The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Getting some stocks in proved to be a mistake.

Himself proudly presented me with dinner yesterday. With two portions of meat, a portion of non meat main ingredient, more sweetcorn than I would normally eat in a month, half a pack of cheese that was intended for a soup main meal, a salad including all the spring onions fried (bleurgh) but only the white bits as the green bits have been thrown away, loads of potatoes and all of the butternut squash intended for a main meal curry. Oh, and chips. I asked for one piece of meat and some chips. So roughly 5 days' main ingredients on one plate - not enough of any of them left to make even a single portion on another day and, sadly, he's not a good enough cook to make things in a way that they are in any degree edible upon being reheated/recooked on a subsequent occasion - think super well done and dry as a bone meat, somewhat carbonised other items and

He's also baked a loaf of bread and bought another loaf (and cut into it), bought two packs of butter and opened one before the last was finished and there are more leftover from tonight shoved into the fridge [strike]to go off because he won't think to eat them until they're blue and furry[/strike]


Apparently, if you have stock, it's compulsory to waste as much of it as you possibly can to 'make room'.

I swear that he'd be happier if we bought one meal at a time and had completely empty cupboards. Which is what we'll have by the end of next week if he carries on like this.


There is absolutely no point in my going to the effort of planning, shopping, putting away and telling him exactly what was needed for him to ignore it in favour of serving 'who cares what it is or what it tastes like as long as it empties an entire drawer of the freezer in one go'.

PipneyJane

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Getting some stocks in proved to be a mistake.

Himself proudly presented me with dinner yesterday. With two portions of meat, a portion of non meat main ingredient, more sweetcorn than I would normally eat in a month, half a pack of cheese that was intended for a soup main meal, a salad including all the spring onions fried (bleurgh) but only the white bits as the green bits have been thrown away, loads of potatoes and all of the butternut squash intended for a main meal curry. Oh, and chips. I asked for one piece of meat and some chips. So roughly 5 days' main ingredients on one plate - not enough of any of them left to make even a single portion on another day and, sadly, he's not a good enough cook to make things in a way that they are in any degree edible upon being reheated/recooked on a subsequent occasion - think super well done and dry as a bone meat, somewhat carbonised other items and

He's also baked a loaf of bread and bought another loaf (and cut into it), bought two packs of butter and opened one before the last was finished and there are more leftover from tonight shoved into the fridge [strike]to go off because he won't think to eat them until they're blue and furry[/strike]


Apparently, if you have stock, it's compulsory to waste as much of it as you possibly can to 'make room'.

I swear that he'd be happier if we bought one meal at a time and had completely empty cupboards. Which is what we'll have by the end of next week if he carries on like this.


There is absolutely no point in my going to the effort of planning, shopping, putting away and telling him exactly what was needed for him to ignore it in favour of serving 'who cares what it is or what it tastes like as long as it empties an entire drawer of the freezer in one go'.

How frustrating for you! I bet he was feeling really proud of himself, too, for cooking dinner.

I do have a suggestion for resurrecting overcooked/dry meat. Try putting it in the slow cooker with an inch or so of water/stock/wine and heating on low for a few hours. That may re-hydrate it.

(We were on holiday years ago with a friend who was devastated that the chicken dish she was cooking dried out in the unfamiliar oven. I added some water, covered it with foil and let it rest in the bottom of the oven while the veg cooked. Result was perfectly edible and not tough.)

HTH

- Pip

DigForVictory

Jojo, I'd be putting my tweezers in a heavy crate & contemplating a few hours rhythmical tapping the hide of the bodhran. Having plugged the penny whistle &/or hidden it alongside the tweezers. The only light seems to be that at least you had a working cooker.

You may recall me snuffling unwillingly to a team meeting clutching Seasonal Edition "Nescafe Gold Caramelised Almond & Vanilla Latte Sachets" & other glossy exotics? Asda have them, along with a fleet of other (mostly diet wrecking but some skinny & some decaff) editions all back at £1.25, so I have acquizzed a few.
Not least since the chap I'll be away training with up in Glasgow has a massive weakness for them & this way, we will be happy trainers almost regardless of the trainees.

I have found a thought-to-be Radox freebie wash bag in a charity shop & will be taking a swimsuit with me, since the hotel I'll be in has a sauna! Bring on the weather says I, planning to broil self gleefully.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

What I'm trying to fathom is what our relationship would be with the EU should the current chaotic mayhem either carry on up to and including the 31st March or should there be a general election because Mrs. May either is in an unsustainable position and loses a vote of no confidence or cannot convince her MPs to accept the exit plan or amended plans (if there are any)and has to resign and we have nothing to offer of a concrete nature on the 31st March either. If we don't reach any conclusion to this whole sorry debacle and end up remaining as a member of the EU because we can't fathom out an acceptable way to leave what will their attitude to the UK be?

I ask the question here and not on the dedicated thread because I think many of you are open minded on the whole Brexit question.

I think the plan was to string it all out until it was possible to call a GE - neatly cutting off at the knees anybody who would seek to do things in a way different to TM (doesn't matter what way, simply to make it impossible for anybody else to do something about it). The other effect of that would be that those who would happily take over her position as Leader of the Conservative Party/PM would look at the state of everything and back off, rather than be lumbered with the consequences, leaving her happily embedded in No 10 until she decides to shimmy off down the road to the tune of ABBA.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is another GE called within the next four weeks - I thought that it had to be held within six weeks of announcing, which would make the earliest about 17th February. And I suspect that some of the defeats have been because it's suspected to be her plan - by enforcing 3 days for a Plan B instead of x weeks before voting, it's interfering with the schedule, as it's a bit too soon (and in its turn the scuppering the hope of the half cocked deal by forcing her to withdraw the vote on what wasn't a deal/that was a deal going through without any input from the HoC).

After all, when neither side can agree among themselves what exactly it is that they are going to do/want, it doesn't just damage the Tories, it damages Labour too - and the best way to stay in power is to make sure the Labour vote is split.


I suspect our relationship will be of the embarrassing relative who couldn't even decide what they wanted when asked; ultimately flaky with a tendency towards rage filled shouting incoherently towards the end of the night. It'll be necessary to deal with us at times, but as a rule, best avoided.


Whatever happens, if it's great and wonderful, it won't trickle down to the general populace. If it's more of the same, there won't be any benefit to the general populace. But if it goes mammaries uppermost, you can bet that it'll be the general populace on the sharp end whilst the powerful and wealthy all tut about how terrible it is and it's obviously the fault of the people that disagreed with them/the no EU citizens who are still here/whoever they want to blame for all the ills.

silvasava

No real answer to your query MrsL - like you I am heartily sick of the squabbling among our MP's. I want to bang their heads together & tell them it is their JOB to get this sorted. I do feel the EU are dragging their feet and making the process as difficult as possible a) because they don't want to lose our monetary contribution and b) to deter any of the other countries leaving. Just my thoughts and please feel free to disagrees.
Just a thought on potential water shortage. No one has mentioned water butts for flushing the loo - I've got 4 in the garden and would certainly use the water from them if necessary. I do need to have a look at my current inventory and check any gaps & take a trips to M&S for some stocks of tinned meat for Justin

machasraven

Here is an unexpected happening https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-just-went-into-a-recession-2019-1?r=US&IR=T. This could make a big difference for the next year or so

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These two way LED lamps have been out of stock for a while at Home Bargains.

I'm pleased to report, they're now back on the shelves, for anyone (eg. MITSTM ) who wants one.

GreyQueen

I've said before that it was a given that the EU would be awkward, to punish us and also to discourage other member states from thinking about leaving. You don't need a degree in political science to work that one out, do you?


Therefore, on the day after the brexit vote, the money drain into EU coffers should have been turned right off and hardball negotiators lined up ready for when the EU wanted to talk (nicely and politely) to us. Not cap-in-handing like some poor relation FGS.


Have just spoken to the mothership and pointed out that a government paper I've been reading online indicates a possibility of 22% price rises on groceries. She'll be turning nectar points into tea and coffee tomorrow.


Today, it's beverage prep, before we know it, she'll be burying a shipping container in the backyard.:rotfl:

Goldiegirl

As opinions regarding Brexit have been invited, I will give my opinion.

The Common Market is a rules based organisation - and the UK helped draw up those rules, it shouldn't come as any surprise to us that the EU would expect us to adhere to the rules when leaving.

I don't think it would have done any good to have gone into the negotiations with a demanding, threatening and 'do you know who we are attitude', as that would have got the EU27's backs up. The EU27 are our friends and allies - not our enemies.

Having said that, I think May's deal was the best anyone could have got. The exit as spun by the Leave campaigns was never going to be achievable, and May should have done much more due diligence before triggering Article 50 (or even not triggering it at all)

Even though May's deal is the best anyone could have got under the circumstances, it is still a very bad deal.

It will almost certainly be voted down next week.

If May hadn't attempted to kick the can down the road by withdrawing the scheduled vote, she would have had to make a statement by 21st January. so the 'Grieve Amendment' this week means we are now back on track for a statement on 21st January.

I firmly believe that a 'no deal' Brexit would be hugely damaging, if not catastrophic for the country. Parliament are giving every indication that they will not allow this to happen.

I suspect that Article 50 will either be extended (with EU permission) or withdrawn altogether (we can do this unilaterally).

Then there'll be a vote of some sort, whether a second referendum or a general election, with the ultimate outcome that we don't leave at all.

I think the EU would welcome us to stay, and would try to put this sorry situation behind them.

For us, the general population, there's likely to be several more months of uncertainty, and the rift that the referendum has caused
will take many years to heal.

DigForVictory

GreyQueen wrote: »

Today, it's beverage prep, before we know it, she'll be burying a shipping container in the backyard.

A determined start, even if I do wonder how you'd then get at the contents & if a buried container is rustproof.

Says she, eyeing the sloping back garden & thinking I could espalier a couple of fruit trees along the side, but I'd have to pave the door area & arrange a wheelbarrow capable path, though the excavated hill earth would promptly go into raised beds as part of the 'landscaping' idea.

Subtle it would not be, but accessible & functional, quite possibly. I strenuously doubt the local coop has a container full of my preferred tea though, and the chaps would roll their eyes something spectacular graceless at being asked to lug Another bootload of Costco delices up the hill from the car.

Still, if I excavated the spring said to be in the area, that might resolve water issues. Creating further ones, inevitably, but one's own spring is a definite plus In The Event.

As for the EU, personally I would like the yelling to stop & us not only to maintain access to their markets but also to regain our former (as in about 20 years ago) reputation for reliability & competence. I dunno who stopped sending bright young things over to learn the languages & ways, but we need to restart that & get back onto the top table & restore the respect in which we were held.

When I think Cameron started this malarkey to try to stop some squabbling, and then look at how things have developed, I could weep, try to build a time machine &/or find Irish ancestry stat.