Brexit survival guide: Stockpiling Food

[Pickman's model]

O ffs - quad posts appearing again WTF

I thought you did it for extra likes

 

[Badgers]

 

[NoXion]

Who'd have thought you'd have to stockpile food because Britain had become a kakocracy

This is the 21st century. It's shit

What do you mean, have to? I've been able to get by without stockpiling anything at all, even with the twats pointlessly panic buying earlier this year. In fact I had to eat a couple of the few tins of stuff I do keep on hand just in case, because the damn things were getting too old and would have been thrown away otherwise.

The Cold War's been over for nearly as long I've been alive, but I guess that hasn't sunk in yet.

 

[LDC]

I haven't stockpiled anything...but I can always head off to the woods where there is a plentiful supply of deer, geese, partridge, pheasant, rabbits and (in extremis) squirrels. Can also raid my farming neighbour's sugar beet, maize and potatoes. I have a gunsmith friend, so weaponry isn't a problem (they do things differently in Norfolk)...and there are the 9 sheep currently eating nettles in a corner of the wood. Huge dock leaves for loo-roll and 2 recent tree disasters has left us with shitloads of wood (currently undergoing a fast seasoning). Oh yeah, I filled both propane bottles this weekend too. We have not actually been in a pub or restaurant for years and the nearest animated life-force are cows and one grumpy cowman.. We do have to hang it out in town till the next weed harvest (6 more weeks) and will probably stockpile books and yarn and try to transfer my precription to the local pharmacy in Brundall (if not, a dash down the A11 every 2 weeks).

Since we would be filthy as fuck, (after weeks of using the cattle trough) a solitary existence is probably advised.

Shit, you're living the dream.

 

[Pickman's model]

What do you mean, have to? I've been able to get by without stockpiling anything at all, even with the twats pointlessly panic buying earlier this year.

The Cold War's been over for nearly as long I've been alive, but I guess that hasn't sunk in yet.

Tell you what, let's revisit this in a month and see how the end of the transition period went. Hopefully there'll have been no interruptions to the supply of food and maybe I'll feel a bit silly for getting some extra tins and pasta in. But the event I'm guarding against hasn't yet occurred so you may be being premature. As for the cold war no one I know of in the period I lived through it (early 70s on) stockpiled food. Never thought of it.

 

[NoXion]

Tell you what, let's revisit this in a month and see how the end of the transition period went. Hopefully there'll have been no interruptions to the supply of food and maybe I'll feel a bit silly for getting some extra tins and pasta in. But the event I'm guarding against hasn't yet occurred so you may be being premature. As for the cold war no one I know of in the period I lived through it (early 70s on) stockpiled food. Never thought of it.

I won't hold my breath. The doomsters' disasterbation fantasies somehow always end up never coming to pass. 20 years ago it was Peak Oil that was supposed to be turning the world into Mad Max. Recently some shriekers have proclaimed that climate change will kill us all in 10-20 years. Fie, I say.

As for prepping, you should know that whatever your personal experiences, the popularisation of that today has its roots in the US government's urging of preparedness for its citizens. I thought an apparent history buff like you might appreciate the wider socio-cultural drivers of such activity, but apparently no, if you didn't personally see it, it never happened.

 

[Pickman's model]

I won't hold my breath. The doomsters' disasterbation fantasies somehow always end up never coming to pass. 20 years ago it was Peak Oil that was supposed to be turning the world into Mad Max. Recently some shriekers have proclaimed that climate change will kill us all in 10-20 years. Fie, I say.

As for prepping, you should know that whatever your personal experiences, the popularisation of that today has its roots in the US government's urging of preparedness for its citizens. I thought an apparent history buff like you might appreciate the wider socio-cultural drivers of such activity, but apparently no, if you didn't personally see it, it never happened.

Yeh. I live in the UK, not the USA, I have some tins of tomatoes and pasta and a couple of litres of oil, I haven't a load of hard tack or preparations for a months-long crisis. The phenomenon which is exercising you isn't something that's affecting me as I have neither the money nor the space - nor indeed the inclination - to hoard goods in preparation for the collapse of civilization.

 

[platinumsage]

We've got plenty of lamb and cabbage and carrots in this country, and cheddar cheese and onions.

If we have to do without grapes for a while I'm sure we'll manage to cope. Spain won't have our potatoes either so sucks for them I guess.

South Korea export plenty of satsumas so don't worry about next Christmas.

 

[MickiQ]

We had a Brexit Stash last time around which turned into a Covid Stash and is now back to being our Brexit Stash (and also my daughter and her boyfriend's Brexit stash as well) We have enough in the garage to last us a few months until either this is all sorted or enough of the rest of you have died of starvation for there to be enough to go round. Either way we're good.

 

[hash tag]

My in laws have been stockpiling for years, just in case.
Just been speaking to ma in law who said they dipped into stash last night. They had sardines on toast, the sardines
had a use by date of Oct 2016! there were no ill effects.

 

[not a trot]

My in laws have been stockpiling for years, just in case.
Just been speaking to ma in law who said they dipped into stash last night. They had sardines on toast, the sardines
had a use by date of Oct 2016! there were no ill effects.

Just added sardines to tomorrows shopping list. Wife hates them, but I fucking love 'em.