What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13

[pseudonym]

I had a couple of those - got them for free off of Freecycle.

Good find.

[Frnc]

Had 2 thermometers in living room this morning, doing an experiment. Sun had moved round (to the right), so there was no chance of it directly hitting the thermostat or thermometer, unlike in the spring, where I think it comes in from the left around this time. Thermostat is set to 17. Thermometer next to it is reading 18.5. A second thermometer on the TV stand away from the window is reading 17.7. No gas is being burned. So my conclusions are:
1. The whole room has been heated by the sun about 1.1° on average.
2. Areas in direct sun to left of window are hot and radiating heat. This is warming that end of room more. Thermostat and thermometer are measuring that.
The sun is not directly hitting ether device, which would give a totally spurious reading.

[pseudonym]

Filled a cupboard up with tins of Minced Beef and Onion, New Potatoes and Mixed Vegetables.

One tin of each is 2 meals for me either eaten as is or:

Mixed and mashed into a cottage pie or contents topped with fried potato slices in a dauphinoise style.

[Frnc]

Dug out my winter duvet. I don't actually need it yet, was a bit bored. Put it's cover on, and it's on top of the wardrobe, ready. I suppose the cold weather prompted me. It's a very thin wool one, thinnest I could find. Is a Wool Room Classic Light, Tog 2-5, 200g/m2. The one I'm using currently is a Tog 3 cotton-filled, and they overlap in terms of room temperature ranges I can use them at, so I could use either now. But I think it's going to warm up a bit, and I'm fine with the cotton one at the moment.

Dug out my winter base layer tops. They are Mountain Warehouse Talus. Not expensive. Again, I don't really need them yet for day to day, but I will do on bike rides at this rate - no mornings above about 6 degrees for the foreseeable! I'll probably put a short sleeved base layer on top, and obviously a windproof on top of that.

[Medusa]

In the last few months, I had a panel of a double glazed window attacked by a vandal late at night (£174 to replace!!!); that was late at night, but in unrelated incidents, I've heard someone knocking/scratching at the front door in the very early evening. I don't answer - if it was someone who needed me, they'd call through the letterbox, and after about 5 minutes I check, including going outside, to see if it's a delivery I've forgotten about. Nothing so far, but I'd love a camera inside the window.

This is the one I bought, Ive not fitted it yet as I need to get a USB extension cable. It is quite a bit cheaper now than I paid https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outinput-Indoo ... FL799?th=1

[jennyjj01]

Barely a prep: Did a big batch of Lentil & Bacon Grill soup. Not totally prepper reserves.

Recipe based on https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/red_ ... acon_27157

800g Split red Lentils
300g Bacon Grill diced
Two Bell Peppers
Three cloves Garlic
Four small onions finely diced
4.5Litre stock made with four ham flavour stock cubes
heaped teaspoon mixed dried herbs.

Made a good gallon = 13 generous portions for the freezer.
Only took 40 mins including Prep.

Simultaneously made a 6 portion batch of buttered chicken, very mild curry, based on the recipe on the jar of tikka paste. Very cheap and simple recipe which would adapt easily to long term prep foods. I used chicken this time, but mushrooms or hot dog sausage both work fine if tshtf.