The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

annieb64

Thank you. Fortunately  we should only be here for a few months and I'm  only buying what we need. I must admit I could get used to doing all my shopping in Waitrose  or Booths-used to love shopping there when we visited  the Lake District 
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Thriftygifty

Thanks for the advice about slow cookers, I have managed to aquire my parents one which they put into storage when they moved so that's some pennies saved. 

The prepping part of me vs the mummy part of me is having an issue with Christmas between the 3 children our house is full to the rafters of toys, I somehow need to find the balance.

The fuel saga still continues in this part of the world, DH called earlier and said that he had spent most of today looking for fuel for his truck for work.

This winter will be interesting... 

Floss

grace68 said:

...Yesterday i was helping, baking and sandwich making, for a lunch club, the amount of food waste, bowlfuls of crusts (we serve a high tea/finger sandwiches meal) and cuttings from edges of cakes etc.was appalling. So next week i am going to take food bags, bring home and see what i can make/freeze, even if only breadcrumbs!

Will the the kids eat the cut-off crusts as a novelty item? And cut-off bits of cake can be used in a cakey version of bread & butter pud or in trifle 😉

DigForVictory

We did. Mum baked them with a wipe of marmite on for the teething baby to find we'd All gnaw happily. Then there's bread pudding, bread sauce & variations on summer pudding depending on the jam handy (so long as there is also custard)
As for cake?! heap with fruit & a lick of cream for a Rugby (as opposed to Eton) Mess, layer with jelly custard etc as a trifle, or just "glue" together with chocolate for "Dentist's Joy" pud... 

tboo

grace68 said:

Yesterday i was helping, baking and sandwich making, for a lunch club, the amount of food waste, bowlfuls of crusts (we serve a high tea/finger sandwiches meal) and cuttings from edges of cakes etc.was appalling. So next week i am going to take food bags, bring home and see what i can make/freeze, even if only breadcrumbs!

Make cake pops with the leftover cake.

Crumble cake and mix with enough extra buttercream to form a malleable mix. Roll into balls. Refrigerate to set, then dip in melted chocolate to coat.

Toonie

Oooh, now that I've seen lebkuchen mentioned I'm thinking of German Christmas treats (my Mum was German). A bus ride away we have the warehouse for a shop called the German Deli. I always used to buy my Mum something from there for Christmas as a special treat. She passed away in January and so in her memory I will buy some Pfeffernuesse and enjoy them on Christmas Eve with a glass of Asbach German Brandy.

Christmas prep wise, it's just me and my DP. We have pudding already (bought in January). I make a cake (marbled chocolate and vanilla with chocolate ganache sprinkled with icing sugar on top), so otherwise it will probably just be some nuts, some nice beers, and some chocolate. Most of what we get is fresh, so I'm thinking I may get a nice joint of beef or lamb from Aldi when we go next and wrap it well and pop it in the freezer and at least that way if there is a disaster with food supplies we'll have a standby.

Si_Clist

tboo said:

...  leftover cake.

Well I never!  Do you lot mean to tell me there are actually households in which there is such a thing as leftover cake?  No such thing here.  No chance of that ever happening with me around ...

DawnW

Si_Clist said:

tboo said:

...  leftover cake.

Well I never!  Do you lot mean to tell me there are actually households in which there is such a thing as leftover cake?  No such thing here.  No chance of that ever happening with me around ...

Absolutely agree. It is up there with 'leftover chocolate' or 'leftover wine'!

Floss

DawnW said:

Si_Clist said:

tboo said:

...  leftover cake.

Well I never!  Do you lot mean to tell me there are actually households in which there is such a thing as leftover cake?  No such thing here.  No chance of that ever happening with me around ...

Absolutely agree. It is up there with 'leftover chocolate' or 'leftover wine'!

What's "leftover wine"? I've never seen that on any shelf...

RAS

grace68 said:

Yesterday i was helping, baking and sandwich making, for a lunch club, the amount of food waste, bowlfuls of crusts (we serve a high tea/finger sandwiches meal) and cuttings from edges of cakes etc.was appalling. So next week i am going to take food bags, bring home and see what i can make/freeze, even if only breadcrumbs!

Once upon a time, in deepest darkest South Bank Paris, the local bakeries served up a wonderful confection.

Crusts, torn old baguette and brioche, mixed with some egg and milk, a bit of spice and a little dried fruit, baked. Built like a brick s))t house and very filling when sold in square portions.

Great for impoverished back packers and no doubt a modern English version could be successful.