Stocking up on tinned stuff?

What changes can we make to our lives to deal with the economic and energy crises ahead? Have you already started making preparations? Got tips to share?

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madibe
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Post by madibe »

Just read this thread...and looking at Layla's list....sorry, got to say, apart from the beans and lentils and flour it is mostly condiments.

I know its nice to have tea and coffe, lemon juice and stock cubes but...hey we mostly all have those kicking around anyway.

Not having a go...just saying... :)

Now my stash:

Baked Beans
Butter Beans
Green Beans
Red Beans in Chillie Sauce
Chickpeas
Dried Lentils (lots of kinds in 2kg packs)
Soup Mix (Barley Oats etc)
Flour
Cous Cous
Instant Noodles
Sugar (lots to go with still)
Rice
Pasta
Tinned Pasta
Hot Dogs (yuk)
Corned Beef
Sardines in various styles
Anchovies (yum)
Tuna
Dried Milk
Dried Egg (yuk)
Tinned Beef Curry
Stag Chilie (oooh.... no meat there?)
Tinned Beef Stew
Tinned Minced Beef
Tinned Crab
Tinned Chicken
Tinned Ham
Tinned Peas
Mushy Peas
Stuffing Mix :)
Tinned Toms
Pasta Sauces (lots)
Gravy granules (full fat)
Oxo in all flavours
Balsamic
Malt Vinegar (for medicinal as well as flavouring)
Olive Oil
Veg Oil
Tea
Coffee
Mackrell
Potatoes (yuk)
Dried Mash
Soups Tinned
Soups Dried
Soups Condensed (good for cooking with/in)
Sauces (dried)
Vacuum Packed Tortia Breads
Pickles (home made)
Jam
Marmalade
Tinned Fruit (Grapefruit, Mandarin, Mixed, Pear, Rasberry)
Honey
Syrup
Tinned Buscuits
Beer (tins)
Wine (homemade)
Marmite
Bovril
Salt
Pepper
Pepper Corns
Asprin
Paracetamol (High Grade!)
Morphene (from my mum who passed away)
Oh...two pairs of spare specs....important! Nowt to do with food but...
Phew!

Most circulated :)
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Post by featherstick »

Google up haybox or retained heat cooking. You can cook with no heat input at all if you insulate the pot well enough. I use a big old bean bag filled with polystyrene beads. Today I made a fridge soup, got it to just boiling, took it off the gas and wrapped it in the bean bag - perfectly cooked and at the perfect temperature an hour later. Saved all the gas that would have been needed to cook it on the stove.
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Post by vtsnowedin »

maudibe wrote:Just read this thread...and looking at Layla's list....sorry, got to say, apart from the beans and lentils and flour it is mostly condiments.

I know its nice to have tea and coffe, lemon juice and stock cubes but...hey we mostly all have those kicking around anyway.

Not having a go...just saying... :)

Now my stash:

Baked Beans
Butter Beans
Green Beans
Red Beans in Chillie Sauce
Chickpeas
Dried Lentils (lots of kinds in 2kg packs)
Soup Mix (Barley Oats etc)
Flour
Cous Cous
Instant Noodles
Sugar (lots to go with still)
Rice
Pasta
Tinned Pasta
Hot Dogs (yuk)
Corned Beef
Sardines in various styles
Anchovies (yum)
Tuna
Dried Milk
Dried Egg (yuk)
Tinned Beef Curry
Stag Chilie (oooh.... no meat there?)
Tinned Beef Stew
Tinned Minced Beef
Tinned Crab
Tinned Chicken
Tinned Ham
Tinned Peas
Mushy Peas
Stuffing Mix :)
Tinned Toms
Pasta Sauces (lots)
Gravy granules (full fat)
Oxo in all flavours
Balsamic
Malt Vinegar (for medicinal as well as flavouring)
Olive Oil
Veg Oil
Tea
Coffee
Mackrell
Potatoes (yuk)
Dried Mash
Soups Tinned
Soups Dried
Soups Condensed (good for cooking with/in)
Sauces (dried)
Vacuum Packed Tortia Breads
Pickles (home made)
Jam
Marmalade
Tinned Fruit (Grapefruit, Mandarin, Mixed, Pear, Rasberry)
Honey
Syrup
Tinned Buscuits
Beer (tins)
Wine (homemade)
Marmite
Bovril
Salt
Pepper
Pepper Corns
Asprin
Paracetamol (High Grade!)
Morphene (from my mum who passed away)
Oh...two pairs of spare specs....important! Nowt to do with food but...
Phew!

Most circulated :)
Quite the list but without quantities and calorie equivalents your readers have no way to access the viability of your stockpile.
For example you list syrup? What kind and how much do you have on hand or want to have.
A bottle of "Aunt Jamima" 8 Oz. Or ten gallons of "Vermont grade A "real Maple?
Makes quite a bit of difference. Also your choices of what to have in bulk as apposed to what you feel you need to have ,just an example of ,will show you how well you have compared real consumption and need to your storage capacity and the potential real need.
I'm not saying that I have a fully stocked doom pantry or that your list isn't complete, only that without some figures ( real or for Internet debating purposes) it is hard to discuss what and how much you might want to add to have the ideal stash.
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madibe
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Post by madibe »

Hi VST.... merely comparing to the previous list, which also did not spec brands or quantities... life is too short to do that and post it :)

:wink:
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Post by adam2 »

Any stocks are better than none.
More is better.
What if the rioters burn distribution depots ?
Or render areas too dangerous for deliveries, or too dangerous for customers to venture to the remaining shops ?

Please keep general remarks re the riots in the thread on the subject, not here.

The present situation does however underline the importance of keeping stocks.
Most people probably thought of food stocks against extreme weather, industrial disputes, or a general PO induced collapse, not riots.
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adam2 wrote: Most people probably thought of food stocks against extreme weather, industrial disputes, or a general PO induced collapse, not riots.
.. And zombies! :D

Rioting zombies :shock:
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Post by vtsnowedin »

maudibe wrote:Hi VST.... merely comparing to the previous list, which also did not spec brands or quantities... life is too short to do that and post it :)

:wink:
Perhaps not now in the summer when you would be better off weeding the garden but a bit of accounting on a rainy or off day will give you some idea of how long you could go without outside inputs. A five gallon pail full of rice ,pasta and beans will provide enough to get you through almost any storm or other short term event but a long term outlook that goes through the next years harvest requires quite a bit more.
I like the round figure of a million calories per person per year. It allows for quite a bit of waste and other losses.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people cannot go even a single day without a trip to the store.
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I have food & fuel too last a yr I reckon. :roll:



Of course zombies will no doubt raid the doomstead well before the food running out becomes an issue. Maybe thats when an extra hidden stash @ a secondary location would be useful :wink:
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There won't be rioters, looters or zombies, what you'll get will be human locusts.
They'll pick each location clean, the more violent ones will lead the charge and get the best plunder, the camp followers will pick up the leftovers. When the survivors look around them and see everything is gone, they'll join the horde in a desperate bid for food. The ones that don't will just sit down and wait to die.
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locusts

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KFP, let's move that comment to the positive room :)

Just kidding.
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12 tins of corned beef, £17-
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Post by vtsnowedin »

Kentucky Fried Panda wrote:12 tins of corned beef, £17-
Well depending on what size tin ,you have probably about two and a half days food there. You might want to add some rice or pasta to the stash. :)
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Post by Kentucky Fried Panda »

I wasn't buying rice or pasta this month, the 10Kg I have already should last me :lol:
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Post by vtsnowedin »

Kentucky Fried Panda wrote:I wasn't buying rice or pasta this month, the 10Kg I have already should last me :lol:
That is certainly a reasonable amount to have at hand.
What are you going to buy next month that you don't currently have enough of to make you feel secure?
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Post by Kentucky Fried Panda »

I'm low on mackerel and herring, also I need some more crackers and oat cakes.

I did get 80 odd granola bars, assorted, but really would like to find a good supplier of protein bars.
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