The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Happy_Sloth

CCW007 said:

Si_Clist said:

CCW007 said:

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

I'd be interested to know the make and model.

Will check at the weekend and report back - garage door currently broken so I can't get in there until it's fixed!

OH recently threatened to throw away my out of date oats so I figured I'd better use them up and replace them with in-date ones.  I do like overnight oats.  Not much of a sweet / dessert person but I could do crumble and hobnobs.  OH likes his porridge Scottish style but not keen on using these as they are OOD.  Any other suggestions?

Take them out the packet and pop them in a plastic tub, then he won't know they are OOD... hehe .... seriously though Oats last a couple of years past the BB Date as long as they are kept dry.  

My Husband is the same way... so if something is getting close to the BB Date,  it has an accident and goes into a different container or the area where the date is kept on the package is weirdly damaged! 

CCW007

Haha, Happy_Sloth I like your style!  Some are in a cereal container but some are still in the bag.  They are two years out of date (BBE so still fine) but guess they do need using up sooner rather than later. 

Flapjacks are a good idea as well.

He's usually okay with dates but two years seems a bit much for him

Floss

When OH is out of the way, find an open bag that aren't out of date, then gather the out of date oats, a container and a large bowl. Empty all the oats into the bowl and mix together, mark the container clearly "CCW007's oats" and refill the bag to where it was. Then put the rest into the container 😉

pineapple

herbily said:

elaine241 said:

I am on the look out for a second hand wood burner with a back boiler so that I can run some radiators off it for upstairs. Having all electric heating in the cottage is v scary now let alone next winter! 

It works really well, but it's only a small house, and I understand the main issue is to have a big enough stove for the number of radiators you need to run off it.

I have a tiny Little Wenlock in my lounge but it's a tiny lounge and a small cottage. If I were to have a stove big enough to run radiators, I would be working up a sweat.
Well here we are. Crunch day for energy costs. Time to work how how I can cut my outgoings. I already started with the supermarket orders. I do like nice cheeses, good olive oil etc! Oh and lots of organic - which costs a premium. Anyhow my technique is to run rampant with the initial shopping list, then take a red marker to the extravagances. Which so far is shaving off £10 - £15 a shop     

MingVase

I seem to be prepping by buying more wool.. not sure how that happened but the official excus - erm reason - is that I need warm woolly blankets for next winter.

basketcase

MingVase said:

I seem to be prepping by buying more wool.. not sure how that happened but the official excus - erm reason - is that I need warm woolly blankets for next winter.

Sounds fair enough to me!  In fact, so do I!

However, I've already got yarn bought for that purpose, so I must get on.  My official excuse reason for delay is that I needed new glasses (couldn't see properly, so couldn't knit).  This is actually true!

Now my eyes have stopped watering both due to awful old specs and the cost of a new pair of varifocals, I've no more excuses.

Well... except that the first thing I need to finish is an extremely complicated patterned jumper for DD that I had to pull back because I'd made a major mistake or 3.  A head injury makes my perception of lines and patterns dubious.  (It's very hard work, even without lousy vision That's how I knew I needed different specs! )  And she's arriving for the weekend tonight and I want completing it to be a surprise.  So I can't knit. Phew!  I mean darn it...

GaleSF63

I like to eat oats straight from the packet with cold milk and have noticed that they tend to lose flavour the older they get. I think Floss's  suggestion of mixing old and new is a good one. 

Si_Clist

pineapple said:

I have a tiny Little Wenlock in my lounge but it's a tiny lounge and a small cottage. If I were to have a stove big enough to run radiators, I would be working up a sweat.

That's the big problem.  40 years ago we rented a totally uninsulated wooden bungalow which had but one redeeming feature - the Little Wenlock in the living room which kept us toasty warm through the coldest winter as long as we stayed in that room.  Then the landlord freaked out and had it replaced by a Parkray solid-fuel "roomheater" stove which heated the hot water and three radiators.  That resulted in us spending the following winter trying to maintain a comfortable room temperature by varying how much we kept the window open when the Parkray was running ...

MrsCD

So global warming is all down to you, @Si_Clist

Si_Clist

MrsCD said:

So global warming is all down to you, @Si_Clist

Guilty as charged, m'lady - says he sitting happily in the kitchen nice and warm thanks to the stove which is burning logs and thereby causing all manner of ills both to the planet and to those misguided souls who apparently can think of nothing of greater consequence to worry about