The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

CCW007

Been trying out using my own processed/prepped food today. Used various dehydrated veggies in a soup which was okay but not great so need to work on that.

Then made mash topping for a cottage pie with home canned potatoes and had canned carrots on the side which worked well so plan is to can more potatoes this weekend as we've also tried them as roasties and they were lovely.  Just don't want to spend time and energy processing things we won't use.  

My parents local farm shop was selling 2 * 20kg sacks of spuds for £8 recently. Much cheaper than round here! Sadly couldn't stock up this time but will do if I see them for that price again.

thriftwizard

I've been filling my freezer with pumpkin. One of the local charity shops had a monster pumpkin in their Halloween window display; it had been grown on our allotments, so organic, & donated because the surprised grower couldn't think what else to do with such a monster. The manageress is a friend, and I happened to be in the shop when she was wondering how on Earth she was going to get it to the dump after Halloween; at 7 stone, it was too heavy for her to lift. To cut a long story short, I volunteered to take it on in exchange for a donation - there's good eating on pumpkins, cooked right, and they're full of vitamins & minerals if grown well - so DD2 & I liberated it at the weekend. Two friends popped in for a pre-lockdown cuppa this morning and we divvied it up, singing "Hotel California" ("And in the master's chambers they gathered for the feast; they stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" etc.) They ended up with a quarter each & I with a half, which has now been roasted, mashed & portioned into freezer bags, ready to be made into soups & Pumpkin Bread (a great favourite in this household) throughout the winter. The peel & seeds are cooking away in my Wonderbag, to be added to the chickens' breakfasts for the next few mornings.

What a waste, if it had just been carted off to the dump...

CCW007

Thriftwizard, seeing lots of pumpkins being offered on local Freecycle/food exchange groups.  Sadly my freezer is full after a slight mix up with last online order meant we ended up with double the amount of milk for the freezer than we planned so no room for much else!

daz378

Will contact work tomorrow to advise them will be asking  for another week sick note for shoulder....if try to pick up anything heavy  even with left hand   , injured right arm   can feel  my bones moving  under  back of right shoulder  not painful   but disconcerting....thinking of buying a tens machine    ....will be 4 weeks Friday    thought would heal by now....stay safe

wondercollie

daz378 said:

Will contact work tomorrow to advise them will be asking  for another week sick note for shoulder....if try to pick up anything heavy  even with left hand   , injured right arm   can feel  my bones moving  under  back of right shoulder  not painful   but disconcerting....thinking of buying a tens machine    ....will be 4 weeks Friday    thought would heal by now....stay safe

Take your time .  My shoulder/arm injury happened at the start of June.  I’ve only started doing full shifts this week and still have weight and lifting restrictions.  I’ve worked four and six hour shifts for months.   I honestly thought everything would be back to normal within the month but was wrong.  My doctor told me that he won’t return me to fill duties until th start of January.  Torn tendons are slow to heal.  So don’t rush

3secondmemory

daz378 said:

Will contact work tomorrow to advise them will be asking  for another week sick note for shoulder....if try to pick up anything heavy  even with left hand   , injured right arm   can feel  my bones moving  under  back of right shoulder  not painful   but disconcerting....thinking of buying a tens machine    ....will be 4 weeks Friday    thought would heal by now....stay safe

No point knackering it further. 😃 
why be in pain when you don’t have to be? I hope it heals fully. 😃

DigForVictory

daz378 said:

Will contact work tomorrow to advise them will be asking  for another week sick note for shoulder....if try to pick up anything heavy  even with left hand   , injured right arm   can feel  my bones moving  under  back of right shoulder  not painful   but disconcerting....thinking of buying a tens machine    ....will be 4 weeks Friday    thought would heal by now....stay safe

Please take it Really Slowly. As you will be a deeply unhappy patient if one injudicious move sets you back a fortnight... And if the weather goes cold, watch out for ice - a bad landing could cause you as much mischief as it does a fragile grandma. (with respects to all grandmas out there.) 

elaine241

Si_Clist said:

I'm out of this thread for a while now.  Can't be doing with folk spreading conspiracy theories.

Stay safe, you lot

Don't' leave!! Ok the conspiracy theories are alternative views of the world and our situation, but they are just that views. You and I can choose to read or not, believe or not, discount or not, ignore or not!  I myself read, decide, ignore in that order!
As for prepping I am still adding slowly and surely. I bought a new pair of binoculars at L*dl , mainly to look at the birds on my bird table but also with one eye on prepping. I went into Morris*ns and they were having a clearance, I bought string, safety matches, glue, fabric glue, dog chews, hook selection,  lightbulbs etc all reduced to 25-30p. They have all been stashed in the useful draw!!
My pumpkin is sadly uncarved and sitting in the pantry. Halloween here was a non event, boys are too old to dress up and trick or treat. The only time we do dress up is for the rugby Halloween party but obviously not this year.

muffin_man_7

 Elaine I couldn't of said it better    read  decide   move on.Hope your in laws continue to improve  My granddaughter  was tested in spt  came back yes she had the virus  shed been to scotland with her boyfriend and his family when they got back his mum and dad were tested yes they had got it  then she had to isolate with them for 10 days on day 9 she tested yes for the virus strange thing is her boyfriend and his brother never got it.  Ive been told by her  she's just turned 20 that  im to be extra carefull cos if its bad for her it will be worse for me cos im and oldie   her words not mine. 
Si. If it wasnt for your post  i  would not of know about 2nd lockdown  please dont go
Prepping wise thanks for the info re   reduced items i may have to take a walk to morrys  and see if mine has any goodies . I've got to be extra careful  as im waiting to move  and council dont like preppers   (they call us hoarders). So dog food 12k plus a half bag   need  treats and dentistixs   he li the aldi minty ones  and if i run out  i  know about it  he gets 1 every bedtime and within 30mins hes setted for the night   without  it he keeps me awake     so must stock up  water got plenty cant drink tap unless boiled and used for tea    love me a builders brew
 Having to hide the tinned food among the boxes for the move   not ideal but got to be done for now so ive lost count on how many ive got  possible enough acouple of months    dried food a bit more as easier to store  its just me and the dog kids all left home now  20plus packs of macncheese   pasta tin tomatos was doing ok then hard to get slowly adding again   had to replace the granny shoper trolley   i think i overloaded it 1 time too many son in law fixed it til it couldn't be fixed so need to be careful and stick to heavy items in online order when i can get a slot   i ve always had extra in  so its  difficult to know when to stop  with 7 kids  it was best thing i ever did   even if they did pinch thing and try to say id forgot them   itemised reciept are my friend they dont lie lol
 Im not sure how im going to manage winter here    kids took the poles down for the curtains when  we thought i was moving ( thats when i found out the council dont like us preppers)  i was told couldnt move too many cardboard boxes i was told id have to at least half it yikes that's all the  food i thought then it was suggested i could donate some things   which i had no problem with as long as i could get out of here   12 months on im still here still waiting  so being care ful just in case i get lucky soon  so how to keep the living room warm is my problem atm its dropped a lot  14c as im typing this    thats cold but  as anyone with fibro knows   we  can be too cold or too hot  all in 1 hour atm only my toes are cold i think im going to have to sort a new pole for the living room  needsto be 6ft plus  if i get an extending one it will still fit when i move    im hoping once i get out they will warm up  hope the rain stays off  havent had chance to break the new boots in yet so thats a job over next 4 weeks   now need to get going   will catch up later   if  internet allows   using mobile atm  so not the best but will do till im in new place  then a decent connection  i cant wait 
Edited to add   sorry didnt realised id rambled so long 

daz378

wondercollie said:

daz378 said:

Will contact work tomorrow to advise them will be asking  for another week sick note for shoulder....if try to pick up anything heavy  even with left hand   , injured right arm   can feel  my bones moving  under  back of right shoulder  not painful   but disconcerting....thinking of buying a tens machine    ....will be 4 weeks Friday    thought would heal by now....stay safe

Take your time .  My shoulder/arm injury happened at the start of June.  I’ve only started doing full shifts this week and still have weight and lifting restrictions.  I’ve worked four and six hour shifts for months.   I honestly thought everything would be back to normal within the month but was wrong.  My doctor told me that he won’t return me to fill duties until th start of January.  Torn tendons are slow to heal.  So don’t rush

Thanks I'm a carer   and a lot of my colleagues   are isolating ,  service is under pressure...want to go back    just dont feel up to it