Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

Butterfly_Brain

heavenleigh wrote: »

Just popping in to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread.
Before reading this i didn't have a store cupboard.
Last week my fears came true that oh was made redundant from work (building industry, notoriously bad for finding new work at this time of year)
Now we have huge stores, both frozen meats/fish etc and a whole room with dried non perishable goods.
I can honestly say i haven't lost a nights sleep over this news, even with the prospect of him being out of work for months.
We have enough in the bank (saved hard the last couple of months) to cover the essentials for a while and enough food in to last us at least 5-6 months. As long as everyone is warm and fed we will be fine and it's thank's to this thread for opening my eyes any realizing i needed to be prepared xx

Sorry to hear about OH's job and I hope that he finds something soon ((((Hugs)))) It is scary that so many are losing their jobs and with price rises in food and fuel plus the cruel and draconian welfare changes that are coming next year, there will be many people up s*** creek without a paddle :mad:

I for one am trying to save as much as I can, opening up my fireplaces and putting in wood burning stoves and filling my cupboards, to weather the storm that is coming.

troll35

Not sure whether I consider myself to have a store cupboard. It makes me think back to my mum's and grandmother's pantry's which held a large quantity of foods in tins, packets and jars.
I have 1 shelf of a single kitchen unit given over to tinned goods (I always keep in 2 tins of tomatoes, 2 tins of beans, 2 cartons of passata, tinned peas, mushrooms, condensed soup, kidney beans, tuna, corned beef etc. I also have a single wall cupboard given over to baking goods and another given over to herbs, spices, rice, pasta and other savoury food 'additives'.

Own_My_Own

troll35 wrote: »

Not sure whether I consider myself to have a store cupboard. It makes me think back to my mum's and grandmother's pantry's which held a large quantity of foods in tins, packets and jars.
I have 1 shelf of a single kitchen unit given over to tinned goods (I always keep in 2 tins of tomatoes, 2 tins of beans, 2 cartons of passata, tinned peas, mushrooms, condensed soup, kidney beans, tuna, corned beef etc. I also have a single wall cupboard given over to baking goods and another given over to herbs, spices, rice, pasta and other savoury food 'additives'.

You saying that reminded me of my late Nan.

She and my Grandfather moved to the country in their 60s from London.
The first winter they were there, it snowed so badly the village was cut off. When I say bad, food was eventually sent in by helicopter !

As soon as the roads were clear she drove to Morrisons and Bejams (now Iceland) and stocked up on everything. She had more long life milk than the shops.

Lilyplonk

I never managed to keep a 'store cupboard' as such when I was first marrried, or even while my kids were little. Our income just about covered our weekly necessities in those days .......................

In more recent years, I've made certain that I've built up a good supply of staples - tinned stuff/long-life AND dried milk/dried goods/pulses/condiments/herbes&spices/baking supplies/breakfast cereals/porridge etc.

Between those and my freezer, I could keep going without buying in any fresh food for a couple of months.

grandma247

heavenleigh I am so glad you have what you need.

People laugh at the thought of having more than a couple of days of food in but they are the ones crying and wringing their hands when stuff happens.

Any

grandma247 wrote: »

heavenleigh I am so glad you have what you need.

People laugh at the thought of having more than a couple of days of food in but they are the ones crying and wringing their hands when stuff happens.

I don't know anyone who laughs when you have more then couple of days of food in? I don't know anyone who doesn't have at least couple of weeks of food in I don't think!
Must be because only little Co-op around here and you have to drive to big supermarket..

Popperwell

Of late not one person that I have talked with has laughed or thought it a strange idea, repeating myself, the reactions have been "what a good idea" "I think I will do something similar""I already do"

Only on my blog has there been some negative response to having a food store...

Having a food store is more common than we realise and often done for the simplest reasons, difficulty of getting to the shops due to a lack of transport/cost of transport. Illness, weather conditions and...the rise in food prices.

And now more than ever with the austere plans of our Government and the way many families find themselves suddenly many more are taking action.It is a bit like having your own private food bank.

grandma247

Any wrote: »

I don't know anyone who laughs when you have more then couple of days of food in? I don't know anyone who doesn't have at least couple of weeks of food in I don't think!
Must be because only little Co-op around here and you have to drive to big supermarket..

I know quite a few. We have two supermarkets in town and several others as four towns are very close together,you barely know you have left one before you are in the next. There are also markets and small shops.

lushlifesaver

Bf doesn't understand the concept of a stock cupboard either - he thinks that as we live just 15minutes walk away from the centre of our little town there is no point in keeping things in the house! It would only take one really good snow and for the council not to clear our road/our ramp and he'd be snowed in and we'd be unable then to get the car anywhere as I don't drive. And the walk may be short but it's tiring with shopping! Ah well, I'm gradually adding things to the cupboards hehe.

Ideally I'd like a couple of shelves in the huge cupboard we keep his sports chairs in then I can get him sorts powders out of the kitchen in to there (free-ing up another half a cupboard for me) and also start stock piling some long life/non-perishable items

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I have good stocks with a freezer packed full, dried veg and fruits, tins, pickled and brined foods in jars as well as the usual bottled fruit, jams, grains, pasta, crispbreads and chutneys. Trouble is that most are under the stairs and I cannot easily access them, so I am going to set my mind on a re-vamp. I have a small room, used a study but seldom used and on the north side. I turned the small radiator off in there and it is at the same cool temperature as my cupboard under the stairs, which I have to access on hands and knees with a torch on my head. A tall bookshelf will do it, with expanding rails at the top so I can exclude light. I am going to do it but for next preserving season, after I have cleared some space. It will be a pantry, kind of

We could easily go 6 months without shopping, ok we will run out of milk but it is so easy to make almond milk and needless to say I do have several kg in stock, in a cold place

edit: 6 weeks of snow and not being able to get out, as in 2010 will do it, re running stocks down