The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

GreyQueen

Vegetarianism? I will do my level best not to eat their dirty and diseased meats.

boultdj

Onebrokelady said:

boultdj said:

It's the Mortgage Free in Three recipe I use. But have adapted slightly.

500 gram bread/ plain flour
1 teaspoon yeast.
1 teaspoon sugar
400 mls warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oil

Flour and salt in a bowl, mix together.
Sugar and yeast in warm water, leave for 10 minutes to get going.
Then add yeasty water and oil to the flour, mix together and leave to rise for an hour.
I then put it in a tub twice as big as the dough and leave in the fridge till needed, but you can leave it on the counter top if your baking it the next day.
Then I tip it out and shape it, flour the top and cook at 200 c for 40 mins.
I find the flour keeps the top softer and the dough can life in the fridge happily for up to 10 days.

Thanks for this recipe, can you bake it straight away or does it have to spend time in the fridge first,I've never made bread so not sure 😊

It's best being left at least over night before baking as it's the slow rise that takes away the need for kneading the bread, so useful for people who can't knead bread for any reason, it can also stay in the fridge for up to 10 days.
I tend to make my new dough whilst baking the bread and depending on the type of meals or how hungry we are I bake every 2/3 days if that helps.

Kemiera19

daz378 said:

Dispatches  on c4 now  about american food  being imported after brexit.....should we be worried  and how do we avoid this food....if we are ?

Eat less but better quality meat - look for pasture fed beef from local farms or a good butcher.

elaine241

Kemiera19 said:

daz378 said:

Dispatches  on c4 now  about american food  being imported after brexit.....should we be worried  and how do we avoid this food....if we are ?

Eat less but better quality meat - look for pasture fed beef from local farms or a good butcher.

British beef is mainly grass fed when growing up but all ours come inside for the winter months and wet early spring. They get fed silage or hay made from the grass plus some cereal based feeds if weather really cold. They have access to outside yard but tbh they like to laze about in the straw beds!! Most British beef cattle are cross bred with some foreign breeds like Simmental or Belgian blue as these are the best cross for dairy cattle and produce a decent beef animal that will be kept and grown on. Some pure bred cattle such as Welsh Black or Hereford are good for small scale producers but not the larger commercial farms. We have just sold our Simmental cross beef cattle to go onto a beef finishing unit as our farm doesn't have the facilities to do this and tbh as they get older they put the mental in Simmental, they are very much highly strung cattle!! We have Hereford Crosses, Welsh black, Belgian Blue and one Aberdeen Angus which was a slight mistake as we thought it was a Welsh black cross! They are happily grazing outside with a round feeder of hay if needed. They are very friendly, love strokes and cuddles but you would never get any farmer to admit this!!   

MingVase

I buy only Scottish grass-fed meat, mainly lamb because we like that. I never touch supermarket meat now.

Thriftygifty

Trashy TV on in the back ground "Married at first sight" husband gives his new wife an EDC, every day carry (bag).  I knew of a bug out bag but not an EDC bag, does anyone have one?  In theory good idea but quite extreme?! It had a CPR face shield, a pen that doubles up as a glass breaker for windscreens/train windows and a whole host of other things, I couldn't make out all of it, what I could make out was a face mask, cleaning sterile cloths, TCP maybe, looked like a small blade Stanley knife (not a great idea to be walking around with) some toilet roll and lots of other things, the bag was about the size of a shoe box.  I do have one of those seat belt/windscreen breaker hammer things in the cars though and bought all my family one a couple of Christmases back they did think I was slightly loopy, now its getting them to actually have them in the cars!  

euronorris

We have one of those in our car too. I'd rather have it and never need it, than the other way around! Ours has a little blade on it to help cut a seat belt if needed as well x

MrsCD

euronorris said:

We have one of those in our car too. I'd rather have it and never need it, than the other way around! Ours has a little blade on it to help cut a seat belt if needed as well x

Same here 🙂

maryb

I buy my meat from a farm in Kent which used to have a mobile shop at a local garden centre.  It specialises in grass fed beef and lamb and uses homeopathic remedies where possible.  We were driving one day and found ourselves close to the farm itself so popped into their farm shop.  I asked the manager what the difference was between their beef and organic, since they don't spray their pastures and he said the only thing that they couldn't comply with was because the neighboring farmer did spray his land and besides that it was a very costly compliance procedure.  Then he took us on a tour of the farm.  And yes, when the cows saw him, they came lumbering up for  a pat and a stroke.  They were definitely happy healthy cows.  He didn't have enough grazing on the farm so he rented some grazing a short distance away so the cows were used to being transported and he used a small local abattoir so they weren't traumatised on the last journey.

Best thing of all - the prices are comparable with Waitrose .  For much nicer meat

elaine241

maryb said:

I buy my meat from a farm in Kent which used to have a mobile shop at a local garden centre.  It specialises in grass fed beef and lamb and uses homeopathic remedies where possible.  We were driving one day and found ourselves close to the farm itself so popped into their farm shop.  I asked the manager what the difference was between their beef and organic, since they don't spray their pastures and he said the only thing that they couldn't comply with was because the neighboring farmer did spray his land and besides that it was a very costly compliance procedure.  Then he took us on a tour of the farm.  And yes, when the cows saw him, they came lumbering up for  a pat and a stroke.  They were definitely happy healthy cows.  He didn't have enough grazing on the farm so he rented some grazing a short distance away so the cows were used to being transported and he used a small local abattoir so they weren't traumatised on the last journey.

Best thing of all - the prices are comparable with Waitrose .  For much nicer meat

We are the same , we do not have organic status as it takes literally 5 years to become organic with piles of paperwork added on top. Our sheep and cattle live out as much as possible, with home produced silage or hay. We use as little chemicals as possible. One we had to use this year was Crovect, to prevent fly strike on sheep. The flies this year were awful and the alternative situation was not happening. Quite a few of our ewes come up for a stroke especially if they think I have food in my pocket!!

As for EDC I confess I do have many items in my handbag at all times. I have just turned my bag upside down as I have to clear all the coins etc that accrue at the bottom!! This is a list of what I put back in!
Small but bright flashlight, multi tool/penknife, small bandage & plasters, a very small survival tin, sewing kit in old film pot, chap stick, tiny measuring tape, lighter x 2, button compass, lolly pop, deck of cracker cards, tea light, pain killers, whistle, expandable cloth, folding plastic spoon, elastic bands/hair tie, chewing gum, tweezers, pen & paper, mask, alcohol hand sanitiser ( from Penderyn whiskey so smells lovely!!), penknife ( I live on a farm and its a legal length), two days worth of meds, ID, cash notes and coins, chocolate and a quartz crystal a friend gave me years ago for luck!
What I didn't put back in was the pile of receipts, extra penknife, huge heavy pile of coins, lipstick, old matches and the side of a box which had all come undone
What I need to add are more matches I have some waterproof strike anywhere ones somewhere! Check my meds are in date and swap for newer ones. 
I also carry two items that are probably illegal/contentious at best! I have a credit card that folds into a knife, I literally found it on the pavement one day. I also carry Diazepam, not prescribed, but given to me by some one who is. In a SHTF situation I may need to calm down someone, myself included, to be able to think straight! I know this lot seems a bit extreme but I live in the sticks and used to work in the nearest city, about 12 miles as crow flies. In my car I always carry a Get home bag, blankets, walking boots and socks, emergency blankets, first aid kits, paracord bracelet around the gearstick, cpr mask in glove box, loo roll, and a tool to break windows, cut seatbelts. In fact I need to go through all these and check they are ready for winter, I have my summer stuff in there atm. 
Right I have waffled on too much and even I think I am a bit looney after reading this back! :-)