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May help those new to prepping, or give ideas to those who are already doing so.

Mine for 2 adults, breakfast, lunches, dinners and snacks - aiming for 4-6 weeks. Currently sorted for dinners for about 6 weeks, and about 3 weeks for breakfast and lunches:

2 boxes crackers

1 jar peanut butter
1 jar jam

2 chilli sauce
1 garlic sauce
1 BBQ sauce
2 onion chutney

5 soups
11 tinned curries
2 tins chicken in white sauce
1 tin bolognese
2 tins macaroni
2 tins meat free bolognese
1 tin chilli
1 tin meatballs
1 tin hot dogs
5 pasta n sauce sachets
1 tin pulled pork
6 tins beans
2 tins beans & sausages

20 cous cous & tuna pots

4 fajita seasoning
1 tandoori powder
3 chilli seasoning
4 pasta sauces
4 stir fry sauces
1 garam masala

11 tins chopped tomatoes
2 x 500g red lentils
4 tins light coconut milk
2 tins peas and carrots
1 tin chickpeas
8 cartons passata
2 tins beansprouts
4 tins new potatoes
2 tins ratatouille
5 tins sweetcorn
3 tins green lentils
3 tins kidney beans

20 x micro rice pouches
2 sachets cous cous
2 x 500g pasta
2 x 500g sugar
6 x straight to wok rice noodles

Cereal bars
long dated cake bars
crisps
poppadoms
prawn crackers
Bread mixes

Frozen salmon fillets
Frozen fish in sauce
Frozen chicken
Frozen veg sausages
Frozen meat free mince
Frozen chopped onion
Frozen chopped garlic
Frozen sliced onion
Frozen sliced peppers
Frozen butternut squash
Frozen sweet potato
Frozen spinach
Frozen sliced mushrooms
Frozen fresh mash potato

A few packs of nice french butter are in the freezer too
Will also be freezing some grated cheese and greek yoghurt.

30L water
Long life milk

A lot of dishwasher tabs and clothes washing liquid.
Matches
toilet roll
multivits
ibuprofen
paracetamol
sanpro
deoderant
shampoo
shower gel
toothpaste
new toothbrushes

can't remember what I watched pertaining to this, some drama when one of the characters was online talking about his prepping cue him being raided by people when the poop hit the fan

Its the channel 4 docudrama Blackout. Available on More4 or youtube. There's also a US one called American Blackout (I think) but it doesn't seem as realistic because obviously the US set up is very different to ours.

@cloudtree thank you, that was starting to do my noggin in x

I've already told my parents I'm not feeding them (I would of course probably but I want them to get their own supplies sorted). They have the space and the cash but are so far just humouring me with a couple of bags of pasta and a large bar of chocolate.

Coincidentally in blackout he gets found out when in his back garden using his BBQ and he agrees to give food to some locals who spot him over the fence.

@avacadosbeforemortgages they'd have to get past the cat for me, though I've got 2 6 footer sons and one getting there, mind I'm not to bad at growling x

For those who want to watch

@AvocadosBeforeMortgages , If lights out are a worry for you generally (don't expect it with Brexit) i would recommend getting a hurricane lamp - cheap on EBay or putting a head torch pointing inwards to an old 4pint plastic bottle of milk filled with water. For a more relaxing ambient glow rather than just relying on torches for however long. Bit less stressful.

Anyone remember the bread strikes in the 70s, I was a kid so not too sure of exact dates, you could have knocked people out with my mams bread it was that dense x

I know how to make a kettle with a coke tin x

Old enough to remember @flameycakes .

I’m genuinely interested in this, a couple of friends are preppers but are people seriously expecting supply problems requiring £900-worth of groceries and supplies?!

I've got a USB rechargeable head torch anyway for dog walking, and a wind up torch. I've also got a couple of power banks for my phone which will charge anything USB based.

Worst case scenario that I think is plausible would be rolling power cuts as per the Three Day Week. I don't think it's going to be days or weeks without power so recharging things becomes more plausible. For cooking I can switch between microwave / electric oven vs gas hob for cooking and gas boiler vs electric fan heater and hot water bottle as necessary. The dog is also a surprisingly good hot water bottle as he likes to sleep under the duvet!

Impressive list there avocado but why the disposable cutlery and paper plates?

I’m genuinely interested in this, a couple of friends are preppers but are people seriously expecting supply problems requiring £900-worth of groceries and supplies?!

Yes, in the event of no deal brexit I anticipate significant supply problems.

However, very little is stuff I wouldn't have bought anyway so for the most part I have spent early rather than spent extra. I will either be very grateful I prepped, or (hopefully) brexit will be cancelled and I will simply have a few months of not needing to haul tins home from Asda.

@CatsForLife , no of course not. Head over to the Prepper topic for some sensible budget friendly advice. If you want to.

@Floral I'm undecided as to whether or not I'll actually buy them, but if there was no safe water you don't want to be washing up more than necessary.

I've given up expecting anything at this time, I'm always prepared for the worst to happen anyway, I may joke and laugh about things but the thought of not being able to feed my family or to be without basics is abhorrent to me, if the lights went out I'd hope I'd manage to survive. Someone told me to keep tobacco to trade x

Oops@CatsForLife , we are already there

Gone to find prepper thread x

@flameycakes , I presume that considering your family over strangers or even neighbours doesn't actually constitute a stick up the arse approach, then .

I'd only keep tobacco to trade if you'll use it anyway. Spirits are probably equally tradeable and there are more drinkers than smokers out there.

The trouble with planning to taste is that those willing to buy probably have nothing to offer you because they didn't prep, and those who have something to offer you probably don't need it because they did prep.

My only storage area wouldn’t be great for food. Tins maybe but nothing that mice could get into. Do people just buy extra bits each week or a big Costco shop?!

@cloudtree , I watched a bit of it and was thankful that, as a prepper, my immediate reaction wouldn't be screaming panic.

Apart from my kids I prefer the neighbours to my nc family, I rather give them the foot up the arse approach any day 😘

9 days without nicotine, having baccy in the house wouldn't be a good idea at moment x