The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

GreyQueen

Thriftygifty, might it be possible to use some large jars with the sprung lids and rubber seals? I have one of a 3 litre capacity, bought 2nd hand, so they do come quite big. A pal who has an ancient cottage rather prone to little insect visitors swears by such jars. HTH.

MingVase

Some really interesting posts on here now, and very much needed in these "interesting times"

Thriftygifty

GreyQueen said:

Thriftygifty, might it be possible to use some large jars with the sprung lids and rubber seals? I have one of a 3 litre capacity, bought 2nd hand, so they do come quite big. A pal who has an ancient cottage rather prone to little insect visitors swears by such jars. HTH.

I've got kilner big jars that I've put sugar in, and icing sugar however one was impregnated with pickle onion smell so thats the icing sugar gone 😕. I think I need more air tight type stackable boxes possibly?! To maybe put bags of flour in. The weetabix I've worked out I will need 18 boxes to get us to next spring. 

Thriftygifty

Numbers are creeping up, they are saying its because of people returning from holidays abroad 🤔

Si_Clist

GreyQueen said:

Thriftygifty, might it be possible to use some large jars with the sprung lids and rubber seals? I have one of a 3 litre capacity, bought 2nd hand, so they do come quite big. A pal who has an ancient cottage rather prone to little insect visitors swears by such jars. HTH.

We found some excellent big plastic jars with red screw-on lids earlier this year in some of the local cheapo fancy goods and hardware places.  They're a very tough but lightweight clear plastic, they're made in India, and the biggest cost us £2.99.  It stands about a foot tall, is a bit over 6" diameter, has a 4" diameter lid, and will hold about 1.25Kg of jumbo oats. Places that stock them tend to stock the range of sizes down to not much more than a litre at 99p, and they're jolly good.  Maybe worth looking out for?

Sayschezza

i would buy a couple of reels of parcel tape and seal down all the edges.

GreyQueen

Thriftygifty said:

Numbers are creeping up, they are saying its because of people returning from holidays abroad 🤔

I’m pretty concerned about what will happen in my city once the uni an FE college students are back. Seems to me that there is bound to be a spike once this happens, but I would be happy to be proven wrong, of course.

Si_Clist

Just managed to find a picture online of those cheapo Indian storage jars.  It's the one captioned "Food Storage" on this page ... https://jeremyshomestore.co.uk/product-category/kitchen/

Thriftygifty

Oh hadn't even thought of parcel tape! I really like the oxo storage boxes but they are so expensive, I shall have a look in the cheap shops if I venture there. Wilko is off my list of places to go, went in for 30s and left, they had blocked the end of aisles off with large metal cages so made multiple dead ends where you had no choice but to pass the other people in close proximity wont be going there again, fortunately it was quiet. I've also been to the doctors 3 times in the last 7 days with baby, he has a wheeze it could be asthma, hayfever or viral but I have been so careful although I do have a sore throat. 

Baileys_Babe

Could you keep your store of Weetabix in a really useful box?