Brexit survival guide: Stockpiling Food

[Badgers]

A no-deal Brexit survival guide: what food to stockpile

With news that the government is planning to stock up on processed foods in case we crash out, what should ordinary shoppers be looking to bulk buy?

What has Urban started stockpiling?

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[Mrs Miggins]

There is halloumi in the little shop on my street so I don't think there is anything to worry about.

 

[Shechemite]

Turkey not in EU so my Raki and cheap fags diet will continue just as it was

 

[Sue]

So you know that shortage of halloumi, beer, crisps and crumpets..?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Beer. Just like every week tbh.

 

[gentlegreen]

Aldi has just the thing right now :-

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Turkey not in EU so my Raki and cheap fags diet will continue just as it was

Add in some cheese and that's a diet I could get into.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Bread, butter, cheese and coffee OK, right?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

So, while you’re stockpiling canned goods, buy a stash of seed packets, too.

yeah I'll grow some fucking wheat on my windowsill

 

[Shechemite]

yeah I'll grow some fucking wheat on my windowsill

Well that’s why I voted Brexit

 

[Badgers]

I think I could make it for about 6 weeks if I ate sparingly. Do have a habit of bulk buying reduced goods

 

[Shechemite]

I’ve been taking a lot of lunch time naps in this heat.

Or stockpiling siestas as my Guardian column will describe it.

 

[a_chap]

I'm going to stockpile all the traditional British fare I can:

• Chicken Tikka Masala
• Pizza
• Kebabs
• Southern fried chicken
• Lasagne
• Chow mein
• Sushi

The list's almost endless.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm going to stockpile all the traditional British fare I can:

• Chicken Tikka Masala
• Pizza
• Kebabs
• Southern fried chicken
• Lasagne
• Chow mein
• Sushi

The list's almost endless.

but no sauerkraut or baguettes eh?

 

[High Voltage]

Oh how Mrs Voltz sighed and rolled her eyes when I put in my "Zombie Apocalypse" home delivery order with Sainsbury's not that long ago

Granted the bulk of the order was "her" Full Fat Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic in tins as they don't seem to be stocked actually "in" supermarkets now, but I still had to "make it up" to a sensible amount with an assortment of tinned goods

She's not laughing now though . . . prudent, I think is the word I'd use . . . and there's still plenty of space in the "cupboard under the stairs"

 

[Mrs Miggins]

but no sauerkraut or baguettes eh?

You could just about get away with calling the baguette a British staple now but sauerkraut...? Not likely!

 

[JimW]

 

[a_chap]

but no sauerkraut or baguettes eh?

Don't be ridiculous. I won't eat any foreign muck.

 

[Mrs D]

No doubt we’ll survive on all the produce in the abandoned foreign shops, like those Polish minimarts, as all the staff will flee overnight back to Europe. Aldi and Lidl’s have plenty of familiar items for those unfamiliar with kopitka and zrazy.

 

[moonsi til]

Where has all the tonic gone?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Where has all the tonic gone?

Is it a result of the CO2 shortage?

Why the CO2 shortage really matters

 

[davesgcr]

No panic - we used to move (by rail of course) , Stranraer area made Feta cheese in Interfrigo wagons to Europe.

To quote the 1951 phrase "Britain can make it" ....

Wine may be a problem in terms of quantity , maybe time to plough up swathes of suburban Surrey for the national interest vineyards....

 

[a_chap]

Wine may be a problem in terms of quantity , maybe time to plough up swathes of suburban Surrey for the national interest vineyards....

Maybe a problem in terms of quantity but not in terms of quality.

Some British "Table Wines" (i.e. regional wines) are feckin' amazing. Do not underestimate the quality of some of the wines made in jolly old England.

 

[Fez909]

Is this a good time to get into curing meats?

Have always fancied a bash at it, and if chorizo and parma ham and such like are going to be hard to come by next year, then I could make a viable business out of it.

Plus, I don't want to see that smug cunt Alex James creaming off all the luxury product profits

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Is this a good time to get into curing meats?

Have always fancied a bash at it, and if chorizo and parma ham and such like are going to be hard to come by next year, then I could make a viable business out of it.

Plus, I don't want to see that smug cunt Alex James creaming off all the luxury product profits

I thought you were planning to farm snails, anyway?

 

[iona]

I thought you were planning to farm snails, anyway?

Snail salami, mmm...

You'd probably eat that mind, you fucking wrongun fbm

 

[sealion]

Is this a good time to get into curing meats?

Have always fancied a bash at it, and if chorizo and parma ham and such like are going to be hard to come by next year, then I could make a viable business out of it.

spitfire had a thread going about this, i think.

 

[davesgcr]

Maybe a problem in terms of quantity but not in terms of quality.

Some British "Table Wines" (i.e. regional wines) are feckin' amazing. Do not underestimate the quality of some of the wines made in jolly old England.

And Wales - the Vale of Glamorgan vineyard was up for sale a couple of years ago - by selling the house and getting some good friends to do the same - we could have managed it ....the "terroir" on limestone is not far off the French , we do have, not far away the Frithsden vineyard , been in business since the Romans.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Snail salami, mmm...

You'd probably eat that mind, you fucking wrongun fbm

I'd give it a go. Anything beast is edible with enough chilli added to it.

Fez909 will be opening a nationwide chain of snail kebab shops to save the country from starvation.

 

[Fez909]

I thought you were planning to farm snails, anyway?

My snail farm* broke only the other day actually. I think the dream is over.

*A cheap fishbowl I bought when I first thought about snail farming however many years ago it was now? Been in the garden next to my front door since then. Cat smashed it last week.

Snail salami, mmm...

You'd probably eat that mind, you fucking wrongun fbm

Snail army! Snail army! Snail...amy? Snailami