The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Si_Clist

This just in (uploaded Friday afternoon).  IMO essential viewing for every prepper ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNFawgu494&ab_channel=Harry%27sFarm

Thriftygifty

A few years ago I bought some huge metal storage jars/cannisters... They were ex display/used coffee bean storage containers from Whittards tea/coffee shop, they were subsequently put in the loft, I stumbled across them the other day. Firstly how should I clean them, they have the impregnated smell of coffee in them and also what should I store in them? Or should I just sell them. 

pollyanna_26

Thriftygifty said:

A few years ago I bought some huge metal storage jars/cannisters... They were ex display/used coffee bean storage containers from Whittards tea/coffee shop, they were subsequently put in the loft, I stumbled across them the other day. Firstly how should I clean them, they have the impregnated smell of coffee in them and also what should I store in them? Or should I just sell them. 

Try standing a saucer or small dish in the bottom of the jars  and caninisters and add some baking soda 'if they have lids put them on and leave a few days. Baking Soda is good at absorbing smells, I often used it for empty Seeds of Change Pasta jars I used to stock up on and repurpose  for my own sauces the bought ones were store cupboard on good offers and a few years ago that got us through tomato blight  No idea about coffee but the jats lost their original garlic or other strong smell.  We grow and use lots of Garlic but sometimes prefer making different veg sauces.

pollyx

weenancyinAmerica

Thriftygifty - It may sound strange, but we use kitty litter to get rid of musty smells in books. You can try putting a little in each storage jar.

Si_Clist

pollyanna_26 said:

Thriftygifty said:

A few years ago I bought some huge metal storage jars/cannisters... They were ex display/used coffee bean storage containers from Whittards tea/coffee shop, they were subsequently put in the loft, I stumbled across them the other day. Firstly how should I clean them, they have the impregnated smell of coffee in them and also what should I store in them? Or should I just sell them. 

Baking Soda is good at absorbing smells ...

"Baking soda" = bicarbonate of soda in the UK

DawnW

Have you come across the Zero Waste Chef? She reuses jars a lot for storage, and recommends that, if they retain a smell after cleaning, that they be left out in the sun for a few days which apparently gets rid of any odour. Not much help at this time of the year in the UK, but might be useful in the future (hopefully)?

MingVase

What's vanishing from the shops now? I dont go into shops but get online weekly - the choice of stuff is seriously shrinking but might just be them streamlining  the home shopping to save too many subs.

euronorris

MingVase said:

What's vanishing from the shops now? I dont go into shops but get online weekly - the choice of stuff is seriously shrinking but might just be them streamlining  the home shopping to save too many subs.

I've noticed that the choice in the supermarket is def better than online. Though still less than it used to be.

I'm going to Morries later, so will keep an eye out. Though I popped in on Thursday just to grab DD a couple free world book day books, and noticed that the yellow sticker part was overflowing and a staff member was actively reducing it all further, so I grabbed a couple bargains there  

DawnW

MingVase said:

What's vanishing from the shops now? I dont go into shops but get online weekly - the choice of stuff is seriously shrinking but might just be them streamlining  the home shopping to save too many subs.

It seems to be quite random here @MingVase.  I do go into supermarkets again now, L*dl usually, occasionally Sains and very occasionally Waitr*se. L*dl often seems to have quite random large stretches of empty shelves, and our branch of Sains seems to have removed at least one aisle of shelving, creating a huge, new empty space near the entrance between the f & v shelves, and the f & v itself often looks a bit old and tired, whereas they were great for these products formerly. On the grocery shelves there are often large spaces at the back, with one row of items carefully lined up at the front of the shelves. I haven't noticed much change in Mr W, but ours is quite a small store.

Si_Clist

MingVase said:

What's vanishing from the shops now? I dont go into shops ...

Neither do I and haven't since the start of Lockdown One.  I'm actually surprised how rare it still is for Tesco to be OOS of anything we order for home delivery.  Maybe that's partly due to ours coming from a dark store rather a supermarket, but even so I can't actually remember the last time they were out of anything that mattered.

It'll all go downhill now I've said that ...