Preparedness for when

westcoastscot

westcoastscot wrote: »

Mar apart from eating them steamed with dinner I make soup and lots of stir fries - even youngest who makes it a mission not to eat anything healthy will eat stir fries if I put a sauce in it!

WCS

They come from tesco Mar - there's one that is black bean and another that is sweet chilli (they're in wee sachets near the veg) - he also likes Lea and Perrins in it at the last minute. I'm not keen on the prepared sauces so have mine as they come, or with gravy or brown sauce I know the RV doesn't like odd/spicy stuff but they taste of nothing much to my thinking!! We have them with meat/tatties for youngest and if there's nothing on them he covers them with gravy alongside his dinner!!!!

Confuzzled

bluebag wrote: »

I can't grow anything, I turn every plant into a stick, Is there any room in the preppers shed for a stick grower?

well if they are nice sturdy sticks i think they could have all manner of uses

for example: team up with preppers with a green thumb and you can provide them canes for growing peas up and other climbers

use for beating off the hoardes trying to get to your stores

bashing zombie hoards, or sharpen the ends for piercing zombie brains

you could make a game of pick up sticks for keeping bored housebound kids happy if you're bugging in (or even just for a temporary power outage)

if you take up whittling you could make your own toothpicks, good dental care will be of special urgency in a shtf scenario you know

long strong sticks can replace lost tent poles, or short strong sticks can be driven into the ground for guy wires

sticks are great for walking in hilly or slippery terrain

also excellent for testing how deep a river is

you get the idea... see, we all have our talents! :kisses3:

sb44

pineapple wrote: »

The MSM is predicting a return to cold at the end of this week.

Other sites are predicting major cold in later January
http://theweathercentre.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/multiple-stratospheric-warmings-confirm.html
An Actic blast is being forecast for US at least.

Lots of interesting stuff there in your post, thanks, especially the one above even though most of it is above my head.

Funny how we watched The Day After Tomorrow on Sky last night then saw all of this stuff about the cold on this link today.

Best I get some more extra stocks in just in case the SHTF with the weather.

I may get get my harris down to Wickes and buy the bricks for a Rocket Stove too, just in case we start to have power cuts. At least we will then have some way of cooking/boiling water as we only have gas central heating.

sb44

Size66 wrote: »

read the book -- ''who moved the cheese'' a 2 hour read may change your outlook on life '

Did you mean 'Who Moved My Cheese?".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese%3F

Not my cup of tea but I am sure someone will like it.

Cheers.

Butterfly_Brain

Liquidise veg into soups, stews and mince, or cover in garlic butter or cheese sauce.
How about ricotta, garlic and kale ravioli ...lovely jubliee

Butterfly_Brain

Heres an interesting site
http://www.seedtoplate.co.uk/recipes/kale/

mardatha

Tyvm. I need a wee lie down and some tea and toffee, I having an overdose of greens here.

Hardup_Hester

My previous manager bought the cheese book & wanted everyone to read it as we have one team member who is very resistant to change, waste of time as she refused to read the book, lol.

Uniscots97

mardatha wrote: »

He cant eat pasta it sends his BG through the roof. I did use the stuff I grew in soups but there's a limit to how much you can add I can snip it into tiny bits and throw it into mince etc yes. WCS what kind of sauces on stir fry?

You could do a 'potato' lasagne. Make the same as normal lasagne but replace the pasta with a layer of lightly cooked potato (thinly sliced and peeled), its lovely and very filling.

pineapple

unixgirluk wrote: »

You could do a 'potato' lasagne. Make the same as normal lasagne but replace the pasta with a layer of lightly cooked potato (thinly sliced and peeled), its lovely and very filling.

Plus in the Hairy Bikers diet series, they replaced the pasta in lasagne with sheets of leek.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/skinny_beef_lasagne_87277