Preparedness for when

Memory_Girl

GQ - "My preciousssssssssssssssssss!!"

MG

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Presumably, they will arrive frozen.

yep and sold frozen..


someone scared me a bit by saying that if you skin a cat and a rabbit, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference... but I got to get over this lol..

GreyQueen

Memory_Girl wrote: »

GQ - "My preciousssssssssssssssssss!!"

MG

Too right!

Other archers covet these things, which is amusing as its a form of longbow and most archers at the club are shooting much whizzier recurves and compound bows with sights and long rods and side rods and what-all. It's great fun when they ask you how you sight on the target with no sight on the bow.............:rotfl:

Same way as the did it in the olden days, archer dudes; practise and skill. One of these days I want to get a so-called robin hood; when you split someone else's arrow with your own. Costs ya; the perpetrator has to stand a round of drinks in the pub, but I could hack that.

CTC, leave the head on it; the ones with the fangs are the kitty-cats.

daz378

you would have to be very careful who you helped.... its amazing that those that havent prepped will rationalise a good reason why you should share..... id have more sympathy for those living on the breadline ,who couldnt prep, but even friends will put their family before you... my instinct would be mine and my own......then again a few trustworthy people would give you a better chance of survival

GreyQueen

I've been sorting some tins today, mainly tinned potatoes. 15p a can. Two good servings per can. Is a 15p can of potatoes unaffordable as a prep? Or a 17p bottle of water - 2 litres, enough to keep you alive for a day or so? A 40p bag of rice and a stock cube to flavour it; not expensive. Add to that some salad greens ( I think most people could recognise a dandelion) and you have the makings of a meal.

I know people who complain about how poor they are and they also drink cola. Comes in 2 litre bottles, you can wash and refill that from the tap, can't you? Or scrounge empties and refill those.

There's a fair few things which cost pence or nothing at all, which you can do to help yourself, and I think it's a good idea to think about how you'd manage if business as usual was interrupted. One thing which recent experience of the flooding in the Somerset Levels and other places has proved is that you'll be shifting for yourself for some time, even if it isn't TEOTWAWKI.

jk0

I never did find any tinned pate at my Lidl the other day. I think this branch is too small. Yesterday I found some fresh pate at Waitrose in four small packs, but each pack would still last me a week, so the four packs will go past the use by date unless I can freeze some.

Can I freeze fresh pate?

Frugalsod

jk0 wrote: »

I never did find any tinned pate at my Lidl the other day. I think this branch is too small. Yesterday I found some fresh pate at Waitrose in four small packs, but each pack would still last me a week, so the four packs will go past the use by date unless I can freeze some.

Can I freeze fresh pate?

I think you can. I was looking into the idea of making my own pate as I love it and it seems so expensive in the shops though I also question what is really in it. As it is a cooked meat then you should have no problems freezing fresh pate. I regularly freeze any that I find with YS versions.

nuatha

jk0 wrote: »

I never did find any tinned pate at my Lidl the other day. I think this branch is too small. Yesterday I found some fresh pate at Waitrose in four small packs, but each pack would still last me a week, so the four packs will go past the use by date unless I can freeze some.

Can I freeze fresh pate?

You can.
I generally freeze bought pate for 3-6 months, I've found the texture tends to soften on the coarse pates but taste is fine.

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JKO the pate at Li*l isn't in tins, it's 6 small jars in a plastic outer packaging and it's various game pates, very nice too and the jars left when you've eaten it are a very good size for taking single portions of things like hummus out for packed lunches/picnics.

GreyQueen

Hey, shout-out to nuatha or any other techy person available.

My PC has Microsarft Security Essentials which has been giving me nothing but warning messages since XP stopped being supported over a month ago and I've been seeing nowt but a red pavilion icon on my task bar.

Just now, I noticed that it was doing it's spinny green thing and when I opened it up it's already updated my virus and spyware definitions and is now scanning (Monday morning was the set time I had set for scanning).

WHAT THE HELL?!