Prepping for Brexit thread

Blue_Doggy

Primrose wrote: »

I was thinking a drizzle of cooking oil of some kind would perhaps moisten the surface of bread or toast. We make our own bread in a bread maker using a mixture of flours which tend to produce a very "thick" texture which would need softening with something.

A whipped mixture of balsamic vinegar & olive oil might work for savoury sandwiches. The cheese triangles is a good suggestion, as are spreadable pastes.

Tomato paste - the sort that comes in a tube - is very good for savoury sandwiches, especially with cold meat, fish, or salad. If you’re having a bit of a hard-up time, tomato paste sandwiches (no butter, no other filling) are tasty and good, and freeze well, too. Same with just-Marmite sandwiches.

Tomato paste, along with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, are imported from Europe, so they’re included in my prepping supplies.

cuddlymarm

In theory if there’s going to be a problem exporting dairy goods it will mean we have more here because the shops will buy from home. The same with veg etc. The main problem I can see is that fresh salad doesn’t grow here in winter so needs to come from warmer countries. I know some people really like salad but surely there are other foods.
I think the major thing to do is don’t tell people that you’ve got loads of stores in. I’ve given my views to my grown up kids that they should always have plenty in but apart from that I don’t let anyone know that my cupboards are full or you might find you have regular visitors at mealtimes after Brexit.

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"We shall fight them in the quiches, and in the prosecco aisle..."

did I already do that joke?

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cuddlymarm wrote: »

The main problem I can see is that fresh salad doesn’t grow here in winter so needs to come from warmer countries. I know some people really like salad but surely there are other foods.

A lot of oriental greens are very hardy, and are grown in the UK all year round

GreyQueen

My understanding is that 15% of our dairy products had to be exported to the EU and they had to import 15% of ours. A travestry of wasted energy and contributions towards air pollution driven ill-health and premature mortality.


If this 15% swoperoonie isn't happening, it should make no difference to the overall amount available. Also, the rise in veganism offers an unexpected benefit in that those individuals and households are removing themselves from the demand side and leaving more for the omnivorous.


The problems will arise for UK exporters of dairy and UK consumers whose choices are to eat foriegn-produced cheeses or yoghurts.


Re saladings, I eat a lot of salad, as in twice on most days, which is likely to change over the winter months in the future, but it is very much what one can call a first world problem. I also eat plenty of locally grown veggies, including ones available in the winter months. The leek crop is looking splendiferous up on my lottie snd the chard plantation, which exists 365 days a year, is wonderfully productive.


If anyone has disembarked from a ferry at Hook of Holland, they will have landed in a bizarre world where the odd farmhouse roof peeks out from hectatre upon hectare of undercover agriculture. You litereally cannot see the ground.



There is no more light/ warm in northern Netherlands than in the UK and we could do that. Some entrepreneurs are on the case already with tomatoes.


Think of the happy benefit of h.g. fresh veggies for the UK economy and the reduced food miles.

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cuddlymarm wrote: »

I think the major thing to do is don’t tell people that you’ve got loads of stores in. I’ve given my views to my grown up kids that they should always have plenty in but apart from that I don’t let anyone know that my cupboards are full or you might find you have regular visitors at mealtimes after Brexit.

I don't agree with that. If you're unhinged enough to panic buy in that frantic Black Friday kind of way, then you're going to head to the nearest supermarket rather than roam the streets looking for tins of beans - martial law long before that happens - in fact, open borders and free movement of goods long before that happens

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GreyQueen wrote: »

and UK consumers whose choices are to eat foriegn-produced cheeses

The French & German stuff isn't too shabby

Well_Preserved

Living in Lincolnshire, I would agree about locally grown produce in winter. We usually have plenty of choice. I'm just concerned that Brexit may not be the only factor. For a good 2 weeks here you couldn't by a cauliflower anywhere - not even the frozen kind. Apparently it was a result of the flooding earlier in the year which decimated the crop. (We're a so-called market town with a minimal market, no greengrocers, no grocers stall on the market) Eventually one supermarket had them in - they were Dutch. There are English ones available again now, thankfully. All the more reason to grow what we can ourselves!

Mr_Singleton

fuddle wrote: »

No advice MrSingleton. Y'see that's why we prep so we don't have to deal with food chaos.

Oh! Bless!!! Let's see how quickly a hungry, rioting mob can 'relieve' of your food. What precautions sre you taking?

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