Prepping for Brexit thread

maryb

We will be in France on Brexit day, assuming it is not postponed and we may go to Spain later in the spring. So we went to the Post Office today to get our International Driving Permits. What a palaver! The process can’t have been updated since the 1970s and involved the counter clerk filling in the cardboard permit laboriously by hand. We needed two types each because different permits apply to Spain and France so by the time she had done all four, we had been there quite some time. But it is done now and no need to worry about it just before Brexit when we are going to France. We may not need them if there is a deal and they continue to recognise GB licences but I’d rather have them and not need them, than need them and not have them

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I'm in the minority here but I don't like apportioning blame to anyone, we all had a free choice on voting remain or leave and as far as I see it the small majority of people who did vote took us to the 'leave' situation. I wouldn't have been upset if the vote had been to remain in fact I fully expected it to go that way and was dumbfounded when the news the day after announced the vote HAD been leave. I just want to get on with our lives and live them well and attain as much contentment as I can for our older age. I will make good what I find to the best of my ability, I shan't be angry at either side if prices go up or there isn't as much in the shops as we're accustomed to now, I will buy of what is there what I can afford and we'll carry on growing our own, making our own jams and preserves, wombeling wood, being frugal and living the simple lives we've both chosen because that's what makes us tick. We're content with the simple things in life and as long as there are books to read and a warm fire and a nice bowl of homemade soup/stew for supper we're happy folk!

stingey

davenport151 wrote: »

Eh? chocolate toilet roll - have I missed something? I admit both chocolate and loo roll are very important but...

:rotfl: oops missed a comma there

Delicious and smooth!

Jazee

I always prep anyway as we've been known to be stranded in the village for days at a time in bad weather. However I probably have more in at the moment as I think retailers will use brexit as an excuse to raise prices anyway and I'd like to avoid this for as long as I can.

EachPenny

Jazee wrote: »

I always prep anyway as we've been known to be stranded in the village for days at a time in bad weather. However I probably have more in at the moment as I think retailers will use brexit as an excuse to raise prices anyway and I'd like to avoid this for as long as I can.

Yes, the same with me. I have large store cupboards and always buy long-life products when they are on offer rather than full price. I've still got several 'stock' jars of Nescafe coffee from over a year ago when Asda were doing it for £4.50 rather than the more usual £7.50. The use by date isn't until October this year and I won't need to buy any at full price before then.

However, we do need to be careful not to buy stuff excessively now in anticipation of price rises, because there is no certainty prices will go up. The same rules of 'buying when on offer' should still apply, because today's 'full' price could be more than the 'offer' price in 6 months time.

Just checking on mysupermarket I see that all the main supermarkets are currently doing the Nescafe coffee on offer at £5. So although I'm still better off having paid £4.50, if I'd paid £5 over a year ago I'd have lost money because in the meantime those £5's I'd spent on coffee could have been doing something more profitable.

So unless things are on special offer now, buying more than about 6 months supplies of something in anticipation of price rises is probably not worth it, because by then prices may well return to where they are now.

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My self imposed rule is that I don't buy things just because they are cheap, I only buy things I know we use already and I don't buy any products from 'cheap ranges particularly things like minced beef or stewing steak and tuna because the cheaper ones aren't nice at all. I'm prepared to wait for offers on brands I use and then buy a reasonable amount of them. The best of reasonable cuppa soups here is B&M where I can get the Heinz ones for anywhere from 59p to 89 p a pack and I know they won't be wasted because they don't taste nice.

sunset_gold

Farway wrote: »

I make my own yoghurt, but don't use East yo.

You could make bog standard by using any live yoghurt from any supermarket as a "starter"
Or buy some starter which last forever in freezer and you use a a spoonful or so from batch you made earlier to start the next batch

I do the latter, using initial starter from here https://bacillusbulgaricus.com/bulgarian-yogurt/

I use full fat UHT for the milk because it does not need "denaturing" [heating to 90F] before use

I do this also, I use a metal food flask, full fat UHT milk at room temp, add 1 tbsp live Yeo yogurt, (about 60p a pot) stir gently then pop on the lid and leave in the airing cupboard for a couple of days. It makes twice as much as was in the bought pot of Yeo. Then I decant it into a container, using a spoonful from it to start another batch for the airing cupboard, and the freshly made yogurt goes in the fridge, normally lasts me a few days, by which time the next batch is ready.

I forgotten it’s in the airing cupboard a few times though, oppsss!

happydays89

EachPenny wrote: »

Yes, the same with me. I have large store cupboards and always buy long-life products when they are on offer rather than full price. I've still got several 'stock' jars of Nescafe coffee from over a year ago when Asda were doing it for £4.50 rather than the more usual £7.50. The use by date isn't until October this year and I won't need to buy any at full price before then.

However, we do need to be careful not to buy stuff excessively now in anticipation of price rises, because there is no certainty prices will go up. The same rules of 'buying when on offer' should still apply, because today's 'full' price could be more than the 'offer' price in 6 months time.

Just checking on mysupermarket I see that all the main supermarkets are currently doing the Nescafe coffee on offer at £5. So although I'm still better off having paid £4.50, if I'd paid £5 over a year ago I'd have lost money because in the meantime those £5's I'd spent on coffee could have been doing something more profitable.

So unless things are on special offer now, buying more than about 6 months supplies of something in anticipation of price rises is probably not worth it, because by then prices may well return to where they are now.

If you have a farmfoods close by they have an offer on Nescaf!, 2 x 200g jars for £5,plus in their leaflets they money off vouchers £2.50 off £25 ,£5 off £50,£7.50 off £75,£10 off £100.

happydays89

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

My self imposed rule is that I don't buy things just because they are cheap, I only buy things I know we use already and I don't buy any products from 'cheap ranges particularly things like minced beef or stewing steak and tuna because the cheaper ones aren't nice at all. I'm prepared to wait for offers on brands I use and then buy a reasonable amount of them. The best of reasonable cuppa soups here is B&M where I can get the Heinz ones for anywhere from 59p to 89 p a pack and I know they won't be wasted because they don't taste nice.

We have tried a few of the cheap ones and your right they don’t taste nice but rather than waste them I use them to thicken any homemade soup I have made.

EachPenny

happydays89 wrote: »

If you have a farmfoods close by they have an offer on Nescaf!, 2 x 200g jars for £5,plus in their leaflets they money off vouchers £2.50 off £25 ,£5 off £50,£7.50 off £75,£10 off £100.

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately I don't have a farmfoods anywhere near me, and the cost of petrol to get to the nearest one would be far more than I'd save on even a big shop.