Preparedness for when

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Thank you, that's a fair answer!

I'm not a person who will deliberately set out to hurt someone but I am only human and I do sometimes get it wrong. Never on purpose but sometimes by accident and believe me it gets me trying as hard as I can to put it right pretty quickly. I don't like people to be hurt!

Living_proof

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Y'mean no more caviar and escargots? How will we survive???

I have to say I remember when I first started cooking for myself pre-EEC that food was very BORING and expensive. Very basic. I hope we don't go back to that.

moneyistooshorttomention

Living_proof wrote: »

I have to say I remember when I first started cooking for myself pre-EEC that food was very BORING and expensive. Very basic. I hope we don't go back to that.

Well - we certainly dont have to do so as regards vegetables or, to some extent, fruit. There are quite a few new varieties available to us in seed form (if not yet in plug plant form and not likely to be for some time in the shops - if ever).

I think food was very boring because that was the way it was at that point in history. I remember being bored stiff by food basically and wondering if I wasnt that interested in it. I also thought I disliked vegetables at that point. I've come to realise that I was actually just bored by the fact that the British diet for many people was that way at the time - nowt to do with in EU or not in EU.

Personally - I tend to think food basically got a bit more varied in the 1980s - though I couldnt swear to that. I remember first leaving the parental home in early 1970s and the food I was brought up on was SO basic that I really hadnt the foggiest idea about even very basic foods like honey, pate and the like. I can still tell the tale about the first time I bought pate to try in the supermarket having no idea about it all - other than it was now part of a standard diet and most people ate it. Hence I think I asked for half a lb of pate:o. Well - I did eat it all - eventually...:o.

machasraven

Yay the wine making stuff has arrived and now its all hands on deck to try it out. If we manage to get a couple of bottles out of it we will be doing well as so many people are begging a bottle even before it has been made
The allotment is doing well and should be able to harvest plenty from it this year :T
I love this thread and all of you are so kind and ready to give good advice with a boot if neccessary please please don't stop posting anyone you are all amazing and sometimes if people are offended it is due to something in their own lives which they are not able to deal with at the time - not the thing said - but we all need to be able to be flexible and move on rather than being stuck at a particular point.

jim-jim

Hi everyone, How can you tell if you are buying British products in the supermarket?

Yes I know meat has the red tractor, but I use a local butchers who sources all meat locally. Fruit and veg tend to look at the packaging or buy loose, and hope it is from the UK.

Things like packets, cereals, tinned food, flour. How can we be sure we are buying British/UK?

thanks x

pollyanna_26

Hello jim-jim . To be honest supermarket shopping can be a bit of a minefield . Like you I have a local butcher from a family who have been here decades and I shop there . My local dairy also keeps it's dairy herd a short distance from me and delivers to my doorstep in glass bottles . With sm you have to read carefully and research products . Many times red tractor meat is not as it seems . I think trust only what you know , try to go for trusted and proven brands when you can . If you are in a position to do so grow as much fruit and veg ,
herbs and salad leaves and sprouted seeds as you can .
Arm yourself with the knowledge to buy uk products and never trust without looking things up from an independent source .
polly

machasraven

Have you tried a local fruit and veg shop or find a farm shop near you? If not then Liddles or other german shops have local produce.
If you have the space even pots do for many veg then try growing your own.

ivyleaf

It can be quite difficult, I think, jim-jim. Some foods are actually manufactured here, some may be shipped across from the EU and just packaged here.
<Goes to have a look at store cupboard>

I looked at peanut butter first, as OH has ended up with 4 jars as he kept forgetting he'd already got some....the M & S one is made in the Netherlands. Morrisons basic one, it has an address in UK but doesn't specifically say where it was made.

Sainsbugs Stewed Steak - "produced in UK using British beef."

Quaker Oat Granola - again has a UK address but doesn't specify that it was actually produced here.

Chocolate Ovaltine - has a UK "helpline" number but no address at all and nothing to say whether it's made in UK.

Tinned tomatoes are usually from Italy, as is dried pasta.

machasraven - Have fun with the winemaking! Our DD1 and SIL made some one year and it was very quaffable indeed.

pollyanna_26

Yay I'm back on line ! Stop groaning at the back :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I got home a short while ago and laptop actually started first time .
Kittie I have a shortlist of 3 Dell ins 15 5000 , Toshiba Satellite L50 -c-IGX Hp 250g4 . Can anyone with any experience of these let me know their views . I need to wait for the family chief techie to return from a weeks holiday - probably to escape moi and my thingie in the wotsit attempts to describe problems .
Hope the RV feels brighter soon and hope you've enjoyed your trips out in the last few days . I hope the weather stays good for the weekend Lyn enjoy every moment .
Right I have missed such interesting chats . Head is full of decimal coinage , british foods and many other things .
Money if you lived nearer I have loads of comfrey in the garden . It was started off from tiny organic plants but spare a bit of land and you'll be glad . You can tame it if you wish .
May be back later
polly

pineapple

Living_proof wrote: »

I have to say I remember when I first started cooking for myself pre-EEC that food was very BORING and expensive. Very basic. I hope we don't go back to that.

How old are you Living proof? I go back to the times when a Vesta Curry was EXOTIC!