The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Thriftygifty

If all else fails we still have the iced top tier of our fruit wedding cake and it had alot of alcohol as I made it on the advice from Delia. 

Onebrokelady

MingVase said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54287283

Straight from the horses mouth, the food industry.

"The EU is the UK's largest trading partner and the source of 80% of its food, the BRC said. But if the UK is unable to reach a deal with the bloc, the average tariff on food it imports would be over 20%, the trade body warned.Those tariffs include a 48% levy on beef mince, 16% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese."

Can't people just eat locally produced beef and cheese 

3secondmemory

Onebrokelady said:

MingVase said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54287283

Straight from the horses mouth, the food industry.

"The EU is the UK's largest trading partner and the source of 80% of its food, the BRC said. But if the UK is unable to reach a deal with the bloc, the average tariff on food it imports would be over 20%, the trade body warned.Those tariffs include a 48% levy on beef mince, 16% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese."

Can't people just eat locally produced beef and cheese 

Would definitely make more sense but most of us shop in supermarkets rather than in farm shops. It’s a lot to do with cost

Blue_Doggy

I’m so glad I’m in good company (in this thread at least) in not being spooked by BBE dates on tins & jars.  It was getting a bit worrying to see recent new threads on the topic.

3secondmemory said:

Onebrokelady said:

MingVase said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54287283

Straight from the horses mouth, the food industry.

"The EU is the UK's largest trading partner and the source of 80% of its food, the BRC said. But if the UK is unable to reach a deal with the bloc, the average tariff on food it imports would be over 20%, the trade body warned.Those tariffs include a 48% levy on beef mince, 16% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese."

Can't people just eat locally produced beef and cheese 

Would definitely make more sense but most of us shop in supermarkets rather than in farm shops. It’s a lot to do with cost

Also there’s probably a lot of imported produce used in processed foods, catering, and ready meals.

 

Sadly, it’s not just supermarkets - I’ve started getting a fruit & veg box delivered from a local (well, nearest town as no greengrocer in the village, just a Co-op), and although we’re at the start of the English apple season, the last two boxes (which originally held Polish mushrooms!) have contained French or New Zealand apples. The supermarket I use (Waitrose, less often now I order online) did sell a wide range of UK produce. It’s a dilemma: support a local business but not necessarily local producers, or use the supermarket.

MingVase

The supply would be very limited, we don't produce anything like the amount people are used to buying from supermarkets. And the price will go up as it always does when things are in short supply. But I've always bought Scots lamb and beef because it's good and mainly grass fed.

boultdj

Our local co-op gives you extra points if you buy local products and fruit and veg, so makes a bit easer for me.
Last of the apples off my tree, just the pears left now.

Blue_Doggy

boultdj said:

Our local co-op gives you extra points if you buy local products and fruit and veg, so makes a bit easer for me.
Last of the apples off my tree, just the pears left now.

I wish my local Co-op did, but it stocks very little UK produce, let alone local. I think it depends where you live. I’m in the South-East of England, but my sister who lives in the Midlands has a different Co-op experience.

thriftwizard

I'm another who will cheerfully use up OOD tins & packets; even (some) stuff in the fridge that has passed it's BB4. This very morning I've made scones with yogurt that DD1 (who works in a supermarket) had left by the bin as it was BB4 23/09, but it looked & smelt perfectly OK. Made good scones anyway! Which have been scoffed with clotted cream, BB4 25/09, & the first of a batch of jam made from organically-grown British strawberries, rejected by the supermarket buyers for being too small! For pectin I boiled up & strained a couple of windfall quinces from the garden, but for some reason small strawberries seem to have much more of it than large, so it might have set without the quinces anyway. 

Doveling

My breadmaker has just given up the ghost. Can't find the Panasonic I want anywhere! Any suggestions?

boultdj

Sorry Doveling, I do no-knead fridge bread so I only need to shape it before baking.