Preparedness for when

superskintmouse

Well hello everyone, long time no see. I have been very busy with life and not giving my zombie apocolypse survival a thought for a long time. Having watched Blackout I am back in full survival mode, all the kit has come out been dusted off and re stocked. I have made a complete school boy error in not rotating stuff quick enough and have discovered 40 tins of soup go out of date this month!!! Can anyone give me some tips on where to start with an emergency food stock? whats the best nutritionally? I need to restock more carefully this time!!

ragz_2

pineapple wrote: »

2 x 5 litres of 12% white vinegar arrived today. I dilute it into spray bottles so along with the bicarb, that's my cleaning sorted till spring and beyond. Plus weed clearing when used at full strength! Have used this supplier before - and they usually throw in a couple of free samples of other stuff. Can mail the link if anyone is interested.
Another item off the list

Yes please. Why is it 12% vinegar? What is the rest of it? Is it also useable in food or only for cleaning? Mind you, I still have 2litres of Castile soap that I bought after reading something on MSE 6 months ago and cannot now remember why!

Am rather regretting telling a few of the mums at school that they, like me, should keep a month's worth of food in the house. (Should have told them my stores are so badly planned that it would only be any use if you were happy eating flour based meals with a side of coffee whitener and coconut powder, with the occaisional raisin thrown in.)

superskintmouse wrote: »

Well hello everyone, long time no see. I have been very busy with life and not giving my zombie apocolypse survival a thought for a long time. Having watched Blackout I am back in full survival mode, all the kit has come out been dusted off and re stocked. I have made a complete school boy error in not rotating stuff quick enough and have discovered 40 tins of soup go out of date this month!!! Can anyone give me some tips on where to start with an emergency food stock? whats the best nutritionally? I need to restock more carefully this time!!

Visit mine, you won't feel so bad! regarding the soup, I would ignore the BB date, it's only a guide, I doubt the soup will taste any different it 5 years as long as the can is sound. My advice (if only I could take it) would be store stuff you eat, store stuff from all food groups (eg protein from beans, corned beef, pepperami sticks etc, fruit and veg) and keep a nice tidy inventory...

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Hi SSM don't take too much notice of the Best Before dates on tins of soup, they're still perfectly OK to use as that date is just for the time the product is at its optimum best. It may lose a little flavour/colour/nutritional value after that but will still be perfectly good to use. I always use a marker pen to put the month and year of the best before date on the side of a tin/packet so I can see what to use first easily, and I'm sure everyones stores get a little out of sequence when you add in new things.

I've decided to stock good quantities of cooked beans, meat and fish products, add water only products (like Mugshots, Instant Mash, Instant porridge , cuppasoups, hot chocolate) and make sure I also have crispbreads/crackers as they usually have a long shelf life. Tins of Baked beans and spaghetti, tomatoes and fruit in juice are a must as well and Instant custard and dried milk along with porridge oats,pasta, rice and sugar/golden syrup. All things easily prepared and some fine to eat cold so that if you can't make a fire you won't go hungry. Oh and Tea Bags, the most important stash of all!!! Hope that helps, Cheers Lyn x. PS if you are well disciplined you might like to add some chocolate, but only if you have will power!

fuddle

Watching blackout is small bursts. Lightweight feeble person but I think it's important I watch it.

Soda bread? What is it and how will that help in a SHTF situation?

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superskintmouse wrote: »

I have made a complete school boy error in not rotating stuff quick enough and have discovered 40 tins of soup go out of date this month!!!

I wouldn't panic over the dates on tinned soup.

It'll be fine for a long time yet.

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Hi FUDDLE soda bread is a non yeasted bread that you can make on a griddle on the stove top or cook in the oven. It's made from flour, salt,bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk/yoghurt/soured milk. I've got loads of recipes if you want to make some, it's really easy, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Hollyberry

7_week_wonder wrote: »

Frivolous question: I have Last Light on loan from the library and Blackout downloaded to my phone: which one will I start with on my long train journey to visit relatives this evening?

Last Light, definitely. And the sequel (think it is After Light, but not entirely sure) is worth borrowing too. Happy travels.

Shropshirelass

:rotfl::rotfl:

Got a few of those round here, Bob, don't seem to be good for much though!!

Please can anyone with experience let me know, in the event of a power cut, does the gas still work for e.g. gas burners for cooking, gas fire? I realise gas central heating will go down without electricity to work pump.

fuddle

Thanks Lyn you save your fingers, ill look online, I'm sure there will be loads. My palette detects bicarbonate in foods really easily, I don't appreciate the 'fizz' it gives. Do you think I would detect it in the bread?

Taste aside, well worth learning if it means easier access to a loaf in a scenario though I guess.

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Hi SHROPSHIRELASS have just consulted He Who Knows These Things and he thinks that gas fires and hobs would still function in a black out but obviously the automatic ignition wouldn't, so you'd have to light them manually. A gas boiler would NOT work and some modern hobs and fires might have a safety device which would cut in during a power cut and cut off the gas for as long as the electric was out. Hope that helps, Cheers Lyn x.

Soda bread does have a distinctive taste FUDS but it's not unpleasant. I find that using wholemeal flour is more to our taste. If you want to try the bread before making it at home some supermarkets stock a ready made loaf by Paul Rankin for not much money, you could try one and see if it's to your taste?