Anybody still stocking tins of beans?

System

Same here, I bought an extra pack of cheestrings last week as they were on half price.

Pro moneysaver, me.

inspector_monkfish

i've got some alphebetti spaghetti, and noodle doodle houses....

Harry_Powell

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

I've always had a large walk in store cupboard.
Comes from being brought up by my grandmother.
I don't use more than one tin of anything a week as I prefer to cook from scratch and hate anything over processed but do keep some tinned stuff but baked beans are not something I'd eat.
I do admit to having two of everything and replacing one as a spare when one runs out.
My daughters have always mocked me but they're always ringing up and asking me to bring this and that as they know I'll usually have it.
Must admit I do stockpile tea and coffee when it's on offer though as they both keep for ages.
Just common sense realy if it's going to save a bit in the long run.

I cook in batches, as advised on the newly discovered "Money Saving Old Style" board (well, newly discovered to me anyway) and find it saves a fortune. It also means that when I'm pushed for time, we can throw something decent in the microwave and not resort to having my GF prepare something - she'll be the first to admit that she's an appalling cook!

PasturesNew

I'd batch cook and keep a large store .... except I can't. I will one day. I dream of having a larder - and a freezer. And batch cooking.

Next house .... next house ....

Jennifer_Jane

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd batch cook and keep a large store .... except I can't. I will one day. I dream of having a larder - and a freezer. And batch cooking.

Next house .... next house ....

Next life for me. I'll never be this organised. If I cook, I eat!

Jen
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Harry_Powell

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd batch cook and keep a large store .... except I can't. I will one day. I dream of having a larder - and a freezer. And batch cooking.

Next house .... next house ....

We have something similar to this: http://www.laskys.com/kitchen_and_home/refrigeration/chest_freezers/norfrost_c4bew.html

Supplied second hand from one of my parent's friends. It's sat in a corner of our living room buzzing away :rolleyes:

mgardner

tommy75 wrote: »

Just wondering as now there will be no armageddon and we are out of recession and house prices are rising again, I thought I would get tucking into these 80 tins of Asda beans. What you think?

Don't mention tuna, spaghetti rings/bolognese and ravioli please, I feel sick thinking about it all.

Think of it as money in the bank. All of these have a very long life and will appreciate in value
I am currently still enjoying Princes corned beef 50p a tin now 1.58, Princes crab at 1 pound a tin, now double, ambrosia tinned rice bought for 10p a tin, now 60p and best of all 400g gram red salmon bought for a pound now over 3 pound,

My Grandmother taught me many years ago the value of always having a stash
there cannot be a bigger nightmare than nothing in the cupboards and an emergency croping up that means no money. Well done to you with your stash

sabretoothtigger

Sounds cheaper then an agriculture etf, devise your own rolling futures food contract

The expensive tea is probably the best argument for this or easiest anyway.
Anyone who actually needs essential foods probably wont do anything like this.
It would be foreign foods that would be most vulnerable, stuff that was also rare after ww2 I guess.

I could only see pensioners really benefiting from this strategy or needing to because they have the fixed income they will suffer alot if inflation came along

LeeSouthEast

There are plenty of other Armageddon scenarios that your stockpile will come in useful for, don't worry.

tommy75

Anymore and they will move this thread into a cooking section... :rotfl: