The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

CCW007

Forgot to add, I managed to get 25kg of white bread flour recently, when we've done that in the past we portioned it up into Tupperware containers with enough for each loaf which is great but we then used some of the containers for other things so now don't have enough. 

Someone on here mentioned flour bins so we went off to do some research and found a company selling air tight containers on wheels which take up to 15kg.  Ordered two which arrived today and they look good so we will see how we get on. 

Planning on ordering another two for dog biscuits and cat biscuits if I can work out where they will live 😁

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Bread and Butter pickles   this amount made 4 jam jars

3 cucumbers (decent sized ones not the little 6" ones) sliced
4 onions peeled and sliced
3 tablespoons salt
6oz white granulated sugar
1 pint distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
1 tablespoon celery seeds

Slice the cucumber and onion and put into a deep bowl sprinkle with the salt and turn with your hands to mix.  Leave to stand for an hour.  To make the pickling vinegar put the sugar, vinegar, mustard seed and celery seed into a saucepan, bring to the boil once the sugar has dissolved, keep stirring until it has, simmer for 3 minutes turn off the heat. Sterilize some jars, I do mine in a slow oven for half an hour and have ready a tray lined with newspaper or an old tea towel.Rinse the cucumbers and onions well and leave to drain well.  Pack into hot jars up to the top, re boil the vinegar and use to fill the jars to cover the cucumber and onion, put lids on and screw tight.  Leave on tray to cool.  Leave at least 1 week to mature before using.

CCW007

Brilliant, thanks MrsLW. That's on the to do list for tomorrow.

prepareathome

CCW007 said:

Someone on here mentioned flour bins so we went off to do some research and found a company selling air tight containers on wheels which take up to 15kg.  Ordered two which arrived today and they look good so we will see how we get on. 

Can I ask the company's name as they are what I want for dog food and some dried goods that I like to buy in bulk?.  Wheels would make them so much easier to use.

Thanks x

singlestep

I absolutely love the advice and support in this thread.  It's reassuring at a time when everything else is going wrong. We're all just trying to get through this the best way we can. Will be having a go at pickles and gardening when I have my own space again, but everything's on hold for now and quite rightly so.

CCW007

prepareathome said:

CCW007 said:

Someone on here mentioned flour bins so we went off to do some research and found a company selling air tight containers on wheels which take up to 15kg.  Ordered two which arrived today and they look good so we will see how we get on. 

Can I ask the company's name as they are what I want for dog food and some dried goods that I like to buy in bulk?.  Wheels would make them so much easier to use.

Thanks x

It is Solent Plastics. I placed an enquiry at the weekend, they phoned me Monday to take payment and the bins were here today.  Delivery was £8.

https://www.solentplastics.co.uk/

Sorry, realised that is just the home page, this is the actual storage bin we ordered:

https://www.solentplastics.co.uk/45-ltr-airtight-clear-plastic-food-catering-bin/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw17n1BRDEARIsAFDHFezPVGqLjCrwsm9Uf10m3Zg0ldOnK_pt1KpK46JMbmWSkk8XsCXNre0aApGUEALw_wcB

Blue_Doggy

euronorris said:

Blue_Doggy said:

MrsLurcherwalker said:

Regardless of where you live or the circumstances you have to live with this virus is a killer and dead is dead no matter if your life is idyllic or horrendous.  Every life is precious regardless of colour, race, creed, preference and every life lost because of this virus is a tragedy.  I just want everyone to be able stay as safe as it's possible to keep them until this pandemic has  either run its course or been cured/prevented.  I don't want people (and some will, it's human nature) to be given extra chances to catch it because they think it's OK to mix again, that's an awfully sad worry that I just can't shake off.

It’s very kind of you to worry about everyone else, but you really shouldn’t. Other people may take a different view, and regard a brief illness as preferable to years with the after effects of stroke, or with cancer, or with dementia.  Perhaps you should trust people to use their own judgement as to what’s best for them (as long as they don’t try to inflict their views on you.

The trouble with that though, is for many, it won't be a brief illness. It will either be death, or a long illness with lifelong after effects. And you have no way of knowing if that will be you, or not.

And additionally, this isn't like sitting there with a pistol loaded with only one bullet and playing Russian roulette by yourself. With the illness only infecting you. People are contagious before they show symptoms, so can easily pass it onto others very quickly, and will almost certainly pass it onto anyone they share a house with.

So, as much as I would like to take the attitude that others can take whatever risks they feel like, I can't. Other people's choices can have a huge negative impact on me and my family.

I feel most for those single parents, with kids at home, stuck in flats where one or more of the household requires to be shielded, because even when the restrictions are relaxed, it will still be very unsafe for them venture out.

It’s lucky I live alone, I can’t infect housemates. And with everyone locally (including me) doing the 2 metres dance, I think most others are safe from me. But in your situation I see that you need to be as shielded as possible. People with kids shielding in flats with no outside access, especially in this tempting weather, must be in a very unhappy case.
 

MrsLurcherwalker said:

This is NOT and never has been a jolly picnic in the park, it's not lovely to have space to not be jostled and take time to look at things it's our sanity to walk out into the country surrounding the village and stand in a field and not be afraid to breathe for 5 minutes every day, without it we would be in a much darker place than we are.  I am an optimist by nature and I care about people, I know I come across as horribly positive and try to see the brighter side in most situations but that's just who I am, there is a wonderfully effective IGNORE FACILITY which is very easy to use if my posts are a constant source of friction to any of you, with my blessing!

I didn’t mean you, I meant me, I love to “stand and stare” or listen to the birdsong.

boultdj

Thank you for the recipe Lynn, the second set of cucumber seeds  are coming up, 7 healthy looking and one sickly, so bin for that one and I'm hoping the rest carry on growing well.

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Oh good, otherwise I might be feeling a little picked on! 

Thriftygifty

When I first joined this thread Unrecording use to post frequently however haven't seen any posts for ages, hope all is ok?!