The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

daz378

Yea I usually  buy tins from tesco..seems ok for stock at the moment...but couple of weeks ago..was worryingly empty....also been buying tins of evaporated milk and rice pudding....just in case

Serendipitious

-taff said:

Si_Clist said:

The C in WS is actually quite yummy straight out the tin cold

The best thing for a vol au vent.. loved those...

I used to love Chesswood creamed mushrooms in a vol au vent, or even just with buttered toast. Not seen any for years now.

MrsCD

-taff said:

Si_Clist said:

The C in WS is actually quite yummy straight out the tin cold

The best thing for a vol au vent.. loved those...

Oooh, 1980's parties! Yummy. And the cheese cubes, pickled onions and a chunk of hot dog on a cocktail stick in a foil covered half grapefruit!!!😊😉

Floss

-taff said:

Si_Clist said:

The C in WS is actually quite yummy straight out the tin cold

The best thing for a vol au vent.. loved those...

Nooo... that has to be Campbell's condensed mushroom soup  😋

euronorris

Thanks for pointing out that allergies are now showing the NHS app, sure enough mine are there which is reassuring. Thankfully mine is a less commonly prescribed antibiotic, so accidental exposure is extremely unlikely.

LadOnTheHill

We've been trying to break down our preps into areas,  recently, such as "cooking", "heating", "water", etc.

We've identified a few ways of cooking, such as the microwave, the kettle for boiling water, electric oven,  etc. But they all require electricity, which means either mains electricity or a generator. Given that a 700w microwave can draw 1500w from the mains, it gets difficult to supply that. So we're changing to a gas hob (second hand, a friend was redoing their kitchen), but we've also got a couple of portable butane camping stoves, and an old gas hob in a caravan. We also have a 12v kettle and mini oven. Granted, they're not the fastest things in the world to heat up, but we've successfully used them both to make and reheat food while on days out. Powdered soups have been good, and reheating a tin of beans and sausages in the oven was a doddle.

We're trying to think ahead to what might go wrong, such as mains gas or electricity not being available, and look for alternatives. We're not going to be able to roast a chicken off grid (yet, anyway...), but stir frying some veg and chopped chicken in a frying pan on a portable butane ring is definitely doable.

houseinafield

Cooking is still the area I'm trying to get on top of. Our hob, oven etc are all electric and though we have a woodburner, it's no good on the days we don't light it . I've been looking at getting some sort of gas hob that we could use with bottled LPG but I would want it in the garage - there's no room for it in my small kitchen. I've looked at small camping stoves but I haven't found one with good reviews! I'm also trying to think of what might go wrong in the not to distant future and I think the unavailability of electricity, even for short periods, is probable. I covet a generator but noise and cost means it ain't happening! 

Effician

LadOnTheHill said:

We've been trying to break down our preps into areas,  recently, such as "cooking", "heating", "water", etc.

We've identified a few ways of cooking, such as the microwave, the kettle for boiling water, electric oven,  etc. But they all require electricity, which means either mains electricity or a generator. Given that a 700w microwave can draw 1500w from the mains, it gets difficult to supply that. So we're changing to a gas hob (second hand, a friend was redoing their kitchen), but we've also got a couple of portable butane camping stoves, and an old gas hob in a caravan. We also have a 12v kettle and mini oven. Granted, they're not the fastest things in the world to heat up, but we've successfully used them both to make and reheat food while on days out. Powdered soups have been good, and reheating a tin of beans and sausages in the oven was a doddle.

We're trying to think ahead to what might go wrong, such as mains gas or electricity not being available, and look for alternatives. We're not going to be able to roast a chicken off grid (yet, anyway...), but stir frying some veg and chopped chicken in a frying pan on a portable butane ring is definitely doable.

We have some old coleman dual fuel stoves & lamps from camping days which are great for backup cooking & lighting ( always got petrol in cans knocking about).

Floss

Coleman or Camping Gaz camping stoves are excellent - long lasting, robust & easy to use whether double burner with grill or single burner.

daz378

I've got a camping gaz stove   but only use as a last resort as I live in a flat...supervised all the time...open window...  had my flu jab yesterday