Beginner here - does this sound like a reasonable stockpile?

[mmmgoats]

I've always liked to have a fair bit extra in, but thanks to MN I decided to get really organised and ensure I'm covered for (hopefully) every eventuality. It's actually really helped my anxiety as I feel a bit more in control.

Just wondered if anyone could take a look and see if this sounds reasonable prep wise, basically just got extra of what we normally eat in (for three of us) - feel like I'm missing obvious things!

Cupboard Stuff
Red/Green Pesto: 10 jars
Beans/Spaghetti hoops: 10 tins
Pasta Sauce: 10 jars
Curry Paste: 5 jars
Veg - peas/new potatoes/carrots/spinach - 5 tins each
Black Beans - 5 cans
Butter Beans - 5 cans
Broad Beans - 5 cans
Mixed Beans - 5 cans
Kidney Beans - 4 cans
Ravioli - 5 cans
Soups - mixed - 10 cans
Rice - 1kg + a selection of microwavable packs
Couscous - mixed selection of individual packs
Lentils - 1kg
Quinoa - 500g
Pasta - 1kg
Spaghetti - five packs
Passata - 8 cartons
Chopped Tomatoes - 10 cans
Tomato Puree - 3 tubes
Tuna - 10 cans
Peas - 4 cans
Corned beef - 2 cans
Sardines in sauce - 5 packs
Mackerel - 5 packs
Stewing steak - 3 tins
Jumbo Oats
Weetabix
Muesli
2 litre bottles water - 5
2kg coffee beans
Tea bags - mix
Hot Chocolate - big tub of powdered
Long life milk (currently 4 cartons will probably pick up more)
Tortillas - 2 packs
Mix of herbs and marinades/rubs
Slow cooker sauce packs
Mixed nuts
Nut Butters/Nutella/Marmite/Marmalade and Honey

Frozen
Avocado
Onions
Peppers (mixed)
Cabbage
Spinach
Herbs
Peas/sweetcorn
Carrots
Broc + cauli
Meat - assorted
Fish fillets
Fish Fingers [ who doesn't love a fish finger sandwich?!]
ice cream
Bread
Just Rol Pastry - two packs

Household
Candles (two bags tealights plus various)
Solar lamp + charger
three 6 litre collapsable water containers [empty but ready to go]
Torches x 2
Toilet Rolls (50)
Mouthwash & toothpaste [bulk packs of each]
Batteries
Full first aid kit including bandages, plasters, wound wipes, antiseptic cream, cold + flu tablets and sachets, digestion aids and medicines, paracetamol and ibuprofen, migraine tablets, allergy tablets

Plan to get
Camping stove/hob [we have regular power outages - not sure they'd be ideal for inside though?]
Life straws x 3
Couple more torches
Baby wipes
Soap
Laundry Powder
Energy Bars [less about prepping, more about DH loving them for walking holidays but handy none the less]

Now I've written it all down, I probably sound a bit OTT? But the snow last year really made me see I needed more in, especially if we get hit with a power cut around the same time [I know I can't 100% rely on my freezer stores but I like to have it stocked incase we get ill/can't get out for a few days or i'm too lazy to think about what to eat!]
Do you think I've missed anything obvious?

Actually an interesting point there @mmmgoats - worth giving some thought to how not to give away that you have preps. Staying the right side of hungry but keeping your stocks private is the key.
In rl , no one knows I prep. If anyone asks, I'll say all this Brexit/snow/whatever stuff sounds like a good excuse to get in a couple of bottles of prosecco.

I've found that difficult. Ive wanted to tell people I care about to get in some supplies but in doing so it is rather a giveaway that I have stuff.

It's a tough one, @cloudtree . My parents are both dead, my siblings live too far away but my in laws live nearby. My mil is simultaneously a blabbermouth and very cool. My dh has told her and FIL to put a bit extra aside for Brexit (sorry if that sounds like scaremongering) but don't tell anyone.
We usually help each other out when the snow is bad anyway.

Thankyou @bellinisurge for taking the time to answer my question

I understand with regards to Illness/weather etc it sounds like a good idea. But for those doing it because of brexit, aren't you just prolonging the inevitive as the supplies won't last forever ? And why is there secrecy in telling people? Is it incase there ends up a rampage at your door looking for food in emergency situations. Sorry if these questions seem silly, just trying to get a better understanding.

Inevitable that should have said

@confusedmummy76 - I acknowledge that some are coming to the idea because of Brexit but you (and they) should find that prepping (dare I say, particularly among women) is about building a bit of personal reassurance into your life and then getting on with the rest of your life.

Where the hell do you keep all that stuff?
I'm all for having a few jars and tins in but that seems a ridiculous amount of stuff!

And it's not really about having a huge stash, it's about learning different ways to feed yourself and your family when your stash runs out. Growing your own for example. Or being creative with food to make it last longer.

There are different ways of preserving food beyond having a full freezer and loads of tins. We've been discussing them on this topic recently.

And why is there secrecy in telling people? Is it incase there ends up a rampage at your door looking for food in emergency situations.

Well really because if a person has four weeks of food to last their family, then that is clearly halved as soon as their best mate (who didn't bother) brings their family round. How do you say no. And then the neighbours come in after a week and say they're all out because they didn't put anything away just in case and can you spare a few days worth for them and so on...

But for those doing it because of brexit, aren't you just prolonging the inevitive as the supplies won't last forever

The predictions from many experts is that there could well be a few weeks of disruption to supply. After that there is likely to be food price inflation. Those of us who prep will not be in the queues to buy whatever is available in the shops. Every person who preps a little (it really is a very sensible concept that our grandparents would have considered normal) actually helps out everyone else since we prep when there are no shortages.

I sincerely hope there is a deal done on Brexit and this proves not to have been necessary. But for the sake of a few extra tins and packets I'll not take the chance.

I actually always have a food store though. A week of being snowed in without access to caffeine was enough to teach me that I needed a stash.

This is very interesting. I didn't even know this was a 'thing'.

Its very much a thing and when I do talk about it in RL it doesn't seem that uncommon either. I think an abundance of dystopian/apolcalyptic tv/films/books (read "The Mandibles") have made people realise that a small stash of stuff just in case is not a bad thing to have. Then combined with the unusual weather we've had recently and the uncertainty we all face around Brexit means that something which would have perhaps seemed a bit ridiculous and far fetched a few years ago could be incredibly useful now.

Why take the risk for the cost of a few boxes of food.

it is "thing", and think it was more a normal "thing" years and years ago.

For me it came from growing up in a village that would be snowed in and electricity knocked out at the slightest breeze. My parents had paraffin lamps (left over from the 3 day week) and candles at the ready, an open fire with back boiler to heat the house, over stocked cupboards and a veggy garden at the back, I grew up with harvesting and persevering what we grew. We had a massive chest freezer kept in the shed in the garden, and camping stove which had 2 rings and a grill for cooking on when the electric was out, although my favourite memories were of making toast on the fire and putting potatoes in foil in the ash pan

For me prepping is just about been organised, and making the best of an abundance of fruit and veg in the summer to use throughout the year.

When I first started looking for a house one of my main things on the checklist was does it have a fire/stove for heating. It could have gas c/h just as long as there was working fire place to keep warm and cook if everything else didn't work.

because of how we live today, with technology it's just as prudent to have solar chargers at the ready for phones and stuff. rather than paraffin lamps have solar lamps and torches.

Caribbean I buy the hoodies and t shirts for my 4 youngest from mini Biden and why? Is because most are on the 4 th child now and still going strong. Another thing I put on my list is instant mash and instant noodles. A quick fix and super carbs for energy.

I was in Asda the other day and they had some rather nice dehydrated fruit and fruit leathers. I bought one to try and I'm going to add some to my stockpile to provide some fruit to add to tins. I understand fruit leathers aren't that difficult to produce either so considering trying.

If you have a dehydrator, they are really easy. My dd demolishes them so I'm not actually storing them

Only on mumsnet would pesto and avocado be stocked up in case of emergency!

I'm really confused about this ? Why do we need to stockpile ? when ?

I would add tinned potatoes and fruit to that list. Plus some packets of plain biscuits.

@Norugratsatall and @lola212121

this is the Prepper topic but you don't need to be a prepper to put a bit extra to one side in case of a tricky situation.
Could be bad snow (had this) could be a house full of annoying sickness (had this) could be anything. However, a lot of people have been getting a bit concerned about food distribution problems around a no-Deal Brexit and how the supermarkets might not be as well stocked as we normally expect. Even for a short period. We operate a Just In Time food distribution system which is vulnerable to hiccups and interruptions.
It's up to you but it would be sensible to get 3 days' worth of food in - think breakfast to bedtime and all the meals and snacks in between. Also think about putting to one side any treats you might like because it might be a bit uncomfortable and annoying.
Just so you don't need to be doing battle with a shopping trip. Particularly if you have children.
Freezer stuff is good but also anything shelf stable (eg tins) Sod's law can apply to your freezer if everything is in there. Sid's law can also apply to your toothpaste and soap supply. Again, good idea to have a buffer.
Totally up to you. If you think it's unnecessary, that's ok. To be frank, the winters we get around my part of suburban Manchester made me start to think about it. Forget Brexit.

"Sid's law" . At work right there. I meant Sod's law.

I also meant to tag @TheGoldenWolfFleece .

The trick is to stock what you eat if you can afford it. So yes, pesto is a good idea if your household like it. Avocado is a bit trickier to store ...,

@bellinisurge

I was amused that op has 10 jars of pesto and some avocado but only one kg of pasta!

Its the first time ive read a preppers thread and i thought yep... it's still mumsnet!

Marking place so I can pinch your list. Hoping to have a good cupboard clear out first