Preparing for winter II

eamon

It is unlikely that we will ever have another "Winter of Discontent" in this country.
Most working people are not in trade unions. The remaining areas of employment that are unionised are usually beds of inactivity and apathy. There is little evidence of collective will or solidarity anymore, the low turnout in general/local elections is proof of that.
But this being the Old Style board we perhaps should be aiming to rely less on the 21st century anyway.

Penelope_Penguin

Nick Robinson said on Radio 4's PM Programme tonight that there "won't be a Winter of Discontent"

ETA - linkie here

jackieglasgow

Personally I would have stuffed an old pillow in the chimney.

ceridwen

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Do you know something we don't?

Well..she might have been reading the media I've been reading for about the last month or so - and drawing the same conclusions....

Hence ramping up the "preparations"...

MrsRogers

Thank you for your suggestions .... I am liking the quickness of stuffing a pillow up the chimney

Do you think it would still leave enough airflow.... somebody somewhere once told me you need some air coming down the chimney ... does anyone know if thats right or have I dream-pt it?

:snow_laug

pink_numbers

MrsRogers wrote: »

Thank you for your suggestions .... I am liking the quickness of stuffing a pillow up the chimney

Do you think it would still leave enough airflow.... somebody somewhere once told me you need some air coming down the chimney ... does anyone know if thats right or have I dream-pt it?

:snow_laug

if it's not ok, then you will know by a sudden stop in me posting on here!! :rotfl:

ceridwen

csarina wrote: »

http://reviews.halfords.com/4028/169121/reviews.htm

Get yourself something like this and you can cook a hot meal in one pan. I chop up an onion, cook gently in the bottom of the pan in a tiny bit of oil, add the mince and brown, empty in a tin of tomato's, add a beef stock cube and a little water, carrots cut small and a diced potato, cook on a low heat until the potato and carrot are cooked........serve with buttered bread. You can also use a steamer, cook a stew in the bottom pan and add the vegetables in the top for the last 20 minutes of cooking time. A pressure cooker will do the same thing in half the time. The bigger ones have a trivet you can put over thre meat and pans to cook the vegetables in. A twin color gas butner will give you a little more versatility although it will need a bigger gas cylinder. You can often pick these up of ebay or freegle when people give up camping, just get it checked to make sure its safe to use.

Actually - I believe I'm right in thinking (do correct me if I'm wrong.....) that pretty much the only vegetable that HAS to be cooked is potatoes - all the rest, as I recall, can be eaten raw.

There are various websites out there on Raw Food cooking - and...well...I just take the attitude "If the worst comes to the worst - I'll still be eating all my vegetables apart from the potatoes"...worse things happen at sea....

jackieglasgow

It should be fine as long as the fire isn't lit

LilacPixie

MrsRogers wrote: »

I have been reading a few blogs/weather predictions online and its not looking good. Met Office is keeping tight lipped however the general consensus out there is we are in for a bad one again. :eek:

I was brought up very rural and got snowed in for weeks at a time as a child growing up so am not massively concerned as I now live on the outskirts of a city... my upbringing means I ALWAYS have a 'stores' as my dad calls it.. lots of pasta, dried milk, tea, sugar, tins :j

Quite fancy being snowed in and not have to go to work

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:rotfl: We lived in semi rural scotland so thats probably the reason for my stores. OH has a fit ifwe lose electricity for any more than 3 seconds.

Anyway i'm due in Feb, we are not allowed a bad winter, I have a fear of giving birth at home/in the toilet

tru

I've eaten raw potatoes for years. I used to pinch them while my mum was peeling them. My nan got fed up with me asking for them all the time so she gave me a raw onion, thinking it would shut me up. It didn't, I ate it and asked for more

Everyone says you shouldn't eat them but they don't affect me at all.