THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Karmacat

Oh I saw that on the Beeb website! My word, that *is* a lot of excitement! I'm glad no one was hurt either ...



I was seeing lots of police vehicles a few days ago, but it was because there was a community event on our local recreation ground, and they were letting kids play with the shiny stuff

DigForVictory

thriftwizard wrote: »

In deepest darkest Durrzet, the 17th century grade-1-listed building collapsed around the backhoe, and the local residents, alerted by the racket, were out in the street filming the perpetrators as they fled the scene.

My imagination happily gallumphing across counties, alongside a side concern for the farmer whose backhoe was TOCWed. No backhoe means he'll struggle with GQ's warning before dating a daughter - "a daughter, 40 acres & a backhoe"...

About to coax a child to reach down the dehydrator & sheets so I can see if pulped mango makes fruit leather or not.

GreyQueen

For my L & Ls I got lucky at charity shops on about 6 separate occasions and am now well-equipped with various sizes and shapes. Not that I'd say no to another or two, particularly the bowl one which I use 6 days a week for my salads.



I have bitten the bullet and purchased one of these: https://www.thehandy.co.uk/machine/handy-garden-trolley


I'm having it shipped to the 'rents as I will be there this coming weekend and will bring it back with me. Am very much looking forward to the preptasticness of some serious load-carrying power.


Thriftwizard, OMG, that poor building, the conservation officer(s) at the local council will have had a cow when they saw that in the paper. We have enough grief here when folk bank lorriea into the jettied first floors of some of our ancient listed buildings, but a Grade 1 in such a parlous state..........!

Scrimps

DawnW wrote: »

Aldi / Lidl and such places usually have fruit trees for sale cheaply a bit later in the year. Fine if you have room for larger trees, my daughter has bought several over the years and they have grown well. Unfortunately I have a mini garden and had to spend considerably more at a nursery on trees grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks. Better than no fruit though!

although less MSE I will join you in getting them from a nursery. I dont have a mini garden but its not large either, i would rather grow a few things so will get dwarfing stocks and/trained fruit trees rather than just a couple of trees that would fill the garden.

DigForVictory

Questionably prepping, but we saw a boxed kit of crucifix, holy water, holy oil, incense & even holy earth - and bought it for son who is a vampire show aficionado (& has his own stake).

Well, we can do our own baptisms (don't actually need Holy Water for that but) and possibly try exorcisms.... You never know what you'll need, after all.

Says she with several sorts of multivite so I can sell quack remedies if I have to. Along with assorted herbal decotions... (Crone in training!)

Oh & having seen "Inside the Factory", my chaps want me to buy assorted Vesta curries as special treat food...

ivyleaf

We used to like the Vesta Chow Mein with Crispy Noodles

I can also remember back in the late 60s, or possibly 1970, Heinz brought out a range of dehydrated meals; Mum was quite keen on their "Savoury Beef in Potato Nests". I wouldn't fancy it now, but it was a real novelty at the time

mardatha

I absolutely loved Vesta Risotto and Paella... could eat a packet of it now

GB12

Karmacat wrote: »

Prepstering indoors after working a couple of square feet of garden I decided to check exactly what I'd stashed behind the books in the living room :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: it turns out I have quite a lot of beetroot :rotfl: so much so that I'm going to amend tomorrow's supermarket order to get more black olives and pickled onions, for variety There's also quite a few empty kilner and other jars, good for storing dehydrated foods.

Any old jar is good for dehydrated food as long as you can tighten it. I have dehydrated apples that have been in a bog standard jar for years. I rediscover them occasionally and they are still edible. I also have about 20 kilners (originals) which I constantly forget to use. As I give away dehydrated tomatoes (with various herbs) in olive/rapeseed oil its probably best I don't use them. Doubt I would get them back.

DawnW

GB12 wrote: »

Any old jar is good for dehydrated food as long as you can tighten it. I have dehydrated apples that have been in a bog standard jar for years. I rediscover them occasionally and they are still edible. I also have about 20 kilners (originals) which I constantly forget to use. As I give away dehydrated tomatoes (with various herbs) in olive/rapeseed oil its probably best I don't use them. Doubt I would get them back.

Yes, any jars with a well fitting screw top lid are fine for dried foods - I aim to have a selection of dried fruits (raspberries, apples, pears) in my larder by the end of the season, for winter cereal or porridge toppings

DigForVictory

I got some Eerin jars from Home Bargains which are mason/kilner analogues, look the job and cost 70 pence a pop. Those I filled with gift confectionery etc for family whom I don't trust to return or am not on terms to ask if they can route the empty back!

My parents got real Kilners, as mum taught me & she & I understand each other...!