Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

randomer wrote: »

non meal planners.....a question....how do you work it? Do you have basics in and add from yellow sticker food?

For me, there is always food in the house, such as spuds and onions and frozen beans in my mini-freezer (all home grown), plus storecupboard staples in tins and packets. Which means that a meal can be pulled from the hat at any time.

But there is always the theoretical potential of dropping one's paws on a YS bargain, and that has to be factored in, such as the year or so ago when I bought big on Anchor butter reduced to 10p a pack because it had a BBD of the following day. Smacked into the freezer and bob's yer uncle, butter supply sorted for 10 months.

A few days before leaving home to spend Christmas with family, I lucked-out at my Magic Greengrocer and got two carrier bags full of peppers. All bar 2-3 were slightly damaged. I got out my two biggest pots and prepped all the damaged peppers, and cooked them down with onion, tomatoes and seasoning. These were frozen in batches and each can form the basis of another recipe.

I also got two large sweet potatoes in this batch, and a lot of apples. The apples are sitting on a tray in my fridge but the spuds were peeled, chopped, steamed, mashed with a fork and stirred through with mustard and eaten on three consecutive nights. I like sweet potatoes, but not at full price. All the items, plus a few extras, were £1 the lot.

Because I've always got food in, the YS stuff is just used to ring the changes, acquire expensive protein cheaply, or just a bit of novelty, like the £5 birthday cake for 75p a few weeks ago.

No snow here yet but a lovely white frost. No problem keeping the cats indoors, even the notorious Wild Thing, who is so ridiculously fluffy that when she curls up, she looks like a Davy Crockett hat. Little beggar woke me at 6.35 am today wanting breakfast.

Softstuff

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess that you may find some backscratching (rather than inefficiency and laziness) is at the root of that high charge.

In this instance, pure inefficiency compounded by tradesmen knowing they can charge a bit more to body corporate set-ups. Rather a lot of the owners here have a unit as an investment property or a holiday home, some are richer than midas and never see the place on a given year, most seem to have forgotten how to save a dollar and only worry when it's more than a few thousand!

1Tonsil

Horrendous news this morning about the ferry which is on fire just off Corfu. There are hundreds of passengers stuck on it and they cant rescue them due to the storms we have. At the moment the wind is at storm force ten and the rescue ships cannot get near.

The fire broke out on the garage decks and there are still explosions on the ship. There are reports that some passengers jumped into the heavy seas. I am thinking of all of them and hoping the rescue can take place. The weather is forecast to worsen as the day goes on. Please spare them a thought and a prayer, it must be horrendous.

http://www.shippingherald.com/Admin/ArticleDetail/ArticleDetailsShippingNews/tabid/98/ArticleID/18609/Greek-ferry-on-fire-off-Corfu-rescue-effort-in-heavy-seas-underway.aspx

COOLTRIKERCHICK

that's so awful, I just seen it on the news, plus there is a plane missing somewhere too..

Frugalsod

Another reason to distrust TPTB.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/12/don-quijones-trade-services-agreement-lets-big-brother-go-global.html

jk0

1Tonsil wrote: »

Horrendous news this morning about the ferry which is on fire just off Corfu. There are hundreds of passengers stuck on it and they cant rescue them due to the storms we have. At the moment the wind is at storm force ten and the rescue ships cannot get near.

The fire broke out on the garage decks and there are still explosions on the ship. There are reports that some passengers jumped into the heavy seas. I am thinking of all of them and hoping the rescue can take place. The weather is forecast to worsen as the day goes on. Please spare them a thought and a prayer, it must be horrendous.

http://www.shippingherald.com/Admin/ArticleDetail/ArticleDetailsShippingNews/tabid/98/ArticleID/18609/Greek-ferry-on-fire-off-Corfu-rescue-effort-in-heavy-seas-underway.aspx

Crikey. Poor devils.

I have to say I was always a little dubious about the rescue plan for fires on modern ferries. The idea is that if fire breaks out on the car deck, rather than fight the fire, the area is just sealed off, and the ferry becomes its own lifeboat. (Makes for the nearest port and summons the fire brigade.)

I wonder if they even have CO2 supplies which they could fill the car deck with?

[Deleted User]

I think I've just broken my record, for keeping milk in the fridge.

I've just used the last drop, from a bottle with a Use By Date of 11th Dec.

DawnW

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I think I've just broken my record, for keeping milk in the fridge.

I've just used the last drop, from a bottle with a Use By Date of 11th Dec.

I don't take any notice of the dates on milk either. If it smells ok it is fine for tea etc. If it smells a bit iffy, I use it for cooking with. Makes the best ever scones

jk0

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I think I've just broken my record, for keeping milk in the fridge.

I've just used the last drop, from a bottle with a Use By Date of 11th Dec.

Oh, crikey Bob. My tummy's far too delicate to risk that. Be careful my friend.

[Deleted User]

If it smells OK, and there are no floaty bits in my tea, I consider it still OK to use.

It helps that my fridge is at 2 deg C, and the bottle is never out of it for more than about 1 minute.

Even if it has gone off a touch, it's only yoghurt.