Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

chirpychick

BugglyB wrote: »

Interesting, I would love to see that but don't have a telly unfortunately. I am really interested in that kind of thing, really love zombie films for instance.

I just had a look it isn't on TV in the UK at the moment - but it is on you7ube

Popperwell

LameWolf wrote: »

I guess I'm also due for a kick in the teeth from the gov't - I was retired from work on medical grounds over a decade ago, and tbh, I struggle just to do the housework now, so going out and getting a job isn't realistically possible. As I don't know what's to happen re DLA, I'm making myself put it away in savings while I still get it, and just use it for "major" one-off purchases - for instance, the bath-lift was paid for from my DLA; and I pay my share of the household expenses from my pension.

Sadly it is being scrapped Lamewolf,
The replacement is going to be 20% less than DLA and the criteria for getting it is being raised so many who get DLA now won't qualify. We are to reassessed by tha company that hasn't a good reputation, that does not allow you take any medical evidence in from your Dr/Consultant.

That is only allowed if you go to appeal.

It's not looking good...:(

I'm trying to do what you are, thinking ahead and either trying to save for emergencies or buying items I know will be difficult to buy in the future and will have to last me years, That does not allow for replacement of items, repairs and call out fees either.

S_Wales_Saver

I'm another one who'd love to get a copy of your list Butterfly Brain

Katy43

A while ago I compiled quite a comprehensive stock sheet for a book I was writing. It covers dry larder goods such as flours, cereals, pasta, rice, fridge stock, frozen goods, meat, fish, milk etc.
It also has four columns so you can keep a tally of what you have and what you use each week / month.
I print a copy out each month and find it really useful. I've also saved myself a fortune whilst building up a minimum stock level.
If anyone would like a copy, just let me have your email and I can send it to you.

ValzaB

Katy43 wrote: »

A while ago I compiled quite a comprehensive stock sheet for a book I was writing. It covers dry larder goods such as flours, cereals, pasta, rice, fridge stock, frozen goods, meat, fish, milk etc.
It also has four columns so you can keep a tally of what you have and what you use each week / month.
I print a copy out each month and find it really useful. I've also saved myself a fortune whilst building up a minimum stock level.
If anyone would like a copy, just let me have your email and I can send it to you.

I'd love a copy please Katy - I will PM my email address

Thanx Val xx

tattycath

ValzaB wrote: »

I'd love a copy please Katy - I will PM my email address

Thanx Val xx

I'd love a copy too please Katy. I've sent you my pm.
Thank you x

Amaretti_2

BugglyB wrote: »

For those of you who have water supplies and months of food supplies, I do wonder...do you have a gun as well? Because the idea that you and your families will be eating and drinking water while those around you starve and die of thirst is not very realistic. Its something I muse on from time to time. I do know a couple that have a farm/smallholding and they have an allotment and animals and a good stock cupboard but they also have a cellar with weapons and they do have a gun (licensed of course) - theres no point sitting on your laurels thinking I have all this stuff when you know as soon as it comes to it someone will just come in your house and take it all from you.

Obviously I'm just musing here and not saying we should all get tooled up! But just pointing out the reality of an 'end of the world' type failure in society.

I created a store cupboard simply because I am teaching myself to cook and will need all the ingredients. And have a back up of most things so if any big bills come in I can pay them without worrying about a shopping bill on top. I've also stocked up on water because I drink two litres a day and the Tesco delivery men do such a good job of carrying it and all the other heavy items up the stairs! Sorry to disappoint haha but I wasn't planning for any catastrophes but if one were to happen, I suppose I would be okay for a few weeks. And I would absolutely help out my friends or neighbours if they needed anything just like I would hope they would help me out too.

Before I did this, I was having to go to the shops every day for this, that or the other, was always running out of water too, the stuff from the tap is revolting. Life is so much easier now. My biggest worry is running out of chillies, garlic and basil! Which reminds me, fresh herbs are so expensive, must start growing some on my window sill.

Fruball

cutestkids wrote: »

It is not about that though when it comes to storing water, what if the water supply is contaminated, or the computer systems that run the pumps to get it to your house are hacked into, then no matter how much it rains or how much water there is in the system it will not come out of your tap when you turn it on.

Absolutely - I cannot believe I didn't store water until very recently - and i don't have nearly as much as I ought to have.

I can think of a few times in my life both as a child and as an adult when I turned on the tap and brown water came out. I have no memory of how long it lasted or what the problem was but I do know I will be very glad of my small stash of bottled water IF it were to happen again!

Almo wrote: »

I just saw two adverts for an American show called Doomsday Preppers. I am in Australia but the Discovery Channel is screening it so perhaps some of you may already have seen it?

Wikipedia says:

The series interviews people who are preparing to survive the various circumstances though which life as we know it might come to an end, including: economic collapse, electromagnetic pulse, terrorist acts, fuel shortages, war, pandemics, etc. The interviews detail the actions that the preppers have taken, and end with an expert analysis and recommendations for improvements.

It hasn't started yet so I can't give you much info but if anyone has seen it I'd love to hear about it.

I find those preppers shows quite amusing and fairly OTT but, taken with a pinch of salt, we can all learn from them. I watch them online.

GreyQueen wrote: »

A true prepper would be observing strict "Op Sec" (operational security) and keeping schtumm about what provisions are on their premises, shopping for supplies by cash (to avoid leaving a trail which a government agency might follow with intent-to-confiscate) and generally being very, very secretive.

US prepper sites are very heavy on the weaponry, what little I've seen of them, but given the prevalence of guns in civilian hands in that country, they are right to be concerned IMO. One of my pals works in a gun shop but I don't intend to be doing business with him unless the zombies start getting really bad here in Provincial City. I'm a rubbish shot, anyway.

If you visited my home you wouldn't see anything unusual. If you raised the valance and looked under the bed, you'd see tinned goods but not more than would fit into a more normally-sized kitchen than the one I happen to be saddled with. I could also put my hands on a bug-out bag and an ultralight technical tent (proof against the most exteme weather) in about 10 seconds but lots of normal people have camping gear.

Not that I'd necessarily describe myself as normal, y'unnerstand. Just saying......

Could/would a goverment confiscate our supplies? For what reason? I would be fuming if I got a knock at the door from someone demanding my stash of tinned potatoes Seriously though, can they do that?!

Same as you, my house looks perfectly normal and you wouldn't know that I have a small stash of supplies for use in emergency.

I don't have a bugout bag though - probably something I should think about.

Re the secrecy - It is essential to keep your stash secret otherwise, in a case of the SHTF, anyone knowing you have it will be beating your door down, quite understandably if they need to feed their children. I'm afraid I will not be sharing if it does happen - my children have to come first.

For anyone who doesn't keep a store because they are located close to shops/town etc please remember that if your shops can't get stock, you can't buy it. Even in our mild winters many shops were unable to replenish their stocks whent he snow came down.

Everyone should really have stored water too Not just for mains water supply problems... a few years ago my stupid ex started a plumbing job late on a saturday and managed to mess up spectacularly leaving us with no water until the monday - it wasn't for long but it was damn inconvenient having to get water from the neighbours... If the street had no water it would have been horrific.

pinkmami

I have one! Its in the bathroom & its pretty large. Stores towel, kitchen stuff, hides the christmas gifts etc. And as I'm moving (to a place where if it snows you get stuck!! yey!) I have ensured I have a larder unit in the new kitchen. Its fab! Plenty of space for loo rolls & beans & all I need for a few days stuck in the snow. I ususally buy loads of boxes of cereals from Aldi for the kids & they eat a bowl each about 3 times a day so I need to stock pile! Also beans, bottled water, squash, OJ, soups, part baked baguettes, pasta, tinned tomatoes, UHT cartons for emergencies, conditioners, shower gels etc.

I also have 2 fridge freezers (one is the beer fridge in the garage) and they will come in handy in the winter for meat for stews etc. Also buying a cheap under counter freezer to store bread as the tiny shop in the village sells out of the 10 loaves they get within minutes!!! I stock up in Farm Foods on Hovis loaves cos they're about £1.70 for 2.

Can't wait to stock up this winter & I truly hope for snow!

prepareathome

Love this thread as my store cupboard has seen us through a lot of ups and downs over the years - its made a real difference if sickness has hit or money problems like suddenly no job as firm just closed and didn't pay anyone. The stocks in it ensured we ate even if bills could not be paid till new job or benefits came through.

A few years ago where I live on edge of a big city and it snowed, even we had it bad which was unusual and city closed down for 3 days basically and as its a very hilly place lorries could not get in to make deliveries no matter how much rock salt was put down also some could not get out of their distribution points around the country and the supermarkets sold out very, very quickly, those that did actually open. I supplied my family with basics as none of my children believe in having a stock in and just buy for the week and bad weather hit the day before they do their shopping.

My stores rise and fall depending of course on how finances are with us, hubbys job went from full-time to part time last years so we dug into them until we sorted ourselves out to live on the reduced income and then could start to add to them again.

My need for one I know springs from childhood when food was bought daily and there was never more than enough for breakfast the next day in over night ( and that was just porridge and a cup of tea, no bread for toast till shopping was done) and I hated it as did my brothers and sisters and we all now don't feel happy if we do not have our security blanket of at least 1 weeks food in, if I get below that I really do get twitchy.

If there was a rather big civil or martial emergency the government has got an anti hoarding law it can bring in, which would allow the military to go to all homes to search them for food and seize it so it could be shared out among everyone, its been on a books a long, long time but thankfully never used not even during the second world war, but it is there, but it would have to get pretty bad before it was used and by then if things were that bad I think we would find that things were beyond government helping us anyway as they do ( or did) have vast food stores dotted around the country to supply to people if such things happened, with being an island it was deemed important to have enough food to keep the country going for a while till supplies could reach us from abroad.

What I was told but do not know if true, is these supplies are rotated and they are sold on to companies when they reach or pass their best before date depending on if it can be used after it, that then sell them to the public.

So short of total civil unrest, which is not usually the British way or someone starts bombing us, I doubt we will see the military seizing our supplies, as it would have to be the whole of the country affected not just one area so I really won't worry about that, its more your neighbours and acquaintances you need to worry about, as if something local happened that disrupted food supply - or like last week with Nat West/RSB on a maybe bigger scale so lots of people had no money to buy then if they knew you had any supplies they would be beating a path to your door.

So fuddle you have mentioned it now I would not say a word again - if anyone asks you about it in future I would just say oh I only plan on having a few days supply in as now I have such a long walk to decent shops, play it down.

People use the oddest places for storing their hoard - behind sofas, under beds, wardrobes, chest of drawers, have seen photos of what appear to be occasional tables in a living room under a cloth, when cloth was removed a pillar of can with a piece of wood was underneath, you just have to think laterally about storage so long as you keep it out of direct heat and damp.