Thank goodness for a full stockcupboard

Penelope_Penguin

ceridwen wrote: »

Anyway - back on topic:

What's off topic, ceridwen This thread is about storecupboards, and if you don;t have a "little of what you fancy", be that sweets, gin, or chocolate, it'll be a long winter

ceridwen

maryb wrote: »

Kittie it must have felt awful. It may not have been meant maliciously but it made me flinch and I was just a poster not the originator

Very true.

Smiley_Mum

What's everyone got anyway? I've got tuna, beans - baked, kidney, canellini, mixed. Value noodles which I can mix up with leftover meats, chicken, pork etc or throw into a big bowl of soup to bulk it up. I keep a tub of marigold veg stock, low salt stuff which I can use to make a hot drink. Tinned tomatoes, tinned fruit, tinned custard and rice. Got plenty rice, pasta, noodles, lentils, veg and broth mix for soup in the slow cooker.

Penelope_Penguin

Smiley_Mum wrote: »

What's everyone got anyway? I've got tuna, beans - baked, kidney, canellini, mixed. Value noodles which I can mix up with leftover meats, chicken, pork etc or throw into a big bowl of soup to bulk it up. I keep a tub of marigold veg stock, low salt stuff which I can use to make a hot drink. Tinned tomatoes, tinned fruit, tinned custard and rice. Got plenty rice, pasta, noodles, lentils, veg and broth mix for soup in the slow cooker.

I have the usual stuff in the pantry (pasta, rice, UHT milk, flour, sugar, dried beans and lentils, fats, ins of fruit and veg, and of course wine :beer: ).

We have a sack of HG potatoes in the shed; carrots, parsnips, sprouts, swede are still outside in the ground, and I send DH and a pickaxe :rotfl::rotfl:

I need to do a freezer inventory, but it's outside and I'm not going there unless I need to, so I pop out once a day to get stuff to cook I do know that I have lots of HG Old Spot sausages, and most of a half HG Old Spot pig :j

Penny. x

ceridwen

I think "what HAVENT I got?" would be more apt chez ceridwen:D:rotfl:- loadsa pulses/loadsa (frozen) fruit/loadsa breadmaking flour/loadsa coffee (gotta have that caffeine fix....) and if we start talking about cosmetic supplies - I've literally got several years worth of some of that. I'm in trouble if I ever change to electric toothbrushes - as I've got 20 of them for instance.....I just sat there and went "4 toothbrushes per year x so many years = ....." and used much that same sort of reasoning for other supplies.

Experience has taught the value of getting in non-perishable stocks of anything when I see it at a good price - so I dont end up totally out of whatever-it-is and having to pay some inflated price for it later..

Anyone who is out of practice on the counting front could get back in practice by counting my (conventional) light bulbs - I stocked up on enough of them before they stopped being sold to carry me through till whenever there are "genuine environmentally-friendly" lightbulbs on sale and calculated that could take some years....(last I heard - I think they have now been invented but cost an eyewatering over £30 each at present....aagh!).

Frugalista

ceridwen wrote: »

and offering to do their shopping online for them.

temporarily "housebound"

This is an excellent idea if you live in a town or city but, for those of us in the countryside, this isn't an option :rolleyes:. We have been completely snowed in since Tuesday morning - even the milk lorry has been unable to reach the farm - so a supermarket home delivery van has no chance.

Our nearest town is approx 5 miles away over the hill. Even if we did attempt to walk it :eek: there is no guarantee that we would be able to buy anything once there as (so I believe) the supermarket shelves have been stripped bare :mad:.

Fortunately, I do keep a very full storecupboard (bordering on hoarding LOL! ) so we have plenty of food in and would be able to cope easily for at least 2-3 weeks. Some extra bread and milk would be nice though.

We cook on Calor Gas and our only form of heating is a log burner in the lounge and a much loved electric blanket on the bed (I love my electric blanket lol!!). We have loads of warm fleeces (blankets and jumpers), thermal underwear and thick socks. Having previously managed to live here for 18 years without mains electric we also have plenty of candles, lanterns and wind up torches if necessary.

My main worry is my delivery of dog food is unable to get through - and with 9 big, hungry dogs this is a major headache for me. I do have enough in reserve for about another week or two - so I am hoping that we may be able to get out (or deliverys get in in that time). In the meantime, we are just going to sit it out, keep warm and wait for the weather to change .

Bronnie

Oh! I'm the non-hoarder on this thread, who's going to come unstuck as the end-of-the-world beckons!

Well, interestingly, and despite the fact that I'm making my way to work each day and therefore have access to a corner shop, it's made me curious (and rather stubbornly determined) to prove that DD and I can eat a nourishing and reasonably interesting diet on a very averagely ( and compared to this thread probably fairly meagrely -stocked fridge/freezer and cupboard, with positively no hoarding for the duration of this bad weather!!

Yesterday we had porridge for brekkie and Dd had some waffles from the freezer. We've had a lovely veg and lentil soup, I've made some wholemeal soda bread and cheese. Jacket pots with left-over Dolcetta and a winter salad of red onion, carrot and celery. Whoopsied apple pie and custard. Bananas and HM scones and jam for snacks.

Today, scrambled eggs and HM soda bread, DD had lunch at work, I had last of soup and Leftovers of Xmas brie and crackers, tonight we had Colcannon (buttery mash and steamed Xmas sprouts) and some chicken breast, DD had peas and gravy, I had beetroot and pickles. Rest of apple pie and custard.

I'm not going to bore you further with a day-by-day account, what I'm trying to say is that a small household can cope quite well given a modest store, modest cooking skills and willingness to eat a variety foodstuffs. I have rice, pasta and beans oils, herbs, spices in the cupboard and a little meat/fish frozen veg in the freezer. I have some long-life milk, oats a few tins of toms and fruit and I know I can carry on like this for some considerable time if necessary, without removing the plinths from my kitchen units to forage for further supplies.

Lots of new and/or young OS'ers read this board. I do know if you have hungry families to feed, it's more of an issue, but most people reading these boards have been able to access some form of food shop this week. I think it's only fair to balance the opinions on this subject and not make people feel panicked.

Churchmouse

Bronnie wrote: »

Oh! I'm the non-hoarder on this thread, who's going to come unstuck as the end-of-the-world beckons!

Well, interestingly, and despite the fact that I'm making my way to work each day and therefore have access to a corner shop, it's made me curious (and rather stubbornly determined) to prove that DD and I can eat a nourishing and reasonably interesting diet on a very averagely ( and compared to this thread probably fairly meagrely -stocked fridge/freezer and cupboard, with positively no hoarding for the duration of this bad weather!!

Yesterday we had porridge for brekkie and Dd had some waffles from the freezer. We've had a lovely veg and lentil soup, I've made some wholemeal soda bread and cheese. Jacket pots with left-over Dolcetta and a winter salad of red onion, carrot and celery. Whoopsied apple pie and custard. Bananas and HM scones and jam for snacks.

Today, scrambled eggs and HM soda bread, DD had lunch at work, I had last of soup and Leftovers of Xmas brie and crackers, tonight we had Colcannon (buttery mash and steamed Xmas sprouts) and some chicken breast, DD had peas and gravy, I had beetroot and pickles. Rest of apple pie and custard.

I'm not going to bore you further with a day-by-day account, what I'm trying to say is that a small household can cope quite well given a modest store, modest cooking skills and willingness to eat a variety foodstuffs. I have rice, pasta and beans oils, herbs, spices in the cupboard and a little meat/fish frozen veg in the freezer. I have some long-life milk, oats a few tins of toms and fruit and I know I can carry on like this for some considerable time if necessary, without removing the plinths from my kitchen units to forage for further supplies.

Lots of new and/or young OS'ers read this board. I do know if you have hungry families to feed, it's more of an issue, but most people reading these boards have been able to access some form of food shop this week. I think it's only fair to balance the opinions on this subject and not make people feel panicked.

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Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Bronnie:D

I've been flitting round the internet today and happened upon a couple of sites that were very interesting. This obsession with having months of supplies is soooooooo not OS. In the war, "hoarding" ie having lots of stores was considered to be VERY antisocial. Rationing was actually introduced to stop some people having "loads" whilst others scratched around for the basics. I truly believe that the current " me, me, me " culture has seeped into so much of life, that people whose professed beliefs should preclude them from this attitude and mindset, have signed up to it with a vengeance :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: This whole ethos just makes me want to walk away ( regrettably to the detriment of my family ) Still at least I can hold my head high

Paulie'sGirl

Heavens, what haven't I got???

2 dozen "normal" candles, and about 100 tealights
5kg sugar (mistake in online order, but not a big deal )
7.5kg bread flour
3kg plain flour and same of SF
various dried fruits
2 boxes arborio rice, 2 bags basmati, half a bag pudding rice, 1 opened bag easy cook long grain
2 boxes tea bags
6 pints milk
6 litres various fruit juice
2 packs butter
2 packs broth mix
2 packs red lentils
2 packs split peas
1 pack dried mixed beans
1 large pack medium egg noodles
1 pack taco shells
4 part bake baguettes
2 packets gingernuts
16 toilet rolls

tins of:
tomatoes
cannelini beans
flagolet beans
kidney beans
borlotti beans
chick peas
pineapple
peaches
grapefruit
mandarins
carrots*
peas*
stewed steak*
fruit cocktail*
*gifts from my mum

freezer:
2 packs puff pastry
4 portions beef stew
3 litres HM chicken stock
several packets chicken breasts (bought on offer)
3 portions roast beef in gravy
2 pounds stewing steak
2 pounds extra lean mince
1 small gammon
1 packet tea cakes
1 packet crumpets
1 packet cinammon raisin bagels (whoopsed)
4 portions sausage casserole
1 bag peas
1 loaf of white bread
2 packets mozzarela
1 packet feta
2 packs cheddar

I think I might be a freezer junkie :S I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head.

In the fridge the usual carrots, cabbage, sprouts, bell peppers, leeks, swede, tomatoes. Potatoes in the pantry. A bottle of good whisky for all that ails

Please don't mock, its a very real need here in the sticks. I don't really think that's a massive hoard, a few extra of a few things, or a bulk purchase during an offer. I wholeheartedly agree rushing to your nearest supermarket to buy up their stores of bread flour and yeast is unnecessary and indeed creates issues where there needn't be one. If however, you're aware you may be cut off for considerable periods, it makes sense to be prepared. Its a judgement you make based on your personal circumstances. OH and I have been unable to get out of the village for over a week, and our bin hasn't been emptied in over a fortnight. Its a long walk to the village shop, which is itself cut off from supplies. The nearest decent sized "mini market" is over 5 miles away. My grandparents live in North Northumberland, and they've unfortunately run out of both bread and milk. I'd rather take censure on OS for being a hoarder than be faced with no means to make drinkable tea!

PGxx

suelizab

well i'm hoping i've got enough to last til the summer - I hate shopping.
6 boxes x160 tea bags
12 bottles plus 2 large boxes soap powder

50 loo rolls
6 disinfectant
6 bleach
100 dishwash tablets
10 washup liquid
10 deodarants
10 cream bath
30 tins of each tomatoes/beans/soup/fish/tuna/fruit
multi packets of rice/pasta/couscous
2 larder freezers fulls of chicken/lean mince/braising staek/fish
shop full of cereals/
fresh/frozen/tinned veg
all ingredients to make our bread

I could go on but maybe ive gone overboard with this being prepared lark