The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

pollyanna_26

LameWolf said:

ivyleaf said:

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Tea - I prefer it with milk as a rule, but black if it's Earl Grey. I do know someone who has milk in their Earl Grey though. Each to their own 

So do I, @ivyleaf. Mr LW. However, I forgive him, because he's wonderful in many other ways.
I'm with @thriftwizard - to my mind, tea or indeed coffee with milk in tastes awful.

I'm milk and two sugars Wolfie. Yorkshire tea or the Bedtime Brew. Can't stand fruity teas but homemade mint or ginger teas are refreshing and I don't have milk or sugar in those.

It's nice to see you . Hope you enjoyed your Cookie visit.

pollyxx

MingVase

If we were real serious kickass preppers then we'd be talking about the best breed of coo to keep in the garden in the event of an apocalypse. And there's not many that would fit under a vase, lemme tell you.

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For all the debate about milk or no milk and cows, goats, plant etc. it comes down to personal preference and availability of the milk chosen doesn't it? In a real life situation that required any one of us to use our prepping heads any kind of tea with or without milk or anything else would be a comfort in stressful times and undoubtedly help keep morale up and make us feel better wouldn't it?

VJsmum

MingVase said:

If we were real serious kickass preppers then we'd be talking about the best breed of coo to keep in the garden in the event of an apocalypse. And there's not many that would fit under a vase, lemme tell you.

Oh Good - that means us 'just getting in a few things for justin' kind of preppers don't need a coo.  THough i did meet a really pretty coo last week. I think she was a jersey - she had a very defined snout.  She was called "scooby beautiful" so others obviously appreciated her - she knew it too.

Boazu - that's why i have in a plentiful supply of oatley.  Particularly as i mainly shop in Aldi who don't stock it, so if i - or anyone - is going to somewhere that does i get in half a dozen or so.  

Hats off to all you growers and makers - it seems i'm a very basic kind of prepper cos i seem to always be able to find other things to do.  I did make chutney last year (from the green tomatoes i grew especially 🤔🤣) but we've more than a dozen jars left so i think I don't need more until next year - at the very least.  But for others like me, who don't have time, talent or inclination to be hardcore, 'having a few things in just in case' is also prepping.  For me the key is having an ear to the ground and acting fast.  Like last year with the loo roll scenario - not really a problem for us as i knew that goes quick in a crisis so always have plenty in.  Having said that, I got caught out with flour....

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In the event of an apocalypse there would presumably be dairy cows still around for those who needed a cow? depending on the level of apocalypse enough perhaps for the population numbers left but it's not as easy as just keeping a cow, you'd have to know how to hand milk, how to keep the milk fit to use (assuming there is an intermittent electricity supply or none at all), how to make cheese and other things so that the milk isn't wasted and more important still access to a bull so the cow could be got in calf, veterinary knowledge so she could be safely calved and another milk supply secured for the next year, access to decent grazing for the summer months and enough grassland to harvest for hay for winter fodder and bedding. Goats too need to be kept in kid and fed and hand milked etc. you'd still need fodder and bedding and the knowledge to use the milk produced...not easy when you start to think it through is it?

greenbee

boazu said:

For all the debate about milk or no milk and cows, goats, plant etc. it comes down to personal preference and availability of the milk chosen doesn't it? In a real life situation that required any one of us to use our prepping heads any kind of tea with or without milk or anything else would be a comfort in stressful times and undoubtedly help keep morale up and make us feel better wouldn't it?

TBH I think we're more likely to have problems sourcing tea than milk - supply chain issues over the past year (and which are likely to continue and possibly get worse for the next 12-24 months) have made that clear.

I'd rather drink nettle tea (ok, I admit, I actually like it) than have goat or hemp milk in ordinary tea or coffee   

Today I'm making elderflower cordial between work calls. I usually make enough to last me, my mum and my brother's family a year. My SIL supplies the empty wine bottles (so her drinking is clearly prepping!). Obviously if we continue to have supply chain issues, then citrus might be a problem but I don't intend to experiment without it until I need to. Sugar is unlikely to be a problem due to UK-based stockpiles, at least, not for a while. 

MingVase

I think there are plenty people around - up here certainly - who know how to keep livestock but the main prob would be people stealing it for meat. Loads of wee smallholdings up here with chickens goats etc and some keep a coo for cheese. Lol that sounds mad but YKWIM. And the way to store milk safely without elect is to leave it in the coo until needed...

Floss

To be honest, in the event of an apocalypse I don't think I will be bothered about where my milk comes from or whether my supply of flour is locally stoneground or from an industrial flour mill. As I work within 3 miles of the Liverpool waterfront in an NHS hospital and live 15 miles away from the city, an apocalyptic event in my area is for me potentially unsurvivable.

Anyway, have the zombies confirmed this apocalypse yet, or are we all still just discussing it as hypothetical? In reality there are likely to be warning signs before any event which means full reliance on one's stores without access to local sources for fresh food. Also most hard-core prepping outside the UK is needed for the hard core weather events that generally don't occur here like earthquakes, major landslides, tsunami, cyclones or hurricanes & typhoons.

greenbee

@Floss - I'm pretty sure that the tabloids have confirmed the zombie apocalypse, as I came across it in some work research. Apparently Nostradamus predicted it... Having said that, zombies are one of the things I think I'd rather not survive. If it comes to that I'll just drink all the alcohol in the house and hope I don't survive long enough to meet the zombies. 

I think any of us that made it through the last year (and the first lockdown) without serious shortages, getting sick, getting fat through poor nutrition, getting into debt/losing our homes or having a mental health crisis have probably got it right. I was fine in the worst of it - getting back from abroad just before lockdown to minimal fresh supplies due to continued planned travel, going straight into 10 weeks of isolation when supermarket deliveries were hard to come by. It meant I ate properly (no extra calorie available, creativity needed to cook decent meals, made it to the bottom of the freezer), lost weight, got fitter (lots of online exercise classes). Later on I survived job loss and starting a new job. I've stopped stockpiling food and am focused on savings, pension and mortgage, as job loss is the most likely thing most of us need to prep for. Even with our creaking infrastructure, long-term power/water cuts are unlikely so I won't be buying a cow to keep milk in. 

Floss

@greenbee I'm disappointed about the lack of cow - maybe a sheep would be good for keeping your grass down?