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How long could you last ?

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Hetty58 Thu 17-Nov-22 09:58:47

I don't store much but I've got loads of flour for making bread (bannock, scones, biscuits) and a sack of rice. Porridge oats could make oat milk and the tins of green lentils and chickpeas would do lots of curries - oh, and some veg in the garden. Cooking could be a major problem with no power supply, though! I'd have a problem with pet food (vegan goes hunting/trapping?) and could I manage at all without all the tea and coffee?

aggie Thu 17-Nov-22 09:56:08

Probably a year ! If I made do with black tea !

Lathyrus Thu 17-Nov-22 09:55:13

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(I think that’s what you meant🙂?)

Aveline Thu 17-Nov-22 09:53:31

Only a couple of days.sad Luckily, the cats would be OK for quite a while.

Callistemon21 Thu 17-Nov-22 09:51:08

Last years and this years soft fruits would keep us going for some time!
Otherwise about three weeks but without milk, fresh fruit or vegetables. I'd have to be inventive with recipes.

Yammy Thu 17-Nov-22 09:45:35

So sorry for your loss.
My mum was in the same position and she never did get to the bottom of the freezer an 8-year-old Turkey right at the bottom.
In our house for about a fortnight. I have two small freezers and one has just packed in so I have been using up all the food odd combos of meat, fish We have a bread maker so if I'm well stocked with the right flour and yeast we would be alright for bread.

Mamardoit Thu 17-Nov-22 09:45:35

I think we could manage about a month.

We would run out of milk and bread within a week. The long life milk, part baked rolls and cream crackers would see us through week two.

After that it would be the stewed apples, runner beans and tomato sauce from the freezer. We do have lots of tea bags and toilet rolls.

henetha Thu 17-Nov-22 09:41:50

At least a month I think. I've got some tinned food, and a full freezer. And I always keep a few cartons of long life milk.
Bread and fresh veg would be the main problem.

Lathyrus Thu 17-Nov-22 09:39:05

I could probably last three or four months on the fat I’ve already stored (sigh)

Kate1949 Thu 17-Nov-22 09:38:24

Probably a few months apart from fresh stuff, bread etc. We have a lot of tins and pasta.

Georgesgran Thu 17-Nov-22 09:33:06

Probably months - other than needing milk and the odd loaf.
DH died last year and I’m still working my way through the freezer! The tin cupboard is going down nicely though.

Grannybags Thu 17-Nov-22 09:32:44

Probably 3 or 4 weeks (two of us) but I'd really miss fresh fruit and veg. I always keep some milk in the freezer

luluaugust Thu 17-Nov-22 09:27:03

If we lived off of tin food probably a month but I always seem to be running out of milk and fresh veg so not very long.

Septimia Thu 17-Nov-22 09:26:17

Probably a few weeks, but we'd be eating an awful lot of stewed apple. The cats wouldn't be too thrilled with their diet!

tanith Thu 17-Nov-22 09:23:38

Probably a week or two but I’d run out of milk, bread and fresh fruit and veg in days.

nanna8 Thu 17-Nov-22 09:22:10

Just thinking, reading some other threads, how long could you last on the food that you already have in the house without having to go shopping? I reckon we (2 of us) could last about a month just now. Then we would have to start eating grass and Italian parsley which seems to be about our only regular ‘crop’ in the garden. Our freezer is small and about half full.