Let's see your stash lists

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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

@Cats I've got some damp in my flat so I've bought a couple of airtight plastic crates for storing things like flour, sugar and pasta. It would also at least slow down any mice.

I live near a river and have seen a dead rat there before so mouse / rat traps are on my list - along with peanut butter for baiting.

Or you could get a cat that's a good mouser

@CatsForLife , extra bits over time is the best approach.
I'll trot out my three day thing (ignore if you have heard it before from me or others):
Imagine being snowed in for three days. What would you want to eat and drink for breakfast dinner and tea. What you'd actually eat. Shelf stable versions preferably but freezer is ok. Thinks about hygiene (toothpaste, sanpro etc). Think about snacks and treats. Think about pets if you have them. Think about entertainment- it's likely to be boring.
If you do no more you are already in a better position than you were.
If you want to do more, just ask here.
Why 3 days?
At least you'll be away from the shops if it gets dodgy. You'll have time to think and plan and suss out your local area without needing to go to the shops.
At least you can put your mind to stuff without being overwhelmed.

Just out of interest, how much of our food stuff comes from outside Europe, my lad reckons it's over 70 percent, asked him for a link to collaborate this but he is being a bit shy in coming forth x

Thank you that’s really helpful.

It doesn't matter if stuff comes from outside of europe - there will still be issues as there is a need to renegotiate tarriffs and duties as currently we use EU ones. And the rate we are going with current house debates we may end up like Trump Admin with no money to run the country as Money Orders blocked if no deal....(thats what all the fuss was about yesterday)

So at the moment I am loathe to stock things we do not generally use so have slowly started building up around a months supply from normal use on the basis that we will reduce what we are using if we don't know when things are coming in. My biggest concern is no electricity - so don't really want to go freezer route at the mo so I am looking to have a supply of wood, an alternate cooking source and then staples. I will also be clearing out the chicken corner of the garden and reinstalling them I think.

Oh and looking to grow veggies this year too

Excellent lists on this thread. OP The only things that I can think of that are not your list (I think!) are bin bags, batteries, wipes, handwash, cotton wool buds/pads and mouthwash.

@rb68 thank you that makes more sense x

And I'm getting jars of Lazy Garlic and Lazy Ginger.

And cooking oil

Dehydraters are good, I got one last summer, and though it wasn't the most expensive I've managed to dry quite a range of fruit and lots of mushrooms x

My dd loves fruit leathers I've made in my dehydrator. And, weirdly, water melon chunks.

A solar battery charger might be a good investment

We've been and made sure the bbq gas is filled so should there be power cuts if we can find potatoes we can eat jacket spuds

My fruit leather ended up taking ages, I think it had way too much moisture in, ive been a bit shy of it. Was thinking of dehydrating sausages and the like x just been looking at the more expensive models and swooning x

Swooning over freeze driers now x

I've just ordered a big bag of salt in case it snows as well.

Freeze driers are out of my price range.
The trick with fruit leathers is to experiment and to turn them over when you can peel them off whatever mat you are using (I use baking parchment).

Way out of my price range too, but a girl can dream. I may take the plunge and give fruit leather another go x

Can someone critique my list so far please? I’ve done an inventory of our food so this is all unopened stuff - we also have loads of sauces/condiments that are open, a groaning spice/herb cupboard, open baking stuff and a whole row of big jars containing pasta/rice etc that’s currently in use. Also assume that the undercounted freezer (would love to afford a big one) is full of frozen veg, a couple of bits of frozen fish and meat etc on D-day as it’s notmally always pretty full.

Jars/tins/packets
Baked beans X 9
Beans and sausages X 4
Spaghetti hoops x 4
Tinned tomatoes X 8
Sweetcorn x 6
Cranberry sauce
Tinned mac cheese
Ravioli x 2
Fray bentos pies x 2
Trifle kit x 2
Grapefruit x 2
Peaches x 3
Strawberries
Mushy peas x 4
Condensed milk
Tinned extra thick cream
Tinned potatoes
Tomatoe pasta sauce
Mixed beans
Coconut milk x 2
Tuna x 10
Soup x 15
Ratitoulle
Rhubarb
Sachet of instant mash
Instant noodles x 3
Packet noodle meals you microwave x 2
Rice meals you microwave x 2
Pasta and sauce packets x 6
Biryani kit
Ramen noodle kit
Enchilada kit
Ketchup
Whole grain mustard
English mustard
Jam x 2
choc spread x 2
Gravy granules
Pesto
Honey
Baby carrots
Peas
Kidney beans
Cream tomato pasta bake
Jar of cheese sauce for pasta
Apricots
Microwave popcorn x 3
Pasta shells
Pasta macaroni
Couscous x 3
Long grain rice
Risotto rice
Red lentils
Pasta fusilli
Oxo cubes (loads)
Stuffing x 2
Microwave rice sachet x 2
Jelly
Veg oil
Olive oil
Uht milk x 2
Peach squash
Still water x 1
Hotdogs x 2
Pink salmon
Olives
Mayo
1 kg of plain flour
1 kg of self raising flour
Several sachets of yeast
3 packs of par bake rolls
Variety pack of Jacobs crackers

We have open things like custard powder/gravy/soy sauce/pickle/syrup etc plus lots of cereals and oats that are open and in use.
I havnt counted the biscuits and choc etc as we have loads left from xmas so will top that up as we go to make sure we always have some treats
I need to get more flour/sugar etc tea bags and coffee plus powdered milk and some more UHT
What do I need to get more of/have I forgotten?

I’m not hugely hugely worried about milk as DS1s friend lives a 5-10 minute walk away on a dairy farm so if I’m sore straight we could get some rations of milk from them (last year when we were snowed in they said we could if we ran out) plus they have chickens etc so could probably get a few eggs from them too!

We have guinea pigs so a bit worried about what they will eat if fresh veg dries up although once springs hits they can go out in the garden and eat grass.

We have an empty what used to be a wooden sandpit that we attempted to grow veg in a couple
Of years ago. May re-try this year what is easy to grow?

Easy to grow is perpetual spinach- use the young leaves for salad. Anything older is good to shove in a soup or an omelette. Cherry Tomatoes are also surprisingly easy to grow. I mention those two because they are my staples and I used to pick em every day and shove em in sandwiches for work.

I'd also look at first aid and stuff like toothpaste and soup as well as sanpro.
Not sure if I saw breakfast stuff but you may be a toast lot. Porridge is great especially if you add some fruit but if coco pops and shreddies are your thing, go for them too.

Soup? I meant soap!!!

I'm in the process of reorganising, taking stock and updating my list. Nice to see other people's lists! I'll post mine if I ever finish!

By the way, awesome stuff @BrieAndChilli .