What Preps are you doing this week

[Ragdolly]

Did a bit of canning....

[FEISTY]

Did a bit of canning....

Respect. Maybe next year, I'll be doing the same with all the plums, apples, berries, rosehips, etc, etc. A lot is going to the wildlife, etc. Organisation is the key, I think.

[Decaff]

Fantastic photo!!! Food porn at its best

What did you can???

Makes my 20 jars of blackberry jelly, peach, nectarine and plum jams look miserly

[izzy_mack]

For some unexplained reason, got the jitters yesterday and felt the need to replace/up some stores, so checked my purse and went out. got 12 tins peas, 2 sweetcorn, 4 baked beans, 4 beans in chili sauce, 6 bottles water, 600gms coffee, 400 teabags, 8 tins tuna,36 double length toilet rolls, 8 pillar candles, 10kg sugar, 2kg cheddar (3mths bbf), 6 boxes matches, 2 laundry detergent, 2soap, 1 wash-up liq,2 toothpaste, 6 dried pasta in sauce mix, 1kg raisins as well as replenishing using food cupboards, fridge etc, also got 15 pizzas as Tesco selling them cheap- discontinued lines.

Now got an empty purse but feel a bit better.

[gadgetguy]

Just topped up the freezer with various meats and the cupboards as well with tins etc.

I have just split enough kindling to see me through till the end of the year I'm down on where i would like to be with seasoned wood for the burner so looks like I will have to buy in a few loads

[Arzosah]

I made a list for my mum to stock up with, she'd run down her stocks on purpose as she wanted the house re-wired. And she used the list! Result

I'm on baby steps in my house, slight lurgification means I'm hardly doing anything, but I'm researching for a hedge trimmer to keep things in check with less effort on my part, and I have a parcel to collect - a solar panel from Maplins!

[nickdutch]

Practiced making "Congee" a kind of porridge of a savory nature made from rice. My congee for lunch was rice, brown lentil, onion, vegetable stock.

Basically cook it to buggery and blend it and the result can be very nice. A very warming cheap meal. Maybe the addition of coconut oil would have given it a je ne sais quoi, but seasoning it with crushed black pepper and some sea salt made it fantastic.

It was quite hard to believe that it was a scrubby cheap meal. However, I believe that without the addition of the stock it would have been bland as hell.

You can make up your own congee recipe, mine was using value basmati rice as thats what i had on hand, but people use anything including buckwheat, quinoa and allsorts and add all manner of veggies to it.

I think that congee is a more Chinese dish. Mine probably lacked that chinese flair and probably tasted too English, but what the heck.

[tails666]

Bit of home brew going this week and allotment looking good (some weeds ) Got my xbow fixed and back into my ninjutsu ( martial arts )

[FEISTY]

Practiced making "Congee" a kind of porridge of a savory nature made from rice. My congee for lunch was rice, brown lentil, onion, vegetable stock.

Basically cook it to buggery and blend it and the result can be very nice. A very warming cheap meal. Maybe the addition of coconut oil would have given it a je ne sais quoi, but seasoning it with crushed black pepper and some sea salt made it fantastic.

It was quite hard to believe that it was a scrubby cheap meal. However, I believe that without the addition of the stock it would have been bland as hell.

You can make up your own congee recipe, mine was using value basmati rice as thats what i had on hand, but people use anything including buckwheat, quinoa and allsorts and add all manner of veggies to it.

I think that congee is a more Chinese dish. Mine probably lacked that chinese flair and probably tasted too English, but what the heck.

I've become quite fond of you on this site and I'm sure you will survive some kind of SHTF situation much better than me . Your innovative recipes remind me of Mrs Cropley (God rest her soul ) in the Vicar of Dibley. I'm looking forward to "1001 Ways With Tofu", "Congee & Quinoa: The Bible" and "Foods You Can Eat With A Straw". I can't see me eating any of it any time soon, but I'm backing up your findings just in case . I hope you really don't eat just the stuff you talk about on here all the time. The lack of food I could properly chew and a bit of pudding occasionally would send me out for a Mars Bar. Just as I said though, you will probably survive and I will starve for the want of a steak .

[FEISTY]

Still clearing out the garage. Have identified a chest freezer suitable for use in the garage. I've got it on the wish list. Having just spent over £500 on shelving and various items, I'm not rushing into suggesting it just yet . Doing a lot of work around the house and garden and a lot of garden planning for next year - that will be on-going. Sorry not on here much at the moment. Hope everyone is well.