New London Prepper

[sit-prep-12341]

Hi all, Stew from London here, I am going to start prepping very soon and just wanted to know of any useful tips that you guys have. I'm a pretty organised individual and would say I've got a decent bit of common sense up there (well at least during the week). So if anyone wants to share how they got started would be appreciated...

[cedders73]

Hi Stew and welcome to the forum. I personally started by joining this site and doing some research on the net, getting some ideas and list of stuff that I could or will need. Always on the look for good deal on food or other essentials and more importantly trying to find the storage space in the house without having my other half going nuts
I have found plenty of good ideas here and you always get a response when posting.
Have fun and share your tips, ideas and good buys!!

[short circuit]

First of all hello and welcome. I started after seeing how the worlds markets, food prices and jobs are going down the pan,call it been wise or prepping. It is far better to sort your family out some stock now than watch them be ill and starving if and when things go wrong .

[tigs]

hello and welcome to the forum ,common sense on here that makes a change

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

[sit-prep-12341]

Mega, thanks guys for the info. This weekend me and some mates made a sub-terrain oven in the garden. We dug a square hole about 50cm X 50cm and 1 and a half foot deep. Stocked it up with fire wood, and lit that baby up. After the fire was at it peak flame height and temp, we added out rocks and cheated a wee bit by chucking some lump coal in there. ( be careful what rocks you use because some explode and fly out of the fire like a bullet and it hurts and can be very dangerous as we found out). Let the fire burn itself out until you are left with a pit glowing with wood embers and very hot rocks. Wrap up your meat in tinfoil and arrange into the pit trying to keep to the centre as much as possible. We used chicken breast that had been marinated in spices for a few hours before, and beef steaks lightly seasoned. After you have arranged your meat cover the pit back up with your soil (ps forgot to mention this will not work if the soil is wet) and wait for about 2 hours. Dig up the soil again and retrieve your meat . It will be very hot to be careful. Personally it's the best way to cook any meat, it adds so much flavour and you simply don't get that when using conventional cooking methods.