile of pencils that I must have bought in a Welsh supermarket last year.

Once I have got to the back of the cupboard I have to pack it all back in until the end of the holiday, when I pull it all out again to get the suitcases back in.

I've added 2 packs of kitkats, a packet of chocolate hobnobs, and a box of cereal today.

My camel is tied now, I think.
Although we just ordered a new under the work top freezer as we have a dishwasher shaped space in the kitchen.
Our usual freezer is not big and it's always a squeeze so we decided to treat ourselves :)
So will probably do a bit of batch cooking once that arrives, but otherwise just rotating stock now.