The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

thriftwizard

thriftwizard said:

Just wondering whether anyone fancies joining me in a little challenge? It crossed my mind yesterday to try to spend a week using only mechanical gadgets in the kitchen, apart from the actual cooking devices, i.e. the cooker, the kettle & the toaster; no breadmaker, no food processor, no hand mixer, no Bamix. I don't know why! It just seemed important to remind myself of how things used to be done, and how much time they used to take. I'm lucky enough not to need to use them, i.e. no arthritis and no trouble lifting things. I do have a number of old-fashioned gadgets like an ancient Mouli-legumes and a good hand-whisk, which will make life a little easier. We hardly ever have power cuts here, but that's not to say we never will, and I just want to keep my hand in, as they say!

Just to say, as I was setting the breadmaker off with some dough this morning, it occurred to me that I'd actually done it, without thinking! Checking back, I set myself the little challenge on 29/11, and it's now 7/12; during that time I've made 2 fruit loaves, 30 mince pies, 12 small chocolate tarts and a spiced apple pie, all by hand. In a sense I cheated by defrosting an enormous container of spicy squash & sweetcorn soup (allotment glut!) so never needed to use the Bamix, as I often do with soup as OH likes it thick & smooth, though I tend to prefer chunky, but he's working from home just now. And the dough that's in the breadmaker now, I do often make by hand, but am short of time today.

Oddly enough, we did have two tiny power cuts at the start of that time; a mains cable "died" with much drama up the hill, which was mended quite swiftly, but that caused a bigger fault "downstream". Others were powerless all evening & overnight; we were only"out" for about 5 minutes each time until the 'leccy was re-routed. Goes to show, it can & does happen still. Particularly when said cables are still encased in Edwardian ironwork...

ETA: what splendid feline guardians you have, 3SM!

ivyleaf

3secondmemory what beautiful cats! I must admit in that situation I'd probably end up feeding them on the new sideboard [blush]

3secondmemory

ivyleaf said:

3secondmemory what beautiful cats! I must admit in that situation I'd probably end up feeding them on the new sideboard [blush]

Kitchen surfaces are for plates and glasses not pu$$ycat’s  . . . bottoms 😂😂😂😂

greenbee

3secondmemory said:

ivyleaf said:

3secondmemory what beautiful cats! I must admit in that situation I'd probably end up feeding them on the new sideboard [blush]

Kitchen surfaces are for plates and glasses not pu$$ycat’s  . . . bottoms 😂😂😂😂

I’m with you on that one...
 thriftwizard said:

thriftwizard said:

Just wondering whether anyone fancies joining me in a little challenge? It crossed my mind yesterday to try to spend a week using only mechanical gadgets in the kitchen, apart from the actual cooking devices, i.e. the cooker, the kettle & the toaster; no breadmaker, no food processor, no hand mixer, no Bamix. I don't know why! It just seemed important to remind myself of how things used to be done, and how much time they used to take. I'm lucky enough not to need to use them, i.e. no arthritis and no trouble lifting things. I do have a number of old-fashioned gadgets like an ancient Mouli-legumes and a good hand-whisk, which will make life a little easier. We hardly ever have power cuts here, but that's not to say we never will, and I just want to keep my hand in, as they say!

Just to say, as I was setting the breadmaker off with some dough this morning, it occurred to me that I'd actually done it, without thinking! Checking back, I set myself the little challenge on 29/11, and it's now 7/12; during that time I've made 2 fruit loaves, 30 mince pies, 12 small chocolate tarts and a spiced apple pie, all by hand. In a sense I cheated by defrosting an enormous container of spicy squash & sweetcorn soup (allotment glut!) so never needed to use the Bamix, as I often do with soup as OH likes it thick & smooth, though I tend to prefer chunky, but he's working from home just now. And the dough that's in the breadmaker now, I do often make by hand, but am short of time today.

Oddly enough, we did have two tiny power cuts at the start of that time; a mains cable "died" with much drama up the hill, which was mended quite swiftly, but that caused a bigger fault "downstream". Others were powerless all evening & overnight; we were only"out" for about 5 minutes each time until the 'leccy was re-routed. Goes to show, it can & does happen still. Particularly when said cables are still encased in Edwardian ironwork...

ETA: what splendid feline guardians you have, 3SM!

we’ve had a power cut this morning as the local substation developed a fault. It’s been a while since we did as they’ve invested a lot in tree work (the main cause of outages round here) in the last 6-7 years. 

With more people working from home, they’re not going to be able to get away with neglecting rural infrastructure in the same way. Although Boris seems to have forgotten about getting us all decent broadband.

jk0

I've not needed to drive at night for about 20 years. It never used to be a problem for me. Now 55, I had to show a couple of flats this evening. It seemed to take immense concentration to avoid hitting anything. (Glasses prescription is up to date.)

Anyone else find this?

MingVase

Yesme. My vision in poor light is absolutely terrible!

sashanut

thriftwizard said:

thriftwizard said:

Just wondering whether anyone fancies joining me in a little challenge? It crossed my mind yesterday to try to spend a week using only mechanical gadgets in the kitchen, apart from the actual cooking devices, i.e. the cooker, the kettle & the toaster; no breadmaker, no food processor, no hand mixer, no Bamix. I don't know why! It just seemed important to remind myself of how things used to be done, and how much time they used to take. I'm lucky enough not to need to use them, i.e. no arthritis and no trouble lifting things. I do have a number of old-fashioned gadgets like an ancient Mouli-legumes and a good hand-whisk, which will make life a little easier. We hardly ever have power cuts here, but that's not to say we never will, and I just want to keep my hand in, as they say!

 In a sense I cheated by defrosting an enormous container of spicy squash & sweetcorn soup (allotment glut!) so never needed to use the Bamix, as I often do with soup as OH likes it thick & smooth, though I tend to prefer chunky, but he's working from home just now. 

thriftwizard do you have a recipe for the squash soup please?  My DD gifted me a few leftover squashes/pumpkins and I would like to make some HM soup with them....thank you!

Thriftygifty

It feels incredibly sad thinking about my children leaving home, granted the eldest is 5 so we still have a while, i've recently been thinking of how we could adapt the house to offer communal living later on if required, I have a few ideas one of which is a is a small extension on the side and then going into the roof, ah one can dream big plans!  

I hate to say it but.....Brexit, realistically how long should we be planning for disruption at ports and food issues? 3m 6m......  

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

With our lot in gubberment probably 12 months ☹️

3secondmemory

Thriftygifty said:

It feels incredibly sad thinking about my children leaving home, granted the eldest is 5 so we still have a while, i've recently been thinking of how we could adapt the house to offer communal living later on if required, I have a few ideas one of which is a is a small extension on the side and then going into the roof, ah one can dream big plans!  

I hate to say it but.....Brexit, realistically how long should we be planning for disruption at ports and food issues? 3m 6m......  

James Ckeverly let slip yesterday on Kay Burley that we could expect 12 months of disruption. It’s quite literally the perfect storm. We could not be on a worse footing. My biggest fear is the massive price rises we could face.