Been doing a bit but now more serious.

[RobNfk]

Hi,
As it says for a while ive been putting stuff into a large metal cupboard in an outhouse.
Tell me if ime doing anything wrong.
Ive 2 gas stoves and 12 canisters
Wind up radio
Matches candles and rechargeable lights
50 litres of bottled water
Tinned food
60 25 year life survival meals
Dried milk
Pasta
Cooking oil.

In another place i have a generator and 2000w power pack.

My main concern is no electricity. It feeds everything that we touch. Petrol stations, supermarkets and above all water supplies, especially here in east Anglia where its flat. Water and sewage all pumped.

Ive started rotating the tinned foods into the house for daily use. Chat gpt says ignore the bb dates and as long as the tin is as new its ok. Is that true?

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

Looks like a good start, I'd add things you use daily to that list i.e coffee/tea/ sugar,milk, toilet roll, soap, medications etc. You get the idea.

BBE is best before. The quality starts to reduce after this date

Use by is exactly that. One day past is probably ok but use your sense of smell and taste to check. Also have extra bog roll on hand just in case

[jennyjj01]

Good start. Try to rotate pretty much everything. Stash lots of tea, coffee and dried milk and Treats. Bbe on tins can usually be exceeded. By 5 years. But you will get separation of ingredients and some corrosion in the tins. I've had tomato soup tins virtually dissolve.