Let’s compare what kind of food we bought

[IvyBush123]

Here is what we bought:

*sparkling mineral water
*canned bread (can be bought at military surplus stores)
*noodles
*rice
*canned peas
*canned carrots
*canned tomatoes
*canned Sauerkraut (extremly rich in vitamine C, they used it on ships to prevent scurvy)
*canned mushrooms
*canned beans
*canned bell-peppers
*canned pineapples
*canned pears
*canned cherries
*canned peaches
*peanut butter
*powdered eggs
*powdered milk
*vegetable Oil
*ravioli
*canned Bolognese Sauce
*canned beef stroganoff
*canned chicken curry
*canned shashlik
*canned cevapcici
*canned lentil soup
*canned pea soup
*canned sausages
*canned turkey breast
*spam
*jam
*honey
*sugar
*tea
*coffee
*chocolate
*cookies
*Camping foods (for example couscous with veggies, chicken tikka massala, vegetable jambalaya)
*ramen noodles
*protein bars
*emergency food rations (know what that is?)

Never wrote canned that often in one thread

My biggest problem is that dh has trouble eating (even without pandemic) but I’ll think I’ll starrt another thread about this.

Oh... and vitamin supplements. Forgot to mention.

A list thread.... Oh you may regret that... though it will have to wait until I am at the computer. You will know as the capital letters disappear!

Carbs:
part baked bread,
wraps
bread flour, yeast
self raising/plain flour
chick pea flour (falafal)
cream crackers
rosemary/assorted crackers
fake ryvita
fusilli/penne/spagetti
brown basmati rice
rice noodles
couscous
quinoa
pearl barley
sachets of just add water noodles/pasta/cous cous
shreddies/malties, cherios/fake cherios, cornflakes, weetbix, cranberry/blueberry wheets, cocopops
dried stuffing
pizza bases
oats
oat bars

tinned veg:
carrots,
peas,
sweetcorn,
mushrooms
tomatoes
tomato soup

passata
tinned:
pineapples/pears/mandarin/peace/fruitsalad

Tinned:
chick peas
kidney beans
canellini beans
black beans
blackeye beans
baked beans

dried:
mung, haricot, black turtle, butter, urid, pinto canellini beans,
chickpeas
yellow and green split peas
red/green/brown lentils

almonds, peanuts
seeds: pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, poppy, hemp, golden linseed

rice pudding and custard(dried and ready mixed)
christmas puddings
jellies

chicken curry/korma/white sauce, vegetarian tins
mushroom soup

fruit juice: pineapple/apple/cranberry and raspberry/orange

flavours: (brexit stash)
dried herbs /spices (lots)
toasted sesame oil
balsamic vinegar
vinegar
tomato ketchup
cranberry/horseradish/apple/mint/ sauce
mustard/branston pickle
sweetchilli sauce
olives
anchovies
lemon/lime juice
jar garlic paste

dried milk (ds)
soya milk (dd)
dried coffee, teabags

sparkling/still water,
lemonade
pop cans: orange, lemonade and coke
elderflower champagne

biscuits
chocolate
sweets
jam
honey
crisps and pringles

olive/rapeseed oil
baking powder/soda
egg replacer

childrens and adults vitamins

fridge: cheese/vegan cheese
olive spread/vitalite
eggs
orange juice
butternut squash
red onions

freezer:
frozen peas, sweetcorn, onions, peppers, mixed veg, chicken (cooked and raw) edamame beans,
veggie burgers, fingers, sausages
fishfingers,
chips
frozen garlic and ginger
(assorted crap that needs chucking out)
clotted cream

aspirin
adult/ child ibuprofen
adult/ child paracetamol
decongestant
cold remedy (decongestant paracetamol and caffeine)
cough meds
adult/child antihistamine
prescription meds.
diarrhoea relief.
mints
sudocreme
handcream
haemorrhoid cream.
anthisan
anbesol

toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorants)
cleaning supplies,

I am sure there are loads more things lurking in corners that I have forgotten.

Something that may help your cooking plan. I've batch cooked veggie curries with tinned potatoes to test them. Better than using fresh. Seriously. I was so surprised :)

Thanks. I have one tin that I was going to use in curry to test... Just not round to it. Was going to try it with tinned carrots, peas, tomatoes and chick peas. ( As theses are cheapest)

I have bought
3 x large bags of basmati rice
2x of cous cous
2 x packs of spaghetti
4 x packs of pasta
4x Pizza bases
3x packs of wraps
4xpackets if crackers
2x large packs of assorted crisps
4 x large bags of mixed nuts
Extra jam peanut butter &marmite
3x bags of pine nuts
Lots of dried herbs and spices
10 x tins of tomatoes
6x tins of kidney beans
12x tins of baked beans
10 assorted other beans
10 assorted veg tins
3x soy sauce bottles
2x olive oil
2 x sweet chilli sauce
2 x lemon
2x Powdered milk
2x Flour
4x apple juice
6 x Water

Fridge
4x packs of halloumi (lasts months)
3packs if butter
Frozen mince,chicken,salmon & sausages.

For if we are feeling ill:
Noodles, tomato soup, complan
Paracetamol, cough medicine, vitamins.

Extra washing up liquids, toilet rolls, bleach, wet wipes, hand sanitiser, bin bags, caddy bags, toilet cleaner etc.

I sell giftware for a living and all my suppliers/wholesalers are running out soon- after March containers are all delayed and so I’m not able to book the fairs & shows I would normally book at this time of year, it’s very worrying.
Someone we know who sells garden furniture has had containers reduced from 15 to 4 so supplies from China are being affected and small businesses who haven’t the resources to find new suppliers.

I’m immune suppressed, we live rurally. Prepping for 4-8 weeks in isolation if needed

Everything we have except the masks we would use normally- just have more in. Will get used up if we don’t need it.

Chicken food for the chickens (we get 4-6 eggs a day)
Shed loads of 20p spaghetti
Lots of tinned toms
Frozen onions
Herbs
2 large blocks frozen cheddar
12 pints frozen milk
3 large powdered milk
8 pints UHT milk
Porridge oats
8kg pancake mix (!) thanks MN
Sugar
Flour
Syrup
Tea and coffee
Pesto
Various soups etc
Baked beans with sausages
Rice
Tinned fruit
Frozen veg - peas, sweet corn, spinach, broccoli
2 large bags Huel (complete food, easy to make, enough for 24 meals in a bag)
6 frozen butter
Freezer full of things we normally eat (fishfingers, chips, frozen chicken etc)
Bread making stuff
Lentils to put in stews and things
Pasta

Hot chocolate

Prednisone
My meds
Paracetamol (6 boxes)
Lemsip (6boxes)
Ibuprofen
2 fully stocked first aid kits
Calpol
Kids ibuprofen
Tissues
Soap
Antibacterial hand wash
Antibacterial cleaning spray
washing tabs
Washing up liquid
Hand wipes
Baby wipes
Water for 3 days
Water purification tabs for a month
5 masks, 20 more on order
Box latex gloves

Games toys and books

What does the Huel powder taste like?

I've bought a ready made drink by another brand and the taste wasn't brilliant.

Absolutely foul! After you’ve had it 5 or 6 times it’s better, but it is proper healthy, made of crushed pulses and the like and it has no sugar in. Texture is also pretty gross. I feel great on it though!

It would be a last resort for sure!

I've bought many of the above, also orange, cranberry and apple juice and tins of grapefruit. Partly for extra bit c, also had pneumonia twice and all I fancied at the time was juices and fruit.

Thanks that is helpful. Just open and pour...

complan is excellent idea.

I'd like to add those fizzy vit c and zinc tablets.

For anyone with small children especially - an oral syringe and sachets/dissolvable tablets for making rehydration/electrolyte drink.

Getting kids to drink when unwell can be the most challenging/dangerous part, and you need a lot more fluid when you're running a fever.

Thanks for sharing everybody.

I also bought some seedlings to grow sprouted seeds. They provide you with vitamins.

I have ice pops for getting sick kids to drink, and jelly, ( lots of liquid) and lemonade.

Mine would not drink rehydration sachets so need other solutions to.the problem required. ( Autism)

@Dennisreynoldsduster

I use the 20p carrots in most supermarkets. They are soft and ok when added to stuff, like stir in sauce or curry sauces etc. Also garden peas, which are not green like frozen but also go in sauces. Tinned sweetcorn also tastes different to frozen.

Oh god, there was I thinking I was organised but my stash is teeny tiny compared to these.
I’ve got
four boxes of cereal
six cartons of uht milk
8 tins of baked beans
4 tins spaghetti hoops
1 tin macaroni cheese
X4 tin tomato soup
X4 tin carrot and coriander soup
X4 tin vegetable soup
A few of the packet soups (add water)
2 pot noodles
X3 packs of meringues
X5 tins fruit
X2 packs of pasta
X7 packs of microwave rice
X1 bag of rice
X3 jars of curry
X2 packs Noodles
X5 tins mushy peas
Tin of sweet corn
X4 jars pasta sauce
Lots of biscuits
X2 bags of multipack crisps
X2 pack Crackers
X2 packs Bread sticks
1 pack rice cakes
Peanut butter jar
Nutella jar
Really need to top the freezer up. I’ve got cheese and bread in there and various bits and pieces but nothing to really put together a decent dinner. Going to try and do an online shop tomorrow.
Medicine cabinet just usual cold and flu stuff plus dioralyte as it’s can cause diarrhoea i believe.
Looking at that list it’s a bit rubbish. No meals.

@PancakeFiend I suggest tinned veg to go with the pasta sauces and pasta. Maybe carrots or peas as they are quite cheap. Or more sweetcorn as you have got some already. Also what are you doing for protein? Add some chickpeas or kidney beans (about 30-35p if you get the cheapest)these can be added to curry. Do you like any tinned meats that can be added to pasta sauce? Or pulses?

You have a decent number of lunches.

Maybe add some dried fruit smaller. Portion size for one portion. And jelly to make up later. Good for sick kids.

That list is bigger than mine when I started for Brexit. You probably have more stuff in the cupboard that you are not thinking of as part of the preps too.

Can I recommend looking at Jack Monroe's book 'Tin Can Cook'? I bought it recently and it's full of great recipes that basically make many tinned foods quite palatable. It's really worth stocking up on herbs, spices and sauces too, for if all the beans/pasta/rice dishes start to get boring!

I've just been thinking about this ..

What's the bare minimum you would have in, in case of self isolation or the shops running low?

Are we likely to lose fresh water supplies?

I'm on a low budget and don't have a lot of space in the freezer or cupboards.

Thanks @BlackeyedSusan that’s really helpful. I’m vegetarian plus one of my dc, other dc and dh eat meat. Two out of four of us are coeliac. Complicated things a bit. But tinned veg in curries/pasta, dried fruit etc are a really good shout, thank you. I’ve got some quorn and meat in the freezer for protein, need to get a bit more. We all chickpeas so will grab some of those.
I read a good idea on another thread about getting those purée pots of baby food as they have long shelf lives. Going to pick some up tomorrow.
Another idea in the other thread (it’s the general prepping thread) was ice pops to store in the cupboard, then put in freezer when needed. Could be good especially when sick.
Ooh and another one I thought of was meringues with tinned fruit.

I meant to say the purée fruit pots. Things like apple. I’ve eaten them as an adult 🙈 and they’re very tasty!

Rice
Mash potato powders
Dry pasta
Couscous
Flour
Yeast
Sugar
Salt
Tortilla chips/crisps

Powdered milk
Powdered formula milk

Dry chickpeas
Dry kidney beans
Brown lentils
Canned Tuna
Canned baked beans
Stock cubes
Peanut butter

Dried Molokia leaves (it’s like spinach)
Dry vine leaves
Dried mint, parsley, coriander, oregano
Olive oil
Olives

Dry fruits, raisins, figs, dates etc
Canned fruits
Natural squash (Apple/orange/...)
Fruit jams
Coconut water

Multi vitamins
Paracetamol
Ibuorofein

Cup a soup
Chopped Tomato cans
Thick Tomato paste tubes
Sweetcorn cans
Peas cans
Dried okra
Dried veggies
Mushroom cans
Pickled veggies
Olives

Tea
Coffee

garlic powder
Dry Onion/powdered

To be continued.

Baby purée food

Today I topped up what had been used and added some fridge stuff.

9 bags of sweets - tesco own
2 packs crumpets - straight in freezer
2 pate
2 halloumi
1kg cheddar
2 large packets crackers
8 tins beans
Jamaica Cake
Golden Syrup Cake
4 tins custard
4 packs cup a soup.
2 jars pesto