The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

MingVase

I've got twitchy this week and have spent my free rent week plus my CT-free April on preps.  Mostly amazz because they have the big sizes. Next on the list is candles and tealights in case we have powercuts - the unions are fighting for decent wage rises and I think there might be strikes.

CCW007

pollyanna_26 said:

RAS my mum used to make her own ginger Biscuits and cakes in the 50s and 60s using powdered or  jarred ginger.

In the Yorkshire TV cook books (name escapes me) there is a great recipe for ginger biscuits using powdered ginger.  Will have to see if my mum still has the books as they moved recently and were decluttering before they did - I used to make them when I was a kid.

CCW007

Was lucky enough to bag a huge load of 12 month ages cedar wood on Saturday on Freecycle. Typically OH was out for the day and it needed collecting that day so I shifted it myself - two loads in the van as I was concerned about weight.  Then we decided where I had unloaded it was in the way so we had to shift it all again yesterday!  Will be busy with chainsaw (OH) and log splitter (me) over the next few weeks as we want to get it stacked ASAP.  Will keep us in fires for a fair few evenings next winter.

pollyanna_26

annieb64 said:

Wonder what happened to Bedsit Bob. Didn't he have a cat?

I'm  slowly building up my stores again after moving. We probably won't be able to grow much this year but DD has an allotment and is generous about passing on any surplus.

He did have a cat and a very soft spot for Grey Queen who politely but firmly changed the subject . It's a long time since I've seen him on MSE.

CCW007 said:

pollyanna_26 said:

RAS my mum used to make her own ginger Biscuits and cakes in the 50s and 60s using powdered or  jarred ginger.

In the Yorkshire TV cook books (name escapes me) there is a great recipe for ginger biscuits using powdered ginger.  Will have to see if my mum still has the books as they moved recently and were decluttering before they did - I used to make them when I was a kid.

I have those two big books by Gracw Mulligan a farmers wife  The Complete Farmhouse Kitchen Cook Book and later The Farmhouse Kitchen Baking Book. I bought the Hardbacks 1984 and 1988 when they were published and still use them. Less than £10 each back then. Hundreds of recipies.

Mentioned them recently on MSE and was surprised to find the big river site had hardback and paperback versions at a good price.

The TV series was Farmhouse Kitchen many of it from the working farm that was home to Grace and the family. Sometimes in a studio.

I've still got the little Bazzar cookbook . That may have been from Pebble MIll. Also Shirley Goodes paoerbacks who was on one of the tv shows.

There are a fair number of Ginger related recipies in both books including cakes and biscuits. If mum  has decluttered I can post the one you mean.

However I found out years ago mums and others often add their own twist to a recipe to make it their own.

Looks as though cold wether on the way . Time for layers and all things warm.

pollyx

Si_Clist

CCW007 said:

 ... and log splitter (me) ...

What manner of log splitter do you have, and is it any good?  I'm starting to get a bit concerned about how The Lady Wife is going to split logs if I turn my toes up first ...

annieb64

I like the ginger nuts from Delia Smith's "How to Cook"

needmoney

DigForVictory said:

Husband leafing through adverts for rucksacks (being rebadged as bug out bags) pointed out the new “refugee” bags which hitch onto the rucksack waist strap. The look like the old fashioned perambulator, with a bike hitch.

When TEOTWAWKI lands, I will TWOC something from the riding school (Himself thinks a wildeyed French ration pack a bad idea for some reason - to each their corners of experience)

Help I'm not sure if I accidentally hit the report button on this post. If so it was purely accidental but how will I know?

daz378

Just bought a solar charger  that sticks to the window...thats a couple of solar chargers   I have...  in case the heating goes off a 2 man tent  in my small flat might help...hope it never  comes to it ..but that's  uncertain in these times...wasn't  bedsit Bob's  cat called buggalugs?

sammy_kaye18

So happy to have stumbled across this thread.
I have mentioned to my husband several times over the last month that I really feel like we need to be better prepared because I feel like something is coming. 
We are already trying to become more self sufficient and relying less on supermarkets etc. We have been clearing and cleaning the garden and now have raised beds and growing space for fruit and vegetables so we can have our own and store them. 
I do worry about heating etc though - especially with two kids but we have barely had the heating on all winter as its expensive on a payment meter so they are more than use to warm pjs, blankets, layers and hot water bottles. 
I do seriously think I need to have a sit and read this thread to pick up some more ideas

CCW007

Si_Clist said:

CCW007 said:

 ... and log splitter (me) ...

What manner of log splitter do you have, and is it any good?  I'm starting to get a bit concerned about how The Lady Wife is going to split logs if I turn my toes up first ...

It's an 8 tonne splitter we bought / share with my parents.  OH uses the chainsaw to cut down to useable lengths and I use the log splitter - it's great fun but you do need to use it away from anything breakable if you are splitting knotty wood as it can travel some distance.  Can deal with pretty hefty sized logs to split. Doesn't require any particular physical exertion but standing holding done the button whilst operating the moving part can be wearing on the back after a while.

I've asked muvva if she can remember how much it cost