Preparedness for when

Frugalsod

I have discovered this solar dehydrator for those interested.

http://www.idcook.com/en/solar-cookers/114-sechoir-solaire-sundryer-50.html?pi=6

DawnW

RAS wrote: »

GQ

Don't knock W&trose; to my astonishment it can be cheaper than some of the discounts on occasion and sometimes has really good YS goods if you are good at using unexpected ingredients.

For example since Ldl stopped doing split peas, I notice W&trose do them at 55p, one pence more expensive than Nito.

And they are often the cheapest source of nice vinegar for pickling. Last few summers they have offered cider vinegar @ 87p for a half litre.

I was going ask if anyone spotted the offer to YELL 'cos I tend to miss it with work being manic at this time of year.

On the YS front I have had smashing loaded chilli plant for 10p and 4 Aberdeen Angus no fat burgers @50p the lot. and some cheap veggies.

Fellow Waitrose fan here. Nearest supermarket to me, though I certainly don't do all my shopping there (or indeed in any one place) but definitely worth a look. Their Essentials range is excellent quality and often no more expensive than anywhere else.

RAS

I just happen to walk past it, a Moresons, sainsbos, and coo-up on the way home, and the 99p store. My purchasing is "eclectic". And some Sainsbos stuff is cheaper than either the discounters or the £shops, bonkers.

I have noticed that the same items can be different prices in different stores; the biggy superstore near work is MORE expensive than the city centre neighbourhood store of the same brand and does fewer basics.

jk0

Today I transferred my BOB from my shed to the boot of my car.

As you guys know, I have a number of rental flats dotted around Reading. On Saturday I heard on the radio that the centre of town was closed due to a big accident. As it turned out, I was able to get home via the M4, but it reminded me of the time in 2009 I had to walk 4 miles home in the snow.

At the moment, my BOB contains sleeping bag & blow up bed, a change of clothes, towels & wash gear. I'm trying to think of some (low fat) food I could keep in the car, so I can spend the night at a flat if necessary. So far I have a tin of baked beans. Any other suggestions?

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W8rose is the only 'big' supermarket in this area and the only one near enough to walk to (1.7 miles) so I use it most but rarely do I buy anything that isn't either essentials range or reduced to clear. I find T*scos far more expensive and they have far less reductions on a day to day basis. My Ald* is a half hour bus ride away, there isn't a Sainsbugs I can get to on the bus and A*di, L*dl and Morr*sons are all an hour away on the bus so I rarely go to any of them except when He Who Knows is free to take me in the car. W8rose saves petrol and time and I can walk home with my trolley as it's downhill all the way!

JKO crispbreads are usually fairly low fat, a small jar of honey, some dried fruit, small jar of marmite (unless you hate it), A*di do some fruit bars, usually by the till on a shelf and the date and orange ones are lovely and 0.9grams of fat per bar (just checked ingredients and it's palm oil). All have a good long shelf life and all are light enough if you have to carry them. Hope that's useful.

JKO just checked something I find very useful that I had in the store and that's Quaker Oat So Simple Cuppa Porridge. Just add hot water makes a good cup full and each sachet (5 in a pack) has 2.9grams of fat in it. They do a few flavours but the nicest by far is the golden syrup one. Quite expensive but worth the money I think.

DawnW

I often trundle my trolley to Waitrose too Mrs L

I will think of you doing the same next time I do

I did take the car today though, as I had to go out in it for other things.

We also have a Sainsburys, Lidl and Aldi within walking distance, and a newish Asda that I have never been to - I am not a fan of Walmart, and it looks like the sort of huge warehouse where it would be hard to find what you want It has also caused awful traffic tailbacks on a main road, where there was previously no problem :mad:

There is also a Co-op, which is in a direction I seldom walk in, and we are lucky enough to still have quite a few independent shops i the town centre

Butterfly_Brain

jko in our 72 hour BOB's I have put tinned tuna, small tin of ham , a packet of pasta and sauce, maggi chicken noodles, packet soup (the kind you just add water to), 2 pkts of savoury golden rice, 2 packets of crackers, little hotel style pots of jam and marmalade that you can get in B&M, sachets of coffee with cream and sugar and a some without sugar, a few tea bags, some little pots of uht milk that you can get in B&M, Kendal mintcake, again from B&M, biscuits, water, sachets of instant quaker oats with syrup and plain a pack of hard boiled sweets, pots of fruit and pots of custard and jordans berry oat bars

jk0

Thanks guys. Those are good ideas.

charlies-aunt

GreyQueen wrote: »

My spies and informants overheard one enfant being addressed as Marigold .

According to Jilly Cooper (in her book Class) upper middle class types name their daughters Marigold with the hope that they will - Marry-gold! In the same book, she says that although they frequently upset the 'rents by slumming it with working class chaps - ultimately there is a stockbroker with their name on him for marriage


Bit dated now but both Class & The Sloane Rangers Handbook were spot on in their day!

moneyistooshorttomention

charlies-aunt wrote: »

According to Jilly Cooper (in her book Class) upper middle class types name their daughters Marigold with the hope that they will - Marry-gold! In the same book, she says that although they frequently upset the 'rents by slumming it with working class chaps - ultimately there is a stockbroker with their name on him for marriage


Bit dated now but both Class & The Sloane Rangers Handbook were spot on in their day!

You mean - as opposed to sending them to exactly the right University for exactly the right course to meet the man that was targeted before they even set eyes on him and making sure to be amongst a group of house-sharers that included him.;)