Store cupboard - in case of emergency

mardatha

Right now my preps consist of aa tin of corned beef, 2 tins dried milk, and an ice cream tub growing cress. We should be ok for a couple of months on that :rotfl:

Winged_one

A few extra seeds being sown (as much because we've discovered leeks as a stand-alone veg rather than just an item in stews, are great!!), but that's about it. I tend to keep reasonable stocks anyway, as I buy extra when I see offers on things I use. And there were lots recently. The only thing I have run low on is tins of tuna, down to the last one, and frozen peas - which are both on the regular shopping list for next week.

Air freight may get disrupted for some very perishable fruits and veggies, but most non-perishables will still come by ship and there will be plenty of F&V available from local suppliers as the spring comes in. And I have never yet seen a problem getting frozen veg.

There are times when the "meeja" has a lot to answer for, with everything being a crisis, catastrophe, disaster and sending everyone into a panic.

[Deleted User]

I've always kept a large storecupboard as it was the way I was brought up. I think it was because my mum grew up in the war and she said you got things if you saw them. Living through the cold war myself (anyone remember the protect and survive book?) it was also at the back of your mind to have some supplies. I tend to add to the cupboard when items are on special offer so it does help with the housekeeping.

My children have always laughed about the number of tins, bags of flour etc I keep. They say the war has finshed but it was useful in the early part of the year during the snow. Also acts as a buffer if there are things out of stock in the supermarket or if I am unwell and cannot get out.

Northern_Raider

luxor4t wrote: »

this lot seem a tad crazy

Hey, Do you realise you have upset quite a few good honest decent American folk who take preparedness seriously, They are not crazy they are motivated and dont rely on the nanny state to bail em out when the snow falls or the lights go out. You can learn a lot from groups like the TN network, Or the Rocky mountain group. On a similar vein on Yahoo you will find other prep fiorums loaded with Brits and Merkins working togther.

If you want serious debate and information with a full British flavour try visiting sites like the Preppers network its at UKPREPPERSdotCOM

Or do a google for P2S another good British forum with loads of useful stuff about disaster survival, self sufficieny, self reliance and emergency preps.

But please stop attacking our american friends for taking good common sense precautions.

Respects
NR in Co Durham a 30 year veteran prepper.

katholicos

Northern_Raider wrote: »

Hey, Do you realise you have upset quite a few good honest decent American folk who take preparedness seriously, They are not crazy they are motivated and dont rely on the nanny state to bail em out when the snow falls or the lights go out. You can learn a lot from groups like the TN network, Or the Rocky mountain group. On a similar vein on Yahoo you will find other prep fiorums loaded with Brits and Merkins working togther.

If you want serious debate and information with a full British flavour try visiting sites like the Preppers network its at UKPREPPERSdotCOM

Or do a google for P2S another good British forum with loads of useful stuff about disaster survival, self sufficieny, self reliance and emergency preps.

But please stop attacking our american friends for taking good common sense precautions.

Respects
NR in Co Durham a 30 year veteran prepper.

Thanks for mentioning those sites, much appreciated.

Primrose

Prompted by Marthada's comment in another thread that she was interested in knowing how to live without electricity if we ever had powercuts, how to cook on an open fire without a dutch oven, etc, I'm inspired to start a new thread to encourage us to share our knowledge on how to survive in emergency conditions, whatever they might be.

Anybody got any brilliant tips?

wigglebeena

Start saving for a wood-burning stove?

Know where all the wild-food sources are in your area? (I'm sure someone posted a link giving details of fruit and nut trees/bushes on public land in different areas at one point.)

Grow a lot of potatoes and dry your own broad beans for protein!

Pink.

Hi Primrose,

There are a lot of tips and a great deal of discussion on how to cope with emergency conditions in this thread :

Store cupboard - in case of emergency

Once you've had some replies I'll add your thread to it to keep the ideas together.

This thread may help too:

The survival box

Pink

spike7451

I have a stack of Army 24hr Ration Packs meals which I've kept from various excersises.We had a power cut a few months ago so I got out my jetboil stove,mess tins & cooked a Rat Pack Lamb Curry & used the cooking water for a brew.
If you know someone in the TA,ask them for a few meal pouches as,at a push,you can eat them cold.

Sarsie

spike7451 wrote: »

If you know someone in the TA,ask them for a few meal pouches as,at a push,you can eat them cold.

Spike if you can eat ration packs hot then mate you are a hero! :eek: If you can eat 'em cold you deserve to survive the appocolypse! :rotfl:

(Ex army-wife)