Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

bossymoo

Save_Dosh wrote: »

I see this has been answered. Will look out for that in Lidl in the future. I would highly recommend the Nicky elite, they have a beautiful smell and are really thick and sell for £4 for 18

I get these from home bargains they are lovely quilted ones.

catkins

I am surprised that so many people do not have a store of food. When bad weather is forecast and people rush out to buy a trolley load of bread etc I am always amazed that they don't have food in the house.

I always have things like flour, pasta, noodles, rice, chickpeas, various nuts and beans, currants, raisins, dried apricots, suet, tinned tomatoes, baked beans, sauces, stock cubes, tinned peas, tinned fruit, jams, honey, marmalade, peanut butter in the cupboards and bread, milk, frozen veg in the freezer. If I got snowed in or something it would be quite a while before I ran out of food. I may be eating some strange meals by the end but I would be eating something.

Also I would always be able to make bread and defrost milk and they seem to be the things people panic buy if they think something is going to happen

heavenleigh

Latest update;

I'm stopping now... it may look like a lot but it is all basics like tinned toms, pasta, soups etc.
Feel a lot safer if oh doesn't have a job after christmas.
If i don't curb it now, i'm afraid i may have to boot one of the kids out their bedrooms for another store room, it's quite addictive!
To be fare it cost next to nothing using approved foods and buy one get one frees.
One down side...my loaded parents seem to pilfer things out every time they visit!
Oh and downside #2 the store room is down stairs between the kitchen and 14 yr old sons bedroom.....things of a sweet nature seem to mysteriously go missing in the night!

cutestkids

heavenleigh wrote: »

Latest update;

I'm stopping now... it may look like a lot but it is all basics like tinned toms, pasta, soups etc.
Feel a lot safer if oh doesn't have a job after christmas.
If i don't curb it now, i'm afraid i may have to boot one of the kids out their bedrooms for another store room, it's quite addictive!
To be fare it cost next to nothing using approved foods and buy one get one frees.
One down side...my loaded parents seem to pilfer things out every time they visit!
Oh and downside #2 the store room is down stairs between the kitchen and 14 yr old sons bedroom.....things of a sweet nature seem to mysteriously go missing in the night!

I think you may have to invest in a large padlock :rotfl:

heavenleigh

cutestkids wrote: »

I think you may have to invest in a large padlock :rotfl:

Yes i agree, on the teenagers door to keep him in lol xx :rotfl:

Popperwell

Looking good...I def think shelves are the way to go and or if I stay here I'll use the inbuilt wardrobes in the bedrooms...Out of sight, out of mind...

heavenleigh

Popperwell wrote: »

Looking good...I def think shelves are the way to go and or if I stay here I'll use the inbuilt wardrobes in the bedrooms...Out of sight, out of mind...

Great idea! For us without garages or sheds, any space will do.
I know some people mock but i'm cut from the cloth that......if it makes you feel secure then sod everyone else :0) (am i allowed to say sod?) too late i suppose!

prepareathome

Heaven what a great start,it is truely heaven

I agree a good padlock

GreyQueen

:j Excellent storage, heavenleigh.

And I agree about peace of mind and security; if it doesn't do anyone else any harm, and it helps make you feel safe, go for it.

PS if I had sweet things in my storecupboard I'd be nicking them from myself...............:p

Justamum

heavenleigh wrote: »

I know some people mock

They won't be mocking when you don't have to rush out in snow and ice to pick up a basic item, and they've got nothing in

It's on my 'to do' list today to sort out my stores and list them to see what else I need to get in. I've started putting my bread flour in the freezer, and I know I've got another half a dozen in my stores, so they'll be going into the freezer too. That will then free up some more space to buy other tinned things