The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

wondercollie

LameWolf said:

-taff said:

And don't forget those who plain can't be bothered to read doom and gloom... that's me by the way

I don't read the doom and gloom either - not because I cba, but because it feeds my depression, which I am struggling with badly as it is.

DH reads stuff online, and tells me the bits he thinks I can handle. Gotta love that man!

Re prepping - I have a little more space in the Room of Doom as we've used up 2 of the 4 tins of spuds I bought when there was a rumour that they would be in short supply. I've never bought tinned spuds before in my life!

Agree with the doom and gloom, I don't want to read it here.   I deal with enough of it a work.

The only time I use canned spuds is in Corned Beef hash.   Then it's lovely.

How did you use yours?

-taff

As far as electric is concerned, I'm planning on getting either solar panels or solar tiles in the next year hopefully along with a battery to store it. I want a MHVR system in the house that will cool as well as heat and I don't fancy paying for the electric. It may never be worth what we will pay for it, but it;ll make me feel better and I can have the heating as high or as low as I want without feeling guilty or worrying about the bill. Sounds a bit counter intuitive but it makes sense in my head. Besides, there's always the payback from the rhi scheme

-taff

Yinned potatoes make a nice breakfast hash with scrambled eggs and onions, and even bacon if you're pushing the boat out.

VJsmum

I don't read the doom and gloom much either - but that's fine, i can scroll on by as Dionne Warwick didn't say    I have various preps in place if the electric goes at any point - candles, torches, solar, paraffin lamps.  Other things like TV and internet will just go and there's not much you can do except have books in and be prepared for the onslaught from younger family members!  I also have alternative heat and cooking sources. Now i shall not worry until more definite news is available.  After all, that's what prepping is about, no?

Jack Monroe does amazing things with tinned potatoes.

Nargleblast

Yes, there is plenty of doom and gloom around if you spend your life looking for it. The best thing I think any prepper can do is prepare for what they can to the  best of their abilities, e.g, food stocks, medical supplies, careful financial management and debt reduction, plans of action in case of emergencies etc. Having done what preps you can do to fit your circumstances, it's a case of getting on with life and enjoying it.

I can't see tinned potatoes featuring greatly in my preps, although I confess there is a solitary tin in my cupboard which I think cost 17p. Remember Sainsburys Basics? I imagine they would be nice sliced and fried or roasted till brown and crispy with a little onion and a ton of cheese with herbs or chillies for those who like it hot. 

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Interesting thing the difference in interpretation of other peoples posts.  What to me is flagging up pertinent information so that we all know about it and can make any preps needed is seen as 'Gloom and Doom' by some others.  If it's in the media and might affect our lives in the future I would rather know about it and flag it up so others are aware too not to make the world a dark and scary place but so that we can find ways round it and have better lives if it happens to come to fruition.  It shows how vast the range of different interpretations of the word Prepping has even in this little online community.

euronorris

Spent a long afternoon at the hospital yesterday with daughter doing a peanut allergy 'challenge test'. And I am happy to report that she has grown out of her allergy! No reaction at all, and by the end of it she ate a whole slice of bread slathered in the stuff. We are so, so pleased! I don't think she's very keen on peanuts, but it's a huge weight off our shoulders and means we don't have to analyse every label anymore!  

Floss

Yes, prepping means different things to different people, that's well established.

Personally I am happy with my prep level but I do have some concerns around people feeling they have to prep, when some folk cannot afford to buy even a few extra things for a store cupboard. By that I mean those who manage on a week to week basis, with no savings & no magic wand to provide a log burner & logs, an allotment or even to fully fill their cupboards & freezer.

VJsmum

Good news euronorris.  One fewer thing to prep for and such a relief...  

Trouble is that the media has its own agenda.   Some 'news' stories are included just to fill space with little or no factual basis and other stories are planted for other motives.  Each individual publication has the interests of the publishers most at heart - be it Murdoch or whomever.  

Really, unless there is something published in a peer-reviewed journal (and the quality of those varies), with the background,  the data, the methodology and the caveats,  as well as the findings, then it is little more than - as the saying goes - fish and chip paper.  

Nevertheless,  as I  and others have said, some are genuinely wanting to know all the potential things to prep for and that is after all the purpose of the thread.   Others of us are likely to scroll by.  Shouldn't stop anyone from posting anything they feel is relevant. 

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Such a relief Euronorris, my younger DD had a full dairy foods allergy and also reacted badly to colourings back in the 1980s before there were many specialist health food shops around to supply the alternatives we needed to mainstream foods.  It was a nightmare and she was on soya baby formula which made her sick too...she grew out of it at 7 and hasn't looked back since but I remember having to read the ingredients list on every item that went into the shopping trolley every time we shopped and having to make her food to tke in to nursery so she had what the others had for lunch but supplied by me.  It's a milestone and a half when you don't have the worry any more isn't it?