urgent shopping run needed?

[mr brightside]

Cold porridge? Surely things aren't projected to get that bad!

I have oats in water with some whey for breakfast most mornings, it's not the greatest but keeps me going until Lunch. With regard to pasta and space issues, the best type for most efficient use of space would be spaghetti.

Each to his own. I have warm Flahavan's quick oats with loads of muscovado sugar; it'll be a hard landing for me if a big crash comes

[Catweazle]

If you want to store things like oats for longer than normal it might be worth getting a vacuum sealer and mylar bags. You can also buy small oxygen absorbers to pack inside. Easier, but maybe dearer, is to buy foil-sealed army surplus long life ration packs. Adam started a thread in "Preparations" linking to the place I bought long-life flour.

[adam2]

Lifeboat rations have the merits of simplicity and needing no preparation whatsoever.
Available from https://evaq8.co.uk/
They can be eaten straight out of the pack.
One pack will feed a person for three days if they are not active, as in a life boat or a nuclear bunker.
One or two packs a week is a most useful supplement to other foods if these be deficient in quantity or quality.
One pack a day will feed a person working hard.

Shelf life is unconditionally 5 years from production, including for example in a ships lifeboat in the tropics. I have eaten them some years past the date.

Useful not just for emergencies but also for backpacking trips when minimum weight and bulk are important.

[Default0ptions]

Oh lifeboat rations! I’m nibbling through some ten year old ones. Trouble is that once you get started on a pack and they begin to taste like shortbread, it’s really hard to stop and you’ve eaten three days calories in half an hour!