‘Be Ready’ campaign - just in case

Chunes said:

Chizz said:

Chunes said:

Surely most people have enough food in their house to last three days, if they were desperate? 

Yeah, you're right.  Surely everyone has three days' worth of food in their house.  That's non-perishable.  And doesn't need cooking. For each person. 

And sufficient food for any pets they have.  And three litres of drinking water per day for each person in their house.  And hand sanitiser.  And wet wipes.  Hygiene products.  Bathroom products.  A torch - with spare batteries.  And spare blankets, sleeping bags and warm clothing.  And a wind-up or battery-operated FM radio - with a list of all their local and national FM station frequencies. And charged power banks.  And an amount of cash in small currencies.  And paper copies of ID information, passports, driving licences, insurance details.  And a paper list of all the landline and mobile phone numbers they're ever likely to need.  

If they were desperate. 

Alright, who broke Chizz?

ElfsborgAddick said:

AFKABartram said:

Mrs AFKA sees food as stock and a cupboard isn’t really a cupboard unless things fall out when a door opens. 

With a few cartons of long life milk for hot drinks, I reckon we could easily do two months without leaving the house and still have five packs of spaghetti left. 

Is your beloved Brazilian?

T_C_E said:

I thought we were ok for many a month with a variety of supplies including chicken, beef, lamb, pork minces, with a supplemental helping of pork and beef ribs and chicken drumsticks, only when I saw the tripe chunks I realised I was in the dogs freezer.
Ours consisted of a pizza and two packs of burgers, so I guess we’re fecked! 🤷‍♂️

Leuth said:

Chunes said:

If you have an outdoor oven like an Ooni, or even a barbecue (which I think most people have), all you need is flour, water, salt and yeast, and you can make bread. In fact, you don't even need yeast. You can make flatbreads. Or you can make your own yeast if you've got a week.

Pair your bread / flatbread with olive oil and you have a decent calorie source that doesn't taste half bad either and comes from long-lasting store cupboard ingredients. I make a lot of bread and so I have a lot of flour. I'm outlasting most people. However, don't come for me if you're hungry, because I am the seventh hardest bastard in Surrey and I will bob and weave my way through the lot of you and steal your wives for my apocalyptic harem. 

Would that be extra virgin olive oil mate? 

Arsenetatters said:

Perhaps everyone could be provided with these from the local councils. If it's that important then everyone should have a 'just in case' pack.

Alwaysneil said:

aliwibble said:

aliwibble said:

iainment said:

Miserableoldgit said:

iainment said:

But, isn’t this political?

How so ?

Because it’s connected to climate change, the situation in Palestine, the war in Iran and the war in Ukraine. All of which have been caused by political decisions about the environment, fossil fuels, the rights of Palestinians and national autonomy in Ukraine.

If we veer off into that stuff, it would be. Discussion of useful essentials, helpful hints and possible pitfalls is fine.

One obvious thing, is that if the power goes out, there's no point having food that requires cooking if you've only got a microwave, an air fryer or an electric oven. However, if you've got a gas oven or hob, you may still be out of luck, depending on whether the ignition circuit runs off the mains, a battery or a piezoelectric thingy. It's worth finding out before you're scrabbling around in the dark trying to get the damn thing to light while dealing with hangry family members.

Mmm, i think i have:

1 - gas barbecue in the garden, fairly full of gas

2. - open fire in the front room, not often used but 2 bags coal and a weeks worth of logs

3 - barbecue and fire pit in the campervan, 2 bags charcoal

4 - campervan has 2 gas hobs, gas oven and spare bottle gas

5 - campervan also has trangia meths stove and bottle meths.

6 - have a gas hob in the house

So i'll probably have run out of cookable food and need to be roasting the neighbours before we run out of hot food. 

LenGlover said:

Arsenetatters said:

So why 3 days worth? Who picked that number and why?

My understanding is that supermarkets work to a 3 day supply line.

T_C_E said:

Chizz said:

T_C_E said:

I thought we were ok for many a month with a variety of supplies including chicken, beef, lamb, pork minces, with a supplemental helping of pork and beef ribs and chicken drumsticks, only when I saw the tripe chunks I realised I was in the dogs freezer.
Ours consisted of a pizza and two packs of burgers, so I guess we’re fecked! 🤷‍♂️

Your dogs are going to feast like champions for the first few days. Until it all thaws out, of course! 

It takes on average two days to defrost a 2 kilo block of minced meat so stored in the quantities we buy it they should be good for a month, I’ll have wasted away by then so will need someone to pop by and feed them. 😉