Prepping for Brexit thread

richardw

Does Parma Ham freeze ok?

Honey_Bear

Primrose wrote: »

That is because when we had the referendum 40 years ago we voted on whether or not we wanted to join a European free trading area. The EU as it is now didn,t exist. Politically minded bureaucrats and others in Brussels have since that time subtly changed the rules into a tighter functioning bloc with new treaties and rules to which political leaders of both parties in this countries have signed us up.

We have never had referendums on each of those treaties as they have occurred so it is hardly surprising that half of the population think they were conned into the situation in which we now find ourselves.

The 1975 EEC referendum was to decide whether we Remained in the European Community, also known as the Common Market. We'd joined on 1 January 1973.

We elect MPs to Parliament to make strategic decisions about the UK's future. We do not have referendums to seek the electorate's permission to ratify international treaties every time one has been negotiated.

If we did, there would now be a People's Vote on the Withdrawal Agreement as a matter of course.

I'm not being political, I am correcting an oft-repeated fundamental misunderstanding posted earlier on this Thread.

WeegieWumman

richardw wrote: »

Does Parma Ham freeze ok?

Yes, Parma Ham freezes okay.

puttee

Another headsup on effects of Brexit in the case of a no-deal, hard Brexit directly from supermarkets/food outlets that readers here may be interested to read. Makes very worrying reading for me at least.



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Take care

Goldiegirl

I saw that on the news, Puttee.

I noticed on that Twitter threads there were the usual cries of Project Fear. I think that's some peoples way of dealing with all the bad news, to pretend it's not happening.

However, on balance, you have to think that the British Retail Consortium know what they are talking about.

richardw

Someone says eat frozen peas but aren’t petit pois french?

Honey_Bear

richardw wrote: »

Someone says eat frozen peas but aren’t petit pois french?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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gettingtheresometime wrote: »

Long time lurker first time poster alert.


Apparently it's believed that the shops will start to see the Brexit run on the shops beginning Thursday when people get paid for the first time after Christmas.

Hmm maybe I am being a tad cynical, but as all of the supermarkets seem to be struggling to maintain their large profits the retail consortium chatting about the empty shelves may make the big stores tills start to ring again especially as they have spent the last week or so telling us what a dreadful Christmas they had with customers having the temerity to be hanging onto their cash instead of spending it unnecessarily in their shops.

Nothing like a good dollop of panic buying to up the profits;)
I grew up with rationing until I was 12-13 and no one starved ,but then we didn't have the over abundance of choice back then It was a case of you ate what was dished up, whether you liked it or not, or did without Not so many food fads and fancies around then
either.

Not as much obesity or diabetes either, but then not so much junk food either, or the necessity of having to eat almost constantly or walk around with large cups of over priced unnecessary coffee clutched in your hand.

Gosh I am a grumpy old woman today ,but then my joints are aching due to too many miles on the clock :)

JackieO xx

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Not grumpy at all Jackie just the voice of common sense and reason in amongst the near hysteria of speculation and resentment. We're not far apart in age you and I and both remember a time of less abundance and far less choice not with affection or nostalgia but with clarity of knowledge that what we have available today is wonderfully diverse but not necessary for a good life and a healthy lifestyle. I'm not quite into my dotage but I know we'll all be perfectly adequately fed even if half the exotics that we're used to disappear from the shops, you can make an awful lot of tasty and satisfying dishes with spuds, carrots, cabbage and onions as the base and it's not of necessity a boring diet either.

Vegastare

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Not grumpy at all Jackie just the voice of common sense and reason in amongst the near hysteria of speculation and resentment. We're not far apart in age you and I and both remember a time of less abundance and far less choice not with affection or nostalgia but with clarity of knowledge that what we have available today is wonderfully diverse but not necessary for a good life and a healthy lifestyle. I'm not quite into my dotage but I know we'll all be perfectly adequately fed even if half the exotics that we're used to disappear from the shops, you can make an awful lot of tasty and satisfying dishes with spuds, carrots, cabbage and onions as the base and it's not of necessity a boring diet either.

I agree and some of these exotics as you put it and none seasonal soft fruits we get when ours are out of season have the look but not the taste. I gave up buying imported strawberries because they taste like parsnips ...