The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Si_Clist

3secondmemory said:

  I really like tins of fish and meat paste ... but I’m never sure about buying them because they’re a bit too cheap.

Maybe not when you consider that most of them nowadays are made from what used to go down the drain

maryb

So are a lot of sausages.  There's an ad for Sainsbugs on the radio at the moment and they are saying you can get a pack of Sains brand sausages for 80p.  Lord alone know what can be in them for that price!  I'm all for saving money but for me the point is to live well for less not to eat the cheapest.  I know I'm lucky to have that choice

Thriftygifty

This is a subject I have been thinking about a lot lately, particularly since we were fortunate to get A deliveries each week, we've fallen into a rut and buy the same food each shop and have discovered A cheaper side of food, my 5yr old really likes their salmon paste on toast.  When things were going crazy, I filled the larder with the cheaper side of things, paste, crackers, rice, tins etc as my theory was if the SHTF majorly we would have something to eat for a period of time and lay low.  We've never done the cheapest meats, I always try to buy British were possible in the supermarket which with pork is difficult, we were buying the small gammons from A as it said on their website origin UK and packed UK, it wasn't until I actually read it, it said a mix of EU for origin.  For me personally my next step with prepping will be to change our shopping habits where our budget allows, lockdown proved that I can actually grow stuff and in reasonable quantities, I need to look more at seasonal eating and storing methods which will require organisation.  I need to find a really good butchers but with reasonable prices and look at not consuming so much meat.  We now get our bread delivered each week from the local bakery and local eggs delivered, I looked briefly into getting our own chickens but we have a lot of water rats and foxes and badgers the odds would be stacked against them, we do have the milkman however we use 12pts of full fat milk a week and 8pts of skimmed it's just to much at this point in time to move across to.  I'm ok with baking again its just being organised.  What i'm finding difficult is the amount of packaging each week since having A that we are throwing away, we were trying really hard to reduce this.  I've started work on prepping the children, our sons tooth fell out this week (blughhh) its the first time he has been given money, he now has 2 money boxes to split the money, one for him and one for saving, the tooth fairy was generous with £2 for the first tooth only, lets see how this goes!  
  

MrsCD

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=srS0J4cIVBQ
Here's a video from Jeff Taylor all about sausages.
Warning!!!! Do not watch if you are of a nervous disposition!
It's not a very nice subject, but I will never buy shop sausages or pork products ever again. I have a very good butcher who I trust not to use anything bad in his sausages, but we don't eat them very often anyhow.
maryb said:

So are a lot of sausages.  There's an ad for Sainsbugs on the radio at the moment and they are saying you can get a pack of Sains brand sausages for 80p.  Lord alone know what can be in them for that price!  I'm all for saving money but for me the point is to live well for less not to eat the cheapest.  I know I'm lucky to have that choice

 

DigForVictory

Saw this on Facebook 
“Cornish Christmas box 

2 tins of meat

1 tin potatoes 

Tin sweetcorn 

Tin carrots 

Jar cranberry sauce

Gravy granules 

Stuffing

Christmas pudding

Mince pies 

Packet of custard

Tin of fruit

Packet of sweet yummy biscuits 

Box of chocolates 

Packet of nibbles (peanuts or similar)

Chocolate log or Christmas cake

Soft drink (plastic bottles, no alcohol)

A Christmas box - feel free to add other treats but please do not include alcohol cigarettes or perishable foods.“

As simple prep, it’s useful. As social commentary, I find it chilling.

takanodia

Has anybody else noticed supermarket shelves emptying again?

takanodia

My local superstores have large empty sections

just heard wales has very large empty sections and actual shortages of some products 

euronorris

I haven't been in a supermarket for ages. I've only popped in occasionally for an essential i was missing. Haven't had any real issues with deliveries either. The odd substitution, but nothing noteworthy (ie, blueberries swapped for a different tub of blueberries).

Cornish Christmas box is useful. I am looking to put together a Xmas hamper to give to food bank, and I think that is a good list as a starting point. I have found a local company that is also collecting xmas gifts for local children in need. They've had to change things up a bit, but have partnered with quite a few local businesses where you can pop in and pay for a toy on the list, and the charity can later come along and collect all of the pre paid toys from them in one go. This limits contact, nut also means that you are helping to support both a local business and the charity.

Was saddened to see the MPs vote against extending the free school meals during half term, but very heartened to see local businesses across the country stepping up (some of whom are struggling themselves). One local to us had crowdfunding page, so donated to that. They had initially set a target of £500, but were almost at £2k last time I looked, so that was also heartening to see.

So, I'm really sorry that such measures are necessary, but my positives for today are in seeing all of the good that local communities up and down the country have been doing. Sorry, not really prepping, but just needed to focus on a positive today  

takanodia

In the last Great Depression lots of hungry people started catching birds and small game animals 

this time around people are not as self rel

MingVase

That's true takanodia. My dad used to come down and visit us many years ago when we were deperately hard up. He went scavenging up the hill for fallen branches for the fire - we had no coal. He showed the sons how to make snares for rabbits and used to make a great pot of soup. Lot of knowledge lost now - although my youngest son still goes hunting shooting and fishing, he'd survive.