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by Ferricks
Tue May 15, 2012 7:13 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 716987

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

OH did the Aldi "run" and got:

2 of the wee battery led lamps
1 whistling kettle (for the stove as we've had no non-electric kettle until now)
1 in car multi charger
by Ferricks
Mon May 14, 2012 8:54 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Planting 2012
Replies: 86
Views: 9039

Re: Planting 2012

Lil that sounds like a pretty horrible wee time - but if it makes you feel any better (probably not though) I'm near Glasgow and also getting hee haw done in the garden because of the weather - it's grotty / miserable and still frosting at night! Never mind - let's get the peas and beans in on a dir...
by Ferricks
Mon May 14, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tinned margarine - approved foods
Replies: 18
Views: 7170

Re: Tinned margarine - approved foods

Hi there, I know that this thread's been dormant for aeons - but I wanted to update on the approved foods stocklist. There are 2.5kg tins of peeled plum toms for £1.49 with loadsa date left on them (i think 1yr +), I've ordered 4 tins - I'll make chutney with one, pasta sauce with one and put the ot...
by Ferricks
Mon May 14, 2012 7:14 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: I found this tonight
Replies: 18
Views: 3330

Re: I found this tonight

thanks so much for that - I was feeling a bit demotivated after costing some essential preps for the home earlier today, but I'm back on track (and upright) again.

;)
by Ferricks
Sun May 06, 2012 7:08 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tinned Fruit
Replies: 9
Views: 1542

Re: Tinned Fruit

a quick note on tinned tomatoes - if you're overstocked and nearing / past bbe date, you can make tomato chutney with them and that way you'll get another 1-2 years out of the stock (as long as you sterilise and store properly) - or have something different for swaps.
by Ferricks
Sat May 05, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Tinned food rotation
Replies: 4
Views: 591

Re: Tinned food rotation

hi there, i'm having the same problem and i'm thinking about slanting my shelving - so that all tins go in on their side + roll to the front and you just add the newest to the top of the shelf and use from the bottom. I haven't seen an insert like the one you mentioned, but would be interested if an...
by Ferricks
Fri May 04, 2012 10:45 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: 10 x 5 Gallon Mylar bags - help with contents
Replies: 20
Views: 3421

Re: 10 x 5 Gallon Mylar bags - help with contents

hi there! The whole rice thing is crazy and I find it exhausting! However, I've made a personal decision to go with basmati - it stores really well and my whole family likes taste so that's what we're going with (i find long grain too sticky and have no idea what most of the rest actually are. I'm u...
by Ferricks
Fri May 04, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 716987

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

It's to drop to minus2 where I am tonight & be colder than either Christmas or New Years Day over this weekend! I did a big shop at Tesco tonight ( I HATE them, but got my hands on a "spend £80 and get £10 off voucher) so topped up stocks with 10 cartons of uht milk, 4 kilos of sugar, 10 bo...
by Ferricks
Thu May 03, 2012 7:55 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Scottish member
Replies: 7
Views: 852

Re: Scottish member

Hi there - I'm a new member near Glasgow, I'll keep an eye out for you!
by Ferricks
Thu May 03, 2012 7:50 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hi from (near) Glasgow
Replies: 6
Views: 619

Hi from (near) Glasgow

Hi there - I'm TOTALLY new and want to learn about prepping in the UK. I'm right at the planning stage and figure that's the best time to learn!

'really looking forward to hanging out with you all a bit!