Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

Popperwell

Chicken seems to be going up in price...Again the basic range of goods is selling well or not being replaced, lots of gaps on the shelves and the old favourites missing such as tinned veg and potatoes...

prepareathome

Tent is more suited really to preparing for winter thread as its said if you are really trying to keep warm but save money you can set up a tent within your sitting room and live in it - but I have never found out what is suggested to heat it so I guess you leave door open and still heat room but as heat travels into the tent it will warm it up quicker than room but you still would be heating up your room so I doubt you would save that much money wise.

Oh option would be heating it with lots of hot water bottles but would only suggest use of it in worse case scenario if you really have no way of heating your home as its bad enough being stuck say in one room to save on heating but to be stuck in a small tent in your living room would be very, very depressing.

A friend who is 70 has bought one even though she has never been camping and never intends to go. She heard about it being used in the home and as although at the moment pensioners are basically untouched by the changes she wants to prepare in case that changes in the future. So while she has a little bit spare cash ( she has no private income just pension and pension credit and HB and CTB) she is doing what she has never done build up a store cupboard and looking ways to still keep warm etc if cuts are made.

Popperwell

I can't see me ever being in a position with an income or enough savings so will be forever in the clutches of the state. I had never heard of that use of a tent in the house...If I did that I would have to move furniture, don't think I have the space to use it indoors. Would have to also invest in a sleeping bag or sleeping bag.

I know what has gone wrong...I was looking for the thread where we talked about bug out bags etc...I had senior moment:p

As you were...

Back to store room matters...

prepareathome

yes pops thats the preparing for winter thread - but having a tent for emergencies could be classed as a stock cupboard purchase same with alternative ways to heat and cook

nuatha

Popperwell wrote: »

I can't see me ever being in a position with an income or enough savings so will be forever in the clutches of the state. I had never heard of that use of a tent in the house...If I did that I would have to move furniture, don't think I have the space to use it indoors. Would have to also invest in a sleeping bag or sleeping bag.

I know what has gone wrong...I was looking for the thread where we talked about bug out bags etc...I had senior moment:p

As you were...

Back to store room matters...

Hi Pops,
The indoor tent idea is basically that you have a smaller area to heat and or retain heat and it acts as an additional insulator from drafts. It works best for two or more people, in that a sleeping bag and bivvy bag would do the job more effectively for one person - though you'd have less space to move around in. For the same sort of spend you could further insulate and draft proof your house following some of the guidelines in the Preparing For Winter thread.

To return to thread topic, it may be a matter of semantics but I don't do a stock cupboard as such - I do keep a well stocked pantry. The difference being I stock what we eat, if we wouldn't normally use it then I don't see the point in keeping a stock of something (the exception being candles, which we use occasionally but do have a large stock as emergency lighting, heating and cooking).
As shopping is bought, I rotate the new stock so the oldest (shortest date) items will be used first. That way we keep a stock of the items we actually use and replenish as needed (taking advantage of promotional prices if possible) Generally I will have 3-4 months of dry and tinned foods on hand (though if we lived on it exclusively then the last month's meals would probably be a bit on the boring side)

Popperwell

Thanks for that nuatha,

A tent is probably un-necessary. But anyone who has followed my situation being alone after losing Mum, income is down a lot, worse when I come into her small amount of savings, then the worry if I reapply for help will it be available and of course everyone wonders what the future will bring when the cuts hit.

I have invested in items as you suggest like candles for light, torches even a camping stove but assuming the worst doesn't happen I have a halogen oven, slow cooker and a combi microwave to try and save power when doing a hot meal.

So perhaps the last little extra items I should consider is a wind up/solar powered radio and wind up laterns.

My store room is much like yours and is used to suppliment meals and also there for emergencies but on a rota and replaced accordingly. Not very exciting but all the basics are there from soup, tinned fish and meat, various deserts and mixes, jams, marmalade, baked beans, sliced mushroom and so on.

I keep thinking I haven't enough but I probably have as a single person.

I do need to get it organised better so I know what should be used first. And group food types together...

I haven't much room in the kitchen so my store has taken over the dining room which I don't use and became a utility room in the last few months Mum was alive.

If I can stay here, once I clear the clutter from the out house I may move my store as there is more room and it's not on show. It stays quite cool out there too...

I never thought my life would change so much and so quickly. Become so basic and almost like stepping back in time.

GreyQueen

Pops, the so-called pop-up tents are very cheap and are really aimed at the summer festival crowd. You could use one indoors, in extremis, to snuggle up into if the heating was off or, heaven forfend, unaffordable.

I own a small backpacking tent which cost 4 x a pop up even on sale but it has an extremely high rating against water ingress (5000 as opposed to 1500). I wouldn't want to camp outdoors in a rainy country like the UK in a pop-up but they'd be fine for emergency use indoors.

Of course, my Banshee 200 needs to be pegged out to have it's structure, unlike a pop-up.................

lil_me

Nope not a cupboard, now I have.....a shed. It has a freezer in there too and is packed with packs of tins, packet/dry foods etc

Confuzzled

bossymoo wrote: »

Me too. We sometimes have odd combinations, but tbh with just me and 2 toddlers, it doesn't matter. When the littlies choose what's for tea, it's always odd anyway, lol. DS likes cress, and would eat it on ravioli. DD would eat chopped binbag if it had gravy on it...

the binbag with gravy really gave me a giggle :rotfl:

we sometimes have what we lovingly refer to as 'Schlopp' (from 'oh the thinks you can think by dr seus' 'Schlopp, schlopp, beautiful schlopp,... beautiful schlopp with a cherry on top!')

Schlopp is basically a true 'i have no idea what to cook let's throw a bunch of things that need using up together and hope for the best' and usually, it's pretty good. sad thing is though, it's hard to make it the same again if it's really good

Popperwell

GreyQueen wrote: »

Pops, the so-called pop-up tents are very cheap and are really aimed at the summer festival crowd. You could use one indoors, in extremis, to snuggle up into if the heating was off or, heaven forfend, unaffordable.

I own a small backpacking tent which cost 4 x a pop up even on sale but it has an extremely high rating against water ingress (5000 as opposed to 1500). I wouldn't want to camp outdoors in a rainy country like the UK in a pop-up but they'd be fine for emergency use indoors.

Of course, my Banshee 200 needs to be pegged out to have it's structure, unlike a pop-up.................

One is a pop up, the other one doesn't say that, just says it's ideal for back packers that is the one with two sections(on half wth a window, one half without and a small porch area.

These could be the two tents at the supermarket though the price is different...£19.98.

The second one is definately the same...of course there are more on line direct but more expensive...

http://www.tesco.com/direct/gelert-lunar2-tent/215-4968.prd?recommendationId=47781598-e0d5-4ad3-b04a-2b98a349e820.0&skuId=215-4968

http://www.tesco.com/direct/gelert-pop-up-tent-yellowblack/215-4748.prd?sc_cmp=pcp_GSF_Sports+%26+Leisure+Offers_215-4748